2008-03-22, 05:15 PM
As a previous user of Got All Media, one of the primary selling points was its ability to create multiple EPG lineups from one or more data sources. I couldn't find it in the Wiki, so someone tell me if this is supported.
When I am in control, I don't need all 160 or so channels to be displayed in the guide for me to wade through. I just want Discovery, History, and DIY channels. Of course, the kids just want cartoon channels and Disney, and the wife wants Hallmark and other estrogen friendly stuff. There should be a complete lineup that all the sublineups are derived from. You should be able to select "all channels", but it would sure speed up my guide perusal if I could create a few subsets of that "all-channels" EPG. My cable provider has subsets called "movies", "kids", "news and documentary", etc. Under Got All Media, I had two different lineups from two different providers on two different inputs, and I had programs from each lineup/source combined into small custom lineups that I could switch between. For example, channel 10 on the satellite set top box input was a movie channel. Channels 424, 425, 444 and 445 were movie channels on the cable set top box input were movie channels. I could create a sub lineup called "Movies" and put channel 10 from the satellite set top box input and channels 424, 425, 444 and 445 from the cable set top box input into it. So if I wanted to see what movies were on the movie channels, I just navigated the GUI to the lineup selection area, pick the movie lineup, and only have to arrow/page up/down through those 5 channels.
Am I making sense, or do I need to try to explain some other way?
When I am in control, I don't need all 160 or so channels to be displayed in the guide for me to wade through. I just want Discovery, History, and DIY channels. Of course, the kids just want cartoon channels and Disney, and the wife wants Hallmark and other estrogen friendly stuff. There should be a complete lineup that all the sublineups are derived from. You should be able to select "all channels", but it would sure speed up my guide perusal if I could create a few subsets of that "all-channels" EPG. My cable provider has subsets called "movies", "kids", "news and documentary", etc. Under Got All Media, I had two different lineups from two different providers on two different inputs, and I had programs from each lineup/source combined into small custom lineups that I could switch between. For example, channel 10 on the satellite set top box input was a movie channel. Channels 424, 425, 444 and 445 were movie channels on the cable set top box input were movie channels. I could create a sub lineup called "Movies" and put channel 10 from the satellite set top box input and channels 424, 425, 444 and 445 from the cable set top box input into it. So if I wanted to see what movies were on the movie channels, I just navigated the GUI to the lineup selection area, pick the movie lineup, and only have to arrow/page up/down through those 5 channels.
Am I making sense, or do I need to try to explain some other way?