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THANK YOU Gary
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testmonkey » Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:38 am
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Let us ALL say THANKS to Gary the developer of EPG123 with a monetary donation to the cause.
For his relentless pursuit of perfection.
For his unrelenting dedication to supporting the project and especially the time he spends on the tech support lately to get EVERYONE up and running.
During a...
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Thank you Gary! I have 3 WMC boxes and one of them I recently converted to Windows 10 out of necessity. The other 2 boxes are mostly WMC and Win TV. I've had to use a browser to look for programs and manually setup schedules. The WIN TV program often crashes and I loose a lot of programming. The...
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Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:07 pm
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1.5.0 - Verifying MXF...
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Sancho » Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:12 pm
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Just installed the latest (1.5.0.0) on three PCs, but one has been doing Verifying MXF Load... for an hour and a half, and counting. The other two finished the MXF Import process in normal time. On one PC it took 44 seconds from entering the Verify Load step to the end of the import (and end of the...
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The registry is NextRecordingAt
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Last post by garyan2
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:31 pm
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No New Scheduled Recordings
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WayneGS88 » Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:33 pm
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I’ve been on epg123 for a few years. You’re a lifesaver, Gary. I developed a problem a few months ago. WMC gave me a message saying my database was corrupt and then reset itself (or something else could have started my problem). Ever since, whatever matches my program guide to my series requests...
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Thank you very much. It is greatly appreciated!
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Last post by garyan2
Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:59 pm
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WMC Doesn't Record
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DanCallaghan » Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:35 am
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Gary, I've been running EPG123 for months with no problem. Then today WMC simply stopped recording anything scheduled to record in the guide. I made sure to upgrade EPG123 to v1.5.1.0 and ran the client install over again. Lineup was blank when I finished so I was forced to use the Restore Database...
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Open the client and click the , then click the and select a backup file from around 11/18 or 11/19. That should have all your previous scheduled recordings.
To restore your scheduled recordings and your favorites, rather than use the Transfer Tool, you could use the button and select a backup from...
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Last post by garyan2
Sat Nov 21, 2020 4:05 pm
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Export xmltv file when doing scheduled task
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Flippy » Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:58 am
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Is there a way to also export the xmltv file when its doing the scheduled task? That would be great :)
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Right. If you are trying to save the xmltv file to a shared drive then you will need to change the user of the task to an account that has access to it. By default the task uses the SYSTEM account.
Yes that was the exact problem :D
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Last post by Flippy
Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:14 pm
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No new guide data since setup
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bigredsaab » Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:30 pm
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No new guide data since setup or paying for schedules direct 3 days after initial setup (inside the 7day free window) initial setup worked well. sorry for the excesive length of logs but didn't know what was relevant. Noticed yesterday data was expiring. So tried switching to client mode and didn't...
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Without knowing exactly what happened, a client setup will take care of everything. When you do a client setup, it makes a backup of your current WMC setup and then deletes all of them.
A restore will delete your current database and restore a backup from the past.
A rebuild will delete your...
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Last post by garyan2
Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:17 am
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KVIE missing from Left Column
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danielk04 » Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:31 pm
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New user. EPG123 client guide tool with windows media center.
Go to install instructions, step 3 part 3, matching channels.
My right column lineup shows my available over the air stations perfectly, among them channel 6.1,KVIE, a PBS station, good so far.
My left column is missing channel 6.1,...
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Thanks guys, your suggestions worked.
All I needed to know was that 6=9.
Amazing but true.
Dan
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Last post by danielk04
Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:07 pm
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My Guide Stopped Updating
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hoonk » Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:03 am
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I have had EPG123 running in 2 houses for almost a year. Have been getting the epg icon and updates to the guide on both systems. 1 is spectrum, the other is comcast. Recently, The comcast system will not update the guide listings - Here's a log file - any suggestions? Thanks
Status request...
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I got it to work (I guess you got it to work). Did not have to do anything to the WMC guide. The first time I went into the WMC guide it showed no data but the channel was there and it ran on live tv. I then ran update guide from the taskbar icon (second time I did this). Went back into WMC and...
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Last post by cadprofessor
Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:31 pm
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WMC Guide Missing with "Live TV Setup"
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thatsmychin » Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:28 am
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A couple of days ago I lost my WMC guide. I have the Live TV Setup instead. I have a Ceton InfiniTV with Cablecard on WIndows 7 if that helps.
