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UK - BBC2 EPG suddenly has several programs daily with 'No information'
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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1255134" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>I originally used both ways of collecting the EPG. But I found on several occasions that the system got into a state where all of the tuners appeared to be in use, with the result that scheduled recordings (or attempts to watch live TV) failed. This happened when some tuners <em>should</em> have been idle (I have 8 tuners!). So I changed to use only "grab when idle".</p><p></p><p>Since then, I have revised my view, and I think that the problem may have been caused by some defective motherboard BIOS (one of the tuner cards goes missing on wake from sleep), and/or having two identical tuner cards in the system (two TBS 6284). I now run one TBS 6284 card (DVB-T2) plus two Pinnacle 2000i cards (DVB-T). (I already had the Pinnacles, from the time before DVB-T2 arrived at my location.)</p><p></p><p>My system is a 4-core Intel Q6600 (Dell XPS 420), so I don't think that system load is a problem, and I probably could try grabbing the EPG both ways.</p><p></p><p>In your case, you could disable "grab EPG while time-shifting", and enable "grab EPG while idle", with a grabbing timeout of (say) 15 minutes, and a refresh interval of 24 hours. If you then schedule your HTPC to wake overnight, it would grab the EPG, and you could run your EPG-edit tool. The UK EPG appears to be 7 full days plus the remainder of the current day, with the EPG for the 8th day being added shortly after midnight. So if you scheduled the HTPC to wake at (say) 03:00 hours, you would get all of the changes to the existing EPG, plus the EPG for the 8th day that was added at midnight. It may be possible to use "PowerScheduler" to trigger this wake (and maybe even to run your EPG-edit tool).</p><p></p><p>Although "grabbing while timeshifting" <em>can</em> receive last-minute schedule changes, in the UK it is perhaps only a minor advantage, because the schedules don't change at the last minute that often. When I was using Vista WMC, the Microsoft internet EPG was 14 days, but I used to download it only <strong>once per week</strong> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />, so definitely no chance of getting last-minute updates there. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1255134, member: 141969"] I originally used both ways of collecting the EPG. But I found on several occasions that the system got into a state where all of the tuners appeared to be in use, with the result that scheduled recordings (or attempts to watch live TV) failed. This happened when some tuners [I]should[/I] have been idle (I have 8 tuners!). So I changed to use only "grab when idle". Since then, I have revised my view, and I think that the problem may have been caused by some defective motherboard BIOS (one of the tuner cards goes missing on wake from sleep), and/or having two identical tuner cards in the system (two TBS 6284). I now run one TBS 6284 card (DVB-T2) plus two Pinnacle 2000i cards (DVB-T). (I already had the Pinnacles, from the time before DVB-T2 arrived at my location.) My system is a 4-core Intel Q6600 (Dell XPS 420), so I don't think that system load is a problem, and I probably could try grabbing the EPG both ways. In your case, you could disable "grab EPG while time-shifting", and enable "grab EPG while idle", with a grabbing timeout of (say) 15 minutes, and a refresh interval of 24 hours. If you then schedule your HTPC to wake overnight, it would grab the EPG, and you could run your EPG-edit tool. The UK EPG appears to be 7 full days plus the remainder of the current day, with the EPG for the 8th day being added shortly after midnight. So if you scheduled the HTPC to wake at (say) 03:00 hours, you would get all of the changes to the existing EPG, plus the EPG for the 8th day that was added at midnight. It may be possible to use "PowerScheduler" to trigger this wake (and maybe even to run your EPG-edit tool). Although "grabbing while timeshifting" [I]can[/I] receive last-minute schedule changes, in the UK it is perhaps only a minor advantage, because the schedules don't change at the last minute that often. When I was using Vista WMC, the Microsoft internet EPG was 14 days, but I used to download it only [B]once per week[/B] :eek:, so definitely no chance of getting last-minute updates there. :D -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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