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Media Center EPG: Rovi Guide Data Quality

Last post by Byteme « Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:41 pm
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by sublimejhn » Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:36 am
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So this is an odd one. Recently, my primary HTPC has begun displaying random thumbnails for tv shows when scrolling through the guide on about half of the channels. This issues does not exist on any other computer in the home, and is specific to our primary media center computer only (the one that...

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I was hoping all these issues would have been fixed by now but I guess MS does not care. I don't want to have to pay for guide date annually.
Understandable, although I think $25/year is a bargain compared to $14.99/month for Tivo or around $12/month for cable provided DVR service.
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Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:41 pm
How Do I "Force On" A New CCast Channel??

Last post by garyan2 « Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:29 am
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by Race Guy » Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:22 pm

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Just got a new Cubs baseball channel, 202, added to my Comcast system.

On my other TV, with an X1 box, it was just automatically switched on . On my Win 7 HTPC with WMC & a Ceton card, nothing yet. Punching in 202 does nothing, probably 'cause it's not yet in the SD guide.

What should I do to...

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Open the configuration GUI and click . While you are in the GUI, make sure channel 202 is selected for download. It will probably be highlighted in pink since it is a new station.

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Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:29 am
Wrong station ID in EPG123

Last post by garyan2 « Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:01 pm
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by DavePeaseinMA » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:52 pm

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Provider:Charter Spectrum - Digital, Type:SD-JSON, Zip:, Lineup:USA-MA54546-X
re: 777: WBTSCD WBTSCD (WBTS-CD) (stationID 91446)

This lineup channel 777 is WBTSCD, NBC Boston. The EPG123
configuration app shows this correctly. The EPG123 client Guide
Tool V1.3.9 shows WYCN Boston HDTV .

This...

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Just make sure your Charter lineup is selected on the right side of the client and click the Match by: button.

I would suggest you do the manual method of subscribing (mapping) a single channel, but if your channel in the client on the left side says WYCN Boston HDTV , it sounds like it is mapped...

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Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:01 pm
Why is my WMC Prog Guide (UK) still working??

Last post by StinkyImp « Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:05 pm
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by andyrob » Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:51 am

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Here in the UK, I have three very old, much loved and used, Vaio XL201s, each running the last version of W7 Prof 32bit and updated regularly up until when the updates stopped in January. I mess around with each of my PCs a little - but only to keep them up-to-date, scanned and running smoothly....

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...switch to using EPG123.

I vote that this be the standard viable solution for all issues concerning the WMC guide. :lol:

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Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:05 pm
HDHR2MXF Update command does nothing

Last post by garyan2 « Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:45 pm
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by vanhelsing » Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:37 pm

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I've tried using EPG123 Client to create guide listings from HD Homerun but nothing happens. If I use Client setup it goes thru all the steps til I get to step 3 Configure EPG123 and it asks do you wish to proceed with HDHR2MXF? and a command window opens briefly and then closes with an error...

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If you subscribe to their DVR service, which is $35/year, then the hdhr2mxf will generate the MXF file to supply guide listings for WMC. Or you could get a membership with Schedules Direct for $25/year and use EPG123 to create the MXF file instead. The primary benefit of hdhr2mxf is for those users...

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Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:45 pm
Settings->TV->Guide->About missing

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by twegner » Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:11 pm

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I would swear I've either asked about this before or seen it, but right now I'm stumped and haven't seen it anywhere (probably I'm blind as a bat). I am happily using epg123 and WMC on Windows 2004, and have set it up again on another TV, apparently successfully. There is one difference.

In WMC on...

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That's the long story. In v1.3.5.30, I added match name parameters in the MXF file for WMC to automatically match DVB-S lineup channels to tuner channels since the channel numbers assigned by WMC on a scan were arbitrary... the EPG123 automatch will not work for them. At the same time, I included...

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Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:38 pm
WMC dropping channels after setup

Last post by Declan « Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:35 pm
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by Declan » Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:23 pm

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I have WMC installed on Win10. I'm using EPG123 to capture the channel guide.
All was working fine for about a month - both viewing and recording - when suddenly the local ABC Network disappeared from the guide. I've reloaded the guide several times and it still doesn't show up. I also reset the...

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David,
Frustrating - isn't it?
- Declan

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Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:35 pm
Microsoft ending EPG for WMC in January

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Plan for change: Windows Media Center Electronic Program Guide retiring in January 2020
Starting in January 2020, Microsoft is retiring its Electronic Program Guide (EPG) service for all versions of Windows Media Center. To continue receiving TV Program Guide information on your Windows Media...

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Zap2XML was working great for months, but lately is throwing a lot of 400 Bad Requests rendering the data useless. Have tried with and without VPN from multiple locations. Even tried a Virtual Machine. Also used different logins in Zap2it and multiple Retries in my command.

