Cost-Effective, High-Functionality, User-Friendly Replacement for Pay TV

JDxtra wrote: »

Where are you sourcing Fox News from? IPTV?

Yes, it is FTA and is not geolocked...

sligojoek wrote: »

Do you have to tune the tiviar twice? Once for each mux.

The high horse brigade wrote: »

An auto scan should pick up both

If you're manually tuning setting the channel or frequency to scan you will need to scan twice with clear before scan enabled for the first mix and disabled for the second.

With this build you should input your local transmitter details into ABM and let it do the rest. Further details here.

cwboy wrote: »

Is there a way to get BBC NI on this build?

Yes the list of “Main” channelsincludes it, see here.

That list now includes BBC2 NI, with BBC2 HD, being under entertainment.

cwboy wrote: »

Sorry meant to say bbc2 ni.

Not showing on my main channels. Do I need to update

It would appear that you are not on the latest build I posted.

Anyway, I am currently using a revised build, based on OpenATV6.3.
I haven't posted it yet, as it gave a few problems. Once I know its stable, I'll post it online. You might want to wait for that, should only be a few days.

Only changes are:

• it runs a bit faster.
• you can download picons from the web*
• minor changes to bouquets.

* IMO the picons posted by the THHB are much nicer, but these are easier to install.

I have just uploaded what I expect to be the final version of this custom build, see link in the first post. As always, all credit goes to the team who build the core enigma2 software, and those who built the various plugins. The changes are as follows:

• It includes a Picon downloader, to avoid the need to transfer Picons manually.
• The program groups (Bouquets) have been changed to follow the Sky groups, as closely as possible. This is to minimise the risk of future channel changes, terrestrial or satellite, breaking anything. The list of main channels is still the same and the Irish terrestrial channels have also been added to the appropriate Sky groups.
• The software has been updated to today's build of OpenATV 6.3.

To setup this version:

Flash the uploaded image.
Configure your local terrestrial transmitter, [URL="[url]https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109438116&postcount=463[/url]"]see this post for details[/URL].
(Note: If your local Saorview details change, you will need to update the provider files.)

Optional setup steps, for additional features:

• Setup WiFi Details (Menu-Setup-0000-System-Network-Device Setup-Network wizard)
• Download Picons (Menu-Blue Button-Plugins-0000-Dsayers_Picon_updater-SNP-Picon_Updater.
• Update Movie Database (If using films stored on an external HDD) -Blue Button and follow prompts.
• Configure music Database (if storing music on an external HDD0 - Yellow button - menu - set music path.

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mburke wrote: »

- When you flash the box will you loose existing recordings, note I am using the THHB image

Your recordings should remain intact, but you may need to set up any timers again.

mburke wrote: »

- Is it possible to turn off the request for the code 0000 on the configuration menu ?

Yes. Setup - 0000- Decryption and Parental Control - Parental Control - Change PIN.

When you flash the new image, would you mind checking that the settings are as the screenshot below? (I was trying out a new approach and I think I may have left them incorrect, on the image I uploaded.) Setup - 0000- EPG - Setup



Setting "Maintain old EPG Data" for 30 min allows you to see any programs you have just missed. This is useful when you have +1 alternatives, but can be disabled, i.e. set to 0, if you want the EPG to start at the current time.

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

@NewClareman

AFAIK MHW (Media Highway) epg is only for foreign sats on 13E or 19E

You could be right, not my area of expertise. 🙂

Does that mean that EIT is what is used for Saorview?

@Gerry Wicklow

Yeah, just checked, the EPG loads fine with MHW turned off.

The Saorview EPG doesn’t load with the EIT (Event Information Table) EPG turned off, so I guess that’s what it uses, all right. (I’m too lazy to read the “NorDig Unified Requirements 2.3” ��) It also appears that the EIT over-rides the stored EPG information, for the Infobar, even on satellite channels.

I’m not so sure whether EIT adds any value for satellite channels, with CrossEPG and/or Freesat EPG’s enabled. I’ve read on other forums that the EPG refreshes automatically when you tune to a transponder, I’m reasoning that this uses the EIT as I don’t see how it would work otherwise. However, this would mean it overwrites the EPG database which could cause problems if the “require unique description” is enabled on autotimer as the EIT description could differ from the stored one. On the other hand, it could be used to reset timers, as you suggest.

Anyway, the settings shown in the screenshot work fine, so I’ll leave that post alone, to avoid confusion.