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Windows => Television => Topic started by: jmone on March 19, 2015, 07:15:00 pm

Title: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: jmone on March 19, 2015, 07:15:00 pm

I use EPG Collector (http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/), and it works OK for me (DVB-T).  While there probably better sources for individual EPG's pulling the EPG data from the DVB-S, DVB-T, DVB-C, ATSC terrestrial or cable and Clear QAM broadcast data would be good as a Std Feature in MC.

EPG Collector is a sourceforge project.

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Features
EPG grabber for DVB and ATSC broadcast data
Processes EIT, MHEG5, OpenTV, MHW1 and 2, FreeSat, PSIP, Dish Network and Bell TV Extended EPG
Supports DVB-S, DVB-T, DVB-C, ATSC terrestrial or cable and Clear QAM
Supports Sat>IP tuners (DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C)
DiSEqC support for 2 - 16 port switches plus custom commands.
Processes MPEG2 transport stream (.ts) files
EPG Centre GUI for setting up parameters with comprehensive tuning files
Creates XMLTV compliant file or imports to 7MC and DVBViewer
DVBLogic TVSource plugin for seamless collection
Metadata lookup to enhance broadcast data

Title: Re: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: Yaobing on March 19, 2015, 07:35:17 pm

It is in my plan (at least for some tuner types, such as DVB).

Title: Re: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: jmone on March 19, 2015, 09:06:22 pm

:)
Thanks
Nathan

PS - was just playing with all the recent changes (looks good!)  Well done to yourself and Glynor

Title: Re: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: Mars on March 20, 2015, 12:08:08 pm

+1. Also using EPG Collector by now.

Title: Re: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: kstuart on March 20, 2015, 02:17:05 pm

I actually switched back to MC20 for TV because it already gets OTA EPG information for the USA automatically (using Digital Terrestrial Lineup).

I spent countless hours setting up an EPG grabbing program, and then the guide data source changed their format, which I only discovered because no programs were recorded.

At that point I decided that 21st Century life was already complicated enough without adding " Keeping track of EPG data source format, and checking that EPG grabbing program ran okay " to my schedule.

Title: Re: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: rpalmer68 on September 02, 2015, 09:06:15 pm

Any progress on this?

I would love MC to get the OTA EPG data rather than relying on an external script.  (Especially since my script just broke after upgrading to Windows 10!)

Richard

Title: Re: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: kstuart on September 04, 2015, 10:42:35 pm

MC2XML is now built into MC21.  You don't need an external script.

Title: Re: OTA EPG - Any thoughts on including the code in MC?
Post by: jmone on September 04, 2015, 11:10:09 pm

You do if you live in any region where MC2XML provides no data..... such as Aust.  This script referenced in this thread is actually the code for an OTA EPG grabber (where the EPG is broadcast as a part of the TV stream).