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Saving EPG when turning off

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:39 pm
by mattberlin
Hi everybody,

I'm always annoyed of the fact that the TV's EPG doesn't contain any data when switching on the TV. Instead, I'll have to switch to each transponder in order to get the entire EPG content.
Thus, it would be wonderful to save this information when turning off and putting this data back into the EPG when booting up.

Best regards

Re: Saving EPG when turning off

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:07 pm
by erdem_ua
a-o wrote:Sorry to add a new post (instead of editing my previous), but I would like to *bump* this issue to the top, because it is really annoying but should not be too hard to solve. Or am I incorrect?
If you want, I can also make it sticky. :)
dirkbernhard wrote: is it possible to call a script when turning off?
Quite possible, we can detect key presses via PVR code.
dirkbernhard wrote: if yes, then where is the EPG database located ?
With this two anser the script for saving and loading could be created easily.
Yes but we (I) don't know where is it. I insistst that TV stores this information on memory. And It's not quite easy to dump (easy part) and restore(harder part) back.

Re: Saving EPG when turning off

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:26 pm
by erdem_ua
Okey this thread is sticky for the month :)
But I guess it doesn't help. :)

Re: Saving EPG when turning off

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:44 pm
by doodlecz
I think also that TV does not store EPG information into any file and it is loaded only into the memory. Reasons are probably obvious - EPG information can be easily outdated after some time when the TV is off (I'm not sure how many days is loaded by standard when retrieving EPG information), it is retrieved only for currently "live" channels etc.
Anyway, I'll be probably checking some EPG functions, so who knows..

Re: Saving EPG when turning off

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:36 am
by doodlecz
a-o wrote:maybe it is possible to switch the TV on once per night (e.g. 3 a.m.) and to retrieve an EPG update
Absolutely, but don't forget to set your clock alarm! ;)