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<blockquote data-quote="Pom" data-source="post: 417727" data-attributes="member: 23933">Jezston - how are you receiving your TV (Freeview, Freesat, analog...?)&nbsp; If you're feeding a digital TV signal straight into your PC then EPG set-up is simple. In TV Server setup you need to do a 'select all' on the 'which of these channels do you want to get EPG data from' set up option (under TV card bit i think). Then, just watch some TV and give it half hour or so to populate the EPG in the background for you.... (EPG data is included in the received digital TV signal).You've then also got to do things like drop the TV channel logos into the relevant folder - i'll let you figure all this out! Yes first time set-up can be a chore, but also sort of exciting (spoken by a non-nerd!)If you don't have a digital TV signal going into the of the PC then it's a bit more complicated, i think i used WebEPG when i was in this boat, seemed to work ok.&nbsp; Also a little tip from me - i wouldn't bother setting the PC to 'wake up' in the middle of the night to grab EPG data. Standby/resume problems were the bane of my life for a while. Just let it get the EPG data whilst the PC is on/you're using it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pom, post: 417727, member: 23933"] Jezston - how are you receiving your TV (Freeview, Freesat, analog...?) If you're feeding a digital TV signal straight into your PC then EPG set-up is simple. In TV Server setup you need to do a 'select all' on the 'which of these channels do you want to get EPG data from' set up option (under TV card bit i think). Then, just watch some TV and give it half hour or so to populate the EPG in the background for you.... (EPG data is included in the received digital TV signal). You've then also got to do things like drop the TV channel logos into the relevant folder - i'll let you figure all this out! Yes first time set-up can be a chore, but also sort of exciting (spoken by a non-nerd!) If you don't have a digital TV signal going into the of the PC then it's a bit more complicated, i think i used WebEPG when i was in this boat, seemed to work ok. Also a little tip from me - i wouldn't bother setting the PC to 'wake up' in the middle of the night to grab EPG data. Standby/resume problems were the bane of my life for a while. Just let it get the EPG data whilst the PC is on/you're using it. [/QUOTE]

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