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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1263432" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>For DVB-T/T2 in the UK, all MUXes carry the EPG for all channels, but not identically -- each MUX has an EPG datastream that carries a different combination of programme info.</p><p></p><p>Some MUXes prefer their own channels. So if you tune to one of those MUXes, their channels in the EPG will populate more quickly than channels in other MUXes, but if you wait long enough all channels will populate.</p><p></p><p>The most agnostic MUX is the BBC one -- it splits the EPG carrying capacity "fairly" among all of the MUXes. So this is the MUX to use for grabbing the EPG.</p><p></p><p>The correct advice is to <strong>select one channel</strong> for EPG grabbing, and <strong>only one channel</strong>. From the preceding, the channel to choose is one of: "BBC1", "BBC2", "BBC1 HD", or "BBC2 HD". Here are a couple of posts that give details:</p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/epg-for-dvb-t-not-working.134003/#post-1179636" target="_blank">EPG for DVB-T not working</a></p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/tv-not-recording.131759/#post-1149034" target="_blank">TV Not Recording</a></p><p></p><p>I don't know why there seemed to be a delay when you tried this originally. If you have the "refresh interval" set for (say) two hours, TV Server won't grab the EPG more frequently than once every two hours. A way to force an immediate EPG grab is to use the "Refresh EPG" button in "TV Server Config". That deletes the existing EPG and then immediately starts grabbing a fresh EPG (but only if you are not using any of the tuners to watch or record TV or radio).</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1263432, member: 141969"] For DVB-T/T2 in the UK, all MUXes carry the EPG for all channels, but not identically -- each MUX has an EPG datastream that carries a different combination of programme info. Some MUXes prefer their own channels. So if you tune to one of those MUXes, their channels in the EPG will populate more quickly than channels in other MUXes, but if you wait long enough all channels will populate. The most agnostic MUX is the BBC one -- it splits the EPG carrying capacity "fairly" among all of the MUXes. So this is the MUX to use for grabbing the EPG. The correct advice is to [B]select one channel[/B] for EPG grabbing, and [B]only one channel[/B]. From the preceding, the channel to choose is one of: "BBC1", "BBC2", "BBC1 HD", or "BBC2 HD". Here are a couple of posts that give details: [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/epg-for-dvb-t-not-working.134003/#post-1179636"]EPG for DVB-T not working[/URL] [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/tv-not-recording.131759/#post-1149034"]TV Not Recording[/URL] I don't know why there seemed to be a delay when you tried this originally. If you have the "refresh interval" set for (say) two hours, TV Server won't grab the EPG more frequently than once every two hours. A way to force an immediate EPG grab is to use the "Refresh EPG" button in "TV Server Config". That deletes the existing EPG and then immediately starts grabbing a fresh EPG (but only if you are not using any of the tuners to watch or record TV or radio). -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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