Just an update in case anyone else is having an issue with garbage collection never finishing.

These are the thinks I tried that didn't make any difference:
I disabled the EPG123 schedule.
I left it running for three days with virtually no recordings taking place.
I shut down and disabled all the...

SD created a custom lineup for Ziggo in the Netherlands. It looks like it is still available and has about 60 channels in it. If you are looking for the Ziggo lineup, then yes you have something for the Netherlands currently. If you are looking for a different lineup, then you might want to contact...

Took 2 tries but it worked. Thanks

Ah, yep, that was it!

I had to fix my path to get it to word (the .cmd doesn't like paths with spaces), but it worked.

Thanks.

Thanks, but not using EPG123 yet, using zap2xml for now, maybe it had something to do with no longer being active web site.

Well it's nice to have computers do things for us. That one of their purposes.
Post FCC repack I don't see any reason to be scanning for a boat load of channels that don't and won't exist.
Picked up those reg tweaks from a SiliconDust HDHomeRun dev forum thread.

Problem solved, case closed

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Frankly, do not remember. Did it now. Success. Ran update a second time from the tray icon and now back to 17 days of listings. Thank you very much. Appreciate the quick and knowledgeable assistance. KNS

I agree with others. I am happy to pay the $25/yr pittance to SD. I hope they continue to offer this valuable service for many years to come.

They also offer a number of utilities and code samples for end users to customize their own use of the guide data. It's very useful (although sometimes...

...switch to using EPG123.

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

And EPG Collector
It's nice to have choices.

Success. Thanks Gary for the point out.

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.

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...

David,
Frustrating - isn't it?
- Declan

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!

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...