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<blockquote data-quote="Anthony Vaughan" data-source="post: 1148948" data-attributes="member: 153283">Hi CyberSimianI hope it is fixed in MediaPortal in future. I need to fix it now though and MP2 is no use to me at present..I really liked WMC in Vista, because the database was open and I was able to resolve all of the issues to do with Microsoft's obsession with limiting the number of allowed tuners, which involved quite a bit of registry manipulation, as well as allowing me to manipulate channels using a better screen interface than WMC could deliver.Sadly, Microsoft blocked access to the database in Windows 7/8 and my ability to fix issues was restricted to a limited number of features. Pretty sad considering Microsoft changed the way they accessed EPGs, region wide rather than transmitter specific, resulting in loads of duplicate channels per tuner that I had to write loads of code to fix.I think MediaPortal-1 is excellent, it sticks to EPG by transmitter, but it does have some irritating shortfalls for UK users and I am keen to resolve them.I'll try the EPG tool you suggested and let you know if it helps.Tony</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anthony Vaughan, post: 1148948, member: 153283"] Hi CyberSimian I hope it is fixed in MediaPortal in future. I need to fix it now though and MP2 is no use to me at present.. I really liked WMC in Vista, because the database was open and I was able to resolve all of the issues to do with Microsoft's obsession with limiting the number of allowed tuners, which involved quite a bit of registry manipulation, as well as allowing me to manipulate channels using a better screen interface than WMC could deliver. Sadly, Microsoft blocked access to the database in Windows 7/8 and my ability to fix issues was restricted to a limited number of features. Pretty sad considering Microsoft changed the way they accessed EPGs, region wide rather than transmitter specific, resulting in loads of duplicate channels per tuner that I had to write loads of code to fix. I think MediaPortal-1 is excellent, it sticks to EPG by transmitter, but it does have some irritating shortfalls for UK users and I am keen to resolve them. I'll try the EPG tool you suggested and let you know if it helps. Tony [/QUOTE]

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