[mythtv-users] Switching from SchedulesDirect to EIT

[jam at tigger.ws]

> On 12 Mar 2019, at 11:16 pm, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
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>> On 03/11/2019 09:49 PM, Tom Harris wrote:
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>>> I have tweaked all the settings I could find.   But, no luck.
>>> I have read other reports of EIT usage with HDhomerun devices, but I'm beginning to doubt it.   It's a QAM (cable) device, and maybe the EIT data is not mirrored into the cable transmission.
>>> In any case, I decided to not mess with it and just renewed schedulesdirect instead.
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>> When first setting up, I used EIT data (getting it via OTA).  It mostly worked, but the quality of the data was inferior to schedulesdirect.
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>> Thins like episode ids, air dates, descriptions just were not as good.  I'm not sure, but SD seems to 'standardize' the data no matter what channel is broadcasting it (so if show A is on channel 2, and repeated sometime later on channel 3, it will be properly marked as a dupe), where is with EIT, there may be differences so that reshowing may be considered different and thus re-recorded.
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>> In the end, I realized the nominal charge for SD was well worth the improved quality of the data (you get what you pay for, I suppose)
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> From what I have found when using EIT OTA, sometimes there is a description, sometimes not, whereas using SD nearly always gives a description. 
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> Also, I never get subtitle or season / episode over OTA.
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> I use EIT OTA only for experimentation on a separate mythtv from my standard mythtv.
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> I am using OTA as above from North Carolina.  Your mileage may vary depending on where you are.  SD is worth the $25 / year for good data.

In Australia the EPG and it’s data are mandated by the regulator and it is better than the oz grabbler shepard being more upto date.
Using hDhomerun with 1 channel [x] to get EPG data BUT the EPG gatherer does take HOURS to get all the data.
I’ve never bothered to check the EPG process but if I turn ON my samsung TV then select program guide the data is all there including one channel that is never filled out (WTV) by mythtv and one channel that is mostly blank (Viceland HD). Perhaps the TV gathers data secretly when turned off.

James