Global guide related discussion. All Windows versions.
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TGB.tv donations drive !
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Hi all,
Just a quick post to see if any of our members are willing / able to make a small donation to help cover our running costs?
I completely understand that times are hard for a lot of folks and many people are unable to offer any financial support.
Please don't feel pressured into donating...
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Hi, there is no suggested donation amount - any amount is much appreciated :thumbup:
Thank you to everybody that has donated :clap:
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Last post by holidayboy
Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:58 am
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UK Guide losing BBC listings
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rosbaldeston » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:29 pm
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Guess this might be related to previous post. But I noticed my recording schedule over xmas was looking thin. After scrolling around the guide seems I lose listings for all BBC channels on Christmas Eve (Mendip). Seems all the channel IDs have changed so BBC ONE West channel needed switching to a...
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My 7MC guide data is going out to the morning of 3/1/14 at the moment, so no sign of an EPG issue here. (Unlike last year!)
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Last post by mark1234
Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:53 pm
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Guide update added channel, but doesn't work
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TheApocalyptican » Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:23 am
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Wasn't sure what to search for to find out more, so I'm just asking. I just today got an update to my customized guide. This update left my current settings for channels intact, and then added some new ones. While most of the new ones are the movie channels, which I don't subscribe to, so I can't...
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What tuner are you using? It's possible your cable card didn't get an updated channel map.
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Last post by Shackleford
Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:58 am
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Freesat BBC4 'No data available'
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rbel » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:50 pm
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I appreciate that BBC 4 is only on from 19:00 but the WMC epg frequently shows 'No data available'.
Eg at 19:40 I check the epg and 'No data available' shows for BBC4 for all displayed time slots. I click on the slot which includes 19:40 and the programme data then appears for the programme and...
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This evening I now have 14 days of EPG for BBC 4 - I don't know how but the data is there.
The only entry in the list is one for BBC FOUR, located in amongst the main BBC radio channels which does not match with the entry for the other TV channels where lower case is used.
It appears that by...
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Last post by rbel
Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:57 pm
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Removing Channels From Guide
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jasonbtx » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:56 pm
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Any way to remove undesired channels from the guide? (Porn, spanish speaking , music channels, etc)
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I use Guidetool. Works very well.. Use it from another PC to alter the program guide.
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Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:54 pm
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UK Freeview EPG Listings 7th Nov
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rosbaldeston » Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:51 pm
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Looking at my Windows 7 MCE Guide it seems the EPG isn't listing the BBC channels from the 7th Nov (Thursday) onwards. My EPG is showing 'no data available' from Thursday onwards despite last couple of days of apparently successful manual guide updates.
Local transmitter is Mendip, it's mostly...
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Thanks for replying. Both of those provisos should have been satisfied. Was all the BBC SD 1-9 & cbbc & news channels missing and it persisted several days over the weekend and Monday. Did have recordings going Sat, Sun & Monday. Wasn't too surprised nothing much changed with the EPG over the...
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Last post by rosbaldeston
Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:22 pm
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Disable TV show thumbnails in guide?
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Biffo » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:17 pm
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My guide is back to scrolling very slowly after thumbnails load and very fast before they do load. Last time this happened I deleted the channel db to fix it but this time no dice. It isn't the drive since it is SSD.
Anyway, I want to prevent the thumbnails from loading so guide scrolls without...
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Glad you got it solved...I tried many things and never could solve the problem. Perhaps there is more than one thing that causes this?
No doubt about that, Richard.
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Last post by Biffo
Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:51 am
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UK guide data not downloading
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mark1234 » Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:05 pm
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Hi,
Anyone else having issues with the guide data not updating? I'm not getting any errors, but am down to 9 days data, ending on 27/10. I've forced a download, but no joy. It's normally a solid 14 days of data I have.
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MS have actually put a decent update on the Connect ticket:
Posted by Microsoft on 22/10/2013 at 09:47
This is now resolved. The data provider we contract with to provide the schedule had duplicate entries for some channels related to the time change, which caused our validation to fail. They...
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Last post by mark1234
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:06 pm
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Guide data from 2 different zipcodes
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aeblank » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:01 pm
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Hypothetically....
How could I merge two different zip codes of guide data?
My parents live on the eastern shore (-ish) of Lake Michigan.
With their extreme fringe antenna/booster/50'+ tower, they can get Green Bay stations.
As a Packer fan, this is important...
When I look at zaptoit for their...
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I think I may have found a solution...
For me, since I'm in the same country, I think it is easier .
I haven't read through the whole thing, or tried to do it yet, but it seems doable.
I *think* I just need to find the I.D. for the second zipcode, modify a batch file, run it, and enjoy.
Andy...
