[mythtv] DVB-EIT real time updates?

John Pullan john.pullan at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 11:30:23 EDT 2005


On 19/07/05, Martin Ebourne <lists at ebourne.me.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:53:23 +0100, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> > The last time I saw this happen it on some important royal event about 4
> > months back. The changes came through but not for an hour or two.
> >
> > Think also of the human factor. Someone needs to manually put the updates
> > in, and that then gets pushed out over the network.
> >
> > The guide data you say changed, was that the now/next or the 14 day epg?
> > Myth works off the 14day epg and doesn't use the now / next...
> 
> 14 day EPG.
> 
> If I remember correctly it was at least 4 hours after that I was looking
> and myth still wasn't up to date. I confirmed that the updates had
> definitely been put out by using tv_grab_dvb and they were all there.
> 
> I'll be keeping an eye on it more closely next time. At least I now know
> it is supposed to work, so I can go bug hunting if required.
> 

I *think* it might be working. ITV swapped an episode of "Donavan" for
"Midsomer murders" on Sunday. I believe my mythtv box picked it up.

-- 
John


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