Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:43:46 + (GMT) Dominic Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Luca Olivetti wrote: > > > I omitted the trailing slash in the definition, so it didn't find the > > files. > > Ah yes, that would do it! Looks like that was my problem too. > > I corrected it and now I don't have "no title"s anymore, but there are > > many holes in the epg ( e.g. on "bbc 1 e mids" I have epg for today, the > > first 3 programmes of tomorrow, then it skips to the 2nd and from there > > to the 6th). > > Is it because they're slow broadcasting it? > > Yup, it's quite slow coming in, certainly > 30 minutes if I remember > correctly. Me too (again), there were a few holes at first but now I seem to have a complete EPG. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
En/na [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha escrit: > Hi > > I have read all your exchange since beginning but I still do not understand > and > really curious to know what is the real gain to patch VDR and wait at least 30 > minutes to have EPG instead of using Loadepg plugin who do the full job in 2 > minutes ? Well, loadepg is a manual thing, I had some problem with it with my setup (I have to tune to the channel with the epg, it wouldn't do it by itself here) and I didn't know it worked with freesat (I mainly used it in the past to get epg for the italian channels on hotbird). Now that some time has passed, I have one week epg (it seems to be complete now, even for channels that I wasn't tuned to while updating) that hopefully will be automatically updated by itself. Bye -- Luca ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
Hi I have read all your exchange since beginning but I still do not understand and really curious to know what is the real gain to patch VDR and wait at least 30 minutes to have EPG instead of using Loadepg plugin who do the full job in 2 minutes ? Are there EPG info not available with plugin but on vdr patch ? Best regards Selon Dominic Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Luca Olivetti wrote: > > > I omitted the trailing slash in the definition, so it didn't find the > > files. > > Ah yes, that would do it! > > > I corrected it and now I don't have "no title"s anymore, but there are > > many holes in the epg ( e.g. on "bbc 1 e mids" I have epg for today, the > > first 3 programmes of tomorrow, then it skips to the 2nd and from there > > to the 6th). > > Is it because they're slow broadcasting it? > > Yup, it's quite slow coming in, certainly > 30 minutes if I remember > correctly. > > cheers, > > d. > > > ___ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Luca Olivetti wrote: > I omitted the trailing slash in the definition, so it didn't find the > files. Ah yes, that would do it! > I corrected it and now I don't have "no title"s anymore, but there are > many holes in the epg ( e.g. on "bbc 1 e mids" I have epg for today, the > first 3 programmes of tomorrow, then it skips to the 2nd and from there > to the 6th). > Is it because they're slow broadcasting it? Yup, it's quite slow coming in, certainly > 30 minutes if I remember correctly. cheers, d. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Luca Olivetti wrote: > I'm now using the "Complete tables (thanks to bdb at digitalspy)" and > deleted epg.data before starting vdr, but still most of the titles are > "no title". Even those with a proper title (not many) have no > additional details (i.e. there's just the title) The patch logs in the syslog when it loads/fails to load the tables: Loading table 1 Filename Loading table 2 Filename Cannot load for table 1 Cannot load for table 2 If the tables aren't loaded, then an empty title/description is returned and your logs will probably be spammed with: Missing table 1/2 entry: <> cheers, d. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
El Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:10:50 + (GMT) Dominic Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Luca Olivetti wrote: > > > FWIW I see the same with 1.7.0. > > I tried various bbc channels, a couple > > of itv ones and, surprisingly, I see the "no title" (localized) > > items also on film4 (surprisingly because it shouldn't be part of > > freesat, at least the freesat web page only lists bbc and itv). > > I put the freesat.t[12] files that came with the patch > > (should I look for newer ones?) in /home/vdr/conf, but I modified > > libsi/Makefile accordingly. > > There's newer/complete tables in the freesat_table_complete.zip file. > The default directory for loading the files from is /video - unless > you've defined FREESAT_DATA_DIRECTORY in a make file somewhere. I omitted the trailing slash in the definition, so it didn't find the files. I corrected it and now I don't have "no title"s anymore, but there are many holes in the epg ( e.g. on "bbc 1 e mids" I have epg for today, the first 3 programmes of tomorrow, then it skips to the 2nd and from there to the 6th). Is it because they're slow broadcasting it? The german channels on astra at 19.2 (which unfortunately I cannot understand) use the standard method and the weekly epg is almost instantaneous. Bye -- Luca ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
El Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:02:45 +0100 Luca Olivetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > El Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:12:06 + > Tony Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > > It is working well on my VDR machine. > > > > It sort of works for me with 1.6.0, but not quite well enough. VDR > > now lists all the times correctly but most of the programmes still > > have no titles or program info. I've installed updated freesat.t1/2 > > files, restarted VDR and forced a scan. > > FWIW I see the same with 1.7.0. > I tried various bbc channels, a couple > of itv ones and, surprisingly, I see the "no title" (localized) items > also on film4 (surprisingly because it shouldn't be part of freesat, > at least the freesat web page only lists bbc and itv). > I put the freesat.t[12] files that came with the patch > (should I look for newer ones?) in /home/vdr/conf, but I modified > libsi/Makefile accordingly. I'm now using the "Complete tables (thanks to bdb at digitalspy)" and deleted epg.data before starting vdr, but still most of the titles are "no title". Even those with a proper title (not many) have no additional details (i.e. there's just the title) Bye -- Luca ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Luca Olivetti wrote: > FWIW I see the same with 1.7.0. > I tried various bbc channels, a couple > of itv ones and, surprisingly, I see the "no title" (localized) items > also on film4 (surprisingly because it shouldn't be part of freesat, at > least the freesat web page only lists bbc and itv). > I put the freesat.t[12] files that came with the patch > (should I look for newer ones?) in /home/vdr/conf, but I modified > libsi/Makefile accordingly. There's newer/complete tables in the freesat_table_complete.zip file. The default directory for loading the files from is /video - unless you've defined FREESAT_DATA_DIRECTORY in a make file somewhere. cheers, d. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
El Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:12:06 + Tony Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > It is working well on my VDR machine. > > It sort of works for me with 1.6.0, but not quite well enough. VDR now > lists all the times correctly but most of the programmes still have no > titles or program info. I've installed updated freesat.t1/2 files, > restarted VDR and forced a scan. FWIW I see the same with 1.7.0. I tried various bbc channels, a couple of itv ones and, surprisingly, I see the "no title" (localized) items also on film4 (surprisingly because it shouldn't be part of freesat, at least the freesat web page only lists bbc and itv). I put the freesat.t[12] files that came with the patch (should I look for newer ones?) in /home/vdr/conf, but I modified libsi/Makefile accordingly. Bye -- Luca ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:40:56 +0100 André Weidemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tony, > > Tony Houghton wrote: > > VDR isn't fetching EPG info for my DVB-S channels. At best it shows > > what's on now and next but many channels seem to have no data at all. > > Ever since the Freesat platform was launched a few months ago, the EPG > data is being broadcasted along the program on a non standard PID. Take > a look at this page http://www.rst38.org.uk/vdr/ . There is a patch > (Patch for vdr 1.7.x) which enables VDR to fetch the EPG data from live TV. > > The patch for 1.7.x also applies cleanly to 1.6.0. Make sure to do a > "make clean && make" after applying the patch. > > It is working well on my VDR machine. It sort of works for me with 1.6.0, but not quite well enough. VDR now lists all the times correctly but most of the programmes still have no titles or program info. I've installed updated freesat.t1/2 files, restarted VDR and forced a scan. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
Hi Tony, Tony Houghton wrote: > VDR isn't fetching EPG info for my DVB-S channels. At best it shows > what's on now and next but many channels seem to have no data at all. Ever since the Freesat platform was launched a few months ago, the EPG data is being broadcasted along the program on a non standard PID. Take a look at this page http://www.rst38.org.uk/vdr/ . There is a patch (Patch for vdr 1.7.x) which enables VDR to fetch the EPG data from live TV. The patch for 1.7.x also applies cleanly to 1.6.0. Make sure to do a "make clean && make" after applying the patch. It is working well on my VDR machine. Regards, André ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Sky/Freesat EPG
Hi You can use loadepg plugin to load 1 week of EPG information for quite all channels of SKY UK and Freesat There is a thread talking about options here : http://www.vdrportal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=77780&hilight=loadepg Currenty I use guide coming from xmltv connected to RT site (grab_rt_uk) and the loadepg plugin to complete list Best regards Selon Tony Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > VDR isn't fetching EPG info for my DVB-S channels. At best it shows > what's on now and next but many channels seem to have no data at all. > ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
