"over the air" UK DTT EPG (1 Viewer)

[chenks]

is it possible to use the "over the air" EPG that is provided with UK Freeview ?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

chenks

Yes it is automatically ticked as a default setting. the only problem is it is very slow to fully populate all the available channels with guide and only those transmitted groups you watch.

8)

 

[chenks]

thanks.. i shall wait and see !

 

[robomonkey]

I also want to use this, does it mean that if I never watch any channels on a particular mux, i'll never get the pg data for the channels on that mux?

 

[chenks]

no... all the EPG is delivered "over the air" regardless of whether you watch the channel or not.

 

[robomonkey]

This is cool, mine works really quick!! but for some reason it misses the data for BBC1 and FilmFour, is there anything I can do about that?

30/07/2006 09:07:00 auto-epg: cardvico FusionHDTV Dual 1 grab epg for channel:BBC ONE expected:89 hours, last event in tv guide:01/01/0001 00:00:00, last grab :06/11/1971 00:00:00
30/07/2006 09:07:03 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:BBC ONE
30/07/2006 09:08:30 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:BBC ONE
30/07/2006 09:08:30 auto-epg: cardvico FusionHDTV Dual 2 grab epg for channel:BBC TWO expected:16 hours, last event in tv guide:01/01/0001 00:00:00, last grab :06/11/1971 00:00:00
30/07/2006 09:08:33 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:BBC TWO
30/07/2006 09:10:09 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:BBC TWO
30/07/2006 09:10:15 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:ITV1
30/07/2006 09:10:45 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:Channel 4
30/07/2006 09:10:50 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:five
30/07/2006 09:10:55 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:More 4
30/07/2006 09:11:00 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:Film4
30/07/2006 09:11:08 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:E4
30/07/2006 09:11:12 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:E4+1
30/07/2006 09:11:23 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:ITV2
30/07/2006 09:11:30 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:ITV3
30/07/2006 09:11:38 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:ITV4
30/07/2006 09:11:51 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:BBC THREE
30/07/2006 09:12:03 epg-grab: start EPG grabberKY THREE
30/07/2006 09:13:17 epg-grab: received epg for 77 channels
30/07/2006 09:13:17 epg: update database
30/07/2006 09:13:17 epg: remove old programs
30/07/2006 09:13:17 RemoveOldPrograms()
30/07/2006 09:13:17 sqlELETE FROM tblPrograms WHERE iEndTime < '20060729000000'
30/07/2006 09:13:17 sqlELETE FROM canceledseries where iCancelTime < '20060729000000'
30/07/2006 09:13:17 RemoveOldPrograms done
30/07/2006 09:13:17 vacuum done
30/07/2006 09:13:17 RemoveOldPrograms()
30/07/2006 09:13:18 vacuum done
30/07/2006 09:13:18 epg: old programs removed
30/07/2006 09:13:18 epg-grab: updating EPG:77
30/07/2006 09:13:18 epg-grab: adding new programs
30/07/2006 09:13:18 epg-grab: channel:BBC ONE events:116
30/07/2006 09:13:18 epg-grab: skip channel:BBC ONE last update was:30/07/2006 09:07
30/07/2006 09:13:18 epg-grab: channel:BBC TWO events:127
30/07/2006 09:13:18 epg-grab: process:'BBC TWO'
30/07/2006 09:13:19 epg-grab: channel:BBC THREE events:74
30/07/2006 09:13:19 epg-grab: process:'BBC THREE'
30/07/2006 09:13:19 epg-grab: channel:BBC NEWS 24 events:135
30/07/2006 09:13:19 epg-grab: process:'BBC NEWS 24'
30/07/2006 09:13:20 epg-grab: channel:BBCi events:2
30/07/2006 09:13:20 epg-grab: process:'BBCi'
30/07/2006 09:13:20 epg-grab: channel:CBBC Channel events:120
30/07/2006 09:13:20 epg-grab: process:'CBBC Channel'
30/07/2006 09:13:20 epg-grab: channel:ITV1 events:126
30/07/2006 09:13:20 epg-grab: process:'ITV1'
30/07/2006 09:13:21 epg-grab: channel:ITV3 events:92
30/07/2006 09:13:21 epg-grab: process:'ITV3'
30/07/2006 09:13:21 epg-grab: channel:ITV2 events:109
30/07/2006 09:13:21 epg-grab: process:'ITV2'
30/07/2006 09:13:22 epg-grab: channel:ITV4 events:53
30/07/2006 09:13:22 epg-grab: process:'ITV4'
30/07/2006 09:13:22 epg-grab: channel:CITV events:126
30/07/2006 09:13:22 epg-grab: process:'CITV'
30/07/2006 09:13:22 epg-grab: channel:Channel 4 events:109
30/07/2006 09:13:22 epg-grab: process:'Channel 4'
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: channelETANTA SPORTS events:0
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: process:'SETANTA SPORTS'
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: channel:More 4 events:66
