WMC Live TV Tuner

[egeller]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

I just can't see how to get channel 1116 active in WMC.

I will mention that I have since discovered that I am on some undocumented Spectrum package that apparently provides Hallmark channels 1113 and 1117, but not 1116,

Hmm.. At this point I would be inclined to think that there is no data, from Schedules Direct, for channel 1116, as it is not part of the "official" lineup.

If that is not the case, I am stumped.

[TGsell]

I am currently running sage64bit win10 and just figured out how to tune a dedicated WMC machine with cable cards and an HDPVR box. Works fabulous -- thanks to EnterNoEscape and all the collaborators on this !-- it's a game changer for me since tuning the STB was a nightmare... anyway... I am trying to set up a second dedicated WMC machine and it only responds to port 40510 -- I suspect there has to be a port setting I can change to say 40511 and then set up the ir , property , and registry files accordingly for this ''second tuner", Can anyone help? I think I am close!
thanks
Tom

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by TGsell

I am currently running sage64bit win10 and just figured out how to tune a dedicated WMC machine with cable cards and an HDPVR box. Works fabulous -- thanks to EnterNoEscape and all the collaborators on this !-- it's a game changer for me since tuning the STB was a nightmare... anyway... I am trying to set up a second dedicated WMC machine and it only responds to port 40510 -- I suspect there has to be a port setting I can change to say 40511 and then set up the ir , property , and registry files accordingly for this ''second tuner", Can anyone help? I think I am close!
thanks
Tom

You use 40510 on each WMC machine, but they have different IP addresses and that is how you tune each.

If you are using EXEMultituner then you write a simple batch file that picks the proper device and then sends the command to the correct IP address.

[TGsell]

Originally Posted by Zogg

You use 40510 on each WMC machine, but they have different IP addresses and that is how you tune each.

If you are using EXEMultituner then you write a simple batch file that picks the proper device and then sends the command to the correct IP address.

Ahaa -- thank you Zogg - kind of what I thought -- sorry to bother but can you give me some help on writing the batch file? thanks again

[TGsell]

I will give it a try as follows - (please let me know if I am really off track)

1. Write a batch file which has both IP addresses connected by the device name (sage properties) and ir files already created
2. Create a registry entry which executes the .bat file above in the Frey/EXEMultiTunerPlugin spot ...

Similar to what has been posted previously for multiple DTV Stbs ... ? has anyone already done this? It seems far easier to setup a dedicated WMC box than to go the 360 extender route. My one tuner is working perfectly! but I would prefer the two.
Tom

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by TGsell

I will give it a try as follows - (please let me know if I am really off track)

1. Write a batch file which has both IP addresses connected by the device name (sage properties) and ir files already created
2. Create a registry entry which executes the .bat file above in the Frey/EXEMultiTunerPlugin spot ...

Similar to what has been posted previously for multiple DTV Stbs ... ? has anyone already done this? It seems far easier to setup a dedicated WMC box than to go the 360 extender route. My one tuner is working perfectly! but I would prefer the two.
Tom

So this is an example EXEmultituner registry entry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Frey Technologies\Common\EXEMultiTunerPlugin]
"command"="C:\\Firewire\\4digit.cmd %DEVICE% %CHANNEL%"

You can see how the Device and Channel are passed to the batch file. From there, you should be able to get the Device and Channel arguments and use the appropriate URL based on the Device.

I'll see if I can find my old batch file, but I think I was using Gentuner under Linux so it would work a bit differently.

[Zogg]

I was using IP streaming devices instead of a capture device like an HDPVR, so I had OpenDCT doing the tuning commands. Hopefully the method I posted will work and you can use a batch file like this to capture the info you need:

@echo off
echo %date% %time% device is %2 channel is %1 >c:\temp\exemultitunerinfo.txt

There are probably some example batch files in the forum threads if you search.

[TGsell]

Thank you Zogg -- I am working on it now... will post the solution.
Tom

[TGsell]

I thought I could do this but apparently I am just not good enough with batch file scripts to break through. Does anyone have a script for tuning two individual WMC tuners (different machines obviously) using EXEMultituner ? My one machine works like a charm and I should be happy with this due to all the hard work of those who developed the WMC LiveTV Tuner but I am challenged to develop the batch file for this and don't want to give up. thanks all
Tom

[JustFred]

Post a copy of the batch file that's currently working. Shouldn't be too hard to tweak it to control multiple WMC tuners.

