DVB-S setup with Digiguide EPG Grabber & XMLTV importer

[jaminben]

Ok here are my .frq files for Freeveiw & Freesat. Obvioulsy the Freeview channels will only work if you live in or around Norwich. I couldn't find the lineups.xml but when I do I'll attach that as well.

Regards

Ben

[ElGato]

Originally Posted by MCE-Refugee

* Restart SageTV & start to add the video sources.
* Select 'Do Not Use Program Guide Data with this Source' & you will still get the Now/Next data over the air & can check that all your channels are working correctly with the correct channel numbers.

When I do this there are no channels to test???

[ElGato]

I've tried many times now, and I just can not get SageTV to recognise my new .frq file,

This is the last thing left in an otherwise near perfect set up, I have to be missing something but what???

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by ElGato

I have to be missing something but what???

As long as its named correctly and you force a refresh as I sudgested on the previous page then it will work.

[ElGato]

Originally Posted by jaminben

As long as its named correctly and you force a refresh as I sudgested on the previous page then it will work.

It is names exactly as the original scan it came from. If by force a refresh you mean disabling and re-enabling a channel, done that, still no joy. Nonne of the channels will tune.

Here is my .frq file, in case it offers any clues.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by ElGato

It is names exactly as the original scan it came from. If by force a refresh you mean disabling and re-enabling a channel, done that, still no joy. Nonne of the channels will tune.

Here is my .frq file, in case it offers any clues.

Have you removed the tuner, closed sage, restart sage, add tuner but dont scan for channels when prompted. If none of the sugestions that have been posted work I would proberly start again and remove sage and all remaining folders.

[ElGato]

OK, figured it out after uploading that .frq file. When I went to open it it obviously defaulted to opening with notepad, where upon I saw that for some bizare reason all the carriage returns had been removed, no wonder SageTV had a problem with it. Seems my text editor of chioce, Notepad2, was corrupting it, once I put all the carraige returns back it was OK.


ta for all the help.

[elyl]

Cool, worked out the reason why editing my frq file wasn't working - didn't realise Stephane's plugin actually read the frq file and made up a channel lineup from that. I was editing the frq file and then trying to get sage to recognise it, without having XMLTV installed yet.

So, just to clarify in case anyone else has missed the point like I had:
- Do a full channel scan in Sage
- Edit the frq file to your liking - note, any changes you make to the frq file will be totally ignored by Sage
- Remove the video source in Sage
- Install Stephane's XMLTV program (important!)
- Import your frq file into Stephane's program, edit your channel lineup to your liking here, and the guide mappings
- Add the source in Sage again, and make it point to the XMLTV Importer to find the channel lineup - you don't need to rescan the channels at all, the importer transfers all the frequencies and so on from your frq file into the channel lineup, as if by magic!

Anyway, I'm most impressed by Stephane's Importer and DG2XML. Will be sending a wee donation soon.