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THANK YOU Gary
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testmonkey » Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:38 am
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Let us ALL say THANKS to Gary the developer of EPG123 with a monetary donation to the cause.
For his relentless pursuit of perfection.
For his unrelenting dedication to supporting the project and especially the time he spends on the tech support lately to get EVERYONE up and running.
During a...
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Thanks again Gary!! Yes!! I'm so very grateful!! Send him MONTHLY DONATIONS for all the hard work he's done to make WMC a MUCH BETTER product than it was when Microsoft bailed on it! I've just completed a new Windows 7 installation on a new (rescued) box using Comcast cable card and it's working...
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Last post by lostgreycells
Thu May 26, 2022 3:39 pm
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Version Number
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alhaunts » Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:44 am
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EPG123 version 1.6.4.4
Windows 7 - 64 bit
Just noticed that the About Guide Listings page in WMC no longer shows the EPG123 version number.
I could swear it used to in earlier versions.
No big deal, but I'm curious if it's just me.
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I'm still hunting for a quick and easy about in the flyout from hovering the mouse over the EPG123 icon in the system tray.
Or at least offer an about in the right-click popup menu, or maybe just go ahead and put the version right there in the popup menu itself. Well I was just double-checking...
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Last post by DSperber
Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:15 am
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EPG123 shows schedule Direct Account expires
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cadprofessor » Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:24 pm
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Greetings,
I am Using EPG 1.7.1.4. I renewed my Schedule Direct Account for 2 more months today. The EPG123 configuration windows is not showing the new expire date. Is there something I should do to see if the Schedule Direct will send the new expire date to EPG123.
Thank you.
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There is nothing wrong with what it is doing now. I would rather the gui show the old expire date than dump a perfectly good token and risk failing getting a new one.
The expiration date is only for display and has no impact to downloading data from SD.
I didn't expect a snapshot of the user...
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Last post by garyan2
Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:15 pm
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All my channels just got scrambled (randomly rearranged)
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Paul Anderegg » Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:50 pm
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Had a red ERROR for EPG123. I opened the client and config thingies, and channels were all randomly checked and unchecked, complete utter nonsense. I tried to restore a backup, but this resulted in the proper channels being check marked, but all the channel numbering is wrong. I have tried system...
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Thanks for the suggestion! We actually did wind up trying TV signal setup, deciding we didn't have much to lose. Aside from telling it to *not* download guide data (which wouldn't work anyway), that brought all the channels back, albeit with no guide data. After that, just needed to clear cache,...
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Last post by Insectoid
Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:27 pm
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Windows 8.1 update KB5011564 - Breaks Windows Media Center
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BranButton » Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:27 am
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Before Windows Updates from yesterday, Windows Media Center was working correctly. After the update when the Windows Media Center started it came up as the initial setup, but it still recorded scheduled programs.
Today I used system restore point to restore before update and the Windows Media...
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I love that this forum is still around. Thanks for helping prove i'm not insane!
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Last post by galapogos01
Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:38 am
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EPG123 v1.7.1.4: [ERROR] *** WMC is not present on this machine. ***
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MKANET » Tue Mar 15, 2022 5:09 pm
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I just installed EPG123 v1.7.1.4 from scratch to resolve a previous issue. I selected to install the Server and the EPG123 system tray icon . Immediately after the installer setup finished, I received a popup error message that I don't have WMC installed and also got subsequent errors about...
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The tray program does not interact with WMC in any way. What you are seeing is due to trying to open the client, or your scheduled task is 'Full Mode' rather than server mode. Open the configuration GUI, delete your existing task, and create a new one without the option to automatically import....
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Last post by MKANET
Wed Mar 16, 2022 7:26 pm
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EPG123 Server proxy disable SD access
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Space » Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:09 am
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Gary,
My current Schedules Direct service has expired, and I have not yet renewed, but hope to be able to before my guide listings run out.
But here is my question and perhaps a request for a new feature...
When my account expired, I disabled the daily update in the Task Scheduler, I did this so...
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Yeah, I don't completely understand how it works but I was thinking that the proxy can just keep track of the last used token that resulted in a failure and subsequent inability to refresh the token.
From then on, if it needs to access SD, it would check this token against the one currently in the...
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Last post by Space
Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:00 am
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My WMC blewup yesterday!
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Randyored » Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:02 pm
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My Media Center literally melted down. OK it didn't melt. But I was watching the war and I was flopping back and forth and I started to get black screens. Then I could not change the channels. I tried a reboot. That made it worse. The guide and channels were gone! It was like EPG123 had just...
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This is why it is a good idea to make periodic copies of the MSPR.HDS file, as after you do an image restore, you can then overwrite the old MSPR.HDS file with a more current one, and be able to also play back all the DRM recordings that were made after the image was made but before the MSPR.HDS...
