I was wondering, would folks be willing to run the program themselves and share a sample of how much data is available in their markets? It wouldn't affect your existing WMC or EPG123 setups at all -- it can simply scan your tuner (takes about 15 minutes) and produce a log file and an XMLTV file. You don't even have to install any programs -- just download this EPG Collector ZIP file, extract it to a folder, and run "EPGCentre.exe" from that folder:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcol ... p/download
I've attached a sample file to this post, which you can download, extract, and open in EPG Collector (with the File menu --> "Change Collection Parameters" option). This file already sets the ATSC mode, XMLTV output, and increases some advanced buffers/timeouts so we get all of the data available. The only thing you have to do is add the physical "RF Channel" numbers available in your market (not the virtual channel numbers -- enter your location at antennaweb.org for reference). That process in EPG Collector is as follows:
- Under the Tuning tab (should be listed first, and open by default), select the "ATSC" tab
- Select the desired physical channel from the "Channel" drop down menu
- Click "Update" below the tuner list
- Click "OK" on the resulting "Advanced Parameters" popup window to add it to the list of Selected Frequencies at the bottom
- Repeat steps 2-4 for each physical channel
After that, go the File menu --> Save (and click OK to dismiss the resulting popup), then Run menu --> Collect EPG Data (and click OK in the popup again to confirm). When it's done (after about 15 minutes or so, another popup will let you know), you should have two files of interest:
1. "TVGuide.xml" file in the same folder alongside the program, if you just extracted the program ZIP it is likely in
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%UserProfile%/Downloads/EPG Collector V040300 Install/
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%LocalAppData%/Geekzone/EPG Collector/
Primarily I am interested in the lines near the end of the log file that summarize the "Stations With No Data" and "Output Data", so you could actually just copy and paste those lines in a post or message here -- here's what I see in my market right now (Minneapolis, MN):
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16:20:49:784 ============================ Stations With No Data ==============================
16:20:49:786
16:20:49:797 Station: K33LN-D (587000,33,1 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:804 Station: K33LN-D (587000,33,2 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:805 Station: K33LN-D (587000,33,3 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:805 Station: K33LN-D (587000,33,4 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:805 Station: K33LN-D (587000,33,5 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:805 Station: K33LN-D (587000,33,6 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: K33LN-D (587000,33,7 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: KJNK-LD (539000,25,1 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: KJNK-LD (539000,25,2 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: KJNK-LD (539000,25,3 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: KJNK-LD (539000,25,4 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: KJNK-LD (539000,25,5 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: KJNK-LD (539000,25,6 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806 Station: WUMN (491000,17,1 EPG: None) No data broadcast
16:20:49:806
16:20:49:823 ============================ Output Data ==============================
16:20:49:825
16:20:49:835 Station: 45TV (569000,5,2) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/31/2020 3:00:17 PM Records: 120 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:838 Station: Antenna (569000,5,4) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/31/2020 3:00:17 PM Records: 141 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:841 Station: BUZZR (189000,9,4) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 46 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:845 Station: Charge! (521000,23,3) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 AM Records: 12 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:847 Station: Comet (521000,23,2) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 AM Records: 11 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:848 Station: CourtTV (201000,11,2) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/30/2020 3:00:17 AM Records: 72 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:849 Station: Decades (189000,9,6) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 41 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:850 Station: FOX 9 (189000,9,9) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 32 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:854 Station: FOX 9 (563000,9,1) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 32 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:858 Station: FOX 9+ (563000,9,2) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 39 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:861 Station: H & I (599000,5,7) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/31/2020 3:00:17 PM Records: 78 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:865 Station: Justice (201000,11,3) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/30/2020 3:00:17 AM Records: 44 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:868 Station: KARE-HD (201000,11,1) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/30/2020 3:07:17 AM Records: 53 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:872 Station: KSTPDT (599000,5,1) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/31/2020 3:00:17 PM Records: 94 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:875 Station: LIGHTtv (189000,9,5) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 30 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:879 Station: MeTV (569000,5,3) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/31/2020 3:00:17 PM Records: 111 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:882 Station: Movies! (563000,9,3) Start: 1/28/2020 2:15:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 4:10:18 PM Records: 11 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:886 Station: Quest (201000,11,4) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/30/2020 3:00:17 AM Records: 43 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:890 Station: TBD (521000,23,4) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:18 AM Records: 23 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:893 Station: The CW (521000,23,1) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:30:18 AM Records: 19 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:896 Station: ThisTV (569000,5,6) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:17 PM End: 1/31/2020 5:00:17 PM Records: 62 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:900 Station: TPT 2 (593000,2,1) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:16 PM End: 1/30/2020 3:00:16 PM Records: 70 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:903 Station: TPTKids (593000,2,4) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:16 PM End: 1/30/2020 3:00:16 PM Records: 96 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:907 Station: TPTLife (527000,2,3) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:16 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:00:16 PM Records: 38 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:910 Station: TPTMN (527000,2,2) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:16 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:30:16 PM Records: 40 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:913 Station: TPT-MN (527000,2,6) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:16 PM End: 1/29/2020 3:30:16 PM Records: 40 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:917 Station: TPTNOW (593000,2,5) Start: 1/28/2020 12:00:16 PM End: 1/31/2020 12:00:16 AM Records: 5 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:920 Station: WCCO-DT (581000,4,1) Gap 1/30/2020 3:00:18 PM to 1/30/2020 6:00:18 PM WCCO 4 News at Six
16:20:49:923 Station: WCCO-DT (581000,4,1) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 2/4/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 205 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 1
16:20:49:926 Station: WCCODT2 (581000,4,2) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 2/4/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 171 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 0
16:20:49:930 Station: WCCODT3 (581000,4,3) Gap 1/30/2020 3:00:18 PM to 1/30/2020 6:00:18 PM Cityline
16:20:49:934 Station: WCCODT3 (581000,4,3) Start: 1/28/2020 3:00:18 PM End: 2/4/2020 3:00:18 PM Records: 273 Overlaps: 0 Gaps: 1
16:20:49:937 <S> Summary: Total Stations = 30 Total Gaps = 2 Total Overlaps = 0 Total Time = 00:12:19.0652721
16:20:49:951 Deleting any existing version of output file
16:20:49:954 Import name set to 'EPG Collector ATSC'
16:20:49:959 Creating output file: TVGuide.xml