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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... Please keep up the great work and support.
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Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:12 pm
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Bravo EPG123
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dxcc2009 » Sat Dec 28, 2019 7:00 pm
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a week ago my plans were to use Linux Mint with ME TV for live TV when WMC was gone.
Then I found out about EPG123. I was going to wait till Jan. 20 2020 when I thought WMC EPG would end.
Then I noticed WMC wasn't updating my EPG past 1/1/2020, so I decided to try to make the switch.
I did it...
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I believe FrankAZ is talking about the configuration GUI where I don't have the ability to do a multi-select. It would take some work to get the code right since each channel that changed state would trigger a change for all channels with that station in all lineups. I may look into it, but I...
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Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:31 am
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All channel numbers are -1 in lineup in EPG123 Client
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Didi123 » Sun Sep 06, 2020 6:28 pm
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Hi,
I have lost all programs in WMC behalf 3 :shock: and searched for the cause. I found all channel numbers on -1 in the line up the Client Guide Tool. I'm using the Freesat - Astra 19.2E lineup. Normally I've only one lineup in the Client, now I find two, the other is called ZZZ113 Dummy Lineup....
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Thanks, Gary!
I'm sure I've not done a TV-Setup, but I'm not sure that I've not deleted and newly loaded the lineup. Anyway I'll keep both in mind for the future. I sent the backup file this morning.
Thank you for continuously working on improvements! :clap:
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Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:54 pm
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Where to start EPG123
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oldschoolbob » Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:59 am
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I’ve been directed to this sub-forum for questions on EPG123.
What is the difference between Client and Server and which one do I use?
What is “.NET Framework 4.0”? Do I need it? How do I know if I have it? Where do I get it?
Step 1 says it will delete a bunch of stuff. At present my TV works –...
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If you have a lot of channels that you never plan on watching and don't need the guide listings for, there is really no need to download those listings every day, so disabling the channel in the configuration tool (not the client tool) will prevent it from wasting unneeded resources (on both your...
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Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:54 pm
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Duplicate OTA Channels
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edzucker » Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:31 pm
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What is the best way to handle this with EPG123. According to Schedules Direct is is normal (see below). I was getting an error from EPG123. I went into the client and deleted the offending channel. There must be another way.
Robert Kulagowski via RT lineups@schedulesdirect.org via gmail.com 11:32...
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I took a fresh look at this today. I had blocked the wrong channels. I blocked the proper unwanted channels in Schedules Direct and the EPG123 config GUI. After I ran EPG123 all is now OK. I will be aware of this situation going forward. Sorry to bother you.
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Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:28 pm
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Listings stopped updating; errors
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dazz553 » Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:51 pm
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I've been using epg123 daily for years and haven't had any issues for many months. A couple weeks ago I guess the guide started not getting updated. Now there are only a couple days before the listings run out.
I updated epg123 yesterday and now have new errors, different I think than the ones...
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Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:42 am
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New Years Conversion game plan
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BroadcastHouse » Thu Jan 02, 2020 3:01 am
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I had planned to test the setup of EPG123 on my Windows 7 based WMC install way before I needed it to function, but then life and the holidays ate up my testing time. I noticed just after Christmas I started getting warnings to update the guide because it had less than x number of days. I fast...
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Thanks, not sure if the part that failed was looking for anything other than WMC updates and new features, as I can't remember the exact verbiage. Yes I denied the use guide service question but don't remember if that was before or after this portion. It had a gas gauge for progress in the middle...
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Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:07 pm
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Guide and Schedule Recovery
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IT Troll » Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:31 pm
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I had a strange one tonight. I came to use Media Center and got a pop up that there was a problem with my guide and scheduled recordings. Media Center then ran a recovery which left me with an empty guide and no scheduled recordings.
I checked the EPG123 logs for the previous run and all looked...
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Thank you Gary your instructions worked as you said.
Smooth operation and EVERYTHING is where it should be RecordedTV, Guide, and upcoming recordings perfect.
Now only time will tell if the process is what I needed.
EPG123 did its regular update this morning and was completed.
Check your web site...
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Last post by garyan2
Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:00 pm
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Event log permission error
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purpleb » Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:35 pm
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I just updated to win10 2004. I could not get MCE to work so moved from WMC v8.8.4 to v13_84. After replacing the dlls cmd, I got MCE to work.
When I run the EPG123 file now, I get this error saying EPG123 has not been registered as a source for Media Center event logs. With running the EPG123...