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Last post by blueiedgod
Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:45 pm
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Non-WMC remote won't find Guide after a while
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rflemin » Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:55 am
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I'm running WMC on a HP HTPC with a variety of third-party IR remotes and a wireless Logitech mouse and keyboard. I've taught the remotes (Phillips, and two One-For-All remotes) most of the basic commands and they work for a while. But after running for several commands, I can use the arrow keys to...
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When this happens, move up, then move down (or vice versa) and then select the Guide. It's an old bug, as mdavej said.
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Last post by barnabas1969
Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:38 pm
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Guide data with CableCard
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woodchuck » Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:57 pm
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Simple question: When using a cablecard, where does my guide/program data come from? I know some of it comes from the microsoft update service, but I seem to recall some data comes from the cablecard datastream itself.
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The cablecard produces a list of channels from the cable co head end with their call signs which allows it to tune to them. When you setup MC you enter your locale and provider and that groups you into your local area. The two parts work together to provide you your tunable stations.
In North...
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Last post by STC
Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:04 pm
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Guide Transparency?
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lornaevo » Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:12 pm
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Is it possible to make the Guide Transparent?
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Try mediacenter themer, gives you a few options... I've done a w8 theme i can link to when I'm home...
Thank You.
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Last post by lornaevo
Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:32 pm
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Zap2it Guide Listing Changes
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STC » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:25 pm
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Zap2it has a form for lineup discrepancies, if you click Feedback, bottom left of their site.
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^That's where things get messy - Zap2it doesn't really control the daily programming meta data, only the channel listings.
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Last post by STC
Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:08 pm
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TV Guide vertical scrolling wraparound, any way to disable?
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Hotfart » Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:48 am
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I'm running Media Center on Win 7 64-bit, and got to thinking that when scrolling through the TV guide listings, I would prefer for scrolling to stop at the beginning & end of the listings, rather than wrapping around (for lack of a better term) when scrolling vertically through the guide. As an...
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Haha, thanks. Most either love it or hate it. But anyways yeah, I did know of the channel up/down shortcut. I actually very very rarely use the fast scrolling, just the channel up/down page scroll. I do appreciate the advice though!
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Last post by Hotfart
Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:06 pm
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Reporting Wrong Guide Listings
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tzr916 » Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:45 pm
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I came from Tivo where I could go to the Tivo website and report that channel XXX was listed incorrectly as channel YYY. They would email me back and a few days later it would be corrected. Is there such a thing for WMC?
My channels are all correct but I have a few series setup to record new...
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Here in Canuk land, we get reasonably good idents for Premieres, even if it was shown in the US first, it seems they do mark shows up correctly for viewing here....usually....
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Last post by STC
Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:24 pm
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(EIT) guide data out by 17 hours
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waynec42 » Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:45 pm
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Hi,
My over the air (EIT) guide data is out by around 17 hours. I've changed the PC time back 17 hours so that the guide is correct for what's on 'now' but I'd like the time to be correct.
Hope that makes sense.
Any help greatly appreaciated.
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Is the Time Zone set correctly on your PC?
Yes I believe so. I'll check again though.
So I checked again and, yes, you were right, my timezone was wrong. Thought I'd set it up during install. Obviously not.
Thanks.
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Last post by waynec42
Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:01 am
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Guide incorrect
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atrdriver » Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:22 pm
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I have a problem with my guide information. Most of it is correct, but it is missing a couple of channels, and a couple of channels are incorrect. I have gone into tasks - settings - guide and redownloaded the guide info, but it is still wrong. What can I do about this? FWIW I have Time Warner...
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There's a feedback button at the bottom of the home page on the site.
But there may not be an error on the site - TWC may have two slightly different lineups, and your area isn't assigned to the City you expected to be.
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Last post by foxwood
Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:48 pm
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WMC guide "No Data Available"
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tripower » Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:50 pm
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I am experiencing an issue where cable channels do not display the guide information, only the error message No Data Available . But over the air channels is working correctly.
Everything was working great for years then all of a sudden I am getting No data available for all channels EXCEPT the...
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Who is your provider? If you have Verizon FiOS, see this thread-->
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Last post by Scallica
Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:41 am
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When is guide data downloaded?
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rbel » Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:43 pm
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I have just put my first HTPC together and have just set it up using WMC on win7.
My question is does the epg get updated continuously or at specific times of the day on an automatic basis or do I have to manually request guide updates?
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Many thanks for the speedy response.
I have nowlocated the timing setup at Settings>General>Automatic download options.
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Last post by rbel
Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:30 pm
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Channel numbers out of order in guide
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glenncol » Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:14 am
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Hi all
I have just upgraded from Vista to Win 7 and the guide channel order is driving me NUTS.
Bringing up the guide i would like all my channels in order e.g 7 , 72, 7mate, 9 , Go, Gem and so on.
I have numbered them as follows ch7=1, ch72=2, ch7mate =3, ch9=4, chGo=5, chGem=6 and so on....
