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[Journeyman]

Hello!

I compare the file[list]
[*]/etc/tuxbox/satellites.xml
[/list]
from the update I installed yesterday (2012-11-20) to a generated one (from http://satellites-xml.eu/).

There are huge differences for "my" satellites, even the names:

satellites-xml.eu names:[list]
[*]Thor 5/6/Intelsat 10-02 (0.8W)
[*]Astra 4A/SES 5 (4.9E)
[/list]
OpenPLi names:[list]
[*]0.8W Intelsat 10-02..Thor 5/6 Ku Band
[*]4.8E SES 5..Astra 4A
[/list]
The downloaded one got the information string:[list]
[*]Created By Pli Lyngsatgrabber Version 20120903
[/list]
Any clue how the OpenPLi version is updated?

Attached Files

•  satellites.xml.121120.updated.from.openpli.sorted.xml   15.61KB   8 downloads
•  satellites.xml.121121.generated.sorted.xml   21.91KB   12 downloads

[WanWizard]

That is the version string of the script, not of the file generated. A line below that you'll find the build date and time of the file.
We generate the file on a weekly basis (on a saturday if memory serves me correctly).

The 4.8 / 4.9 debate is as long as santa clause's beard. It always was 4.8, somewhere it was decided to change that. It's only a number, and changing that number will invalidate all existing channel lists, forcing you do delete all the channels you have, and rebuilding the bouquets by hand. So it stayed at 4.8. There are more of these examples.

An other big difference is that some xml generators blindly dump everything they can find in the xml. Including all temporary frequencies and feeds. Which means scanning will take forever, and you won't find any channel more to watch. So our script filters all these.

[Erik Slagter]

There are even sources that mention 5.0. It doesn't matter...

[Journeyman]

Finally solved! The solution was to edit /usr/keys/mg_cfg


My second VU+ Duo: OpenPLi 2010-12-25
Works with:
# box type
# 00 autodetect, change only if you think wrong type detected.
B: { 00 }

My second VU+ Duo: OpenPLi Firmware version: 2012-11-28 22:55:33

Had to change this to
# box type
# 06 dreambox/mips
B: { 06 }

A tricky one! :-)

[Robinson]

Hello!

I compare the file

• /etc/tuxbox/satellites.xml

from the update I installed yesterday (2012-11-20) to a generated one (from http://satellites-xml.eu/).

 

By the way, it seems impossible to remove C-band when downloading from this site. Am I right?

[Huevos]

Robinson, use my site. You can customise as much as you please, turn C-band on and off on individual satellites or as a whole, you don't have to include redundant "feeds" transponders in the list (that slow down scans), and it doesn't contain stale data. Also, European positions are hard coded so it doesn't break settings.

satellites-xml.org

[Huevos]

You can even just put in your location and it will create a horizon to horizon satellites.xml for that location.