[ABM-MISC] Virgin and Sky FTA all channels not showing in ABM

[nasifkhan]

Hi all,

Current Set Up: VU+ Solo 2 with 2x DVB-S and 1x VU Turbo USB DVB-C, openvix-5.0.016.

I have VM working on my box and would like to have FTA Sat channels in my ABM.

Im using Dsayers custom mix from

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?57036-Cable-and-FTA-Sky-UK-CustomMix

Menu, setup, service searching, AutoBouquetsMaker, providers

Sky uk yes
Sky UK your area custom
no need to generate bouquets.

Virgin UK yes
Virgin UK your net Id
the rest is upto you

Virgin UK is on top.
all copied from the above thread by Dsayers

The International channels I wanted are not on there. I have checked to make sure I they are not selected as hidden.

When I go into TV Guide>Green (satellites)> 28.2E Astra...I can find the channel on this and it works.
For reference, if you click in the link below and click international, the ones I want are all the FTA ones:

https://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_channels_on_Sky_(UK_and_Ireland)#International

How do I get the FTA international channels in my ABM which are only available on SKY UK?

 

[abu baniaz]

Which international channels did you want? Quite a few that were FTA are no longer FTA. Please list the ones you wanted.

Also, do you want to replace the ones in the ones in the virgin bouquet with the ones from the Sky bouquets or do you want to have a separate bouquet?

 

[abu baniaz]

Using that particular mix file, these are the virgin channels replaced by 28.2 FTA ones.

        <insert target="807" source="810" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- SONY SAB -->
        <insert target="811" source="795" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- &TV -->
        <insert target="813" source="789" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Zing -->
        <insert target="816" source="781" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- B4U Music -->
        <insert target="825" source="796" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- TV5 MONDE -->
        <insert target="826" source="786" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- COLORS -->
        <insert target="827" source="822" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Rishtey -->
        <insert target="833" source="844" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- HUM EUROPE -->
        <insert target="835" source="329" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Nollywood -->

Note:
&TV is no longer FTA, a few more being encrypted in coming weeks.

 

[mrxbox360]

Using that particular mix file, these are the virgin channels replaced by 28.2 FTA ones.

        <insert target="807" source="810" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- SONY SAB -->
        <insert target="811" source="795" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- &TV -->
        <insert target="813" source="789" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Zing -->
        <insert target="816" source="781" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- B4U Music -->
        <insert target="825" source="796" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- TV5 MONDE -->
        <insert target="826" source="786" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- COLORS -->
        <insert target="827" source="822" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Rishtey -->
        <insert target="833" source="844" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- HUM EUROPE -->
        <insert target="835" source="329" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Nollywood -->

Note:
&TV is no longer FTA, a few more being encrypted in coming weeks.

Do you know what channels this will be & are they being encrypted on just sky or virgin too ?

 

[abu baniaz]

Colors, Rishtey, Rishtey Cineplex & News18 will join Sky basic pack

https://www.bizasialive.com/colors-rishtey-rishtey-cineplex-news18-join-sky-basic-pack/

In essence, there are only 5 free channels on Virgin, the rest are encrypted. If you are asking if the channels will only be viewable on official receivers, I hope not. The other Asian channels which are no longer FTA, i.e become encrypted, are still viewable on non-official receivers for now. &TV HD was unviewable for a while, it came back.

 

[dsayers]

nasifkhan we spoke about this on another forum and I couldn't work out why this is happening.

Can you remove the custommix enable debug logs and with abm change sky uk generate sections bouquet yes and virgin uk no.

Reboot box to activate debug then rescan abm and see if the channels show and upload the debug log to here in zip

Link to enabling debug log http://www.world-of-satellite.com/s...ase-read-before-raising-ABM-support-questions

Thanks for the info Abu I'll have a read up on it this weekend

 

[abu baniaz]

There is no reason to zip the debug log.

 

[nasifkhan]

If possible, i would prefer for the these channels to remain as they are with Virgin.
I would like to pull the remaining international channels from Sky.

In terms of a bouquet, I would prefer to have one bouquet with all the International channels from Virgin and Sky under the "International" header.

 

[nasifkhan]

Do you know what channels this will be & are they being encrypted on just sky or virgin too ?

If possible, i would prefer for the these channels to remain as they are with Virgin.
I would like to pull the remaining international channels from Sky.

In terms of a bouquet, I would prefer to have one bouquet with all the International channels from Virgin and Sky under the "International" header.

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[nasifkhan]

nasifkhan we spoke about this on another forum and I couldn't work out why this is happening.

Can you remove the custommix enable debug logs and with abm change sky uk generate sections bouquet yes and virgin uk no.

Reboot box to activate debug then rescan abm and see if the channels show and upload the debug log to here in zip

Link to enabling debug log http://www.world-of-satellite.com/s...ase-read-before-raising-ABM-support-questions

Thanks for the info Abu I'll have a read up on it this weekend

I have attached the report.
BTW, how do i delete the custommix?

 

[nasifkhan]

Which international channels did you want? Quite a few that were FTA are no longer FTA. Please list the ones you wanted.

Also, do you want to replace the ones in the ones in the virgin bouquet with the ones from the Sky bouquets or do you want to have a separate bouquet?

Using that particular mix file, these are the virgin channels replaced by 28.2 FTA ones.

