Display 'Now and Next' info?

[GenieNitro]

Hi there,

Liking GB-PVR a lot now!

I have a Hauppauge HVR-3000 and have it set up for DVB-T and DVB-S

When looking at DVB-S programmes, there is no 'Now and Next' info with the program. Is there a seting to turn this on and have it shown with the progamme? It's there on the WinTV software...

If I do an update of EPG (from within the setup menu) it takes ages and ages to populate the Now and Next info into the guide...

cheers

Steve

[psycik]

Have you tried the guide button while playing a recording/live tv? (The F1 key).

And I think there's another guide somewhere Ctrl-G or something like that..

[psycik]

This implies however, that you're getting a proper EPG feed though...

[sub]

GB-PVR sources the show info that is displayed from its EPG. It does this so it can work consistently across Analog, ATSC, QAM and DVB. (rather than just a DVB specific implementations)

If you're using a DVB-S service that only supplies now/next, and not a multi-day EPG, then you'd be better off trying to find an xmltv EPG source for your channels.

[Graham]

If you're using a DVB-S service that only supplies now/next, and not a multi-day EPG, then you'd be better off trying to find an xmltv EPG source for your channels.

I use this:

http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/

and it works good.

Graham

[GenieNitro]

I use this:

http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/

and it works good.

Graham

OK, thanks very much for your help there.

Is there a guide or a FAQ somewhere on how to use this software? I downloaded it yeasterday and set up an account on the Radio Times website. I couldn't make the software retrieve any programme info though. Also, I've no idea what to do with the file if/when I do get it...

Extra special help for idiots/numpties like myself would be greatly appreciated!

cheers

Steve

[Jaggy]

While I can't help you with britles this like may help with the general setup

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manual/EPG

[Graham]

Run XMLTVGUI
Global Settings tab
XML tab
Save Listings To field ... Some folder where you want XMLTVGUI to write a file to and GBPVR to read the file from
Grabbers tab
Tick UK_RT UK Radio Times
Channels button
Refresh channels button
Move required channels from left to right to select them
OK button
OK button
Grab Listings button
Post Processors tab
Tick UK_RT_ALT_XMLTV
GBPVR Config
Capture Sources tab
Edit button
EPG Source --> XMLTV Plugin
Settings button
The location of the file written by XMLTVGUI
Map Digital channels to EPG channels button
Selecy a channel in the Tuning Request list on the right to match a channel in the EPG (from XMLTV file) on the left
Repeat for all channels
Empty EPG button
Update EPG button
Note --- You might find it easier to remove capture sources, stop and start Config and re-add capture sources this will get rid of any muddle created by different channel names in the old old EPG source and the new.

Something like "c:\program files\xmltv gui\xmltvgui" /grab /silent" will run the grabber without the GUI after you have chosen channels and wotnot

Something like
"C:\program files\devnz\gbpvr\pvrx2.exe" -emptyepgonly
"C:\program files\devnz\gbpvr\pvrx2.exe" -updateepgonly
will update the EPG in GBPVR without starting the GBPVR interface.

In the GBPVR wiki there is stuff about batch files that can be scheduled to run automatically every night to do the updates. I don't use them because about once a flood the Radio Times website breaks and an automatic process can end up with an empty EPG.

Good Luck

[GenieNitro]

Thanks very much Graham, that's very comprehensive!

I have signed up to Digiguide as a number of the channels I have weren't included in the Radio TImes list. I have succesfully managed to grab the XML from it and am in the process of rebuilding my channel lists/EPG - hopefully I'm nearly there!


<edit> Yes, It's looking good! Full and comprehensive descriptions for pretty much all the free channels of DVB-T and DVB-S...

Thanks for the help everyone!


Steve

[Jaggy]

In the GBPVR wiki there is stuff about batch files that can be scheduled to run automatically every night to do the updates. I don't use them because about once a flood the Radio Times website breaks and an automatic process can end up with an empty EPG.

I just added a simple few lines to my updateEPG.bat to backup the old xmltv file (just in case :p) so if things went wrong & I ended up with an empty guide I could go back to the old listings until things got sorted.

c:
cd\
cd c:\progs\tvguide
if exist tvguide.10 del tvguide.10
if exist tvguide.9 ren tvguide.9 tvguide.10
if exist tvguide.8 ren tvguide.8 tvguide.9
if exist tvguide.7 ren tvguide.7 tvguide.8
if exist tvguide.6 ren tvguide.6 tvguide.7
if exist tvguide.5 ren tvguide.5 tvguide.6
if exist tvguide.4 ren tvguide.4 tvguide.5
if exist tvguide.3 ren tvguide.3 tvguide.4
if exist tvguide.2 ren tvguide.2 tvguide.3
if exist tvguide.1 ren tvguide.1 tvguide.2
if exist tvguide.xml ren tvguide.xml tvguide.1

hope this helps automate things for you...always a good thing I say