I don't know much about EPG123, I got it working a few months back and let it roll. Gleaning from other posts I hoped I only needed to rebuild my WMC...
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Gary is the best! He's definitely getting my donation.
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Last post by thatsmychin
Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:12 am
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Duplicate Channels
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IT Troll » Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:13 pm
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I think this may have been discussed previously with regards to US cable channels, but I am seeing something similar with UK DVB-T (Freeview).
I've had to do a few rescans recently following channel frequency changes. For some reason certain channels now have duplicates. The name and channel...
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Good to know. I actually have my gc/import scheduled during the early hours, well away from any recordings.
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Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:37 am
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Noob Question: How Can WMC make use of the guide?
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braingrenades » Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:11 pm
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I'm thinking this has to be fairly simple but I have no idea how I get WMC in Win7 Pro to utilize this outside guide. Yes I did sign up to Schedules Direct, installed EPG123 latest build and did not notice anything strange during install besides There was a warning during the last update. I checked...
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I just redid everything and I got it working. I think what I missed was telling WMC no during ‘Update TV Setup Data’ in the setup. I will have a new antenna on the way to my home so I'll be redoing everything again but I'm excited to discover this solution. Thanks for developing this.
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Last post by braingrenades
Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:58 pm
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Why are NFL listings often wrong?
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grittree » Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:20 am
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It's annoying that sometimes listings are wrong. Tomorrow, my Austin TX listing says I get NYGiants vs Washington. The local newspaper agrees. Every other source says we get Carolina vs KC. Those are 506sports (the bible), zap2it and titantv. From experience, we get what 506 says.
Also, sometimes...
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If zap2it is saying something different than WMC, then this will hopefully be taken care of in the next release. WMC doesn't like some changes and this is probably one of them that I am working on EPG123 to take care of it. Read of some success here
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Last post by garyan2
Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:00 am
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Problem importing program guide
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lucasbuck » Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:13 pm
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I've had EPG123 working fine in the past but was doing a reinstall. I've tried different versions from 1.3 to 1.5, removed the program, all traces, etc. I keep having the same problem. The install looks like it works fine, my lineup shows up in the configuration fine. But when all is done the...
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It was something to do with the tuners, I had to run through the setup a couple times but it took. Thank you so much for the help and the great program!
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Last post by lucasbuck
Sun Nov 08, 2020 2:50 am
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Guide data download started failing
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alan » Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:46 pm
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I noticed that I was running out of guide data and found that the download was failing. I upgraded to the latest version and am still having the issue.
Log data:
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Beginning epg123 client execution. version 1.5.1.0...
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Please use code tags when pasting a log file.
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Last post by Scallica
Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:24 am
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Unable to tune a channel in my subscription
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Sancho » Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:02 pm
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I'll try to keep this brief.
With Comcast one can stream via their website or app channels to which one is subscribed. Comcast is transitioning away from their old 1-999 channel scheme into one that utilizes channels above 999. Some new channels are only added into the new scheme (e.g., 1212). I...
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Did you try scanning for your channels on your tuner?
No, I only checked to see if the channel exists in the client and is active. I'm not sure what you mean exactly. How would I do that? In the Client?
I have an HDHomeRun, and there's an option in the device's webpage to Scan channels . This...
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Last post by kkingsto
Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:45 pm
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Guide Listings Out of Date soon
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mebehoof » Tue Nov 03, 2020 4:39 pm
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HI, getting a message that guide listings will be out of date in fewer than 3 days. Select download to get the latest guide listings. What should I do?
Is my subscription due? ??
Behoof
John Boyle
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garyan2, got it... all is well... thanks guys best your way
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Last post by mebehoof
Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:38 pm
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Restoring everything EXCEPT the tuners
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The Mac » Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:57 am
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im trying to update from 7 to 8.1
if i restore a backup, it restores the tuners which borks live tV
how do i restore just the lineups and scheduled recordings without restoring the tuners?
or alternatively, how do i fix the tuners after the restore without resetting the lineup?
thanx
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rats...
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Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:20 am
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1.5.0 No Systray Icon?
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kkingsto » Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:05 pm
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Just noticed when I upgraded to 1.5.0, the System Tray Icon disappeared. Am I missing something here? Do I need to reboot?
