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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1253203" data-attributes="member: 141969">I think that I know what is behind this question, because I had the same thought when I first started using MP.I thought: there are many channels on Freeview that I will never watch.&nbsp; I don't want them occupying space in the SQL database, as this will make the database both larger in size, and slower to access.&nbsp; So I will enable &quot;Store only selected channels&quot;.&nbsp; Job done!But this has the side effect that I described earlier -- &quot;TV Server&quot; then processes the EPG one channel at a time.&nbsp; Although the SQL database might be smaller, the total amount of processing performed is much larger (because instead of receiving the EPG all at once for &quot;n&quot; channels, &quot;TV Server&quot; receives the EPG &quot;n&quot; times, once for each channel).&nbsp; Although the EPG in the broadcast datastream is ordered, from our point of view the entries are essentially random, with all of the programmes from all of the channels intermingled.The channels that appear in the EPG are different from the channel(s) used to receive the EPG.&nbsp; So you can easily omit the &quot;adult&quot; channels from the EPG if there are &quot;younger folk&quot; in your household who might use the HTPC.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1253203, member: 141969"] I think that I know what is behind this question, because I had the same thought when I first started using MP. I thought: there are many channels on Freeview that I will never watch. I don't want them occupying space in the SQL database, as this will make the database both larger in size, and slower to access. So I will enable "Store only selected channels". Job done! But this has the side effect that I described earlier -- "TV Server" then processes the EPG [i]one channel at a time[/i]. Although the SQL database might be smaller, the total amount of processing performed is much larger (because instead of receiving the EPG all at once for "n" channels, "TV Server" receives the EPG "n" times, once for each channel). Although the EPG in the broadcast datastream is ordered, from our point of view the entries are essentially random, with all of the programmes from all of the channels intermingled. The channels that appear in the EPG are different from the channel(s) used to receive the EPG. So you can easily omit the "adult" channels from the EPG if there are "younger folk" in your household who might use the HTPC. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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