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: process:'More 4'
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: channel:E4 events:64
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: process:'E4'
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: channel:Quiz Call events:13
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: process:'Quiz Call'
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: channel:five events:114
30/07/2006 09:13:23 epg-grab: process:'five'
30/07/2006 09:13:24 epg-grab: channel:QVC events:97
30/07/2006 09:13:24 epg-grab: process:'QVC'
30/07/2006 09:13:24 epg-grab: channel:abc1 events:103
30/07/2006 09:13:24 epg-grab: process:'abc1'
30/07/2006 09:13:25 epg-grab: channel:bid tv events:2
30/07/2006 09:13:25 epg-grab: process:'bid tv'
30/07/2006 09:13:25 epg-grab: station:BBC Radio 1 events:49
30/07/2006 09:13:25 epg-grab: process:'BBC Radio 1'
30/07/2006 09:13:27 epg-grab: station:BBC Radio 2 events:54
30/07/2006 09:13:27 epg-grab: process:'BBC Radio 2'
30/07/2006 09:13:30 epg-grab: station:BBC Radio 3 events:65
30/07/2006 09:13:30 epg-grab: process:'BBC Radio 3'
30/07/2006 09:13:33 epg-grab: station:BBC Radio 4 events:166
30/07/2006 09:13:33 epg-grab: process:'BBC Radio 4'
30/07/2006 09:13:41 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:TMF
30/07/2006 09:13:41 epg-grab: station:heat events:25
30/07/2006 09:13:41 epg-grab: process:'heat'
30/07/2006 09:13:42 epg-grab: station:MOJO events:17
30/07/2006 09:13:42 epg-grab: process:'MOJO'
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: channel:TCM events:22
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: process:'TCM'
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: channel:UKTV Style events:29
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: process:'UKTV Style'
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: channel:Cartoon Nwk events:76
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: process:'Cartoon Nwk'
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: channeliscoveryRTime events:50
30/07/2006 09:13:43 epg-grab: process:'DiscoveryRTime'
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: channeliscovery events:63
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: process:'Discovery'
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: channel:Television X events:68
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: process:'Television X'
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: channel:Boomerang events:39
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: process:'Boomerang'
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: channel:UKTV Gold events:69
30/07/2006 09:13:44 epg-grab: process:'UKTV Gold'
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: channelrice-drop tv events:2
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: process:'price-drop tv'
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: channel:Red Hot events:56
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: process:'Red Hot'
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: channel:Teachers'' TV events:39
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: process:'Teachers'' TV'
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: channel:Bloomberg events:97
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: process:'Bloomberg'
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: channel:UKTV Food events:32
30/07/2006 09:13:45 epg-grab: process:'UKTV Food'
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: channel:Eurosport UK events:51
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: process:'Eurosport UK'
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: channel:Toonami events:1
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: process:'Toonami'
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: channel:BBC PARLMNT events:59
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: process:'BBC PARLMNT'
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: channel:BBC FOUR events:64
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: process:'BBC FOUR'
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: channel:CBeebies events:186
30/07/2006 09:13:46 epg-grab: process:'CBeebies'
30/07/2006 09:13:47 epg-grab: station:BBC R5 Live events:41
30/07/2006 09:13:48 epg-grab: process:'BBC R5 Live'
30/07/2006 09:13:49 epg-grab: station:BBC 5L SportsX events:20
30/07/2006 09:13:50 epg-grab: process:'BBC 5L SportsX'
30/07/2006 09:13:51 epg-grab: station:BBC 6 Music events:34
30/07/2006 09:13:51 epg-grab: process:'BBC 6 Music'