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No, it should be there. When upgrading it will kill the tray that is currently running and start a new one once the file is replaced. If it is not there, you can just double-click the file c:\program files (x86)\epg123\epgTray.exe. I've found myself accidently clicking the Exit option on the tray,...
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Last post by garyan2
Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:08 pm
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Changing schedule direct account in EPG123
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geo100 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:43 pm
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Hello, I succeeded using epg123 after 10 days experimenting with trial accounts of schedule direct.
Question:
- what is the easiest way to change from the trial account to an now existing 1-year accout?
regards Geerd
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Hello Gary,
everything now okay: after deleting account information in epg123.cfg I could use the new longterm account.
thank you very much for your fast help
regards Geerd
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Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:32 pm
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Sky Arts on Freeview
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johnmmason » Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:38 pm
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There is a new channel on Freeview called Sky Arts.
It appears in my guide but has no listings but the program displays fine.
Is there anything I should be doing.
Thanks
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OK thanks that was the answer. Hadn't had to do that before
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Last post by johnmmason
Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:19 pm
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Epg123 guide update
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phillyb » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:43 am
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Hi everyone
New to this forum hoping someone might be able to help.
I've installed a new tv tuner card into a new computer.
Media center so i needed to run the live TV setup again.
So i did the following:
Backup up Epg123
Ran the client setup
Restored the backup
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Yes. Please send the trace.log file to support@garyan2.net.
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Last post by garyan2
Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:27 pm
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Using two instance of epg123
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warham28 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:46 am
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Hello,
it's possible to use two instance of epg123 ?
i have 2 account at SD and i already use 4 lineup at the first one...
thanks!
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that Jurassic Park quote comes to mind here....
Now I'm curious. Can someone describe the use case here? I suspect the 4 lineups is the key.
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Last post by adam1991
Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:23 am
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Scheduled tasks always fail
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delphimon » Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:54 pm
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OK, I've tried my best to figure this one out on my own, but I'm stumped. After a long time of working perfectly, for the past N months my scheduled tasks no longer complete successfully. If I manually launch and run EPG123 and hit the Save & Execute button, the update task works just fine, and my...
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When I was having trouble with the mcupdate task previously I changed my user/group to Administrators and that fixed it. Gary said that I shouldn't have to do that and that System was the correct entry but Administrators was the only thing that worked for me. I also made sure that the highest...
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Last post by Gripweed
Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:56 am
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First failed import of MXF file
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Space » Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:26 pm
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So, tonight there were a few last minute changes to the schedule so I did a manual update with EPG123 to see if they were reflected in the data from Schedules Direct...
I manually ran the update at around 6:30 PM ET and it created the MXF file but then failed to import......
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Here is a run at 0714Z that still had discontinuities for TENISHD/TENNIS which is expected since first program downloaded starts at 1000Z. I've just added code to proceed with verification even if there are no schedule entries covering the current time... only start with the first schedule entry...
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Last post by garyan2
Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:56 pm
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Add a Logo Image to Channel
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NOYB » Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:44 pm
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There are a few channels that Schedules Direct does not provide a channel logo for. In some cases the channel does not have a logo. In some cases I suspect perhaps due to copyright/trademark. Is there a way to add my own images to these channels? Tried putting an image in the logos folder...
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That radio lettering is a little too small on a 40 inch screen at 12 feet. On a 15 inch laptop it's good. But that's equivalent to about 72 inch screen at 12 feet.
Doubled the radio lettering size and also used the base image from OPB Plus so they have same size and alignment in the guide....
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Last post by NOYB
Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:31 pm
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Trying to create a custom lineup
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NOYB » Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:09 pm
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Not Implemented (dialog box)
This feature is not yet implemented. You can manually edit the custom lineup file C:\ProgramData|GaRyan\epg123\customLineup.xml .
I've done that and can see the custom lineup in EPG123 Configuration v1.4.10.
But the channels are not selectable. I presume that also needs...
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The custom lineup doesn't fit what I was going for.
I was going for a couple channels that Schedule Direct does not have. Yes I notified them a month ago. Pinged them and they don't seem to be able to find the necessary info about the channels. Nevertheless they are active broadcasts.
I could...
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Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:38 pm
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