[mythtv-users] New Upnp Channel Changer Script (Dish VIP 211 users definitely read)
Jon Heizer
jheizer at gmail.com
Wed Jun 10 21:26:30 UTC 2015
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Michael <mythtv at blandford.net> wrote:
> On 04/13/2015 11:22 AM, Jon Heizer wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Michael <mythtv at blandford.net> wrote:
>
>> On 02/23/2015 07:03 PM, Jon Heizer wrote:
>>
>>> Mythtv users. I'd like to present a new channel changer script. If you
>>> are a Dish VIP 211 users this will definitely work and it is AMAZING. It
>>> uses ethernet to change the channels. NO MORE IR BLASTERS!! Can you tell
>>> I'm excited? :)
>>>
>>> Basically a few weeks ago I randomly plugged my STB into the network for
>>> the first time in years. Being the curious type I did port scans and
>>> such. There was now a Upnp port open with control abilities.
>>>
>>> Benefits over lirc scripts:
>>> - No LIRC
>>> - Super fast. Live tv is ~ 5 seconds to change now. Even faster on
>>> first start up.
>>> - No more idling out to the screen saver after 4 hours. I disable it.
>>> - No LIRC
>>>
>>> The one Negative: our VIP 211 receivers are smart enough to use the same
>>> guide number for both HD when available and SD when not. Sadly, the upnp
>>> interface is not and it displays the SD feed. You must update your channel
>>> data to use the super high number channels. A bit of a pain I'll admit,
>>> but I can't imagine going back now.
>>> I've been using this on my production system for about 3 weeks now on 2
>>> receivers and have not had a single issue.
>>>
>>> You can find the script at https://github.com/jheizer/UPnPChannelChanger
>>> and I'll be updating that page this evening with instructions for people
>>> using a different STB with steps to detect Upnp and instructions to modify
>>> the script.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> Hi John,
>
> I have been following this thread for a while and still pondering the
> transition to Dish using your scripts.
>
> I noticed there is also a vip-channellist script that pulls the available
> channels from the receiver. In other thread today, there is discussion
> about the visible flag for channels. It seems like it would be possible to:
> 1) Subscribe to all dish channels on schedules direct
> 2) Run the vip-channellist script to get the valid channels for your
> account
> 3) update the visible flag in mythtv for those channels you are getting
> today
>
>
> if you ran this daily, hopefully you would get all of the weekend special
> channels, etc as they come and go without having to mess with any
> configuration.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Michael
>
>
>
I've absolutely wanted to do that but being a .Net person and if I wrote it
in that most people wouldn't want to use it out of spite/MS hate. I had
also thought about learning pythin to do it, but for time reasons I haven't
been able to do it either way so I just miss out on those channel promos.
Jon
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