Also tried executing...
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Thu Jun 11, 2020 2:53 pm
How to Disable Guide Download/Remind Me Later Dialog?

Last post by n127 « Fri May 22, 2020 4:38 pm
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by n127 » Sun May 17, 2020 1:06 pm

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For those who don't use a guide, every now and then we get the following dialog:

Guide listings will be out of date in fewer than 3 days. Select Download to get the latest Guide listings.

How to disable that dialog, for those who want to remain Guide-less?

I searched the forum, and found...

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I found a solution by changing endTime registry entry under the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Service\Epg

I changed it to the end of the year, restarted(I don't know if restarting is required), and I no longer get the prompt. Yay!

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Fri May 22, 2020 4:38 pm
Import guide data into WMC without additional cost

Last post by DavidinCT « Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:54 pm
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by Winterlight » Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:48 pm
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In regard to this posting on the home page>.
If you use SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuners and receive listings for their slice guide, you may be able to import that data into WMC without any additional cost. If you are subscribed to their $35USD/year DVR Service, you can receive up to 14 days of guide...

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If anyone else is interested how I got this all working with CableTV, Zap2it and EPG Collector... Let me know, it will be long but, I should be able to document it all.

I'm interested, although I'm using OTA, not cable. I've been using a modified version of the Java xml2xmf program and I have it...
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Last post by DavidinCT
Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:54 pm
EPG Collector -- request for sample data

Last post by swofra « Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:07 pm
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by tonywagner » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:36 pm

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So I've been using EPG Collector the past few days, to collect EPG listings from OTA broadcast metadata, and it seems promising.

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...

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Thanks StinkyImp. I had let it sit for a couple of hours yesterday to see if it just took time for WMC to populate the data, but still nothing. Then when I checked this morning a couple of channels had specific guide info and some others just generic listings, but the no data available listings...

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Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:07 pm
Guide changes affect scheduled recordings

Last post by garyan2 « Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:51 am
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by prsa01 » Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:21 pm

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I REALLY didn't want to start a new topic on this. Expect it is a well known issue , probably without solution. I tried searching with every combination of terms I could think of but had no luck. This operates in a logical manner since a guide triggered recording is (I expect) recording by...

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What batch file are you running? I've never heard of this kind of behavior, so I doubt anyone knows of a fix just yet.

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Last post by garyan2
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:51 am
Does "Get Latest Guide Listings" Still Work?

Last post by Ken H « Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:54 am
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by n4mwd » Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:27 am
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Does this feature under SETTiNGS -> TV -> GUIDE still force an update of the guide listings?

Is it safe to use?

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So, do I understand correctly and ROVI updates are not available for WMC after January 30, 2020? Correct.

Are they available at all or blocked? Not at all, discontinued by Microsoft.

Possibly it is a chance to get them now as a paid feature. No.

I am located in the Dallas zip code . What...
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Last post by Ken H
Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:54 am
WMC Guide listing are out of synch

Last post by stuartm « Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:54 pm
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by carlossalsa » Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:29 am

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The WMC Guide listings are advanced by 10 hours. The programs are playing in real time. How can the Guide listings be synced to real time? The Get Latest Guide Listings in WMC does nothing.

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You really need to investigate an alternate source of guide data. This is almost certainly not going to be fixed by Microsoft and in fact as they have announced, the data will be going away completely. I suggest you look into EPG123.

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Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:54 pm
Jump forward MANY hours keyboard shortcut

Last post by joelkirzner « Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:35 pm
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by Green Lantern » Wed Feb 12, 2020 8:37 pm

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Years ago I remember reading (I don't remember where) a way to move forward many hours within the guide using the keyboard. For example, rather than tediously moving forward a week in the guide you could type 168 followed by some key combination and you'd jump forward that many hours. You could, of...

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Also, as a bonus shortcut : If you are watching live TV and then directly tune in another channel by entering the channel number you can go back to the original channel by just pressing the ok button on the remote, you can press the ok button again to go back to the original channel. You can use...

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Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:35 pm
Loadmxf logic/expected actions

Last post by Space « Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:34 am
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by prsa01 » Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:50 pm

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Tried searching, not even sure the best way to word the question(s).

Basically wondering if the community ever determined what logic loadmxf uses when run.
Does it:
o Blindly replace everything?
o Only replace non-existing(new) entries
o Use some sort of updated / changed flagging to determine...

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I honestly don't know, but from what I have read here on the forums, and from my own observations, the normal Microsoft update (as well as the EPG123 update) will download/create the FULL guide update file and then use that to update the WMC DB. To do this it compares the existing guide to the...

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Last post by Space
Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:34 am
Wrong EPG guide subscriptions

Last post by Greenhorn « Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:03 am
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by Greenhorn » Sat Feb 08, 2020 6:16 pm

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It was super late and last item on my to do list to get my epg123 setup done. I purchased one year subscription from epgguide.net and realize my mistake after failed login attempts during epg123 setup. Schedule Direct is where I should’ve registered... schedulesdirect.org.