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Cool, glad it worked :)
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:24 am
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US CableCARD - How to get new channel in guide?
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adam1991 » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:39 pm
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My provider added a new channel, according to their web site. I can't remember, is there an easy way to add this channel to my guide without going all the way through TV setup again?
Ceton diagnostics shows it as a clear channel, btw.
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yeah, it's not in the channel map at all. I'm not worried about guide data, just the fact of the channel.
Actually, it's not a channel I'm interested in at all--but the fact of its existence according to the cableco, but not being in my guide, has piqued my interest.
Now you've got me thinking....
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Last post by adam1991
Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:49 am
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Guide Updates - Download Issues
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Oldmajor » Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:39 pm
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I just noticed that I do not have guide data from any show thats on cable. The shows that would come through on just an analog tuner (non cable channels) do show guide data. This just happened on Friday 3/16, and when I manually try to install the guide, it goes through the download proces and then...
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If you have done a lot of customization to your guide, like I have, you're likely better off using Guide Tool as I described in this post:
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Last post by tad
Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:39 pm
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Live TV on Surface Pro - Guide Data Trouble
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ArtieMcD » Sat May 18, 2013 3:57 pm
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Finally got the dream setup working. One cable card... 6 tuners on the network via InfiniTV6. Live TV on all computers in the house including the Surface and laptops. But I ran into a problem on the Surface... Media Center refuses to download the guide listings... Has anyone gotten this...
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Working on my Samsung tablet running MCE just fine.
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Last post by scyto
Tue May 21, 2013 9:22 pm
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TV Guide - No data available
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fobos8 » Tue May 07, 2013 6:25 pm
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Hi all
In live in the UK and the TV guide I have is always showing no data available for BBC Three and BBC Four and ITV. I have downloaded the latest listings.
Any idea what the problem could be? Anything I can do?
I have a TBS 6981 DVB-S2 card
Kind regards, Andrew
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I have resolved this.
I had ITV (channel 103) set to ITV London and had no data available . I live in the Channels Islands. I've changed 103 to ITV Channel Islands and I now have guide info.
For BBC Three - I have 2 BBC Three's in my guide. On has programme/guide data but no video and the other...
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Last post by fobos8
Wed May 08, 2013 6:31 pm
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Guide updates and channel names?
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bartman01 » Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:13 am
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What triggers the guide to change the channel name associated with a channel? I am asking because VSHD changed to NBC Sports Network over a year ago but still shows up in WMC as 'VSHD'. The zap2it guide for my area shows the channel as NBCSprtsHD, but WMC still shows it as VSHD. Should it...
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Might try scanning for additional channels in media center but I don't know
if that would update the guide.
You can change it manually at settings/TV/edit guide/,
select the channel in the list and click edit listings.
Then scroll down to the one you want and select it and save the settings.
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Last post by leroys1000
Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:28 pm
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Editing Guide listings
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Mike88 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:18 am
It looks like March 18, 2013 is the date when Chicago WSL/ABC7 will stop broadcasting on VHF 7 & only be using UHF 44 frequency. They have been using both freqs for a few years & I get both.
But which channel should WMC7 use for the guide listings? In Edit Channel > guide listings I can choose 7.1...
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Last post by Mike88
Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:18 am
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Increase Columns in Guide ??
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jerryt » Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:38 am
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My Channel Logos 2 can increase the number of rows to 11.
But how can I increase the number of Columns ??
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Stay tuned. Anticipated date: Before the Echo works with Windows 8. ;)
I am holding my breath.... ....... .........
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Last post by jerryt
Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:51 pm
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Guide Mapping
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pross » Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:21 am
For whatever reason, I could not get my WMC7 to find cable company's digital TV signals with my Hauppauge HVR-1950. In the end after several software updates and many failed attempts of letting Media Center try to find the hannels, I stumbled into a way to manually add channels. It works and I get...
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Last post by pross
Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:21 am
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Wrong language in TV Guide (Finland) [SOLVED]
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herrakonna » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:36 pm
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OK, so I just got my WMC PC set up, am in Finland, have the language set to English everywhere I can find anyplace to specify language (including the Windows OS) and overall, everything is working fine. I have a dual tuner DVB-T card that tunes fine and I can pull up the guide, but the names of all...
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The solution on this forum worked for me:
1. Open RegEdit and navigate to:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Settings\MCE.GlobalSettings
2. Change systemLanguage to fin
3. Reboot your PC
4. Open an Administrator command prompt, run the following command and wait a...
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Last post by omenatalo
Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:18 pm
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How to prevent guide auto scroll?
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smith » Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:41 pm
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I'm sure this must have been asked before but I wasn't sure what to search for, 'auto scroll' didn't turn anything up.
Anyway, I find it quite annoying when scrolling through the guide in media centre and the guide starts to automatically scroll. The problem is that by the time I manage to stop it...
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I think you could maybe do this with a Harmony remote?
