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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/03/17 15:01, Robert Fisher wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I have been promoting MythTV as an alternative to
TiVo on <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://Geekzone.co.nz">Geekzone.co.nz</a>.
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<div>Unfortunately much of what I have said has been rebuffed.
They seem to want an off the shelf replacement which seems to
me a bit weird on Geekzone.</div>
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<div>This morning when someone said "<span
style="background-color:rgb(233,232,226);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:13px">.lack
of a full 7 day EPG via standard EIT data is what's limiting
the alternatives."</span></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(233,232,226);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:13px">I
replied - "</span><span
style="background-color:rgb(233,232,226);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:13px">My
MythTV setup is still receiving up to 8 days of EIT data."</span></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(233,232,226);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:13px">to
which he replied - "</span><span
style="background-color:rgb(233,232,226);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:13px">Depends
on where you are getting it from. I can guarantee it's not
from the terrestrial EIT service."</span></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(233,232,226);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:13px"><br>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(233,232,226);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial;font-size:13px">I
give up.</span></div>
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Last time I checked (a few years back using dvbsnoop) the NZ EIT
(Event Information Table) was only one or two days. It is encoded
differently to the MHEG (Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Group)
EPG and carried in a different part of the broadcast data stream. I
believe your TV pulls info from the EIT when you press the info
button on your remote but it pulls the 7 day EPG from the MHEG EPG
data if you press guide. Makes sense when you notice that info is
instant but guide sometimes takes a while to show because it's more
data to download to the telly.<br>
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So I suspect the confusion is about EIT vs MHEG EPG which are
different beasts.<br>
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Can't check (broken system) if the EIT has been improved to cover 7
days. Anyone else up for some dvbsnooping? I think it's relatively
easy to find the PID which carries the EIT. I think it's
standardized from memory.<br>
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