DVBStreamExplorer Community Preview

A DVBStreamExplorer Community Preview including Python integration has been made public available. This is in a very early stage but will allow you to try out Python integration feature now.

At this point only x64 is available. You need a valid DVBStreamExplorer license or you can try it out for time limited period. You also need to have Python 3 x64 version installed.
Download from here: http://dvbstreamexplorer.com/grIyM6Xq/dvbse/4.0/preview/python/dvbstreamexplorer4ProX64.msi

This version is almost identical to the recent DVBSE 4.0.21 except for the Python integration.
To integrate Python launch DVBStreamExplorer. Open options / preferences. You should notice a new tab 'Python integration'.

Here you can enable Python integration. You can open the the folder where user Python scripts should be stored. The folder path is fixed and cannot be changed.

Currently only Multiple DVB MUX scanning (S/C/T) integrates Python.

Download following script and use it as a starting point, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2ETNJgnsmi0NjktRGdSamItZWM/view?usp=sharing. This basically just defines simple stubs for the methods that will be invoked by DVBStreamExplorer.
The print statements do not have any effect when invoked from DVBStreamExplorer since these is no active console for output. They were used when invoking script from a small Python test application. Each method increments a member variable, This is just to demonstrate that state is kept in between calls.
Now you can modify the sample script for your own need. The general rule is if you want DVBStreamExplorer to continue it's current task return 0. If you want DVBStreamExplorer to abort it's current task return 1. In the sample script this is demonstrated for DVB-S scanning that will skip scanning for vertical transponders.

This is work in progress and likely to change before final release. It is strongly recommended not to make any custom solution for production usage. Things can break in furure preview and final releases.

Feel free to provide feedback, either as comment to post or directly to info@dvbstreamexplorer.com

Integrating user defined Python scripts with DVBStreamExplorer

NOTE: this post describes a feature that is not yet included in DVBStreamExplorer public release.

A new feature is planned for a future DVBStreamExplorer release. This feature will allow a user defined Python script to be invoked at certain points during 'Multiple DVB-x MUX scanning'. User script will be called on events like:

• Starting a new scan session.
• Starting scan of new satellite. This is only applicable for DVB-S scanning.
• Starting scan of new MUX. Tuner parameters. 
• Scanning of MUX completed.
• Scanning of satellite completed. This is only applicable for DVB-S scanning.
• Scan session completed.

Depending on event context user script can typically request DVBStreamExplorer to continue scanning, skip scanning of current satellite/MUX or abort the entire scanning session. Events handlers are methods in a class user script must implement. Using a class allows script to maintain state between calls to methods.
In example below user script is handling the start scanning of new DVB-S MUX event.

    def StartScanMuxDvbS(self,frequency, symbolrate, polarisation, fec):

        print(self.count,frequency, symbolrate, polarisation, fec)

        self.count=self.count+1

        if polarisation == "H":

            return 0

        else:

            return 1

This code causes scanning of horisontal transponders only. Scanning of vertical transponders will be skipped.While this might not represent an interesting case for a real production system, it does demonstrate the possibilities. Note that 'self.count=self.count+1' statement is to keep track of the number of times script was called. This is for debugging purposes only.

A more realistic case for a real production system: If you are scanning multiple satellites on a regular basis, you might have certain expectations about hove many transponders should be scanned and how many services should be found. If scan result differs too much from your expectations you could send a notification, i.e. email, to a user to alert about this.

The work on this is still in progress. I now have a working prototype. But there is still some way before it's ready for public release.
Please feel free to provide feedback on this, i.e. if you have any suggestion about information that should be passed on to user script. You can provide feedback either by commenting on this post or send to info@dvbstreamexplorer.com.