[mythtv-users] channel4 hd has no eit

[Paul Shepherd]

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> From: mythtv-users <mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org> On Behalf Of
> Andre MythTV
> Sent: 30 December 2019 11:57
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] channel4 hd has no eit
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> > On 29 Dec 2019, at 16:19, UB40D <ub40dd at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > For reasons unknown, Channel 4 HD does not appear to have EIT beyond
> the program currently being broadcast.
> 
> It’s not unknown, Channel 4 had a falling out with Freesat over fees, after
> that they stopped transmitting the Freesat 7 day EPG, fortunately they
> stayed FTA, unencrypted. They transmit the full guide through the sky EPG
> which MythTV doesn’t support, TVHeadend does and is open source so
> maybe something could be ported but beyond my abilities unfortunately.
> 
> It’s possible some mistake has caused them to stop transmitting now & next
> data but more likely would be Sky asking for it’s removal, or them deciding
> “no-one needs this". I used to work with the head of transmission so I can
> ask if it’s a mistake or intentional, it is holiday freeze time so it’s entirely
> possible something didn’t get updated and they ran out of buffered data.
> 
> 
> > I have tried doing a rescan and this didn' t fix things. I confirm I can "watch
> TV" and see Channel 4 HD without problems. So the questions:
> >
> > 1) What should I do to get EIT for Channel 4 HD?
> >
> > 2) While things aren' t working, is it possible for me to schedule a recording
> based on the Channel 4 EIT and then edit it to say it should record from
> Channel 4 HD instead? I was not able to find a way to do that from the regular
> interface.
> > _______________________________________________

As others have said the 7 day EPG disappeared when CH4 fell out with Freesat.  

For a while I relied on CH4 SD EIT for 7 day information and the EIT for the HD programme being updated just before it was broadcast.  That seemed to become unreliable and I subsequently switched to using a daily cron job running mythfilldatabase with xmltv and uk_grab_tv_bleb for just this channel - works fine for me.

Paul