Re: Transition from tv_grab_uk_rt to tv_grab_uk_atlas

On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:43:16 +0200, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> As the API Explorer demonstrates, one does not need to know the platform
> or the region in order to retrieve the list of channels:
[...]
> 
> (Rince and repeat for increasing values of offset in order to retrieve
> the next set).
> 
> Jan

True, but it is not user friendly to present people with a list of over 1,500 stations from which they have to work out which ones they can receive and then manually add/ignore each one!

As you said in your initial post, this grabber is designed for UK users [1] so is built around the broadcast platforms and regions available in the UK. If none of the existing Atlas platforms are suitable then you could either (a) try to get MetaBroadcast (the company behind Atlas) to add a platform for you, or (b) manually edit your config file to suit your own needs. 

You can add any channels you like to the config file (they don't have to be in the region specified) so obviously the second option is the easiest.

Geoff

[1] Note that grabbers are written for the country in which they are *used*, hence it is "UK_atlas" not "BE_atlas" :-)  BBC Entertainment is not available in the UK.

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