[Zogg]

Here's an older thread that describes what to do and has an example batch file.

You'll have to capture what SageTV is sending as the DEVICE names so that your batch file can look for it in the IF statement.

If you look 2 posts further, he shows to have the batch file open Notepad so you can see the Device name. Then you'll know what to put in your IF statement.

[TGsell]

Thanks Just Fred. With one tuner and IP address I don’t need a batch file the commands go directly from the registry. And thanks Zogg I will give it another try using the starters you provided.

[TGsell]

I still have not been able to write a batch file to address the multi WMC tuner goal - I started really simple - I can get this line to tune from a PS prompt but it does not tune from this batch file:

@echo off

rem test batch file

start C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\PowerShell.exe Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 192.168.1.56:40510/tune%20801

Pause

Any thoughts? I must be doing something dumb .... trying to learn simple batch file commands and operators.... I probably need a proper course and not just picking stuff off the web... thanks !

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by TGsell

I still have not been able to write a batch file to address the multi WMC tuner goal - I started really simple - I can get this line to tune from a PS prompt but it does not tune from this batch file:

@echo off

rem test batch file

start C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\PowerShell.exe Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 192.168.1.56:40510/tune%20801

Pause

Any thoughts? I must be doing something dumb .... trying to learn simple batch file commands and operators.... I probably need a proper course and not just picking stuff off the web... thanks !

So there's nothing wrong with using PowerShell, and it's very powerful, but I find it cumbersome and the commands very long. For this, I recommend you download the program wget and use it as the syntax is much simpler.

Here's a batch file that I use with EventGhost where EG sends the tuning command. Note that the Device and Channel are backwards from what EXEMultiTuner sends, but it is a good example for you to see how to do this. Also it logs the commands to a text file for checking.

If the channel is 0 then issue the STOP command, otherwise TUNE the channel specified. I usually put all my scripts in C:\scripts and sometimes extra programs like wget, but on this system I put it in C:\windows (or maybe it was installed there, I forget).

@echo off
echo %date% %time% device is %2 channel is %1 >c:\scripts\wmc-tunerinfo.txt
if "%1" == "0" (
	echo %date% %time% device is %2 channel is %1 >>c:\scripts\wmc-tunerinfo.txt
	c:\windows\wget -q "http://192.168.1.13:40510/stop/"
	exit /b
)
else (
	echo %date% %time% device is %2 channel is %1 >c:\scripts\wmc-tunerinfo.txt
	c:\windows\wget -q "http://192.168.1.13:40510/tune %1"
)

[TGsell]

Thanks! will try working with wget from command ....

[wnjj]

Try %% instead of a single %. The batch file is grabbing that one looking for a variable.

[TGsell]

Thanks all. Making progress. I can now tune using the batch file. I just need to set up the variables and arguments to match a new registry entry. I assume I will need to make the batch file an exe. As well.

[JustFred]

To invoke the batch file from EXEMultiTuner, see this post: https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/sho...895#post619895

[TGsell]

not quite there yet... I worked out the batch file (only testing with one IP address for now..) It tunes if I set the DEVICE and CHANNEL manually but not quite there yet with tuning from SAGE. I suspect there's something off with my registry -here's the batch

rem wmcmulti.bat tuner batch file

@echo off
rem
rem manual setting device and channel for testing
rem Set DEVICE=40511
rem Set CHANNEL=820
rem

If %DEVICE% EQU 40511 set USEIP=192.168.1.56:40510

C:\Windows\System32\wget.exe "http://%USEIP%/tune %CHANNEL%"

pause

My registry (in the Frey tech location for 64bit)

cmd.exe/c "C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\wmcmulti.bat %DEVICE% %CHANNEL%"

the bat file is in my main Sage directory and wget in System32 - I can manually tune the batch file, so I think it's something with the registry calling the batch file. Also.... I don't get the cmd screen from the pause when trying to tune from Sage which might be a clue (I do get it from the manual tune). Getting closer! I hope this helps others when I get it working. Thanks all.

[wnjj]

In your registery entry, move the close quote to just after wmcmulti.bat and not after the variables.