30/07/2006 09:13:52 epg-grab: station:BBC 7 events:147
30/07/2006 09:13:52 epg-grab: process:'BBC 7'
30/07/2006 09:13:53 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:The HITS
30/07/2006 09:13:58 epg-grab: station:1Xtra BBC events:35
30/07/2006 09:13:58 epg-grab: process:'1Xtra BBC'
30/07/2006 09:14:00 epg-grab: station:BBC Asian Net. events:42
30/07/2006 09:14:00 epg-grab: process:'BBC Asian Net.'
30/07/2006 09:14:02 epg-grab: channel:Community events:51
30/07/2006 09:14:02 epg-grab: process:'Community'
30/07/2006 09:14:02 epg-grab: channelky News events:93
30/07/2006 09:14:02 epg-grab: process:'Sky News'
30/07/2006 09:14:03 epg-grab: channelky Spts News events:95
30/07/2006 09:14:03 epg-grab: process:'Sky Spts News'
30/07/2006 09:14:03 epg-grab: channelKY THREE events:143
30/07/2006 09:14:03 epg-grab: process:'SKY THREE'
30/07/2006 09:14:04 epg-grab: channel:UKTV History events:103
30/07/2006 09:14:04 epg-grab: process:'UKTV History'
30/07/2006 09:14:04 epg-grab: channel:E4+1 events:64
30/07/2006 09:14:04 epg-grab: process:'E4+1'
30/07/2006 09:14:05 epg-grab: channel:smileTV events:23
30/07/2006 09:14:05 epg-grab: process:'smileTV'
30/07/2006 09:14:05 epg-grab: station:talkSPORT events:31
30/07/2006 09:14:05 epg-grab: process:'talkSPORT'
30/07/2006 09:14:06 epg-grab: stationremier Radio events:163
30/07/2006 09:14:07 epg-grab: process:'Premier Radio'
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: station:3C events:0
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: process:'3C'
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: station:Virgin Radio events:0
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: process:'Virgin Radio'
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: channel:The HITS events:53
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: process:'The HITS'
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: channel:TMF events:101
30/07/2006 09:14:15 epg-grab: process:'TMF'
30/07/2006 09:14:16 epg-grab: channel:UKTV Br''tIdeas events:98
30/07/2006 09:14:16 epg-grab: process:'UKTV Br''tIdeas'
30/07/2006 09:14:16 epg-grab: channel:f tn events:75
30/07/2006 09:14:16 epg-grab: process:'f tn'
30/07/2006 09:14:17 epg-grab: channel:Ideal World events:90
30/07/2006 09:14:17 epg-grab: process:'Ideal World'
30/07/2006 09:14:17 epg-grab: station:Kiss events:35
30/07/2006 09:14:17 epg-grab: process:'Kiss'
30/07/2006 09:14:19 epg-grab: stationmash Hits! events:23
30/07/2006 09:14:19 epg-grab: process:'Smash Hits!'
30/07/2006 09:14:20 epg-grab: station:Kerrang! events:34
30/07/2006 09:14:20 epg-grab: process:'Kerrang!'
30/07/2006 09:14:22 epg-grab: station:smooth fm events:23
30/07/2006 09:14:22 epg-grab: process:'smooth fm'
30/07/2006 09:14:23 epg-grab: stationneword events:169
30/07/2006 09:14:23 epg-grab: process:'oneword'
30/07/2006 09:14:32 epg-grab: station:BBC World Sv. events:266
30/07/2006 09:14:32 epg-grab: process:'BBC World Sv.'
30/07/2006 09:14:50 epg-grab: station:The Hits Radio events:30
30/07/2006 09:14:50 epg-grab: process:'The Hits Radio'
30/07/2006 09:14:52 epg-grab: station:Magic events:25
30/07/2006 09:14:52 epg-grab: process:'Magic'
30/07/2006 09:14:53 epg-grab: station:Q events:16
30/07/2006 09:14:53 epg-grab: process:'Q'
30/07/2006 09:14:54 epg-grab: channel:ITV Play events:30
30/07/2006 09:14:54 epg-grab: process:'ITV Play'
30/07/2006 09:14:54 epg-grab: channel:Film4 events:31
30/07/2006 09:14:54 epg-grab: process:'Film4'
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg-grab: update 73 channels
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:BBC TWO received epg for : 180 hours (ignored last update:30/07/2006 09:08:00)
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:BBC THREE received epg for : 182 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:BBC NEWS 24 received epg for : 182 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:BBCi received epg for : 10 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:CBBC Channel received epg for : 140 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:ITV1 received epg for : 182 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:ITV3 received epg for : 149 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:ITV2 received epg for : 140 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:ITV4 received epg for : 179 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:CITV received epg for : 187 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Channel 4 received epg for : 182 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:More 4 received epg for : 142 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:E4 