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[NickF]

Auto-Match

We must have an option to turn it off.  I don't want channels I have no interest in appearing in my guide, in Standard or Theater View.  I go to the trouble of removing all of the XMLTVIDs from the channel list, load the guide and find they are all back again.

It should not be on by default.

Nick.

[Yaobing]

Auto Match is not executed unless you click on the "Auto Match" button.

There must be something else that is causing the problem. Did you run guide loading manually and make sure the program-channel association is correct for each channel?

[NickF]

I use my TV Smartlist and remove the TVXMLID from the channels I don't want to show in the guide.  When I run load guide, the ID is re-associated without clicking Auto Match.  I notice that the pop up which asked whether to keep existing matches doesn't show anymore.  The problem is repeatable.

Let me know if you need any more info.

I also note that MC will make matches between channels and an identifier when the relevant identifier has already been used, preventing a wanted guide entry from being loaded due to the duplication.  I really feel that it should be legal to use an identifier more than once.  Is it MC logic which loads the guide against the identifier or mc2xml?  This constraint should be removed.

Nick.

[Yaobing]

How about running the EPG loading manually once, and near the end, examine the pairing carefully and make corrections as necessary?

[NickF]

Yes, that works.  But Auto Match is clearly being invoked every time the load guide option is used.

Nick.

[Yaobing]

Yes, that works.  But Auto Match is clearly being invoked every time the load guide option is used.

Nick.

Thanks.  I will look into it after the holidays.

[Yaobing]

One thought -

The channels that you do not want to be in the Guide, are they ever going to be needed?  If you will not ever want to use the channels, hide them.

[NickF]

One thought -

The channels that you do not want to be in the Guide, are they ever going to be needed?  If you will not ever want to use the channels, hide them.

I know how to hide them in Theater View.  Can I hide them in Standard View?

Nick.

[Yaobing]

TV Options... > Hidden Channels.  Scroll through the drop-down list and put a check mark on any channel that you want hidden.

[NickF]

TV Options... > Hidden Channels.  Scroll through the drop-down list and put a check mark on any channel that you want hidden.

Thanks, I hadn't found that.  Very useful.

It would be nice to make it a bit more efficient.  I just ticked over a thousand channels and I haven't finished yet!  How about selecting the channels using common Windows methods with SHIFT and select to select blocks then having a Hide button to hide selected channels?  I could have saved hundreds of mouse clicks.

Nick.