I seem to remember doing it by mistake when adjusting the device settings for the PC.
It would probably affect things such as volume adjustment as well though if it was a repeat delay setting or something similar.
I use the ffwd/rewind...
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Last post by holidayboy
Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:41 am
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Media Center Guide incorrect
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wesleyhey » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:56 am
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I am having problems with the media center guide. the big problem is show like Merlin, Continuum, Lost Girl show as repeats but they have never been shown in the US yet they have a date of something like 2012 but in the US they have not been shown before which means the guide is giving us incorrect...
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to bad microsoft does not care about media center, or customers, hopefully someone comes up with an exact replacement that works. media center looks good but with these major bugs it is not that useful.
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Last post by wesleyhey
Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:40 am
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Guide Problem
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Crash2009 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:25 pm
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A few days ago, I wanted to set WMC to record a show that was playing on Thursday January 10, 2013. I went to the WMC guide and searched the show that I wanted to record. Search couldn't find it. Manually navigated through the guide hour by hour, and found out that my guide ends at 7 pm Wednesday...
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These directions got me going again
The CABLEcard was bung-ed up again too. Knocked out the tuners. Had to re-pair with Comcast. Anyway I'm good till January 18 now. Hopefully WMC will continue to update the EPG. Beats me what the cause was. Win 7 told me to install Cool and Quiet from Asus. Win...
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Last post by Crash2009
Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:35 pm
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Broken my guide - lost channel names
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mark1234 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:26 am
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As a result of MS knacking up the guide data last week, I've spent a few days using data downloaded from Digiguide and imported using MCE 7 Reset Toolbox. I've uninstalled those now to return to using the native data only. Rather than go through every single channel and remap the listings data back...
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Good stuff :thumbup:
I just checked my System Restore limit - I increased mine as well. Thanks!!
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Last post by holidayboy
Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:37 pm
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ABC Not Showing Up In Channel Guide Near Chicago
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Davethreshold » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:12 pm
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Hi All.
I have been using WMC, and have loved it. In the last couple days though, ABC. no longer appears in the channel guide, (where you click a show to record it etc.) ALL the other stations are fine. Even the ABC. sub-stations are fine. This is a first. I live a few miles West of Chicago. Is...
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When you say to get regular ABC , do mean get the signal or get the EPG data?
I have both 7.1 and 44.1 listed under Edit Sources. 7.1 is listed above 44.1. My understanding is that 7.1 will be used if possible. If not then the tuner will use 44.1. Or I can change the order. Mine were both enabled...
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Last post by Mike88
Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:08 pm
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Season/episode in Guide?
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NWW » Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:56 pm
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Hi,
I asked about this in the International section, but figured this would attract more views over here.
Does anyone know of a way to add season and episode number in the guide, so that when I record a series, it gets organised, and I know where to start from? I am using XMLTV files if that...
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I'm bumping this thread for a couple of reasons.
First off, the author of EPGCollector is adding a metadata lookup based on title of the series in the next release. Coupled with the addition of Thumbnails and movie posters, I can drop completely MS data, and go 100% OTA for Freesat.
Next, I found...
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Last post by NWW
Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:34 am
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Guide Categories
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deihmos » Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:12 pm
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Is there a way to add more categories to the guide? The current list is really lame. I would like to see things like Documentary, comedy and others.
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I didn't realize I could do this. Thanks.
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Last post by deihmos
Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:38 am
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UK Guide - repeats
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tommo » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:58 pm
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is it me... or is pretty much everything flagged as a repeat even though its not? are ms purposely not bothing with guide data now that they're trying to ween us off media center?
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Having the same issues here - how can I change from the standard epg to say the digiguide epg?
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Last post by karve
Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:42 pm
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Guide Only Partially Updating
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jtennison » Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:15 pm
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Looking at the Electronic Program Guide this morning, all the OTA channels are updated thru Nov 7. However, all the cable channels show No data available after 8:00pm October 28. When I try to do a manual update, I get the message that the download failed, and I should look at Media Center System...
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Background scan is turned off by default per the HDHRP driver. My channels went missing after running TV setup in effort to repair my problem. My cable channels are now fine aside from having to edit my lineup again. My holdup is the few missing QAM channels which I prefer to combine with the cable...
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Last post by mcewinter
Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:55 pm
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CBS guide listings all goofed up
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adam1991 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:14 am
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For those here in the US, you know that CBS goofed their entire schedule Monday night, apparently at the last minute. Instead of showing new shows, they chose to show reruns instead--no doubt due to the storm.
In addition, they simply pre-empted the entire 10pm hour for storm coverage, wiping...
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AFAIK, you can't clear a single recording from the history. What I did is set up a generic keyword recording using some main words in the episode info as my keywords, then I set the record settings to record every time and new & rerun (these are settings specific to this recording).