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Run the configuration gui as administrator to register it again in the event log. The client did it for itself when you did the rebuild which opens with elevated rights to perform that action.
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Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:40 pm
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Wrong station ID in EPG123
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DavePeaseinMA » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:52 pm
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Provider:Charter Spectrum - Digital, Type:SD-JSON, Zip:, Lineup:USA-MA54546-X
re: 777: WBTSCD WBTSCD (WBTS-CD) (stationID 91446)
This lineup channel 777 is WBTSCD, NBC Boston. The EPG123
configuration app shows this correctly. The EPG123 client Guide
Tool V1.3.9 shows WYCN Boston HDTV .
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Hi Gary,
Well, that did it. It all looks good and is working. Thanks so much for your patience.
Dave
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Wed Aug 19, 2020 3:56 am
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Cannot get the guide
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mhagar » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:32 pm
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I have tried everything more than once, not real savvy on this program but have been using it for some time until it will not transfer over to WMC. sending log for examination at the time i think things went wrong.
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We're of course here to help with whatever problems you may be having. The PGTS only appears when performing a TV Setup in WMC to setup your tuners. ... you select 'I do not agree' as shown in the picture.
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Last post by garyan2
Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:49 pm
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EPG123 has disappeared from my Task Scheduler
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davidhp » Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:25 pm
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I noticed this morning that my Task Scheduler no longer has epg123 on it and therefore I can not update the schedule for WMC. Can you tell me how to fix this?
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Doing delete/create task in the Client Tool would have been easier.
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Sun Aug 16, 2020 5:49 pm
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EPG123 says there's a recording in progress
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technodevotee » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:04 am
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EPG123 says there's a recording in progress but there isn't, there was what seemed to be a hung instance of ehrec.exe however.
Beginning epg123 client execution. version 1.3.9.30
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Beginning epg123 client execution....
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It worked fine this morning.
I'm going to have a think about the other matter we discussed.
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Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:41 am
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Failed to import MXF file
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dmagerl » Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:21 pm
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EPG123 has been work great for months. All of a sudden I ran out of listings. Running the EPG123 program and save and execute creates the mxf file, but the epg123 client, when doing a manual import, aborts.
I tried attaching the trace.log file but i cant get the forum software to accept the file....
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The first rebuild should have taken care of it unless it failed to delete the current database. Was there anything in the trace.log file to indicate problems doing the rebuild?
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Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:49 pm
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No Updates to Guide - Failed to create MXF file
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mawse1 » Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:26 am
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Hi there
Im running version 1.1.17 and have been for a couple of years with no problems.
Nothing has changed, it just keeps on working as it should (big thumbs up Gary), but I noticed yesterday only had guide listings until friday - so had a quick look in the log file and found this..........
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UPDATE:
I know the client execution time includes other processes but it looks like my average time for PerformGarbageCleanup will be around 10 minutes (give or take) and everything is running as smooth as silk. That's awesome!
Thanks Gary! :clap:
EPG123 Log Parser (and Report Generator) - v...
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Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:51 pm
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Unhandled exception
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Space » Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:03 am
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Any idea as to what caused this error?
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Exiting buildAllGenericSeriesInfoDescriptions(). SUCCESS.
Entering getAllMoviePosters() for 4262 movies.
Unhandled exception caught from epg123.exe. message: The given key was not present in the dictionary....
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I believe so, yes. Older versions would have kicked out and failed, but I added the trap here for missing md5 program hash. It would have probably worked on next update once SD got synchronized.
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Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:01 am
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Task Scheduler
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John UTAZ » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:51 pm
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This is likely not a very common problem. We were gone for over a month and shortly after leaving, we had a short power outage that caused the WMC PC to reboot. When we got back, it appears that the guide downloaded just before the power outage eventually ran out... then no new recordings after...
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No, that one is still a mystery. Running the task in Win7 as NETWORK SERVICE would still run. It would just fail to access the registry keys I take a look at on each update to ensure the guide is active in WMC and to check what your status logo options were set to.
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Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:45 am
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Guide update has stopped working
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johnmmason » Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:22 pm
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My guide has not been updated for a few days now, I've updated to the latest version 1.3.9.30, and after the scheduled task has run the status icon remains red with the correct date showing.
I have attached my latest trace.log if you could help me please.
Regards
John
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Thanks Gary. The GUI must have been running in the background. I reinstalled 1.3.9.30 and the program guide is downloading successfully again.
