[mythtvnz] Sky EPG problems

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 23:25:53 +1200, you wrote:

>On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 10:10:16 +1200, you wrote:
>
>>> On 5/06/2018, at 00:32, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So, does anyone else have this problem?  If not, what transponder are
>>> you getting your Sky EPG from, and how are you doing it?
>>> 
>>
>>I?ve got the same issue. Using 12483 for my transponder.
>>
>>NatGeo & History go til Tue 12th, Discovery, CI,Turbo stop 12:30 Wed 6th.
>>
>>
>> - Wade
>
>I just found out that Sky is currently in the process of converting
>their channels from MPEG2 video to H.264 (finally!):
>
>https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=106&topicid=237510
>https://www.sky.co.nz/documents/4894279/6266451/MPEG-4_Upgrade_Plan.pdf/cea37100-771e-2368-13ce-b4e05fd16095
>
>The channels that I am having EPG problems with all seem to be ones
>that have already been converted to H.264.

As a temporary workaround, I am now running EPG collection at 10 past
and 20 to the hour, so that I can pick up the now/next EPG on the
affected channels.  That allows existing recording rules to work, but
without EPG for a longer period, creating new recording rules will be
very difficult.