EPG collector instructions

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ajkiwi

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#95845 14-Jan-2012 13:32

Hi all - finally moved to freeview territory (flat bush, Auckland) and have freeview terrestrial up and running on my Windows 7 Media Center. Yay! Which means I'm now grappling with the guide. *sigh*

Freitasm's EPG collector instruction sticky is here on the forum, but I notice it's pre-version 3 and the EPG center GUI - am I still good to follow that set of instructions, or are there updated instructions somewhere out there now? And are those frequencies listed on the sticky still current?

freitasm

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#568777 14-Jan-2012 13:54

The frequencies are still ok, but you should be able to go through the new GUI without problem - I will probably update that post this week...

djtOtago

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#568974 15-Jan-2012 00:43

freitasm: The frequencies are still ok, but you should be able to go through the new GUI without problem - I will probably update that post this week...

Just something to keep in mind when updating post. The Freeview DVB-T frequencies for Dunedin (Mt Cargill) are changing on the 24th January. Other regions will also be changing at some point.

For more info http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/policy-and-planning/projects/digital-terrestrial-television-frequency-restacking

David.

aucklander

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#569037 15-Jan-2012 11:48

Hi, EPG Collector not working for the last couple of days, I wonder why, did not make any changes but now it exits with code 0 (successful) but there is "no data" for all the stations.

I find strange that it lists something like this:
- station count:39 buffer space used 7641
- collecting channel data..
- stopping bouqet reader
- station count:0 buffer space 5242
- collecting MHEG data from PID 0x3EB
- data blocks 100 buffer space used 446659

Any ideas please?
I am in Auckland (Waiatarua).

mobo Intel DH55PJ, RAM: 4GB RAM, Nova-T 500 HD + Avermedia Trinity tuner card, Geforce 520 video, 120GB SSD Sandisk + 640 WD + 1000SG, Win7 Home Prem 64-bit, Media Portal 1.15.0; BTC 9019URF Cordless Keyboard, Panasonic 55" (HDMI cable), HTPC Case Silverstone Grandia GD05B.

SJB

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#569043 15-Jan-2012 12:28

The area and region on the Advanced tab must be set to undefined for NZ terrestrial.

SJB

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#569051 15-Jan-2012 12:32

And on the Output tab you must NOT tick 'Set the channel number instead of Service ID' or 'Create an LCN tag....'.

aucklander

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#569155 15-Jan-2012 17:13

Hi,
one of those settings in "advanced" was not right, now is fixed, thank you for pointing me into the right direction.

PSlover14

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#569945 17-Jan-2012 14:53

go onto mediaportal (if you use it) and write down the frequencies it scans for and add them in EPG Collector.
the other way is to just google your frequencies and use the sucessful ones. Over here in the mighty manawatu my frequencies are 690000,708000,778000. EPG Collector should find yours.