Big Screen EPG v0.4 - Discussion/Support Thread (Closed) - Page 13

Niall · **3rd July 2009, 03:19 AM**

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this post has been melted (thanks for the co-operation... not)..

you can read this entire thread at http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...rt-thread.html

or download this working EPG solution from http://bigscreenglobal.com

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Niall · **3rd July 2009, 03:40 AM**

Hi -

As per previous thread (2 posts up) - I'd like to get some detailed lineup information from DVB-S (and DVB-T) users that have not been able to get the EPG listings to automatically map using the standard techniques (ie. Callsign or Channel Number matching).

This will enable me to hopefully enable this auto mapping function from BSE Configuration tool - and eliminate the need for you to have to manually assign listings to channels in the 7MC 10 foot UI. (which many of you have complained about).

Your assistance is required and appreciated on this (as I don't have any DVB-S/S2 signals or hw to play with).

In order for you to provide me with the required data - please follow the steps below (and see image for example) :

1. Open Windows Explorer - and goto your %ProgramData%\microsoft\ehome folder.
2. Locate the latest folder that starts with mcepg* (ie. mcepg1-5-2). (The latest directory will be the one with the highest number - and you'll generally get a new folder each time you run the reset tool).
3. Inside this folder - navigate to the sub folder(s) backup\lineup
4. Inside this subfolder - you will see a bunch of files - which are basically the full date / time of when the file was created. (and are incremental backups)
5. Locate the latest file in this folder (in example below - this would be the highlighted file) - and right click on it and .zip it up.

then....

6. Please email this .zip file to me at support______at______bigscreenglobal.com (of course fix this email address accordingly) - and please accompany it with information such as your Country/Region and what type of tuners your are using (ie. DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-T etc) so I know what I'm looking at.

Please also advise me if you can assist with further testing/debugging (which may involve me sending you an additional 'test' tool to run on your local machine).

See Below for an example of the folder(s)/file you need to .zip up :

Please DO NOT send me the uncompressed file (as it will result in very large emails and may fill up my mailbox).

I will advise when I've got enough examples to play with. (and edit this post accordingly).

Thanks in Advance - and hopefully we can nail this once and for all. 8)

Niall

ps - as per previous thread - this is not a solution for STB users (so please don't send me data if you have a STB).

burger88 · **4th July 2009, 05:33 PM**

Hi All,

First of all, congrats to Niall on version 0.4, I have found it very stable. I'm using it for both foxtel and DVT channel data and its working great.

My channel data is coming from OzTivo via xmlTVDownload.

I have one issue that I'm hoping the forum can help with; How are people populating the HD channels? 7 HD, 9 HD etc etc.

OzTivo only populates the HD channels with shows that are different from the same channels SD broadcast. I used to just use the copy channel data function in Media Centre to copy the SD data into the HD channel, but theres is enough different content on the HD channels now to make that route redundant.

What I would like to be able to do is copy the SD data into the HD channel but only for timeslots where the HD channel has no program data.

Can this be done in BigScreenEPG?? Any other ideas??

Niall · **4th July 2009, 06:34 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by burger88

Hi All,

First of all, congrats to Niall on version 0.4, I have found it very stable. I'm using it for both foxtel and DVT channel data and its working great.

My channel data is coming from OzTivo via xmlTVDownload.

I have one issue that I'm hoping the forum can help with; How are people populating the HD channels? 7 HD, 9 HD etc etc.

OzTivo only populates the HD channels with shows that are different from the same channels SD broadcast. I used to just use the copy channel data function in Media Centre to copy the SD data into the HD channel, but theres is enough different content on the HD channels now to make that route redundant.

What I would like to be able to do is copy the SD data into the HD channel but only for timeslots where the HD channel has no program data.

Can this be done in BigScreenEPG?? Any other ideas??

Hi -

I think XMTVDownload should do this function for you (via the 'merged' channel functionality in their config). Once this is enabled - a second set of HD channels will show up (you may need to re-import the provider to see these) - which have HD+ or something in the title. These new channels will then have a full schedule rather than just the HD only programs.

You can also at this point use the BSE 'per channel' HD settings to toggle how you want the HDTV flags to be processed (which determines which shows the 'HD' symbol will appear - or if you want it to appear on all shows for entire channel).

Niall

Neil__C · **4th July 2009, 11:56 PM**

Hi Niall,

Just a repeat fro man earlier post (think it got lost in the epg issues):

Is there anyway to go back to the old system whereby the textual name of the channel appreas in the grid but the logo appears in the summary at the bottom (unless there is series art in which case this is displayed instead). That worked brilliantly for me and with the new version it seems that it's logos i nthe grid or nothing.

