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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1268346" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>This might sound like a brush-off, but it is not intended to be. You should use the media-center application that best meets your particular preferences. If you are satisfied with WMC, why not continue using it? The absence of a Microsoft-provided EPG is not an excuse for ceasing use of WMC.</p><p></p><p>WMC on Windows 7 can receive the UK broadcast EPG. This a 7-day EPG, so worse than the 14-day Microsoft EPG. On the other hand, the broadcast EPG is present for <strong>all</strong> channels, whereas the Microsoft EPG omitted some/many of the "lesser" channels (at least, it did when I used Vista WMC).</p><p></p><p>What WMC on Windows 7 <em>cannot</em> do is receive the broadcast EPG for the HD channels. This is because the HD EPG is encoded in a way that WMC does not understand. So WMC can receive only the EPG for the SD channels. However, most of the HD channels are duplicates of SD channels, so you could use WMC's EPG mapping facility to map the EPG for the SD channel to its corresponding HD channel. For example, "BBC1 HD" would display the EPG for "BBC1 SD". So the EPG would be in error only for the regional programmes which are not broadcast on HD (but those programmes are few in number).</p><p></p><p>An alternative would be to pay for a "Schedules Direct" subscription, and use the "EPG123" tool to load the downloaded EPG into WMC. (The "EPG123" tool is discussed extensively on the Green Button web site.) A "Schedules Direct" subscription is about £25 per year for the UK, and less than buying the cheapest weekly programme guide ("TV Choice" at 65 pence per issue). I have never used "Schedules Direct", but it is reputed to be of high quality.</p><p></p><p>Finally, the discontinuation of support for Windows 7 is not an excuse for stopping use of Windows 7. My HTPC currently runs Windows 7 (with MP1), and I intend to continue to use Windows 7 for the indefinite future.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1268346, member: 141969"] This might sound like a brush-off, but it is not intended to be. You should use the media-center application that best meets your particular preferences. If you are satisfied with WMC, why not continue using it? The absence of a Microsoft-provided EPG is not an excuse for ceasing use of WMC. WMC on Windows 7 can receive the UK broadcast EPG. This a 7-day EPG, so worse than the 14-day Microsoft EPG. On the other hand, the broadcast EPG is present for [b]all[/b] channels, whereas the Microsoft EPG omitted some/many of the "lesser" channels (at least, it did when I used Vista WMC). What WMC on Windows 7 [i]cannot[/i] do is receive the broadcast EPG for the HD channels. This is because the HD EPG is encoded in a way that WMC does not understand. So WMC can receive only the EPG for the SD channels. However, most of the HD channels are duplicates of SD channels, so you could use WMC's EPG mapping facility to map the EPG for the SD channel to its corresponding HD channel. For example, "BBC1 HD" would display the EPG for "BBC1 SD". So the EPG would be in error only for the regional programmes which are not broadcast on HD (but those programmes are few in number). An alternative would be to pay for a "Schedules Direct" subscription, and use the "EPG123" tool to load the downloaded EPG into WMC. (The "EPG123" tool is discussed extensively on the Green Button web site.) A "Schedules Direct" subscription is about £25 per year for the UK, and less than buying the cheapest weekly programme guide ("TV Choice" at 65 pence per issue). I have never used "Schedules Direct", but it is reputed to be of high quality. Finally, the discontinuation of support for Windows 7 is not an excuse for stopping use of Windows 7. My HTPC currently runs Windows 7 (with MP1), and I intend to continue to use Windows 7 for the indefinite future. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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