EPG only updates for 2 hours into future

[nick.langstone]

Hi All
I have been using NPVR (just installed the latest version on a clean Win 7 install) for a few years and have always had this problem (I thought it was my slow PC - but not any more) -
The EPG is only updated for about 2 hours into the future - and only when I go in and watch live TV.

I have the EPG set to run at 2am - and set to 120 minutes (not 100% sure what this is - I suspect the time EPG is allowed to run for .. )
The PC is always on. I have just rebuilt it with an Intel i5, 8G Ram and SSD - -so it is fast.
I am using a WinTV-HVR-2200 running in Auckland NZ - the card and everything is working fine - I can record and watch live TV -- only the EPG only shows the next 2 hours of shows. Very frustrating.

Any suggestions what I can lookat to get the EPG to list shows for the next week ?

Thanks

Nick
PS NPVR is a fantastic package -- great work.

[stustunz]

I think you have to use something like "epg collector" which produces a xml that can be read by nextpvr
as dvb-t in nz only gives 2 hours ahead in the format that npvr uses
where as epg collector can read mheg5 or whatever its called that has more data

[athomas]

What EPG service are you using to supply your EPG data?

[Jaggy]

As stustunz said only two hours worth of data is unscrambled that NextPVR can pick up, EPG Collector can read the scrambled mheg5 data & produce a seven day xml guide that can then be used.

You can find the forum for EPG Collector here
http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/forums

and the download here
http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/

I have been using it for years & it's pretty easy to setup

[nick.langstone]

Thanks for this info - I'll look into the EPG collector.

You guys are all very helpful -- Thanks

Nick

[OTAjunkie]

You can get 12 -13 days with MC2XML (well in N.A. at least).

[Jaggy]

Not in New Zealand, unless things have changed & I haven't heard about it, negotiations between Microsoft & our TV stations for supplying guide data failed right from the start...... we have the weirdest TV stations when it comes to guide data (or lack of it).

[psycik]

you can via DVB-S in NZ, just not DVB-T. The EIT EPG in NZ is now/next only. The EPGCollector off the geekzone site, can be used with DVB-T and parses the mheg5 EPG.

[johnsonx42]

if only someone had read the sticky at the top of the support forum, they'd have noticed "EPGCollector: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?for...icid=61903 - load NZ Freeview-T EPG into XMLTV"