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Last post by richard1980
Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:55 am
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Guide Data Issues - Comcast in Houston
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mmatheny » Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:52 pm
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My guide data has MANY errors on MANY channels, plus I cannot get data past about 7:00PM tonight! My machine reboots every day at 5:00am. Comcast Houston.
EDIT: It reboots because I have a scheduled job!!! Not just for the heck of it!!!
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No go for me, I did a system restore as well and it didn't bring anything back. (I probably didn't have enough data from then to today.) I'll try the Update PlayReady thing again, as well as setting up TV Signal again now that I system restored, but it didn't work the first time so I'm not...
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Last post by Misaki Ki
Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:35 am
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Clear QAM - Guide listings
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andypanda » Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:05 pm
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I love WMC ... but when I'm scanning for channels, it seems to take forever and it gets most of them wrong. I'll spend hours fixing all the channel lineups and selecting the HD versions and deselecting the low res versions of the channels. And I have to manually add about 20 channels that the scan...
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yep, am still using some older hdhomerun box's, along with hauppauge analog tunners and just noticed I have some missing content.
That time again... remapping time!
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Last post by toshfive
Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:53 am
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Starting the guide update service
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BBB3000 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:16 pm
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My guide does not seem to update on its own anymore. Does anyone know how I can check if the service that does this is running? The guide does update if I go through WMC and manually tell it to update. pain in the butt though.
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Might be a dumb question but have you got the automatic update setup? As far as I know this also updates the guide.
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Last post by KungFuKid
Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:31 am
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Guide Data only showing OTA, not cable
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hdmindset » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:06 pm
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Hi,
I'm running Windows 7 version of Media Center with a Ceton InfiniTV4 connected to Comcast. I've been running this setup for years now with very little issues. Last night, when I was reviewing my scheduled recording list, I noticed that it seemed to only be scheduling things available via OTA...
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I would re-run the TV setup wizard in WMC. If that doesn't work, open a ticket with Ceton support.
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Last post by Scallica
Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:34 pm
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Missing Channels in Media Center Guide
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kingwr » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:17 am
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Back when DirecTV was in dispute with Viacom over Nick channels and such, they disappeared from the guide on my Media Center. Thank you guide data source for keeping Media Center from recording a bunch of black screens. However, when the dispute was settled, and the Nick channels were added back to...
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Thanks. The listings were in Zap2it.com but not in the Edit Channels list in the Guide settings. However, I was able to use the Guide Settings to add the channel numbers and tie them to the proper listings (which were in the downloaded guide data, just without DirecTV channel numbers, evidently)....
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Last post by kingwr
Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:41 am
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Backing up guide/channel settings
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TeddyR » Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:35 pm
What is the best way to backup not just the selected channels, but also the tuners associated with them. Is guidetool the only option? Can it do what I want...
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I currently have 6 CC tuners, 4 QAM, 2 Analog, 2 ATSC tuners.
On a fresh scan one of the local stations is found on all the...
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Last post by TeddyR
Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:35 pm
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Channel Guide - Missing Episode Numbers
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LostInTheTrees » Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:46 pm
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Since I switched to WMC a couple years ago from Tivo, the thing that has most annoyed is not one I would have predicted. I read that the guide data comes from the same source and should be the same, however, in Tivo most shows used to give an episode number. This is never present in the WMC guide...
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Note that RecordedTVHD only gives you episode numbers for whatever you have recorded. It does not give you episode numbers for the data in the guide.
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Last post by richard1980
Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:36 pm
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Channel Guide no data - WMC - Help!
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CaptHaywire » Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:31 pm
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I have a HD HomeRun Dual by SiliconDust and cant seem to get the program guide to work. During set up with WMC the scan finds channels but when finished they don't show up in guide. I can add and watch the channels but no guide information. I have tried different zip codes with the same result....
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Thanks for detailed reply. Works great!!
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Last post by CaptHaywire
Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:08 pm
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Guide all Screwed Up as is Connect.Microsoft.Com
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marvin-miller » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:55 pm
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Hi Folks;
Our provider (Shaw) made about 40-50 channel lineup changes about a month ago. The guide in Media Center 7 is still all screwed up. I've posted several times over at connect.microsoft.com and even included a one page .pdf with a complete road-map to all the changes.
They're useless...
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Thank you SO MUCH !!!
I've been trying (for months) to get Microsoft to actually address the issue, as have several other people, and all anyone ever gets at connect.microsoft.com is the royal run-around. It's terrible and really indicative of Microsoft's commitment to Media Center and their...
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Last post by marvin-miller
Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:53 pm
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Where does the guide data come from?
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spinnaker » Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:04 am
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It's sad that there is no current development on WMC. But not too bad, outside of a few annoying bugs, it works pretty well. My concern is the guide. Where does it come from? Do each of the stations provide it in some kind of standard format?
