[mythtv-users] New Sky+ App - control Sky box via tcp/ip network

[Michael Watson]

New version, with channel data update, and delay between channel change 
and checking if channel change was successful.
Two ways to update the file, run "skychange.py update" or delete the 
channel data file, it will download a new version on next run.

Regards
Michael Watson

PS.  Out of Interest, how do you load all the channels into MythTV?  How 
is myth configured to record from a device like this?
         I have only used DVB-T Tuners thus far.


On 16/12/2012 5:07 PM, Dave Pearson wrote:
> RE: [mythtv-users] New Sky+ App - control Sky box via tcp/ip network
>
>     -----Original message-----
>     *From:* Michael Watson <michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au>
>     *Sent:* Sat 15-12-2012 22:51
>     *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] New Sky+ App - control Sky box via
>     tcp/ip network
>     *Attachment:* skychange.tar.gz
>     *To:* mythtv-users at mythtv.org;
>     Updated version.  The response from the channel change doesn't
>     seem to
>     provide anything to determine if the change was successful or not, so
>     after sending the channel change command, it now checks the current
>     channel a second time, to check that it has changed to the correct
>     channel.
>
>     I had thought of adding a function to download the channel data from
>     http://tv.sky.com/channel/index, process and update the channel guide
>     file we are using.
>
>     Enjoy.
>
>     Regards,
>     Michael Watson
>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Yes, that seems to work ok, although I'm not sure how I can set up a 
> fail condition, although a false fail condition happens if I switch 
> from watching a recording (on the sky box) to a live channel - I think 
> a small delay needs to exist before checking the channel a second time 
> (maybe a second or 2), otherwise the sky box returns the previous 
> channel/pvr information.
>
> I think a function to download that channel guide information would be 
> a very good idea - I don't think the channel id's are likely to 
> change, but the channel numbers change on a fairly regular basis. 
> Presumably Sky themselves maintain this file, so it is probably a 
> better source of channel data than the file we have been using.
>
> Am I right in thinking that you don't have a sky+hd box yourself to 
> try all this out on? If so, hats off to you for doing all this "blind".
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
>
>

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