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Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:01 pm
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EPG123 Perform Garbage Cleanup
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Bewick Place » Mon Jul 20, 2020 1:11 pm
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Hi,
I'm a long standing user of Windows Media Center and am grateful to EPG123 filling the gap that Microsoft left behind and continuing to keep WMC alive. I've been using the app for well over 18 months.
My setup is on Windows 10.
I've just upgraded from v1.3.6.? to v1.3.9.10.
I have a...
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I am now writing in a universal time format rather than using whatever the systems culture may be for a guaranteed correct parsing of the registry key.
A few years ago when I was trying to figure out how to parse the trace.log dates for ALL Windows users (no matter how they were formatted) I...
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Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:51 pm
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Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:03 pm
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.Net unhandled exception
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StinkyImp » Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:18 pm
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This is an FYI.
My gut feeling is this is a one-off.
I haven't seen this unhandled exception previously... The given key was not present in the dictionary.
Pertinent versions:
10/5/2019 epg123 version 1.2.7.0
10/6/2019 epg123 version 1.2.18.0
10/7/2019 epg123 version 1.2.7.0
10/8/2019 epg123...
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Yah, it looks like when SD was having problems on 7/11 it caused some issues with the EPG123 cache. Clearing the cache and rebuilding was all that was needed.
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Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:56 pm
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No Service after rapack-rescan and several clean starts
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howiez69 » Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:03 pm
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I'm at a loss and could use a kickstart of ideas.
A little background:
I'm in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area. We had a local channel move towers and it turned my WMC world upside down. So the channel in question is WLUK Fox 11 (RF channel 12). They are the only VHF channel in my area to the best of...
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Well, I dunno what I did, but it works today. After all my remove/readd and change tuners picked by WMC, nothing worked.
I checked it again just now and it's working, all three 11.1 11.2 and 11.3 all come in loud and clear, all guide data is there.
I'll just call it the ID10T factor and I pushed...
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Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:06 am
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EPG123 Failed to import .mxf file
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Curly73 » Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:24 pm
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After working flawlessly for about four months, I suddenly have empty guide data. Upon checking trace.log I find errors started around June 25th. It appears that EPG123 is updating properly but the client is unable to import the .mxf file into WMC. Here's the latest from trace.log:
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I'm seeing a message that the imported MXF file is 25.73 hours old.
Also error message Unhandled exception caught from epg123.exe. message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Please follow this thread ( for updates on this.
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Sat Jul 11, 2020 6:45 pm
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Why is WMC "green button" icon now appearing in system tray??
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DSperber » Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:30 am
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Just started happening yesterday. Maybe it's purely a coincidence, but just two days ago I installed EPG123 1.3.8.20. Before that I'd been at 1.3.7.30 for quite a while, and the WMC green button icon never appeared in the system tray.
The green button icon used to appear nightly, when WMC started...
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No harm in ending ehtray.exe. It is shown due to an event, probably mcupdate related, and is probably waiting for another event to occur to close it. It doesn't actually control anything, it can just initiate some processes and will wait for it to signal it is complete or provide more information....
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Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:03 pm
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Error when running PerformGarbageCleanup during recording?
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RyC » Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:52 am
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Hello,
My EPG123 scheduled task is set to run at 9am, and usually nothing is recording at that time but when something is, EPG123 has previously worked fine waiting until all recordings are finished to do the import. I recently updated to 1.3.8.20, and I've been following the thread on how this...
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Thanks Gary and IT Troll,
My garbage cleanups (even when WMC runs them on its own) have taken around 15-20 minutes for several years now. I do have almost 9000 recordings so that definitely could be part of it. I've been running 1.3.8.20 since July 4th, so just under a week, and I think this was...
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Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:30 pm
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Channels not updated after repack
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Markinsac » Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:59 am
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Most of the channels that changed updated in EPG123. Two channels, which I don't use for recording often, did not.
One moved RF from 40 to 22, the other from 46 to 23. EPG123 still shows the old RF frequencies. My HDHomeRun will allow me to see the channels using its own viewing app.
Does this...
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The old frequencies are no longer active. They all did a clean switch at the end of April.
I ended up using the split option. I can see the channel live when selecting. Have not tried recording a show yet on that channel, but will try soon.
Thanks for the help.
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Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:57 am
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What programs(s) need to stay open?
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lightvox » Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:49 pm
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Hi. First, thanks Gary for creating this option/solution to allow us to still use WMC. Everything seems to be working well, and the listings are updated on a schedule.
I just have a quick question. What program or programs do I need to leave open for everything to work? Both the config tool and...
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Thanks!
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Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:14 am
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