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I have not look into other media center software to closely because WMC was SO easy to setup. Whay it is not more popular I have no idea. You could save some nice pocket change even if you just ditched your DVR. I ditched DirtecTV altogether and I have not regretted it.
As I said I have not looked...
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Last post by winterescape
Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:18 am
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Zap2It Guide Listings
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StHapns247 » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:13 pm
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Just got WMC up and running with a a Ceton InvitiTV 4 and a Comcast cableCARD. I noticed right away my MCE guide was missing two channels I frequent: SpikeHD and Comedy Central HD. Between calling Comcast and my own troubleshooting I discovered that it was the Zap2It TV listings for my town that...
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I contacted zap2it once about a channel that was just used for games that didn't fit on there primary channel. They did get back to me, but it was like 2 weeks or so later, and they were very discriptive about it, but they said it wasnt in there listing they got from the cable co, and that they had...
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Last post by OneAn9ryN00b
Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:59 am
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4Seven EPG data (UK)
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mark1234 » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:45 pm
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For those in the UK, I've raised a Connect ticket to request proper EPG data for the new 4Seven channel that launched this week across all platforms.
I know in band data is available, but it would be nice to have the proper data. Not that I actually expect this will happen...
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That must be our tax pounds at work - Auntie giving MS a kickback!
I'm way too cynical these days :)
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Last post by holidayboy
Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:26 pm
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Poll - Guide Data Quality
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STC » Tue May 01, 2012 4:17 pm
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I would like members to chime in if they feel the quality of their North American guide data has become worse, especially recently. Zap2it, in my view seem to be offering less and less accuracy as time goes by.
Just last night I found my HTPC re-recording three shows it had already recorded some...
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How's this for a notable event? I just checked Zap2It, and it has The Walking Dead tonight as a new episode, which is incorrect. Media Center, however, does not have it scheduled to record. So for a change of pace, Zap2It is wrong, and Media Center is right. Of course, Media Center's rightness in...
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Last post by crawfish
Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:16 pm
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Automatic Guide Update Settings
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Mike88 » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:58 am
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I'm new to WMC and noticed the setup for the automatic program guide requires a minimum 6 hour time window. Yet a manual update takes only a few minutes.
I'm curious why the 6 hour requirement. Does the automatic process only take place 4 times a day?
By default mine is set from 12:00am to...
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It will only update once a day. This just allows you to set a window within which it will do the update. There is no downside to leaving it at the default, which means it can happen at any time.
Thank you for the information.
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Last post by Mike88
Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:34 pm
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Clearing out my Channel guide
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magill » Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:58 pm
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OK,
So playing around trying to get my Ceton and CableCard working, I downloaded the full blown guide (I get a new Cable card in the AM and I should have it working then)
The problem is, I have 900 Channels in my guide --- When my card is active I should have about 60 or 70 -- Is there a way to...
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I tried using guidetool but it looks rather complicated. Are there any guides that explain how to get things done? Like what does tuner merge do or split.
Also to remove channels all i have to do is just uncheck them? I have Ceton and HDHomerun OTA dual tuner so 4 tuners in general so I'm...
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Last post by kalex
Sat May 26, 2012 3:18 am
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Guide Updates - Accuracy Issues
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adam1991 » Fri May 04, 2012 10:03 pm
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I'll use one example: my daughter wants to watch iCarly, on Nick, and the guide shows it to be on many, many times a day every day--but if you look at nick.com you'll see that it's not on all that much. If Nick knows what the schedule is, why doesn't our guide? Who's in charge here?
Our guide data...
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I have some relatively interesting news to report;
I noticed my cable co had changed one of my channels to a different broadcaster.
I duly notified Zp2it using their online form. By Monday 14th I saw the change had taken place on Zap2its' web listings.
It was today that I saw the update reflected...
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Last post by STC
Tue May 22, 2012 12:52 am
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Charter Lineup Change - Wrong Guide Data
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arr0gant1 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:08 pm
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We had a major Channel upgrade and change. Now the guide is old and isn't reflecting the new channels as well as the channels that have changed. For example, NBC and CBS which used to be 785 and 784 and have now been moved to 704 and 705. 704 and 705 don't even show up in the guide and 785 and 785...
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Anyone know if this issue has been solved?
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Last post by cdcellular
Sat May 19, 2012 2:41 am
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Still getting "download error" on guide download
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adam1991 » Sun May 06, 2012 6:32 am
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I'm still getting download error when I manually instigate the guide download.
This is *such* fun.
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Don't worry, when you finally do get your guide, it'll be full of errors that will cause you to record a bunch of stuff that really isn't airing (or if it is airing, shouldn't actually be recorded).
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Last post by richard1980
Sun May 06, 2012 11:49 am
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WMC missing specific Guide Data
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feerlessleadr » Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:01 am
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So I am a hockey fan and the NHL playoffs are on during this time of year. unfortunately, this means that WMC doesn't get a lot of lead time on getting the guide data updated with each game.
