[mythtv-users] Oplympics on Channel NINE Australia

Another Sillyname anothersname at googlemail.com
Sat Jul 28 23:00:15 UTC 2012


On 28 July 2012 23:56, Chris Lewis <chrislewis915 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know this is off topic but have you found an easy way of setting sensible
> channel numbers for UK fta satellite stuff?
>
> Chris
>
> On Jul 28, 2012 11:53 PM, "Another Sillyname" <anothersname at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 28 July 2012 23:34, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
>> > I think this tweet sums up how people in the USA feel about your 12
>> > channels
>> > of content, lol I know if I paid $1.4b for the rights I’d be showing non
>> > stop coverage instead of CNBC showing some crap Americans stupidest
>> > explosion videos or whatever it is they have on at the moment.
>> >
>> > How is CNBC and CNBC NOT SHOWING #OLYMPICS at the moment (showing
>> > regular
>> > crap programming)
>> > http://twitter.com/LiveOlympicChat/status/229343433532260353
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Dean
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis
>> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 6:28 PM
>> >
>> >
>> > To: Discussion about MythTV
>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Oplympics on Channel NINE Australia
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > We have 12 live feeds here (24 if you include the HD simulcasts)
>> >
>> > Shame I'm not really interested in the bloody olympics!
>> >
>> > I did enjoy a half hour of the women's beach volleyball earlier though
>> > :)
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > On 28 Jul 2012 23:24, "Dean Collins" <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Sorry my bad, read the Subject: and your comment……could be worse, could
>> > be
>> > in the USA…frwaking NBC aren’t showing most of this live….really
>> > dropping
>> > the ball.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Dean
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis
>> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 6:13 PM
>> > To: Discussion about MythTV
>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Oplympics on Channel NINE Australia
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'd read mikes post again, he's in the UK AFAICT
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > On 28 Jul 2012 23:10, "Dean Collins" <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Maybe...because he's in Australia and the bbc channels aren't available
>> > from there?
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Dean
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>> >> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Another Sillyname
>> >> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 4:56 PM
>> >> To: Discussion about MythTV
>> >> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Oplympics on Channel NINE Australia
>> >>
>> >> On 28 July 2012 16:15, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
>> > wrote:
>> >> > On 28/07/12 11:36, Matthew Hubbard wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 28 July 2012 17:25, Igor Cicimov <icicimov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi guys,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I'm trying to set a Power search rule for the Olympics on Channel
>> > 9
>> >> >>> (Australia) like this:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> channel.callsign = 'NINE DIGITAL' AND program.title = 'London 2012
>> >> >>> Olympic
>> >> >>> Games' AND program.subtitle NOT LIKE '%Shooting%' AND
>> > program.subtitle
>> >> >>> NOT
>> >> >>> LIKE '%Archery%'
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Is this going to work and record only the events I want and skip
>> > the ones
>> >> >>> I
>> >> >>> don't want as given in the query above? I'm using Shepherd for my
>> > program
>> >> >>> guide and not sure if the program subtitle is even relevant here.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Wonder what kind of recording rule(s) have others using Shepherd
>> > set for
>> >> >>> the
>> >> >>> games?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> I'm in Melbourne using shepherd guide data. My guide data is just
>> >> >> generic 4 hour blocks listing all the sports that might be shown in
>> >> >> between the swimming heats. Program Subtitles are just Day 1, Day 2
>> >> >> etc.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't think your power searches will be successful given the
>> > quality
>> >> >> of the guide data we have available.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've got a non-Olympic power search for cycling that has scheduled
>> >> >> about 20 hours of recordings but I'll be surprised if I actually
>> > get
>> >> >> much cycling. I suppose that's what the skip button is for though.
>> >> >>
>> >> > (Fixed top posting)
>> >> >
>> >> > Don't be surprised. I've just watched the men's road race live (ie
>> > without
>> >> > the aid of mythtv) and I can confirm the whole race was shown.
>> > Unfortunately
>> >> > it was switched seemingly randomly between BBC1 and BBC3 with a
>> > segment on
>> >> > the red button.
>> >> >
>> >> > The schedules, even in the UK, aren't good enough for this kind of
>> >> > behaviour. But I don't think that the schedules are the problem,
>> > here. The
>> >> > whole of the output I have seen so far, including some of the
>> > football
>> >> > [soccer], shows that the output from the BBC is far below the
>> > standard I
>> >> > would have expected for such an event.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike Perkins
>> >> >
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>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >> Why aren't you watching on the extra BBC channels?
>> >>
>> >> The whole race was shown live earlier on BBC Olympic Stream 3 and the
>> >> EIT info on the Stream Channels has been pretty spot on all day except
>> >> where they had time overruns in the Judo.
>> >>
>> >> Here's a screengrab of the midday listings....
>> >>
>> >> http://tinypic.com/r/w8tgkx/6
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>> I'm not sure about US scheduling but thought it was mostly being shown
>> timeshifted in the evening?
>>
>> Oh and it's 24 channels of content with them also simulcasted in HD.
>>
>> All free to air and in the clear.
>>
>> Here's the schedule for 9am tomorrow with a more info box for channels
>> 1-15
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/fcs5t0/6
>>
>> Here for 16-24 + a couple of the simulcast HD channels.
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/mii1hz/6
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Chris

Could you please not top post, there are quite a few readers on the
list that can't handle it and there are some subscribers who get quite
bolshy about it.

More then happy to have a channel numbering conversation.....I'll
setup a new thread for it though.


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