[tunefix-update] Automated Freeview channel updates

[MymsMan]

More Musical chairs

 

[Owen Smith]

More Musical chairs

More to come with the BBC3 LCN changes in a week or two.

 

[EEPhil]

More to come with the BBC3 LCN changes in a week or two.

That’ll be fun. Everything from 23-under 90 on the move. There must be a better way.

 

[Black Hole]

There must be a better way.

There is: don't bother.

 

[prpr]

There must be a better way.

Like with Basic line numbering, give each operator a block of 10.
That always worked, didn't it? Until it didn't.

 

[prpr]

1.0.114:

LCN change from 82 to 83 for Together TV​

LCN change from 81 to 82 for TalkingPictures TV​

LCN change from 80 to 81 for Blaze+1​

LCN change from 79 to 80 for Clubland TV​

LCN change from 78 to 79 for NOW 90s​

LCN change from 77 to 78 for TCC​

LCN change from 76 to 77 for NOW 80s​

LCN change from 75 to 76 for NOW 70s​

LCN change from 74 to 75 for Yesterday+1​

LCN change from 73 to 74 for Drama +1​

LCN change from 72 to 73 for Shopping Quarter​

LCN change from 71 to 72 for Jewellery Maker​

LCN change from 70 to 71 for Quest Red+1​

LCN change from 69 to 70 for QUEST+1​

LCN change from 68 to 69 for Horror Channel​

LCN change from 67 to 68 for CBS Drama​

LCN change from 66 to 67 for CBS Reality​

LCN change from 65 to 66 for TBN UK​

LCN change from 64 to 65 for FreeSports​

LCN change from 63 to 64 for Blaze​

LCN change from 62 to 63 for GREAT! movies classic +1​

LCN change from 61 to 62 for GREAT! tv +1​

LCN change from 60 to 61 for GREAT! movies +1​

LCN change from 59 to 60 for ITV4+1​

LCN change from 58 to 59 for ITV3+1​

LCN change from 57 to 58 for ITVBe+1​

LCN change from 56 to 57 for Smithsonian Channel​

LCN change from 55 to 56 for 5SELECT​

LCN change from 54 to 55 for RTÉ Two​

LCN change from 53 to 54 for RTÉ One​

LCN change from 52 to 53 for TG4​

LCN change from 51 to 52 for GREAT! movies classic​

LCN change from 50 to 51 for Ideal World​

LCN change from 49 to 50 for GREAT! tv​

LCN change from 48 to 49 for 4seven​

LCN change from 47 to 48 for Challenge​

LCN change from 46 to 47 for Film4+1​

LCN change from 45 to 46 for Channel 5+1​

LCN change from 44 to 45 for Gems TV​

LCN change from 43 to 44 for HGTV​

LCN change from 42 to 43 for Food Network​

LCN change from 41 to 42 for GREAT! movies action​

LCN change from 40 to 41 for CBS Justice​

LCN change from 39 to 40 for Quest Red​

LCN change from 38 to 39 for DMAX​

LCN change from 37 to 38 for QVC Style​

LCN change from 36 to 37 for QVC Beauty​

LCN change from 35 to 36 for Pick​

LCN change from 34 to 35 for ITV +1​

LCN change from 34 to 35 for STV +1​

LCN change from 34 to 35 for UTV +1​

LCN change from 33 to 34 for GREAT! movies​

LCN change from 32 to 33 for 5ACTION​

LCN change from 31 to 32 for 5STAR​

LCN change from 30 to 31 for 4Music​

LCN change from 29 to 30 for E4+1​

LCN change from 28 to 29 for ITV2 +1​

LCN change from 27 to 28 for ITVBe​

LCN change from 26 to 27 for Yesterday​

LCN change from 25 to 26 for ITV4​

LCN change from 23 to 25 for Dave ja vu​

Add BBC THREE on LCN 23 (PSB1)​

Add BBC THREE HD on LCN 109 (PSB3)​

 

[MikeSh]

Hmm.
This box generally does a crash on start (10-20 secs in) every couple of months.
Last time (until this) was 4 Jan.
Yesterday and today it has crashed on start, and both days the warning panel has also contained info about tune-fix updates.

Seems a bit of a coincidence.

 

[EEPhil]

Like with Basic line numbering, give each operator a block of 10.
That always worked, didn't it? Until it didn't.

Many years ago when I wrote a serious suite of programs in Basic (Yes, I know, but not my choice - I did it for the beer tokens) renumbering always seemed to work. That quote would suggest you came across a scenario where renumbering failed.

