South Africa

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Originally Posted by petestrash

chances are that you still won't be allowed in with a UK ISP, because of concerns with service theft in places where service is available.

You should really use your local SA ISP.

Peter.

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Ugh. If worst comes to worst I will i guess. Do they at least reply to say your application is rejected?

No, no reply and your request is just ignored along with the hundreds of others who try to sneak in. :D

Peter

Bah! Stards! ;)
I've reregistered with my work email addie which IS in south africa... *holds thumbs*
Meanwhile, I've found a nice XML version of our programme guide... our satellite provider doesn't like giving out the info... *mumble*
Just need the emulator now!!

How much work is involved in setting up an emulator (ballpark?) I'm still totally in the dark on that side.

Thanks again :)

Steven


ps, if I don't have any luck, what are the chances of adding another region to the OzTivo emulator with the south african channels/info on it? :D *pushes luck*

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Bah! Stards!

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Not really, we would like TiVo to stay in business so the user community remains strong and people still focus on improvements and upgrades.

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How much work is involved in setting up an emulator (ballpark?) I'm still totally in the dark on that side.

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Getting the basics up and running isn't too bad, and it's reasonably documented. I haven't played with that area for a long time, you might want to pop over to the NZ area of forums, they also run their own emulator which was setup much more recently.

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ps, if I don't have any luck, what are the chances of adding another region to the OzTivo emulator with the south african channels/info on it? *pushes luck*

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You shouldn't have a problem once you are verified, each Canadian runs their own emulator.

We would not be able to help you in the near future, as we are doing a major change in the way our guide data is formed and slices will now be built 7 times a week instead twice a week. I think the next month or so will be spent plugging holes and refining the process to keep several hundred TiVo's happy.

Peter

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Originally Posted by petestrash

Not really, we would like TiVo to stay in business so the user community remains strong and people still focus on improvements and upgrades.

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Don't get me wrong! I fully understand the need not to tread on tivo inc's toes! :) They've given us a wonderful device here, and I was extremely happy with the service I paid for in UK. Was just muttering about the "ignore with no recourse to explain self" thing ;)

Glad it's simple and well documented... *waits in anticipation* :)

Thanks once again for all the tips!

S