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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1267966" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>I thought that it might be useful to describe my setup for EPG grabbing:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I use only "grab while timeshifting/recording".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I grab from only one channel (a channel that I never watch or listen to, but which resides in a MUX that includes the full EPG).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have scheduled a manual 30-minute recording from this channel for 06:00 hours (when the HTPC is never being used). 30 minutes is long enough to ensure that I receive the full EPG. In the UK, a full EPG takes around 15 minutes to receive, although this varies somewhat from day to day.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To receive last-minute updates to the EPG, I could schedule short manual recordings from that channel for other times in the day (e.g. 18:00 hours), although currently I do not do that. By "short" I mean (say) 2 minutes. In the UK, the EPG for the next few hours is broadcast repeatedly, so a 2-minute grab will receive the updates.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The channel that I use is actually a radio channel, as this results in tiny recording files that do not consume much space on disk. I delete these files every day or two.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MP does not allow scheduling manual radio recordings, so scheduling a manual TV recording is easier. To use a radio channel, you need to schedule a manual TV recording, export the recording schedule, manually edit the xml file to change the channel to the radio channel, and then import the recording schedule.</li> </ul><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1267966, member: 141969"] I thought that it might be useful to describe my setup for EPG grabbing: [LIST] [*]I use only "grab while timeshifting/recording". [*]I grab from only one channel (a channel that I never watch or listen to, but which resides in a MUX that includes the full EPG). [*]I have scheduled a manual 30-minute recording from this channel for 06:00 hours (when the HTPC is never being used). 30 minutes is long enough to ensure that I receive the full EPG. In the UK, a full EPG takes around 15 minutes to receive, although this varies somewhat from day to day. [*]To receive last-minute updates to the EPG, I could schedule short manual recordings from that channel for other times in the day (e.g. 18:00 hours), although currently I do not do that. By "short" I mean (say) 2 minutes. In the UK, the EPG for the next few hours is broadcast repeatedly, so a 2-minute grab will receive the updates. [*]The channel that I use is actually a radio channel, as this results in tiny recording files that do not consume much space on disk. I delete these files every day or two. [*]MP does not allow scheduling manual radio recordings, so scheduling a manual TV recording is easier. To use a radio channel, you need to schedule a manual TV recording, export the recording schedule, manually edit the xml file to change the channel to the radio channel, and then import the recording schedule. [/LIST] -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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