MV: Dreambox EPG Plugin

Status: Beta Version 3.5.2 Released
Date: 18/04/2006

About

MV is a free EPG plugin for the Dreambox digital satellite receiver, intended to replace both the built in channel list and Multi-EPG.

MV used to be called 'MultiView'. The name was changed to prevent confusion with the existing technology called 'Multiview'.

Full MV source code is released under the GPL. It can be found in every release tarball.

XMLTV/EPGUI download/cache/display. Auto-conversion of XMLTV to EPGUI for speed/space saving.
MHW scan (via PLi®'s mhwepg binary)/cache/display
multiple highly configurable graphical views (e.g. 'what's on now')
multiple list views (films, favourites, selected/playing channel, all channels) with improved presentation [NOT LITE VERSION]
channel icons for both graphical and list views
GUI management of definitions for favourite TV programs [NOT LITE_VERSION]
IMDB support for extra film data, in collaboration with Bjorn Hijmans.
efficient auto-scan channels (one channel, this satellite, all satellites) to fill enigma EPG cache and MHW file with data
save enigma cache data to USB/HDD when plugin exits, so it's not lost when the Dreambox is restarted
automatic scan for favourite TV programs,with indicator when the list changes
special program highlighting: films, favourites, current playing
browse around channels without exiting EPG
time bar for jumping around the next week of programs quickly
title/descr language selection based on OSD language
automatic timer begin/end adjustment
scroll bar to show position in channels
option to maintain MV's aspect ratio when enigma is in 'smart' 16:9 mode
quick switch between EPGs for different bouquets
'active' auto-update when new data available
much more!

XMLTV from a local file seems to not work for some sources.
scan occasionally crashes
XMLTV language attributes are ignored
when editing the position of the indicator row in a list window, only the time label moves, not any indicators being shown
font family option has no effect
when timer adjust is set, setting timer for two events after each other will probably lead to rejection by enigma.
after editing a favourite name, it's name in the manager list is not updated
if you have two identical names in a bouquet you will probably experience odd problems. You could try renaming one of them (e.g. add a '.' in the enigma bouquet manager).
presentation menu, sometimes colours are such that the text in a box disappears

Programs on now. Dark blue is a 'favourite', red is the playing program, white is the cursor, grey is a film.	Now/next view. The green/blue bar above each program shows the elapsed/remaining time for it. The bar at the left shows where you are in the channel list.	'Unobtrusive view'. I havn't decided what to do with this one yet, but YOU could do whatever you like!
Time-scaled short term view. The bar at the very top is used to navigate around within the next week.	Time-scaled long-term view.	Channel list. Lists all the program in the playing channel. If the cursor is active, lists all programs for the selected channel. The red time shows that the program is playing now. The yellow bar shows that this is a 'favourite' program. The gray bars show films.
Film list. Shows all films in the data scanned by MV.	Favourites list. Shows all programs matching the user-specified 'favourite' definitions.	All programs list. Shows the next X programs for every channel MV has data for, sorted chronologically.
An alternative version of view 9, it's sorted by channel.	Configures what data MV should read. It could be Enigma cache, saved enigma cache, scanned MHW data or downloaded XMLTV/EPGUI data. Also configures where to store retrieved data.	A lot of the fonts and colours are too.
This is the alias manager, which lets you map names of channels MV has read to names of channels in the user bouquet.	Result of IMDB query: list of possibilities.	IMDB record display. Stars indicate the rating.