I went to watch a New Jersey Devils game tonight on MSG+ and realized that the guide had not been updated...
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well that is certainly disappointing and quite annoying as my tivo ever had this problem (granted it did have many others though)
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Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:45 am
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Duplicate Channel in Guide
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Space_Cowboy » Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:55 pm
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Somehow I've ended up with duplicate channels in the guide even though the channels are not duplicated in the setup guide. When I try and set a recording, I get conflicts because of the duplicates. I tried to delete the duplicate channels out of the guide, but that ended up messing up the recording...
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This just recently happened to me.. TV setup guide wouldn't work. There was deleting the media files in the temp cache.. Only way I fixed it was with a reinstall. Was faster in the long wrong..
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Last post by tomtoth
Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:06 pm
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Guide data has stopped updating
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webminster » Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:39 am
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My EPG data (Fort Collins CO Comcast Digital, guide ID 28516864) hasn't updated for about a week. Am now down to 6 days left of program data.
Internet connectivity to the media center is fine. MCupdate is running nightly, and have tried manual updates as well. Event logs show MCupdate completing...
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Shot in the dark here... but when I was first setting up my HTPC I couldn't get guide data to download and didn't know why. It turned out to be that my system time had gotten out of sync with real time. I went to date and time settings, sync'd with internet time and that fixed it. It doesn't sound...
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Last post by nathagt
Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:32 pm
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Transfering Guide Data to XP WMC from Windows 7 ?
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Russ » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:16 pm
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Hi, I have lost internet connection on my 6 year old computer with Windows XP and the 2005 WMC and have gotten a new one with Windows 7 and the new WMC.
I would love to still be able to update the GUIDE DATA on the old computer.
Is there any way to transfer the DATA info from a new version of WMC...
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limited connectivity usually indicates that it did not get an IP address and/or that it could not find a DNS server. Did you try to let XP try to fix it for you?
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Last post by barnabas1969
Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:18 am
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Guide data and two country Locations.
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Fleadh » Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:36 pm
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First post in this forum, Thanks Guys from bring TGB back from the technicolour awfulness.
Right,
So I have two sat dishes connected through a diseqc switch.
One points to 28e astra for UK FTA channels and the other points to 13e to hotbird for the Polish FTA channels.
This all works very well...
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Thank you but I'm still confused...
The GUI to mc2xml only allows me to set one country to download as XMLTV... The website states something about a command line, but, frankly, i'm kind of lost as to where I should input the commands...
EDIT
For those interrested
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Last post by NWW
Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:01 pm
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UK Guide listings
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rannydoscoe » Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:57 pm
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Is anyone having issues with listings only running until 11th/12th January. I've tried numerous manual updates and re-indexing. Are the providers on holiday or do I have to delete the database and re-run setup? :o
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I'm not defending the support particularly (though I would disagree that actually we pay for it). I'm just saying it could, and has been, much worse!
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Last post by mark1234
Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:15 pm
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Guide Listings for Stations in Other State
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harrydetroit » Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:18 pm
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My WMC7 set up pulls in clear qam stations (mostly the locals, which is fine for me). I live in CT, but I actually pull in five or six stations from New York. My guide listings are set up for my zip code/provider, but I only get guide listings for the CT channels, and no guide listings for the NY...
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Here is a link on how to add multiple guide listings . It was written for Candian users that got US channels but, should work for multiple guides in the US as well.
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Last post by Tracer
Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:32 pm
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Guide listings are inaccurate
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diymommy » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:13 am
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Hi! I'm new to TGB, but I'm hoping you can offer a solution I haven't tried yet. This is not a new complaint from users from what I can tell.
I have used WMC for years and LOVED it - when it was on my old and now dead HP media center PC running windows XP, that is. My old PC died a couple months...
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OK. Thanks for the input, I have figured it out. Don't laugh... to hard anyway :oops: :)
I spent some more time after posting. (I spent 4 days trying to get this resolved...) and by chance decided to double check the clock on the computer, since it almost seemed that it was just a few hours off....
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Last post by diymommy
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:01 pm
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How to change the time for automatic guide updates?
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woodchuck » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:41 pm
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I recently did a reinstall, and cannot find the article on how to change the time 7MC checks for guide updates. Can someone point me in the right direction? I have a Ceton, if that makes a difference.
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Good grief, I thought I looked there already, but must have missed it. Task Scheduler-> Library-> Microsoft-> Windows-> Media Center.
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Last post by woodchuck
Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:16 am
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Multiple stations in oxford
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Trouble » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:33 pm
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Hi guys
So I know that the stations are moving around for freeview. I pressed the yellow button about 100 times..... I know i need to rescan
Anyway
I scan and after a couple of days I get a selection of multiple stations. That is to say one that works but a mirror listing that does not work
This...