        <insert target="807" source="810" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- SONY SAB -->
        <insert target="811" source="795" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- &TV -->
        <insert target="813" source="789" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Zing -->
        <insert target="816" source="781" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- B4U Music -->
        <insert target="825" source="796" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- TV5 MONDE -->
        <insert target="826" source="786" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- COLORS -->
        <insert target="827" source="822" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Rishtey -->
        <insert target="833" source="844" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- HUM EUROPE -->
        <insert target="835" source="329" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Nollywood -->

Note:
&TV is no longer FTA, a few more being encrypted in coming weeks.

If possible, i would prefer for the these channels to remain as they are with Virgin.
I would like to pull the remaining international channels from Sky.
I would also like to do the same with the FTA News channels.
I would also like to do the same with the FTA Children's channels

In terms of a bouquet, I would prefer to have one bouquet with all the International channels from Virgin and Sky combined under the "International" header, also the same for news.

 

[abu baniaz]

You need to specify exactly what you want instead of expecting people to work it out for you.

ABM works with official numbers. As an example if you want:
Hum Masala (799) added to Virgin position 841
Geo TV (807) added to Virgin position 842

Post with this wording or similar. Numbers are what we need to help.

Sky 799 into Virgin 841
Sky 807 into Virgin 842

Once again, numbers please. Bear in mind that the audio description bouquets starts at 851

Note:
It may work out better not to use the custom mix system, but lets start off with it.

 

[nasifkhan]

Thanks for the reply. When I get back I'll do that.

 

[nasifkhan]

Is there a way to find out which numbers are free?
Do I just do ABM with virgin numbers and see which are not taken?

 

[abu baniaz]

simplest way is to run sky in FTA mode. set sky as first provider, do not create the main bouquet.

 

[nasifkhan]

apologies for the delay in replying to this, my box would not load past the vix image screen so I had to re-flash it.
from my OP, my set up is the same but my image has changed from openvix 5.0.016 to openvix 5.0.025
Please note, I do not have the dsayers custom mix plugin.

Abu baniaz - Below are the channels I would like adding. Please note, the Sky numbering I got was from ABM run on Sky only.
Likewise, the available numbers I have used are from ABM on virgin only in which I went through numbers that have not been used.

Sky Channel---Channel Name---Virgin Channel

625 Tiny Pop +1 733
626 POP +1 735
629 KIX +1 739
792 PTV Prime 802
799 Hum Masala 834
800 Hidayat TV 814
802 Geo News 817
803 PTV Global 808
807 Geo TV 818
812 Noor TV 820
813 Peace TV 821
817 Geo Kahani 819
818 AAJ Tak 844
819 Iqra TV 843
828 Madani Channel 823
830 Peace TV Urdu 822
832 Samaa 824
834 Takbeer TV 842
845 British Muslim 828
850 Dunya News 841

 

[abu baniaz]

Place the attached xml file in /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/AutoBouquetsMaker/custom


Your output will be similar to what is pictured. As you can see, the service type icons show which type of service is in the bouquet.







For anyone curious, contents of file are

<!-- Nasif khan custom mix xml file-->
<!-- Add some FTA channels from 28.2 into virgin provider-->
<custommix>
    <inserts>
        <insert target="733" source="625" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Tiny Pop +1 -->
        <insert target="735" source="626" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- POP+1 -->
        <insert target="739" source="629" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Kix+1 -->
        <insert target="802" source="792" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- PTV Prime -->
        <insert target="808" source="803" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- PTV Global -->
        <insert target="814" source="800" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Hidayat TV -->
        <insert target="817" source="802" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- GEO News -->
        <insert target="818" source="807" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- GEO TV -->
        <insert target="819" source="817" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- GEO Kahani -->
        <insert target="820" source="812" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Noor TV -->
        <insert target="821" source="813" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Peace TV -->
        <insert target="822" source="830" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Peace TV Urdu -->
        <insert target="823" source="828" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Madani Chnl -->
        <insert target="824" source="832" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Samaa -->
        <insert target="828" source="845" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- British Muslim -->
        <insert target="834" source="799" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Hum Masala -->
        <insert target="841" source="850" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Dunya News -->
        <insert target="842" source="834" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- Takbeer TV -->
        <insert target="843" source="819" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- IQRA TV -->
        <insert target="844" source="818" provider="sat_282_sky_uk"></insert> <!-- AAJ TAK -->
    </inserts>
    <deletes>
        <delete target="969"></delete>
        <delete target="970"></delete>
        <delete target="971"></delete>
        <delete target="972"></delete>
        <delete target="973"></delete>
        <delete target="974"></delete>
        <delete target="975"></delete>
        <delete target="976"></delete>
        <delete target="977"></delete>
        <delete target="978"></delete>
        <delete target="979"></delete>
        <delete target="980"></delete>
        <delete target="981"></delete>
        <delete target="982"></delete>
        <delete target="983"></delete>
        <delete target="984"></delete>
        <delete target="985"></delete>
        <delete target="986"></delete>
        <delete target="987"></delete>
        <delete target="988"></delete>
        <delete target="989"></delete>        
    </deletes>
    <hacks>
<=!=[=C=D=A=T=A=[

]=]=>
    </hacks>
</custommix>

 

[nasifkhan]

Thank you Abu Baniaz. Everything is working as it should.
Is there a tuturial on what you have done in case I want to make changes in the future?

 

[abu baniaz]

There is a thread explaining mix, favourites etc.

Use Notepad++ (not windows notepad) to read the file. It should make sense.

target = number of current provider you want to insert into

source = number of source you want to use

provider= the provider you want to use.