[mythtv-users] Channel Management in the UK

[Chris Dennis]

On 14/02/14 09:28, Chris Dennis wrote:
> On 11/02/14 21:00, Roger Siddons wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:09:59 -0000, Chris Dennis <cgdennis at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>         I wonder if it will be easy to move over to Atlas however, as it is still using Radio Times data for xmltvids
>>>
>>
>>     I haven't heard of Atlas -- is that a new way of getting UK channel information?
>>>
>>
>> mythupchuk works well for me also.
>>
>> https://github.com/honir/tv_grab_uk_atlas
>>
>> The readme & links at the bottom should get you up to speed.
>>
>
> Thanks for that -- I'll convert mythupchuk to use atlas as soon as I get time...
>
I've discovered that the existing version (0.3.2) of mythupchuk can use tv_grab_uk_atlas just by using the --grabber option.

For example

     mythupchuk --grabber "tv_grab_uk_atlas --list-channels &2>/dev/null" --file atlas.test

creates a new file called 'atlas.test', and

     ./mythupchuk --grabber "tv_grab_uk_atlas --list-channels &2>/dev/null" --dbupdate my-current-channels-file

gets a new set of icons.

I'll update mythupchuk to use tv_grab_uk_atlas with a simpler command-line option when I get a moment.

I noticed a couple of issues with tv_grab_uk_atlas:

1. unlike tv_grab_uk_rt, it fails if given an empty config file -- mythupchuk uses an empty config file to make sure it gets all the channels.

2. tv_grab_uk_atlas gives an error if the version of xmltv is less than 0.5.64 -- Ubuntu doesn't have anything that recent yet, so I just commented out the test in tv_grab_uk_atlas.

cheers

Chris


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