 

[sine24]

Hmm.
This box generally does a crash on start (10-20 secs in) every couple of months.
Last time (until this) was 4 Jan.
Yesterday and today it has crashed on start, and both days the warning panel has also contained info about tune-fix updates.

Seems a bit of a coincidence.

Mine too

 

[prpr]

1.0.115:

Rename Shopping Quarter to HobbyMaker​

Rename Create & Craft to Craft Extra on LCN 95​

Rename Craft Store TV to Create & Craft​

 

[prpr]

1.0.116:

Remove RT​

Remove RT HD​

Remove Ideal Extra​

LCN change from 60 to 89 for ITV4+1​

LCN change from 104 to 110 for Channel 4 HD (in Wales)​

LCN change from 110 to 104 for S4C HD​

Rename Dave ja vu to W on LCN 25​

Rename Drama +1 to Dave ja vu on LCN 74​

Mux. move for Together TV from COM5 to COM7​

Mux. move for Drama +1 on LCN 60 from COM4 to COM5​

 

[jxp]

I've just realised I haven't got BBC 3 or W in my EPG. Tunefix-update is updated to 1.0.116 .
Is there any way to force tunefix-update to act or logs to see why it hasn't?
I tried a force re-install from the diagnostics page and checked the xinit.log after a re-start but I couldn't spot anything there

I expect a manual re-tune will resolve this, but I was curious.

 

[prpr]

It's difficult to know without knowing what the state of your tuning was before.
Missing BBC3 is presumably because you haven't installed 1.0.114 somehow, and I suspect your Dave ja vu may still be on 23 for the same reason? This would stop 1.0.116 from working properly.
Has the box not been powered on at all between Jan 25 and Mar 5 with a working internet connection?

Manual retune will of course fix it, or I could probably tell you the command line instructions if you want, which will save mucking up your recording schedule etc.?

 

[jxp]

Ah OK. So 114 failed for some reason, but I hadn't noticed. My box is used (and turned on and off) nearly every day.
It might be nice if there was an easy way to re-try missed updates (before the most recent) or at least get a clearer indication that it failed.

I'll manually re-tune (and use the schedule backup). Hopefully it will keep up to date for the next set of changes!

 

[prpr]

My box is used (and turned on and off) nearly every day.

I can't think why it failed then.

It might be nice if there was an easy way to re-try missed updates (before the most recent)

That's quite tricky given the current architecture.

or at least get a clearer indication that it failed.

Yes, better logging would be useful.

For reference, here are sample instructions (from the command prompt), assuming you're on 1.0.113 and you know the latest is 1.0.116:

cd /tmp
opkg remove tunefix-update
wget -U "" http://hpkg.tv/hdrfoxt2/base/tunefix-update_1.0.114_mipsel.opk
wget -U "" http://hpkg.tv/hdrfoxt2/base/tunefix-update_1.0.115_mipsel.opk
opkg install tunefix-update_1.0.114_mipsel.opk
opkg install tunefix-update_1.0.115_mipsel.opk
opkg upgrade tunefix-update
reboot

 

[prpr]

1.0.117:

Rename 5 USA to 5USA​

Add That's Music on LCN 92 (COM7)​

Add TalkTV on LCN 237 (COM4)​

 

[prpr]

1.0.118:

LCN change from 41 to 69 for CBS Justice​

LCN change from 69 to 41 for Horror Channel​

 

[prpr]

1.0.119:

Remove COM7 mux.​

Remove Craft Extra​

Remove CBS Drama​

Rename 4Music to E4 Extra​

Rename Horror Channel to Legend​

Mux. move for That's TV (UK) on LCN 91 from COM7 to COM6 on LCN 65​

Mux. move for Quest Red+1 from COM7 to COM6​

Mux. move for Together TV from COM7 to COM5​

Mux. move for BBC FOUR HD from COM7 to PSB3​

Mux. move for CBeebies HD from COM7 to PSB3​

Add Classic Hits on LCN 91 (COM6)​

 

[/df]

Remove COM7 mux.

:-(((

Also, if Freeview realised that That's TV shows most content in the wrong aspect ratio, would they threaten to kick it off?

 

[EEPhil]

:-(((

Also, if Freeview realised that That's TV shows most content in the wrong aspect ratio, would they threaten to kick it off?

I doubt it. But while we're at it, would they kick other channels off for over-large DOGs, animated DOGs, pop-up nexts, and squashing end-credits? No - unfortunately.