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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1250358" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>The "Idle Timeout" is how long TV Server will use a tuner to grab the EPG if TV Server is not using any of the tuners for live TV or recording. This time does not include the database update phase that occurs after EPG grabbing from the tuner has finished.</p><p></p><p>How long it takes to receive a full EPG depends on how many channels you can receive, and what sort of programmes they broadcast (movies = relatively few EPG entries, childrens = lots of EPG entries for lots of very short programmes). If you enable DEBUG logging in TV Server, and temporarily change the timeout to a large value (e.g. 60 minutes), you can look at the log file to see how long a complete EPG grab takes (TV Server has some criterion for deciding when it has seen everything, at which point it stops grabbing).</p><p></p><p>Example: when digital broadcasting started in the UK, it was reckoned that a complete EPG could be received in 4 minutes. Some testing that I did 3 years ago showed that by then this had increased to 8 to 10 minutes (due to the increased number of channels). My perception is that a full EPG grab in the UK now takes even longer. Obviously these times will be different in your part of the world.</p><p></p><p>Looking at your options, I think that the "Refresh" setting should be longer than 30 minutes. The default is 2 hours (although I have mine set to 1 hour). Also, in PowerScheduler you don't need to wake the HTPC to grab the EPG. If you are using the broadcast EPG, TV Server will usually update the EPG before it goes to sleep when you have finished recording or watching live TV (depends on the value of the "Refresh" setting). The PowerScheduler setting is for downloading the EPG from the internet.</p><p></p><p>This is the advice from mm that I usually quote when questions about EPG grabbing occur:</p><p></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></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1250358, member: 141969"] The "Idle Timeout" is how long TV Server will use a tuner to grab the EPG if TV Server is not using any of the tuners for live TV or recording. This time does not include the database update phase that occurs after EPG grabbing from the tuner has finished. How long it takes to receive a full EPG depends on how many channels you can receive, and what sort of programmes they broadcast (movies = relatively few EPG entries, childrens = lots of EPG entries for lots of very short programmes). If you enable DEBUG logging in TV Server, and temporarily change the timeout to a large value (e.g. 60 minutes), you can look at the log file to see how long a complete EPG grab takes (TV Server has some criterion for deciding when it has seen everything, at which point it stops grabbing). Example: when digital broadcasting started in the UK, it was reckoned that a complete EPG could be received in 4 minutes. Some testing that I did 3 years ago showed that by then this had increased to 8 to 10 minutes (due to the increased number of channels). My perception is that a full EPG grab in the UK now takes even longer. Obviously these times will be different in your part of the world. Looking at your options, I think that the "Refresh" setting should be longer than 30 minutes. The default is 2 hours (although I have mine set to 1 hour). Also, in PowerScheduler you don't need to wake the HTPC to grab the EPG. If you are using the broadcast EPG, TV Server will usually update the EPG before it goes to sleep when you have finished recording or watching live TV (depends on the value of the "Refresh" setting). The PowerScheduler setting is for downloading the EPG from the internet. This is the advice from mm that I usually quote when questions about EPG grabbing occur: [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/epg-for-dvb-t-not-working.134003/#post-1179636']EPG for DVB-T not working[/URL] -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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