Just receive support...

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Guys, I post this because I thought it was funny and informative (must read instruction). I goofed and I lost some money. That is all.

Already subscribed 1yr Scan Direct and I’m using mce tweak to adjust some settings. Good stuff. Thanks again for this program.

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Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:03 am
EPG123 + Schedules Direct and the Netherlands

Last post by ManS-H « Wed Feb 05, 2020 3:01 pm
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by ManS-H » Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:18 am

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Hello All,

Maybe a simple question, but can i use EPG123 + Schedules Direct in the Netherlands for my WMC system?

Regards, ManS-H

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Gary and Robert,
Thanks for your help to made EPG working for me. I have send a file with the Ziggo Channels to Robert.
Regards, ManS-H

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Wed Feb 05, 2020 3:01 pm
HDHR2MXF and HDHR3-CC Tuners

Last post by jefro « Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:16 pm
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by garyan2 » Fri Dec 27, 2019 6:02 am
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Anyone here with HDHR3-CC tuners and an active SiliconDust DVR Service subscription tried out the HDHR2MXF program? Did it work for you?

If anyone wants to give it a try to see if it will create the XMLTV and MXF file, you can download the portable version of epg123 from here . Just place the...

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I tested the one garyan2 send via pm a few weeks ago and it worked with 2 dual tuners to create a xmltv file from a non-dvr setup.
It worked so well that I was going to just run it every morning but decided to pay for SD.
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Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:16 pm
Extract WMC Recordings to text list

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by wwhenderson » Sun Dec 15, 2019 6:35 pm

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As most have, I have struggled with finding a solution for replacing WMC and getting my TV Series scheduled recordings list into a new PVR and EPG. For various reasons, I have settled on NextPVR and Schedules Direct for the EPG, my needs are relatively simple. I haven't selected a 'front end' as...

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This is exactly the sort of task that makes PowerShell so useful.

I don't use PowerShell enough to remember how to use it when I need it, so I always have to start from scratch when I want to use it, but the one-line PowerShell command to create this list is:

( (Get-Content...

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Thu Jan 23, 2020 5:16 pm
Getting guide data for manually added channels

Last post by lynner532 « Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:03 pm
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by RodBarnes » Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:20 pm

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I've been using WMC for years (SW of Portland, OR - zip 97007) but recently moved (NE of Spokane, WA - zip 99156) and am having difficulty getting the correct guide info/recognized channels. If I connect the antenna directly to my Samsung TV tuner, it picks up the channels of 4.1, 4.2, 4.3; and...

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Update. I had 6 channels change frequency. I just finished the change for the first one (will follow up on rest). Again, I have weak TV signal so I did not want to rescan for channels in WMC (because I would have to manually add a bunch of new channels that didn't get picked up by the scan), so I...

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Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:03 pm
Guide tool version 1.4

Last post by tonywagner « Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:00 pm
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by jonwz » Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:26 pm

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Can anyone point me to a download of guidetool version 1.4? I've tried an activated version of 1.25 and it doesn't work well with my configuration.

Thanks in advance, Jon

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Yes. My understanding is that when you configure epg123 to prune the channels downloaded from Schedules Direct, any change you make requires a new download and import process - takes time.

When you use epg123 client's enable/disable checkmarks your changes are immediate. For example, I have...

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Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:00 pm
Where can I download mcBackup?

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by laptv77 » Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:50 am
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I using EPG123 with WMC now, and I need to save my new WMC Channel Lineup and the mcBackup app is recommended by some sites online but I just can’t find where to download it, can anyone help?

Long Life to WMC!

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In answer to the original question:
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Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:09 pm
Solved how to get free guide data into WMC

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by nhtvfan » Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:59 pm

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If you're like me, and you want to continue to use WMC, but you don't want to pay for guide data then here's what I did to get Guide Data for free into WMC.
I was surprised to learn that there wasn't one complete set of instructions to describe and explain how to get free TV listings. So for the...

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Thanks for this write-up. I have signed up for Schedules Direct for a year, but I am looking for a long term no cost guide solution and I think this is worth a try.

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Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:31 pm
No tuner available due to conflict

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by bros » Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:09 pm

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Was having an issue with my setup, posting this so if anyone else gets it, they can fix it

I have a SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime 3-Tuner on Windows 7. I use EPG123 and WMC

So, last night, everything was fine.

Get up this morning (no power outages or anything), try to watch something, and I get...

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Upgrading the firmware on the HDHomeRun Prime does not seem like the the ultimate fix for this problem. It insinuates that the older firmware no longer works, which is highly unlikely.

Did you try rebooting the Prime as one of the troubleshooting steps before upgrading the firmware? It could just...

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