DVB EPG: Continuos grabbing possible? (1 Viewer)

[AlfredENeuma]

Hi all,

was searching in the documentation and in the forum, but did not find an answer:

Is it possible force MP to grab the DVB-EPG continuously (best would be for certain channels only) ?

Reason: Some channels (for example Deluxe Music) do show only the actual running song in there EPG. So, if I switch to the channel (grabbing while timeshifting is activated), I get the info about the currently played song. But when the next song is started, I would have to zap the channel to grab EPG again to get the next information.

If this is not possible, maybe this could go to "feature request"?

Thanks

 

[Vasilich]

any comment on this from MP devs?
MP colud trigger new EPG grab when MP sees that for current channel no more program entries exist (and maybe last DVB EPG for this channel was successful)

 

[mm1352000]

Hi Vasilich

You could try enabling the idle EPG grabber and setting the "refresh every" value to 1. That will make the EPG grabber get EPG every minute - as fast as it possibly can. That is probably not an ideal situation, but it is the best you can do with the current capabilities.

mm

 

[CodeMonkey]

All the transponders contain now/next EPG information. An option to always collect that whenever a channel is tuned should be technically possible.

 

[mm1352000]

It is definitely technically possible - the more difficult question would be "who has the time and skills to implement the feature".

 

[AlfredENeuma]

AW: Re: DVB EPG: Continuos grabbing possible?

Hi Vasilich

You could try enabling the idle EPG grabber and setting the "refresh every" value to 1.
mm

Hi mm,

surprise, that after nearly 3 years somebody is interested in this problem / feature request...

I tried your suggestion; but, as expected, it does not work. And - according to my understanding of EPG - it cannot work, as our problem is not in idle mode, but in "grabbing while timeshifting". And there is no option to refresh; looks like this is done only on channel change. Am I wrong?

anyway for caring about it.

Until now I thought I am the only one who is missing this. Maybe sooner or later somebody of the devs will be interested in it also. Would be a nice feature, but for sure its not the highest priority.

Alfred

 

[Vasilich]

Alfred, i am the second one who needs this feature.

 

[Zuzler]

Well let me bump this one up and make myself the third one who'd love to see this feature
edit: I'm using DVB-S