received epg for : 118 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Quiz Call received epg for : 180 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:five received epg for : 182 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:QVC received epg for : 118 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:abc1 received epg for : 146 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:bid tv received epg for : 0 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:TCM received epg for : 136 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:UKTV Style received epg for : 161 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Cartoon Nwk received epg for : 187 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channeliscoveryRTime received epg for : 139 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channeliscovery received epg for : 202 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Television X received epg for : 155 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Boomerang received epg for : 143 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:UKTV Gold received epg for : 187 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channelrice-drop tv received epg for : 0 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Red Hot received epg for : 181 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Teachers'' TV received epg for : 185 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Bloomberg received epg for : 131 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:UKTV Food received epg for : 190 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Eurosport UK received epg for : 155 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Toonami received epg for : 18 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:BBC PARLMNT received epg for : 185 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:BBC FOUR received epg for : 148 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:CBeebies received epg for : 186 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Community received epg for : 138 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channelky News received epg for : 134 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channelky Spts News received epg for : 140 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channelKY THREE received epg for : 137 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:UKTV History received epg for : 182 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:E4+1 received epg for : 189 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:smileTV received epg for : 186 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:The HITS received epg for : 181 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:TMF received epg for : 144 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:UKTV Br''tIdeas received epg for : 138 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:f tn received epg for : 184 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Ideal World received epg for : 182 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:ITV Play received epg for : 185 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg: channel:Film4 received epg for : 131 hours
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg-grab: OnDone(BBC TWO)
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg-grab: set last update for BBC TWO
30/07/2006 09:14:55 epg-grab: done
30/07/2006 09:14:57 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:BBC ONE
30/07/2006 09:14:59 epg-grab: reset

 

[SciDoctor]

From your LOG the BBC1 update is being dropped because the EPG beleives it has been very recently updated .

FILM4 looks as though it is fine.

You can purge the database of all EPG data from the MPsetup for EPG and then when you restart MP the EPG will start afresh for all channels.

 

[robomonkey]

I did the remove all guide data thing, same result

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

The DVBEPG has alway's been a bit hit and miss (used to have lots of blanks) thats why i use webepg to get me 14 days info and autoruns sat morning, so no effort from me then.
and it is easy to setup from the MP folder itself, using its own config, rather than the mediaportal loaded, one in settings/tv/xmltv which takes too long to configure all the channels (tip when you select channel say BBC1 and map it to BBC1 southeast doubleclick to enter, speeds things up nicely).

8)

 

[robomonkey]

Yeah I'm using WebEPG at the moment, but I wanted to use the DVB EPG as it save the additional configuration, and just seemed easier