Regards

Niall · **5th July 2009, 12:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by Neil__C

Hi Niall,

Just a repeat fro man earlier post (think it got lost in the epg issues):

Is there anyway to go back to the old system whereby the textual name of the channel appreas in the grid but the logo appears in the summary at the bottom (unless there is series art in which case this is displayed instead). That worked brilliantly for me and with the new version it seems that it's logos i nthe grid or nothing.

Regards

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the lineup dumps. 8)

It's definitely possible (as before) to toggle the channel logos back to the original position ( just tried it for AU and it works fine) - but I'm unclear if it was possible for UK in the first place (as there's no record for UK/GB in the mce db for some odd reason). I would simply need to reenable the link to bring up that Dialog to allow this function (as I never actually removed the code/UI from the codebase - the hyperlink was just hidden from the main screen on v0.4).

Are you able to confirm/remember if before (ie. in v0.3 / build 70xx) - were you able to toggle this setting for UK? If so - did you need to select the 'Other/Unknown' or 'US' setting - or something else (in the Big Screen EPG 'Toggle Channel Logos' UI) for this to work?

thanks

Niall

Glazza · **5th July 2009, 09:05 PM**

There appears to be much discussion about getting logos into the guide - however in my case I would rather have no logos and use the Channel Name.

I had this working flawlessly in 0.3, however in 0.4 I cant get it to work. I have tried removing the URL path for each channel, however I still just the channel number with no logo or channel name.

Could someone please tell me where I am going wrong?

Thanks

Subway · **6th July 2009, 02:29 AM**

hi, great app.
i've been using 0.3 for a while and was planning on upgrading this weekend as the guide listings were no longer updating.

i installed .4, ran the reset utility, set up my guide in 7mc and then loaded my mxf in
however, despite working perfectly in .3 and giving zero errors, i dont have the additonal channel data in my guide.

im in ireland, using radio times xmltv data.
i have a stb connected via composite
i am aware that the channels wont be added automatically, but instead i should map the lisitngs to an added channel or to a pre-exisitng one.

is there any advice in this situation or a step that i have missed?

appreciate any help!

TeHaX · **6th July 2009, 05:09 AM**

Hello,
i plan to pay for an abo from the website www.epgdata.com and country Germany. Then i will use the XMLTV grabber tool from http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/EU_epgdata to create xmltv file. Does BSE support this file with all infos from the file?
Thanks
TeHaX

Subway · **6th July 2009, 05:15 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subway

hi, great app.
i've been using 0.3 for a while and was planning on upgrading this weekend as the guide listings were no longer updating.

i installed .4, ran the reset utility, set up my guide in 7mc and then loaded my mxf in
however, despite working perfectly in .3 and giving zero errors, i dont have the additonal channel data in my guide.

im in ireland, using radio times xmltv data.
i have a stb connected via composite
i am aware that the channels wont be added automatically, but instead i should map the lisitngs to an added channel or to a pre-exisitng one.

is there any advice in this situation or a step that i have missed?

appreciate any help!

i found the issue...
there was an error being reported in the cmd prompt but not in the BSE window.
it meant the import wasnt completing.

i upgraded the install to .4d and everything is fine now except movies arent coded properly in the guide and are detected as tv shows.
is this related to BSE or the data i am importing?

Neil__C · **6th July 2009, 07:07 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niall

Hi Neil,
.....
Are you able to confirm/remember if before (ie. in v0.3 / build 70xx) - were you able to toggle this setting for UK? If so - did you need to select the 'Other/Unknown' or 'US' setting - or something else (in the Big Screen EPG 'Toggle Channel Logos' UI) for this to work?

Hi Niall,

I always had to select US for that - I also used the 'keepgeo' registry thingy. Seemed to work OK.

Regards

Niall · **6th July 2009, 11:48 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glazza

There appears to be much discussion about getting logos into the guide - however in my case I would rather have no logos and use the Channel Name.

I had this working flawlessly in 0.3, however in 0.4 I cant get it to work. I have tried removing the URL path for each channel, however I still just the channel number with no logo or channel name.

Could someone please tell me where I am going wrong?

Thanks

Hi - the reinstatement of the 'toggle logos in grid' switch would probably be easiest way to solve this for you. I think currently the way the code works in v0.4 - is that if you have a blank field for the logo path - it will omit this attribute from the mxf file altogether (in which case the channel will retain the setting from previous imports - which might have a been a logo).

Other short term alternatives might be to a) reset the .db (and not provide any logos) or b) add a new 'provider' pointing to same file (and disable existing one) - so that way 7MC thinks they are all brand new channels (and hence will not have any logo attached).