uk tv listing

[isopor]

My main use for this program is to watch UK TV. I configured the program, links, thumbnails, aspect ratio, etc. and I'm amazed with the results.
But, being stream tv, zapping thru the channels is frustating of course.

I want to see a uk tv listing guide on the screen. Is there an easy way to do it?
Right now I'm building a batch program to generate a GIF image. But I wonder if there is something smarter. Many people may wish this, regard of the dlna server.

[Eugene]

My main use for this program is to watch UK TV. I configured the program, links, thumbnails, aspect ratio, etc. and I'm amazed with the results.
But, being stream tv, zapping thru the channels is frustating of course.

I want to see a uk tv listing guide on the screen. Is there an easy way to do it?
Right now I'm building a batch program to generate a GIF image. But I wonder if there is something smarter. Many people may wish this, regard of the dlna server.

You can use dynamic folders, generated by a script.
Simple example
1. Select folder "Internet-television"
2. On right click "Add folder"
3. Title: TV Guide
4. Type: Dynamic
5. Click Script
6. Expression

Code: Select all

begin
  WmsCreateMediaItem('10:00 Text 1', FolderItem.ItemID, 'Channel 1');
  WmsCreateMediaItem('12:00 Text 2', FolderItem.ItemID, 'Channel 1'); 
end.

In the script you can use the download web pages, their analysis using regular expressions.

[isopor]

That's very interesting, Eugene. I will try dynamic scripts later. But it surely opens some doors.
The beauty of this software is exactly this openness; the use of scripts, integration with VLC, etc. For me it's still a bit hard to use, but clearly there's a lot of potential there.

Regarding the television listings, I managed to build a DOS batch file that:
1. downloads the content of the URL containg the television guide and converts to an image.
2. resizes and scales this image

Then I built a custom Transcoder in WMS just to be able to call this batch file. Its contents are: c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c (etc)

In WMS I have two pictures in the photo section. One has the custom transcoder applied to it so I can activate the batch file using my television.
When the batch file is executed, I am able to see the result by opening the other picture that's been just updated.

There is probably a more elegant solution. But this is working for me.
I attached the gif image so you can see what I get on the TV.