XMLTV EPG channel order/lineup

[Shogun]

Hi,

Im using XMLTV lineup on a PVR250 and would like to change the order that the channels are listed in the EPG.

Ive tried the reg hack but it seems it does not work in sagetv 2.0

Any suggestions appreciated.

Richard

[nielm]

if you mean this reg hack -- it does still work on SageTV2.0 (and it will also affect all DirectShow based TV tuners -- BTV, GOTTV, GB-PVR, but not WinTV2000)

'It does not work' does not give me much to go on, but if the changes in the registry have no effect whatsoever after a restart of Sage, then check that the source in sage is configured as 'Antenna' or 'Cable' correctly, and check that the corresponding reg tree is used: TS0-0 for Antenna, and TS-1 for Cable.

[Shogun]

Well, it has no effect whatsoever and i have confirmed the TS0-1 parameter for cable. It should read TS0-1 right? not TS1.

Another question, is the dword parameter the sort order/lineup position?

Any hints still appreciated.

Richard

[nielm]

Yes, TS0-1 is for cable (see here (link may require IE!))

Paramters:
;; 48250000 // 1 E2 NED1
"16"=dword:2e03c90

In this example, I am defining channel number 16 to be frequency 0x2e03c90. (which in decimal is 4,825,000Hz) the comment line above indicates that this frequency in W-European cable notation is channel E2, which happens to be chanel Ned1 on my cable provider. Whatever used to be on channel 16 will be replaced.

There is an example .reg file attached to the Snapstream forum post to compare with

Have you checked that the values have actually been entered into the registry with regedit?

[Shogun]

Thanks, its working now.

Problem was that i had the frequencies mixed up. Got confused as to channel # reported in Sage TV & the "real" channel number in the registry. Got a frequency list from my cable co & used the frequencies directly.

Now the next task is getting XMLT data imported to work with digital channels coming from my STB into my composite port on the PVR250 . Anyone know if this is possible.

Richard

[nielm]

Re XMLTV and different lineups on different sources: it should be possible with the XMLTV plugin that handles multiple lineups -- you have one XML file for your analogue cable channels on the PVR-250's tuner, and another for the different digital channels on the composite input...

The difficulty will probably be in getting Sage to change channels on the digital STB... (never tried it so don't know how easy it is!)...

[kwallin]

Another way to change the order of the channels in the EPG is to put a letter in front of the channel number in channel setup, like this:

A20
B22
C33
...

Regards, Kenneth

[ukmgranger]

I think Kwallins suggestion should be posted in some sort of 'tips & tricks' part of the forum.
This seems to be the easiest, most logical way of re-ordering the channel lineup that I have seen.
It has taken me about a month to get around to re-ordering my channel line as I thought that I would have to do some nasty reg hacking. The whole reg-hack thing is a little scary for me (and no-doubt several others out there) so this is a great solution. And it works.
In terms of an 'elegant' solution - this is it.

well done Kwallin

[nielm]

putting a non-numeric channel number into the remap may get the EPG in the order you wish, but it has a couple of problems:

• it does not allow you to put a specific channel on a specific number: ie 1=BBC2, 2=BBC2 3=ITV1, 4=CH4 etc...
• you cannot change to that channel in LiveTV using Ch+/Ch- (pgUp/PgDn)
• you cannot change to that channel using a numeric remote

[ukmgranger]

you are correct about the numeric changing of channels (this could be a problem in the future for me), however using the Ch+/Ch- works just fine.

Mmmmm - thought I had the holy grail for a mo there. Ah well