uglyned Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Channel 4 HD recently left UK Freesat but the channel itself is still available FTA on 28.2. The only problem now is it has no EPG. Is there an easy way to copy the EPG details from Channel 4 into Channel 4 HD or configure the Channel 4 HD channel in DVBViewer so it uses Channel 4's EPG listing? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
majstang Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 No, not what Im aware of. You should be abled to mix internal EPG for most channels and use an external xmltv EPG source for Channel 4 HD only though using XEPG and Webgrab++ Quote Link to comment
PerryM Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 OK - for an old fart who has installed the relevant XEPG and Webgrab++ stuff and 'just' needs to configure it from the bewildering options - could somebody walk me through the procedure? I just need to add Ch4HD since everything else is on FreeSat. Which of the many many search sites would be most suitable? Quote Link to comment
majstang Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) You may not even need Webgrab++. XEPG can download a 7 day EPG with plenty of english channels directly. http://www.xmltv.co.uk/feed/6582 In xepg you then pair up DVBViewer Channel 4 HD with Channel 4 HD in the xmltv document. The rest you will have to figure out by yourself. If venturing into this stuff you are going advanced and are expected to figure things out more or less on your own. I cannot help very much because mixtering with it kind of ruins my own external xmltv EPG setup. I also dont have everything fresh in my mind since it was years and years ago i did setup mine. You have two choices really...the easiest is to go full external EPG source for all your channels. Mixing internal with external EPG sources could be over the top. I dont know much about the freesat EPG in the first place. Edited March 18, 2018 by majstang Quote Link to comment
PerryM Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 thanks Majstang - used your feed suggestion and it works fine. A little bit of suck it and see involved but I'm a happy bunny! Quote Link to comment
majstang Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Great PerryM, this is not that hard really! You are now the go-to-guy Next step is automating the XEPG downloading of the xmltv feed and import the EPG to DMS via a weekly triggered external process task. XEPG Import only task: Filename: C:\Program Files (x86)\Xepg\Xepg.exe Parameters: -xImport XEPG Grab and import task: Filename: C:\Program Files (x86)\Xepg\Xepg.exe Parameters: -xGrabThenImport Quote Link to comment
uglyned Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 A lazy man's way to do it is to put Channel 4 HD directly underneath Channel 4 in the EPG. Then if I click to record a programme on Channel 4 through RS I can just change the channel to C4 HD and use the same timings. 1 Quote Link to comment
ob1kevob Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Great suggestion, Uglyned . You're certainly not ugly from where I'm sitting! Quote Link to comment
Webturtle Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Hello, it's a great suggestion, Uglyned. I use this sometimes on private channels, which have two more days in the epg in DVB-T2 HD than in DVB-S. Many greetings Webturtle Quote Link to comment
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