[mythtv-users] UK freeview EPG question

[Steve Davies]

John Pullan wrote:

> I'm afraid the short answer is no. 
> 
> AFAIK Freeview has two current EPG being transmitted and one that is in
> testing
> 
> Teletext : Today/Tomorrow 
> 4TvInteractive : apparently a full 7 day guide
> and the actual Freeview EPG which is meant to be in testing in Wales.

And hopefully coming to all of us soon... :-)

> IMO the Freeview EPG is the way to go as it's the one based on the DVB
> spec and therefore should work in other countries as well. The other two
> I would guess could be used but we'd have to write parse code to get the
> information out of the data.

Agreed.
> 
> I'm currently playing around with some code to update the DB with "Now
> Next" which should be nearly the same code as what's required for the
> full EPG, but obviously only for one programs worth into the future. 

The big trick is to not hit the database when not needed eh? Another 
consideration - The title/subtitle/description taken off-air might not match 
with mythfilldatabase's title/subtitle/description data, therefore, if 
updating a record, all other matching title/subtitle/description records 
should be updated to match to prevent the scheduler getting too confused, 
particulrly if we are only using now/next data.

If you need a tester for this, or help with the above, I started to look at 
doing this myself a while back, and will be willing to test and provide 
code/feedback if that helps.

> 
> Cheers
> 

Regards,
Steve
-- 
Steve Davies                   steve at one47.co.uk

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