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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1179665" data-attributes="member: 141969">Yes, that is exactly right. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The EPG is broadcast continuously, but it takes a finite amount of time to broadcast seven days of EPG for all of the channels.&nbsp; Precisely how much time is a matter of some debate.&nbsp; The figure of four minutes has been quoted in the past in other fora, but that was when there were significantly fewer channels broadcast via DVB-T/T2 in the UK.I did some experimenting several months ago, which indicated that most of the EPG will be received within about 6-8 minutes, but it is variable, due to the way that the EPG is broadcast (it is not broadcast uniformly).&nbsp; In some tests, the full EPG had still not been received after 10 minutes, but the parts that had not been received would have been for 6-7 days in the future.MP stores the EPG on disk, so you might see gaps in the EPG only when you first setup MP (or reset the EPG); at all other times you will see an EPG for 7 full days, plus the remainder of the current day.I think that 10 minutes is a good value to use for the timeout for EPG grabbing when not watching or recording, and it is the value that I use.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1179665, member: 141969"] Yes, that is exactly right. :) The EPG is broadcast continuously, but it takes a finite amount of time to broadcast seven days of EPG for all of the channels. Precisely how much time is a matter of some debate. The figure of four minutes has been quoted in the past in other fora, but that was when there were significantly fewer channels broadcast via DVB-T/T2 in the UK. I did some experimenting several months ago, which indicated that most of the EPG will be received within about 6-8 minutes, but it is variable, due to the way that the EPG is broadcast (it is not broadcast uniformly). In some tests, the full EPG had still not been received after 10 minutes, but the parts that had not been received would have been for 6-7 days in the future. MP stores the EPG on disk, so you might see gaps in the EPG only when you first setup MP (or reset the EPG); at all other times you will see an EPG for 7 full days, plus the remainder of the current day. I think that 10 minutes is a good value to use for the timeout for EPG grabbing when not watching or recording, and it is the value that I use. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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