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Last post by DSperber
Tue Mar 15, 2022 5:16 am
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More info in WebStats for EPG123 Service
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garyan2 » Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:39 pm
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It has been a while since I changed anything in the webstats page for the service. On the latest release v1.7.1.4, I decided to add the total size in bytes of the cached images. I also added a quick look of the MXF and XMLTV files with date/time and size. You can quickly see if there is an issue...
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None, other than taking up some drive space.
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Last post by garyan2
Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:57 pm
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Errors in the trace.log file
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pepeboro » Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:26 pm
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Gentlemen;
The EPG icon has had a red cross on it for the last three days.
The update of the TV programming does not take place.
I have noticed that there are errors in the trace.log file
I don't know how I can send the file
If I run the program EPG123 configuration it is completely empty....
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Hello;
Since I installed version 1.7.1.3 everything has been working fine until today.
Thank you very much for the help and quick response.
Regards.
Pepe.
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Last post by pepeboro
Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:39 am
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Last post by Cavebat
Sun Mar 06, 2022 10:02 pm
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EPG123 Missing Event Log entries
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rimmel » Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:41 am
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Just tested epg123 1.7.1.3 on Windows 7 with Save and Execute. This version does not creates Windows Media Center event log entries for epg123 and epg123client. Trace log looked OK. Revert back to epg123 1.7.1.0 and WMC event log entries are created again.
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Thanks for the quick response Gary.
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Last post by rimmel
Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:25 am
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Portable version question
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StinkyImp » Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:18 pm
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For those of us that have previously used the installer version... Can we extract the portable files and overwrite our installed files?
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Yes. Just be aware if there any updates to the notification tray or proxy/cache service, they are not included in the portable. The only other difference would be the version number shown in the add/remove programs.
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Last post by garyan2
Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:30 pm
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Where are poster images are referenced? XMLTV file or XMF?
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MKANET » Sun Feb 27, 2022 11:19 pm
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EDIT: It looks like the poster images are references in the XMLTV file.. I just had to look further down into the file. However, I noticed that if I manually go to each one of these URLs, SD responds with Maximum image downloads reached. Counter resets every 24h. .
So, if I don't enable the EPG123...
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Hi
Thank you for the reply.
>> Not sure exactly what you are trying to do
I'm hoping to get images back for recordings made before I installed
the epg123 service.
The image links for those recordings point to the SD server, and I
would like to locate and change the links to point to the...
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Last post by SwissCheese
Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:09 pm
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PC crashed last night during EPG123 download
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MKANET » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:13 pm
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Hi Gary, it looks like my PC crashed last night about 30 minutes after the scheduled service update with a bugcheck related to Memory Management. If I had to guess, my PC ran out of physical RAM. Not sure. Its the first time this has ever happened. Could you please check below to see if you can...
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Okay... I finally got my PC back to normal again; this time I set a group policy to prevent installing any device drivers via Windows quality updates. I've also double-checked that xteve's image caching is disabled. Crossing my fingers.
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Last post by MKANET
Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:51 am
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Custom logos problem
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stuartm » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:27 am
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I thought that to create custom logos for a station all I had to do was bring up the logos panel in the configuration GUI and drag and drop a png into the custom square. This does not work for me. When the file is dragged over the any of the squares in the logo panel i get a circle with a slash...
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Well that was the problem. Unchecking the run as administrator fixes the problem. I sure don't remember setting that flag. But it is entirely possible that somewhere in the dim dark early days of EPG123 I thought it was needed and set it. Ceratinly did not do it any time recently. Always just run...
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Last post by stuartm
Wed Mar 02, 2022 12:57 am
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Re: Shows Not Recording
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urabus99 » Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:44 am
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Does anyone know why only 1 out of 8 shows recorded OTA on 1/18/21, when they were all set for series record and they worked fine before? Thanks
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I'd love to know what SecureAge APEX knows that nobody else seems to know? Evidently DropBox is now considered malicious too.
If you'd like to use any of my utilities simply whitelist them.
StinkyImp Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 Flags Recordings.exe Versions 1.2 to 1.3 as a...
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Last post by StinkyImp
Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:46 pm
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Strange issues with EPG123 1.7.1
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MKANET » Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:16 pm
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After I upgraded to EPG123 1.7.1, EPG123 switched the setting Use linked images from Schedules Direct --> Use local images from .\logos folder.
If I manually change the setting back to use linked images from Schedules Direct and hit Save , Exit ... then open Configuration GUI from the EPG123 tray...
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It is only that one.
The SeriesPosterArt is the setting to have 2x3 posters for your series instead of 4x3 or 16x9. This was named prior to having the option of 16x9 or I would have probably called it something else.
