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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1196428" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>Excellent! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /> I am pleased that we have been able to help you arrive at a solution.</p><p></p><p>When I first started using MP, I also made some wrong choices with respect to the broadcast EPG, and it took some months to arrive at the optimum settings. Part of the problem is that MP is a media center with world-wide application, but broadcast EPGs vary from one country to another (they are not all as good as the UK one), so recommended settings can also vary from one country to another.</p><p></p><p>If you are going to use only the idle grabber, you will probably notice that when you put your HTPC to sleep, the system keeps running for a further 10 minutes, even though it is not recording. This is because it is overdue for an EPG grab, and now that all of the tuners are idle, it can grab the EPG. That is what I notice, and is to be expected if using only the idle EPG grabber.</p><p></p><p>If you actually switch off your HTPC (rather than putting it to sleep), MP will not have had time to grab the EPG, so you would need to allow some some each day for MP to grab the EPG (i.e. switch it on, but don't watch live TV or record any programmes). This is where grabbing while timeshifting or recording can be useful. However, I find that I don't need to use it.</p><p></p><p>There are other EPGs available, and some may have more programme detail than the broadcast EPG. I think that some people still use the Microsoft internet EPG, but that seems to have become quite unreliable recently. Others use "Schedules Direct", but this is a paid-for service. It is an American company, but they provide a UK EPG, in addition to an EPG for the USA and other countries. They have recently been improving their support for WMC users in the UK, and MP users would benefit too (more accurate channel lists, and so on). I don't have any experience of using these internet EPGs with MP. But if you want more programme detail, or a 14-day EPG instead of a 7-day EPG, you could investigate them at your leisure (now that you have the broadcast EPG working!)</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1196428, member: 141969"] Excellent! (y) I am pleased that we have been able to help you arrive at a solution. When I first started using MP, I also made some wrong choices with respect to the broadcast EPG, and it took some months to arrive at the optimum settings. Part of the problem is that MP is a media center with world-wide application, but broadcast EPGs vary from one country to another (they are not all as good as the UK one), so recommended settings can also vary from one country to another. If you are going to use only the idle grabber, you will probably notice that when you put your HTPC to sleep, the system keeps running for a further 10 minutes, even though it is not recording. This is because it is overdue for an EPG grab, and now that all of the tuners are idle, it can grab the EPG. That is what I notice, and is to be expected if using only the idle EPG grabber. If you actually switch off your HTPC (rather than putting it to sleep), MP will not have had time to grab the EPG, so you would need to allow some some each day for MP to grab the EPG (i.e. switch it on, but don't watch live TV or record any programmes). This is where grabbing while timeshifting or recording can be useful. However, I find that I don't need to use it. There are other EPGs available, and some may have more programme detail than the broadcast EPG. I think that some people still use the Microsoft internet EPG, but that seems to have become quite unreliable recently. Others use "Schedules Direct", but this is a paid-for service. It is an American company, but they provide a UK EPG, in addition to an EPG for the USA and other countries. They have recently been improving their support for WMC users in the UK, and MP users would benefit too (more accurate channel lists, and so on). I don't have any experience of using these internet EPGs with MP. But if you want more programme detail, or a 14-day EPG instead of a 7-day EPG, you could investigate them at your leisure (now that you have the broadcast EPG working!) -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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