[mythtvnz] Haupauge Nova-T 500 setup

[Steven Ellis]

On Mon, December 29, 2008 11:09 am, banksie at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> Quoting Steve V <olivuts at yahoo.com>:
>
>> you also have to set up a video source. At first I chose EIT and I got 8
>> days og programme data but now I only get now and next. (something to
>> sort out).
>
>    As I understand it you aren't doing anything wrong - the EIT data in
> the DVBT
> signal has been chopped down to two hours for each channel. While the DVBS
> data
> has remained intact at a full week. Why they have chosen to do this I
> don't
> know. Probably pressure from the Listner and TV Guide to not chop out
> their
> market from under them.
>

The EIT spec only requires Now/Next and doesn't mandate a 7 day EPG.

Here in NZ freeview decided to base their EPG on MHEG-5 which is what the
PVR's use to do their 8 day scheduling.

Steve


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