EDIT:
Sorry, to identify the others:
AutoImport is just to store what you...
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Last post by garyan2
Sun Feb 27, 2022 5:40 am
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Adding/Deleting LineUps in the Client
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danman » Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:56 am
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Schedules Direct has deleted the lineup that I have been using for years without any notice. The only notice received was when this started to happen........... Subscribed lineup USA-WI02195-DEFAULT has been DELETED at the headend.
My communications with SD have not been very fruitful.
What's the...
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Just open the configuration GUI and select a new lineup.
This is not something within SD's control. Their headend Gracenote adds/removes/edits lineup based on decisions by the carriers (Cox, Comcast). If Comcast decides they don't want to change an existing lineup and want a new lineup instead,...
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Last post by garyan2
Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:34 am
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Duplicate Channels
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IT Troll » Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:13 pm
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I think this may have been discussed previously with regards to US cable channels, but I am seeing something similar with UK DVB-T (Freeview).
I've had to do a few rescans recently following channel frequency changes. For some reason certain channels now have duplicates. The name and channel...
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I’ve just had a database recovery :(
I think my last one was 14 months ago and so not bad going. I made quite a few guide edits at the beginning of the month following some channel renumbering by the broadcaster and I can’t help but think the two are linked.
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Last post by IT Troll
Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:35 pm
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The EPG123 Server service terminated unexpectedly
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Space » Mon Feb 14, 2022 8:44 pm
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I noticed today that when I searched for an actor for a particular movie, it brought up three movies that were in the guide, but none had poster art (I normally don't pay too much attention to the poster art). This led me to try to connect to the EPG123 server via the browser and it timed out.
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Hmm, he must still be in the process of rebuilding the seasons. Since the beginning of the year, there have been no season images at all in the data from SD. Clearing the cache should have wiped everything clean and removed any season images from the WMC database. I'll try to get a status on all...
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Last post by garyan2
Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:17 am
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Scheduled recordings not showing in Guide
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Jason-R » Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:14 pm
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Hi, scheduled recordings are not showing in my guide. The attached shows what is missing.
Recordings in Guide.jpg
I have noticed that the appearance of the red dot has been hit and miss for a while but now seems to have disappeared altogether. The screenshots also shows that the presence of the...
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Hi Gary, thanks. A small tweak in the Row Height from 1.5x to 1.56x fixes it!
Working Guide screenshot.JPG
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Last post by Jason-R
Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:22 pm
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HDHR Schedule Not Updating
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hawleytoner » Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:03 pm
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My last successful schedule update was 2 weeks ago. I didn't realize that until a couple of days ago & now I have no schedule.
I updated to EPG123 version1.7.2 today & tried to run a manual update. That's when I saw the date on the epg123.mxf file was 1/27. The date on the hdhr2mxf.xmltv file is...
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It's not so much the reboot as it is allowing the scheduled task to run which includes the -update argument in the call to hdhr2mxf.exe.
I had the same problem where updates from Silicon Dust stopped after 1/27. An upgrade to the 1.7.1.2 beta version and manual run of epg123_update from Task...
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Last post by XBOX360User
Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:30 pm
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EPG123 no error, but stopped updating?
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webminster » Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:13 pm
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I know I have an old copy of EPG123 (1.3.6), but it's been working fine until a couple of days ago. I've tried running the epg123 client by hand, and it seems to run OK except it's not creating and loading an MXF file. And I can't see it even trying.
I would attach the log, but I can't get the...
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Update epg123 and that should go away. That version is throwing an exception on the json data from SD but is not logging it. Newer releases either adapt/correct whatever the error is, or (hopefully) report it.
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Last post by garyan2
Sat Feb 12, 2022 12:21 am
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Windows 7 Update reset MCE back to live tv setup
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TomoA6 » Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:00 pm
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Everything was working fine for over a year and then my mothers DVR was reset back to the default: Live tv setup screen, with no guide, or Live tv, after a computer reboot.
Since this was setup using EPG123 originally and working can I use Restore to bring back the CableCard configuration with...
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nevermind it's quicker to run live setup from scratch
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Last post by TomoA6
Fri Feb 11, 2022 8:59 pm
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Wrong Channel Number, correct guide
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sunnyevw » Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:28 pm
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I noticed a channel (1162) on my Comcast lineup that I wanted to add to my WMC. I went up to Schedules Direct and they had not listed it yet, so I asked them to update it. Before they did (it took a day or two) I manually added it to WMC and was able to go to the station directly by typing in the...
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I am running Win 10 also. I have been recording History Detectives on PBS and it worked just fine until this week. We have 3 PBS statiions. 710, 310 and 311. History detectives is on 310 and has been working fine since I started recording it in December. Now, instead of changing to 310, WMC says...
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Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:31 pm
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