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How best to use the EPG options? Confused.

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Thanks Pooface but I abandoned openTV as it didnt have irish epg.
Also the box seemed to get really slow intermittently.
But when I disabled crossepg (i have swap file on USB) its been fine for the last few days.
Just using Ryvix to download rytec sources.
All fine now.
 
Thanks for the various snippets of advice in this topic, including from pooface.

However I'm still unclear on exactly how best to use the EPG options in the ViX image, or any other image for that matter. It may be well intentioned, but brief advice such as 'try this or that and see what works for you' doesn't really help create a good understanding.

Could somebody who thoroughly understands the Vu+ Duo and ViX EPG Plugin options (plus the EPG settings in Customise) please take an hour or so to write a detailed guide? I know it would be of great use to many of us, not just myself. It would probably clear up many misunderstandings and confusions.

Can I suggest any guide should cover :
1) What each specific EPG setting or Plugin setting does and why we might want to use it.
2) Why we might choose one option over another seemingly similar one.
3) Some detail on broadcaster supplied EPG sources such as EIT and OpenTV including when they do or don't populate the Infobar and/or EPG.
4) How the downloadable non-OpenTV sources in plugins relate to language V bouquet/package.
5) How any or all sources merge happily into a meaningful epg.dat

That may appear to be too much work, so, seeing as this is an English language forum, it might be better to give an accurate tutorial on how best to achieve an English EPG. ie without including non-English data which is of little use to English speakers. (However, if programme titles tend to be in English in some non-English EPG sources, then they should probably be included, if the alternative is having nothing at all for those channels.)

If it helps to offer a specific set up for such a tutorial, I for example have access to most packages on Astra 19.2 East, Astra 28.2 East, Hotbird 13.0 East and Hispasat 30.0 West.

I hope one or more EPG and image experts can help us all here. I really think the EPG functions are the most puzzling in the receiver, but don't have to be.

Thanks a lot.
Lee
UK
 
Lol, trust me Lee. It is all really simple...

If I get some free time (something I'm severely lacking at the mo :-(), I'll try to get something set up for you. Hopefully be able to look in to it tomorrow/Tues, but can't promise anything...

Sent by my phone
 
ok, thanks pooface, Andy, or anybody else suitably knowledgeable.
I don't think it's just me who is puzzled by the things I asked, because I've noticed fairly regular postings of EPG related queries.
Also, if the topic 'views' figure is meaningful, this topic has drawn lots of interest!

Anyway, here's hoping I and others can soon be fully educated. Then we can probably stop asking similar questions indefinitely, thus saving time for you image and coding guys.
:)

Thanks,
Lee

PS I have also tried looking up the EPG plugins on the internet, but with limited success in finding documentation or support.
 
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Dfdream I am using cross epg opentv with 28.2 source and it perfectly fills out 7 day epg for all the irish channels and has since vix 1.1 for me. The older versions of crossepg used to have probs with it but not in recent months. Let me know if still not working for you and I could pm you my irish channel bouquet.
 
Thanks Chris.
I deleted epg.dat and did a download on opentv and yes the irish channels are fine.
Might be nice to upload an Irish EPG here as there are more irish users everyday that visit this site.
Are your bouquets using the irish sky numbers.
 
Would love a tutorial also. No real need for the EPG but it would be nice to know how to set it up and use it.
 
Hey Pooface how do you get the Vix EPG to look like this ?
VIX_EPG.png


Mine is just full of channels I don't want and is in what seems a random order. I can't see how it is edited
 
within epg press menu

scroll down to

use picture in graphic set to yes

then

enable picons set to yes

then

items per page set to 5

lastly restart EPG


To order your channels use dbedit or you can go over to the enigma2 settings sub forum and pick a setting you want ready made

silverfox0786 28.2e settings are numbers as like sly
Andyblack are set up in sly catagories
SGTFlipFlop are also set up in catagories

Take your pick they are all good
 
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silverfox0786 said:
To order your channels use dbedit or you can go over to the enigma2 settings sub forum and pick a setting you want ready made

silverfox0786 28.2e settings are numbers as like sly
Andyblack are set up in sly catagories
SGTFlipFlop are also set up in catagories

Take your pick they are all good
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Thanks Silverfox I'll try that later. Certainly saved me a lot of headaches from the wife :)
 
Thanks for replying silverfox ;) Still haven't had time to write that guide for epg yet. No chance today, and probably not before christmas... Maybe in the hols if I can get a chance, and not had too much mulled wine :D
 
Had it all working nicely as you suggested SilverFox but for some reason the picons have stopped displaying. I've checked and the folder is still there with the .png files. I've also checked the EPG menu and Enable Picon is still set to yes.

Any ideas why they may stop displaying anybody ?
 
Have you updated the boquets?
is it all or just some?

Also might be an idea to pull the USB - if there on it and than remount.
 
to show picons its very importand that the items on show is set to 8 if not picture in graphic is used and set to 5 if picture in graphic is used
 
Ah I realise what it is now. I created an HD Bouquet in addition to your Bouquets Silverfox as I couldn't find some of the HD channels and I thought it would be nice to have them all together. Once you start watching HD it's hard to go back to SD.

All the other Picons work apart from this bouquet. Any pointers on how I can add the picons for the HD channels or better still is it something you could add to your channel list in the future Silverfox?
 
silverfox0786 said:
looks like your using the wrong bouquets i have 3 sets all differet i have enigma1 sd no hd and then enigma2 sd no hd and then enigma2 hd and same with picons so you need to get
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Yes that would make sense, didn't realise there were different sets. I've downloaded but recording so can't restart the box yet but I'm sure that will sort it. Thanks Silverfox again.

Another question I have, is it it possible to get the listings for sly box office ? I'm using Cross EPG and sly ukOpenTV listings but those channels are blank in the epg.
 
at the moment box office does not fetch epg data but we have a few helpfulls looking into finding ways of getting epg data for channels that do not transmit at present
 
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