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Did you manually tell it to scan for new channels to get C5+1 listed?
The device that I rescanned was my Humax PVR, which I usually leave powered down (i.e. not in standby), as it is only for emergency use, and it consumes 16 watts in standby(!) So I do not know whether it would have picked up...
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Last post by CyberSimian
Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:51 am
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Channel 4 HD (UK) has moved!
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CogZog » Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:37 am
I noticed Channel 4 HD here in the UK stopped working a few days ago. I have looked on KingofSat and found the new transponder settings as follows:
11127 V on 22000.
Regards,
Cog.
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:37 am
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W7 Media Centre TV Guide downloads OK but doesn't update ?
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Boo » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:43 am
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Hi,
I hope nobody minds that I also posted this question on the MS Technet forums.
I have a longstanding installation of Windows 7 Ultimate on my media centre PC and recently the internet tv program guide stopped updating for no apparent reason.
I have the guide set to update automatically but I...
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I seem to remember a few posts on the old TGB about people having to run through the internet test - definitely worth the 30secs it will take to try it :)
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Last post by holidayboy
Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:37 pm
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Guide Search always returns "No Results Were Found"
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CMonster » Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:37 pm
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When trying to add a recording by searching the guide, I always get No Results Were Found. Occasionally it says that the Indexing Service isn't started but it's running and I can successfully search the computer for files without a problem. I've also made sure that WMC was in the included locations...
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Have you confirmed that a search result should actually exist? If you search for something that isn't in the guide, an empty result would be the expected result.
Did that too. I first go to the guide to find a program that's going to be on within the hour, then go to the search to look for it and...
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Last post by CMonster
Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:11 pm
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BBC HD Channels on old transponder, how to change?
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shiftlocked » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:09 pm
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Hi All,
Interesting thing going on with my media centre as of late. BBC HD (or BBC One HD) appears fine when I do a full transponder scan however I get the infamous no signal message on the screen
If I use DVB viewer it works fine. I've tried rescanning, deleting the full program line up but it...
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The Hauppauge fix will only work for Hauppauge cards (and other cards that could use Hauppauge drivers maybe) as far as I know.
It just adds a few extra Hauppauge reg keys that give the necessary tuning info to the card when an s2 channel is being tuned by MC (I think!)
Hopefully Win8 will handle...
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Last post by holidayboy
Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:48 pm
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Win7 Guide backup/editor?
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erkotz » Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:35 pm
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Is there any utility that can back up/edit/restore the guide data itself - not just the channel listings, but show names, descriptions, etc? I want to edit the actual program data.
Thanks
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I think I can massage that info doing what I want. Thanks.
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Last post by erkotz
Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:29 pm
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Navigating from day to day through the Guide
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martinu » Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:05 am
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Is there a way of scrolling quickly through the Guide from one day to the next? There's the four-way arrow control which scrolls one screenful at a time forwards or backwards or displays the next few channels, but all the obvious things like Ctrl-click, Shift-click, Alt-click on the right-hand...
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Thanks. That solves the problem perfectly. It advances in 12-hour jumps so it's necessary to scroll manually within this 12-hour window, but you can quickly go from day to day.
One other pair of buttons/keys that you might find useful when navigating the EPG are FAST-FORWARD and FAST-REWIND, which...
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Last post by CyberSimian
Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:49 am
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Duplicate Channels in Guide
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Woggle » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:08 pm
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Hi everyone,
I've had problems for a few months now in Media Center 7. I'm using the media center guide with a Win Nova T 500 tuner.
I'm also using the GuideTool addin (have been using this for the last week or so).
Unfortunately most of the channels appear duplicated and when I use Media Center...
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IIRC that key needs to be added if its not there. I had same issue and this fixed it for me.
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Last post by Fleadh
Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:38 am
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Adding UK Freesat HD channels into W7MC
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davidp » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:03 am
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Is there any easy solution to automate the inclusion of the DVB-S2 HD channels, and also ITV HD, into W7MC Guide?
I am using the TBS6981 S2 dual tuner with W7MC and each time I do complete TV satellite scan, I have to manually configure most of the HD channels and I have yet to succeed with C4HD....
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I'm using the Blackgold BGT3600 tuner, will I also have to install this patch to get HD over freesat?
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Last post by Codey
Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:35 am
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Media Center Guide incorrect for FiOS
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rantanamo » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:05 am
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Where does one report guide issues? The link at the other site for feedback seems to be incorrect. FiOS in Texas has the Longhorn Network listed as 320, which is correct in the rest of the country, but in Texas(FiOS specifically lists Keller, TX during setup) The Longhorn Network should be Ch 79 in...
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I believe WMC retrieves guide info from Zap2it, but I could be wrong.
Can you see if Zap2It's guide is correct?
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Last post by Scallica
Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:53 am
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