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Upcoming wiki changes v7

 
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Upcoming wiki changes v7
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2024-11-04, 06:59 PM
I am planning to update the wiki with some changes for v7  but I thought some of you might benefit from having some of my planning info here.  If you'd like something changes on the wiki let me know too.

1. EPG mapping

It is possible to map a tuner to multiple EPG types. Automap will only map devices that are set to None.  To make a make a global change to a tuner, you need to first automap all to None and then make the change.  This is especially important for changing ATSC (previously None) and changing UK DVB-S and SAT>IP to Freesat

For digital tuner you can map by name or number for the OTA data. 

You you merge DVB-T, DVB-S  and SAT>IP and unmerge you may need to reset the EPG data.

2. SAT>IP

Normally NextPVR doesn't direct the SAT>IP tuner that is used by the server.  If you want to control the tuners perhaps to share with other backends you need to edit config.xml

<SATIPForceFrontend>true</SATIPForceFrontend>

before doing your SAT>IP scan.  It is not known if all servers support this function.

3. NextPVR.exe and UI clients

a. Live TV timeline function

There are two modes to the EPG timeline.  The default mode is to have the current time shown on the left with the bar showing how much prebuffer is available. Alternatively you can change config.xml <OldStyleTimeLine>true</OldStyleTimeLine>  and have a more traditional timeline, with the earliest prebuffer time on the left and the future buffer end time on the right.  With a long prebuffer time the right time could be the start time

Additionally the program details for the Live TV being watched will match the show on the timeline not the live TV and moves with the cursor.  The timeline will indicate program changes with a dash

b. Skipping

Skipping in recordings and Live TV default to moving a cursor and not the recording if there is no thumbnail.  If you want to also move the recording using  <ImmediateSkip>true</ImmediateSkip> in config.xml

Note v7 removed the timeout and skin that left just the timeline on the screen, now you get the complete OSD.

4. ATSC OTA EPG

The ATSC guide is available on all platforms and with Silicondust and digital tuners. However the quality of the data can vary a lot by channel.  It can be  6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day or 1 week for the same broadcast region. 

ATSC scanning is slow the default is 60 seconds per channel but really it probably should be a little more for ATSC since some data is only updated every 60 seconds so if you think there should be more try setting  <EPGScanSeconds>70</EPGScanSeconds>

ATSC scanning can also be long typically with 10-20 physical channels it  can take 15 or 20 minutes. First time users might want to wait to do the EPG scan until after checking the channels they receive.


5. IPTV updates

Channel updates will default to not adding new channels with method=setting.m3u.update

Martin
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