Guide+

[Joost]

Probably a stupid question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway

My "real" harddisk recorder, a Sony HX717 (sorry guys...) has an Electronic Programming Guide that gets its information directly from the cable signal, as "European Guide Plus".
I don't have a clue how it works exactly, but it sounds to me that it is a European standard for delivering program details to harddisk recorders and/or televisions.

If so, wouldn't it be nice (for European users at least...) to have GBPVR deal with this GuidePlus signal so they won't have to do special tricks to get the information from different kind of websites, sticking it together to some kind of XMLTV format?
I don't know about other countries, but for dutch users the hardest part of GBPVR (or any other pvr program) is setting up the tvguide. It would be wonderful if that could be simplified!

[stefan]

If you use an DVB-T or DVB-S card this functionality exists. Does your European Guide Plus work in an old fashioned analogue cable net?

[dottore]

there is a program called nextviewepg. it extracts epg-information from analogue cable stations. but it doesn't work with every tv-card.

don't know where to find, just browse the web ;-)

[stefan]

I'm sure it doesn't work in all cable nets either... I've never heard of it; I'm pretty sure there is no such thing in my cable company's broadcasts. But I could be wrong =)

[martijnvdl]

The signal is available on analog cable. The channel for Holland is TMF or Eurosport. This information is also available here:

http://www.europe.guideplus.com/En/help/...nnels.html

[sub]

Sorry, GB-PVR does not support Guide+. I'm not in a country that uses this, so I have no way to add this feature.

[Joost]

Thanks for the info so far, Martijnvdl thanks for the link, I couldn't find it anymore.
So it seams it is a standard for some of Europe's countries. Maybe someone has already created some kind of "Guide Plus+ to xmltv" convertor, I'll go and search for it.

[Shader]

If you find it.... please post it here....
[dutch]

Code:

Als je het hebt gevonden... zou je het dan hier willen posten ?

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[erik]

Gemstar hopes you can not find a converter otherwise their data security system has been broken.