UK Channel 5 EPG listings ( DVB-S & T )
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UK Channel 5 EPG listings ( DVB-S & T )
Quite recently I appear to have totally lost UK Channel 5 (SD) guide listings. All other channels work as normal.
All of the Channel 5 listing variants (on 28.2 and Uk DVB-T freeview) shows "no data available", which is unusual - usually one of them shows something ...
Thought i would ask if anyone else was having this problem? ( as it looks like a data source problem to me )
If not, I will have to resort to a complete re-initilisation of the tuning/guide data, which on a dual sat / 1x DVB-T setup is rather painful
TIA
All of the Channel 5 listing variants (on 28.2 and Uk DVB-T freeview) shows "no data available", which is unusual - usually one of them shows something ...
Thought i would ask if anyone else was having this problem? ( as it looks like a data source problem to me )
If not, I will have to resort to a complete re-initilisation of the tuning/guide data, which on a dual sat / 1x DVB-T setup is rather painful
TIA
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Hi.
Maybe a silly question but have you checked for both "Channel 5" and also just "five" in the possible listings?
I'm using DVB-S and DVB-T and all entries for C5 have data.
You could try running a manual guide update to try and clear old data out, as well as get the latest:
Type cmd into the start menu box and then paste the following command into the black window and press enter:
%windir%\ehome\mcupdate -uf -pscn 0 -dbgc
There is no indication of the task running other than mcupdate in the task manager and the green orb in the notification area - it can take a while to complete if you include the dbgc switch.
Maybe a silly question but have you checked for both "Channel 5" and also just "five" in the possible listings?
I'm using DVB-S and DVB-T and all entries for C5 have data.
You could try running a manual guide update to try and clear old data out, as well as get the latest:
Type cmd into the start menu box and then paste the following command into the black window and press enter:
%windir%\ehome\mcupdate -uf -pscn 0 -dbgc
There is no indication of the task running other than mcupdate in the task manager and the green orb in the notification area - it can take a while to complete if you include the dbgc switch.
Rob.
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Holidayboy - thanks for that. Appreciate the confirmation that its Ok for others - it must be something my end ( or postcode related )
I did check the other day for 5 and Five to no avail, and have already tried the manual force update.
Oh well - will have to try the re-init the of the tuning/epg and see what transpires ...
Thanks again
I did check the other day for 5 and Five to no avail, and have already tried the manual force update.
Oh well - will have to try the re-init the of the tuning/epg and see what transpires ...
Thanks again
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Using Guide tool I had to map Channel 5 to five to get correct EPG listings when I recently reset up my channels.
Interestingly depending on my location channel five was once actually listed as five but I cant remember what settings that was.
Cureently set to Channel 5 five
Interestingly depending on my location channel five was once actually listed as five but I cant remember what settings that was.
Cureently set to Channel 5 five
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Well, its sorted, but the solution was found by accident and is slightly strange.
I noticed, whilst again flicking up and down the available "Channel 5" listings ( all of which showed "no data available" ) that 2 of
the disabled ones had the same EPG channel number ( up in the 1000s somewhere ).
The fact they exist isn't surprising obviously - they either came from the default channel lineup, or were created as a result of the DVB-S/T scans.
But, I did think that 2 "non-merged-by-me" channels having the same EPG channel number was slightly odd ( its isn't actually, but that's an aside), so I split one of them to create 1 more unused Channel5 ; each one now having a unqiue EPG channel number.
As soon as I did this, the Channel 5 listings magically reappeared (on the used and disabled channels)
Most strange. After the event, I spotted a few more non-unique channel mappings, so that in itself isn't a problem, but for whatever reason, the split tickled something in the database back into operation. Ho hum
Anyways, thanks for the inputs into my problem.
I noticed, whilst again flicking up and down the available "Channel 5" listings ( all of which showed "no data available" ) that 2 of
the disabled ones had the same EPG channel number ( up in the 1000s somewhere ).
The fact they exist isn't surprising obviously - they either came from the default channel lineup, or were created as a result of the DVB-S/T scans.
But, I did think that 2 "non-merged-by-me" channels having the same EPG channel number was slightly odd ( its isn't actually, but that's an aside), so I split one of them to create 1 more unused Channel5 ; each one now having a unqiue EPG channel number.
As soon as I did this, the Channel 5 listings magically reappeared (on the used and disabled channels)
Most strange. After the event, I spotted a few more non-unique channel mappings, so that in itself isn't a problem, but for whatever reason, the split tickled something in the database back into operation. Ho hum
Anyways, thanks for the inputs into my problem.
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Old thread I know but I have exactly the same problem. Could you talk through what you actually changed to fix this?