![]() I will try this setting and see if the dots stay away. It is driving me nuts and I still haven't got a proper solution.Īctually while writing this post I have noticed that one of the settings might be wrong, this post seems to think the the setting should be like this Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 Starting in January 2020, Microsoft is retiring its Electronic Program Guide (EPG) service for all versions of Windows Media Center. to answer questions like What time is The Inbetweeners next showing on Channel 4. Plan for change: Windows Media Center Electronic Program Guide retiring in January 2020. However it still happens intermittently, sometimes it will happen for three successive days and sometimes not at all for weeks. Id like to query the Windows 7 Media Center Program Guide from a C app. XMLTV mc2xml - using the XmlTv plugin and mc2xml program to download TV. There are a number of software tools that you can use to download your EPG data and import it into MediaPortal 2 using the included XmlTV plugin - see TV Guide > EPG > XMLTV for some of the more popular tools. "DisableInbandScheduleLoading"=dword:00000001 XMLTV is an XML based file format for describing TV listings. I have applied the registry settings to disable WMC from downloading the EIT data Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 The EPG is being updated on Jwith new video data packages to be compatible with new data providers, for customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. It certainly seems to be the problem, the guide data will be fine and then after a couple of days some of the channels will just have dots (.) as the program title for all programs. The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for Windows Media Center is a menu-based system providing regularly updated menus for broadcast programming and scheduling information. This is a problem that has been much discussed and the general consensus is that it is caused by WMC downloading EIT data and overwriting the EPG Collector data. The other problem is more annoying, The dots. Luckily it is only a few channels that are affected and for instance TV One is pretty bad but TV One 1 is fine so I just exclude TV One It is strange and I do have line of sight on the Kaukau mast. The first is that reception is not always great, I get digital breakup on some channels to the point that its not really watchable. ![]() I just run the script every week and I have a complete EPG, scheduled recordings and series recording all work fine. You can use the EPG Collector UI to generate this file or just edit it in notepad. TuningFile=New Zealand.Wellington - Kaukau (After June 2012).xml Option=USEIMAGE,DUPLICATESAMECHANNELS,WMCIMPORT,AUTOMAPEPG,ALLSERIES,WMCSTARSPECIAL Output=C:\ProgramData\Geekzone\EPG Collector\TVGuide.xml The DVBT section is specific to the transmitter that I use (I live in Wellington) if you look in “C:\Program Files (x86)\Geekzone\EPG Collector\Configuration\TuningParameters” you will see that there are a large number of files. The collector is configured using an INI file. I just installed EPG Collector and then I have this script that I run as administrator c:Ĭd "\Program Files (x86)\Geekzone\EPG Collector" I have to say that it is a very impressive piece of software and is very well supported. There is a piece of software called EPG Collector that can be used to get the EPG and then load it into the WMC guide database. ![]() ![]() However getting the EPG working was another matter all together and the results are mixed, is does work – sort of.įirst of all in New Zealand the full 5 day EPG is broadcast in MHEG5 format and Windows Media Center (WMC) does not support this format. An EPG (Electronic Program Guide) provides a schedule of shows for each TV channel. It turns out that TV is broadcast over here using DVB-T (and DVB-T2 for HD) just like Freeview in the UK so it does work to the extent that I can watch live TV. I brought with me my Media Center hoping that I could get it to work. Last year I moved from the UK to New Zealand. ![]()
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