garyan2 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:26 pm
Interesting... feel free to create your own guide and share with the group.
To create a task, the executable needs to be run with elevated privileges. Right-click the program/short-cut and select 'Run as administrator', then create the task.
Thx for the reply.
Unfortunately, I was already running the app in Admin mode. (And when not in Admin mode, the New Task button has a shield on it to relaunch in Admin mode anyway.
I've checked my "Scheduled Tasks", but nothing gets added.
On setting up EPG123, when you install the software, it puts a shortcut to "EPG123" on the desktop but not "EPG123 Client" (which is where the documentation tells you to start), so I started out by running the wrong app and wondering why the instructions were referring to things I wasn't seeing. Eventually I figured out there's another app.
Then, after running Setup, on the Configuration page, the instructions say to click "Save & Execute", but I kept getting "No scheduled task. Are you sure you want to exit?" Eventually, I just said Yes expecting to lose my settings, but didn't. The manual makes no mention of what to do if you get this message.
The "Transfer Recording" Tool came up empty even though I had many scheduled recordings. I assumed they were lost in the setup only to discover once this was all over that my selected scheduled recordings are still set in the Guide. Thank goodness.) Why the app's "Scheduled Recordings" list was empty, I have no idea. (Perhaps the same "Task Manager" issue?)
So then I'm taken to the "Guide Tool". My selected guide channels appeared on the left while the right side was completely empty (including the "Lineup" drop-down.) Eventually, I stumbled into clicking "Restore" and the right pane was then populated with my "Schedules Direct" channels. But then what? Drag channels from left to right? No. The instructions don't say. Right-clicking gave me a popup with "Subscribe" grayed out. I eventually figured out I had to select one channel on each side then right-click and click "Subscribe" one at a time. But the GUI doesn't change or indicate if you did anything at all. And once I was done, then what? The documentation doesn't say.
So, just to check, I launched WMC Live TV and checked the guide. It was updated with the new format & information. And as a test, it's finally recording newly scheduled shows once again! Great! Apparently I was done...
...all except that there's no scheduled task to update my Guide (and an old issue I've never been able to resolve but was hoping EPG123 would fix: WMC doesn't record unless it's open/running.)
Oh well. Baby steps.
