[vdr] Re: EPG data for Nova-t and UK users?

[Richard Walker <runnyhunny@ntlworld.com>]

In message <4ba66307d0fruit@ukgateway.net>
          fruit <fruit@ukgateway.net> wrote:

> In article <a4dd5ba64b.richard@proton.acorn>,
>    Richard Walker <runnyhunny@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
> > One problem I face is that most channels here in the UK are only
> > transmitting 'now and next' EPG data, rather than seven days of data. 
> > Obviously, this makes VDR slightly useless!
> 
> Ooh, that's a bit harsh!

Well... maybe not useless, but I kind of wanted to be able to browse through
the EPG and set which programmes I want recording.  I don't care much for
live TV.

> > I think/hope that in the medium/long term, the broadcasters will sort
> > this out, and there will be a seven-day EPG broadcast, however, I'd like
> > to use VDR in the meantime.
> 
> Why not use http://www.tvtv.co.uk ?

Hmm... that doesn't seem to work very well in Oregano.  What does it do?

> > Has anyone investigated any scripts that might pull EPG data from
> > free-ish sources and import it into VDR?
> 
> No but epg2timers is working well here for automatically scheduling
> recordings.
 
How do you get entries into your EPG file, though?


-- 
Richard.

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me.  When I'm sixty-four."


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