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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1220956" data-attributes="member: 82144">Given the previous posts about EPG, I feel that I need to ask you to clarify your question.I mean, if you're wanting to know whether MP will ever have the ability to grab EPG for Freeview HD/terrestrial in New Zealand then the answer is yes... but it won't be via MHEG5. Freeview now delivers EPG data via a more DVB-compliant mechanism, so there's no need for MP to scrape the MHEG5 EPG application's data as EPG Collector does.On the other hand, if you're actually aware of what MHEG5 is (ie. a full blown middle-ware framework intended to make it possible to run the same application on a variety of dissimilar devices) and you want MP to support it because you want MP's EPG views etc. to look exactly like a Freeview-approved STB or TV... in that case my answer would be that it's very unlikely. It would be a huge amount of effort, and personally I don't see the value. My own experience of using the guide on Freeview-approved STBs and TVs is that it's sloooow and awkward. I'd never want to emulate that experience in MP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1220956, member: 82144"] Given the previous posts about EPG, I feel that I need to ask you to clarify your question. I mean, if you're wanting to know whether MP will ever have the ability to grab EPG for Freeview HD/terrestrial in New Zealand then the answer is yes... but it won't be via MHEG5. Freeview now delivers EPG data via a more DVB-compliant mechanism, so there's no need for MP to scrape the MHEG5 EPG application's data as EPG Collector does. On the other hand, if you're actually aware of what MHEG5 is (ie. a full blown middle-ware framework intended to make it possible to run the same application on a variety of dissimilar devices) and you want MP to support it because you want MP's EPG views etc. to look [B]exactly[/B] like a Freeview-approved STB or TV... in that case my answer would be that it's very unlikely. It would be a huge amount of effort, and personally I don't see the value. My own experience of using the guide on Freeview-approved STBs and TVs is that it's sloooow and awkward. I'd never want to emulate that experience in MP. [/QUOTE]

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