Manual guide update?

[4Matt]

Is there a way to do a manual guide update in EPG123.?
My WMC PC is not connected to the internet all the time, I must stretch a long cord to connect so I normally updated the old guide once a week.
Can I use (Save & Execute) in EPG123 or can I go in WMC Tasks/ TV/ Guide/ Get latest guide listings: to accomplish a manual guide download?

[Space]

You would have to use the Save & Execute button within EPG123. There is currently no way to initiate it from within WMC.

I believe there is also a way to initiate it through the command line, so you could probably make a batch file or shortcut that you can just double click any time you want to download the guide.

[garyan2]

The [Save & Execute] will do it. The Get latest guide listings button does not do anything anymore... it will tell you it completed, but really it just finished downloading nothing.

Going Space's route of a batch file, here are the commands:

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C:\Program Files (x86)\epg123\epg123.exe -update
C:\Program Files (x86)\epg123\epg123Client.exe -i C:\ProgramData\GaRyan2\epg123\output\epg123.mxf -match

Change the folder paths as necessary to reflect your installation.

[garyan2]

I will add, you can sneaker net updated guide listings from another computer daily if you wanted. Just have the computer that is online perform the server part. Put the resulting epg123.mxf file on a thumb drive and walk it over to the air-gapped computer to use the client and perform a [Manual Import]. Done.

Even better, you can have the client (epg123Client.exe) on the thumbdrive as well with a batch file to perform the import.