How to change EPG Auto Update time

[joshskey]

Hi folks,

I understand that the EPG Auto Updates, but could please someone point me to how you can set how often it updates?

As I've got a 24 hour EPG, i'd like to set it to update more often than it does already.

Cheers,
Josh.

[Graham]

In the current beta release ... you have to edit the config.xml file ... but NextPVR will only auto update once every 24 hours.

[joshskey]

Thanks for that.

I can see there is the following options relevant:
<EPGUpdateHour>2</EPGUpdateHour>
<EPGUpdateTime>02:44:00</EPGUpdateTime>
<EPGUpdateEnabled>true</EPGUpdateEnabled>

Does anybody know what EPGUpdateHour means?
I am looking to have the EPG update every 2/3 hours if possible, is there a way I can set this?

Cheers,
Josh.

[Graham]

I can see there is the following options relevant:
<EPGUpdateHour>2</EPGUpdateHour>
<EPGUpdateTime>02:44:00</EPGUpdateTime>
<EPGUpdateEnabled>true</EPGUpdateEnabled>

Does anybody know what EPGUpdateHour means?
I am looking to have the EPG update every 2/3 hours if possible, is there a way I can set this?

I suspect that <EPGUpdateHour> is not now used because it was causing a flood of requests to EPG providers at the top of each hour. The value to set is <EPGUpdateTime> and NextPVR will do the update every 24 hours at that time.

There is a command line parameter in Version 4 that allows a batch file to be scheduled and run by the operating system but the command line interface is work in progress in the beta of Version 5. I am expecting that there will be a "nscripthelper" utility that can be run from the command line or in a command file that accepts parameters such as "-updateEPG".

[joshskey]

Thanks pal, sounds like a waiting game then. Cheers

[sub]

The next release lets you specify more than one update time. There is also a way to manually trigger it from script helper.

[joshskey]

Thanks Sub, look forward to it

[sixshooterz]

The next release lets you specify more than one update time. There is also a way to manually trigger it from script helper.

Can you tell me how to specify more than one update time in the Docker version (Version: 5.0.0.190916), please?

Thanks in advance!

[sub]

Can you tell me how to specify more than one update time in the Docker version (Version: 5.0.0.190916), please?

Thanks in advance!

On the Settings->Guide page, you can type multiple update times separated by a comma like "02:00:00,04:30:00"

[sixshooterz]

On the Settings->Guide page, you can type multiple update times separated by a comma like "02:00:00,04:30:00"

Perfect! Thank you! Does that also re-scan channels or is that a manual process?