[mythtvnz] Freeview Channels & EPG's and such like (a little confused)

[Steve Hodge]

On 10/9/07, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/9/07, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/9/07, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have been away 4 weeks and in that time we seem to have more
> > > channels and so on available on Freeview.
> > >
> > > I have  DVB-S card and a PVR-150, but I am only interested in freeview
> > > channels, not Sky via composite or analogue channels via the PVR-150 (which
> > > is in fact therefore redundant I guess).
> > >
> > > At present I am getting http://epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg/listings.xml.gz and
> > > have the channels lined up as follows:
> > > ...
> > >
> > Can anyone tell me in words of one syllable how to get the most out of
> > > my system, assuming these new channels are any good at all? I am still on
> > > myth-0.20, mainly because I am scared to update my box which is
> > > running well. Knoppmyth also doesn't seem to have got as far as 0.20.2yet either.
> > >
> >
> > Have you considered getting the EPG data yourself via the DVB-S card
> > rather than downloading it?
> >
>
> That is an option too I guess, I guess thats what epgsnoop does?
>

Yes. It means you are not reliant on a net connection and are immune to any
problems with the epg.pvr.geek.nz feed.

Cheers,
Steve
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