Cliff Watson EPG add-on for MyHD, FusionHDTV, and HD Homerun - Page 11

This happened to me just last night. I am using the most recent version, and I have a non-wireless connection. When I came down this morning, my pc was running at full tilt with the fan wailing away too. cw_epg had the message 'downloading guide data'. I manually killed it and it ran fine again. My isp has been resetting my connection lately, so I am wondering if that didn't happen during the download last night.

I am wondering if setting the 'Stop this task if it runs for: x hours y minutes' on the task pane would help? This is a pretty big deal in my humble opinion.

More recording failures.

Last night West Wing, L&O & Crossing Jordan were scheduled to record. WW recorded, not the others. When I went to the HTPC to check on progress, about halfway through CJ, No errors appeared. MyHD was in the task bar, but not recording. Tried to activate or close it, but no response. Went to Task Manager, MyHD did not appear in Applications list, but myhd.exe was in the Processes list. Tried to End Process, but it wouldn't respond to several attempts. Had to restart the puter to close MyHD.

Tonight, had only Medium set to record. It failed again, same results as above. Do I have a corrupted EPG again? If so, why is this happening? I'll replace the EPG again and see what happens, but this is getting rather frustrating.

So here is what I found with the OSD Reservation List:
If there is only 1 show to be recorded, it works fine. It appears on the list, show is recorded, it's removed from the list. If there are multiple shows to be recorded, then it takes the last entry off the list after a show is recorded. For example, 2 shows to be recorded on the list in order 1 then 2, show 1 is recorded, but show 2 is removed from the list. If there are 3 shows on the list to be recorded in order 1, 2, 3, after show 1 is recorded, show 3 was removed from the list. Also, once a wrong show has been removed from the list, you can no longer use the OSD Delete Reservation option. If you happen to put the shows on the list in reverse order of recording, then the list will appear to be correct (hence the sometimes). Can you pass this feedback along to MIT?

I would think that if it were the corrupted epg problem, you would have seen an error message.

Are you running XP and are you using multiple users?

One little thing that I've noticed that SEEMS to be due to CW_EPG: After CW_EPG has done it's thing the first press of the Power button on the remote does nothing. I have to press a second time for MyHD to start up. After that everything is normal until CW_EPG is run again. (I'm using the serial remote on a MDP-100 for what that's worth.) Has anyone else noticed this or is it due to my particular setup?

Yes, XP with SP2 and all updates. I am the only user. There is the Administrator account, and my account, which is a member of the Admins group. All installations were done with my account, which is the only one ever used since the original installation.

A thought -- What are the best settings in the MyHD configuration for Reservation Capture Options? I have these checked: Transport Stream Capture in Background, Do not exit MyHD (between captures), and Exit MyHD (after final capture). Under Capture Detail Options, I have Capture Sub-channel Only checked.

All 3 of the scheduled recordings for Sunday evening were on the same channel, NBC. As I mentioned, only the first one recorded.

I always have set "Exit MyHD" between captures, except recently I thought I'd try the stay open between captures option. Wrong move, soon after I had a failed second capture. I changed that setting back pronto.

Thanks for all you work guys. Padding is in place! YES. The lack of padding stoped me from using your great scheduling program. Now I plan on using it for all my MYHD captures.

Thanks again

Big Yes! I really like the file navigation screen now instead of the blank screen. I wonder if the file selection was always there if I pressed the fav button? Great work so far.

Hi,

The reduction of Zap2It traffic is one that I was going to suggest be done.

This weekend I have lost the StreetLight ISP. Hopefully it will be back Monday.

I am unable to use my DialUp Modem on my HTPC where CW_EPG is doing its tremendous job. I get a 633 error if I remember correctly and even after finding the MS Knowledge base article I still cannot get past the 633 error.

So I have currently NO Internet connection on my HTPC.

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On my laptop I merged the MyHD and CW_EPG registry entries from my HTPC.

After building the Program Files "MyHD" and "CW_EPG" folders and copying the new programs into them I was able to run "CW_EPG" and download listings.

PLEASE DO NOT BREAK THE ABILITY TO RUN "CW_EPG" ON A SYSTEM WITHOUT THE "MyHD" CARD.

I then copied the database files to my HTPC and CW_EPG was happy and scheduled the upcoming matches.

Because the post EPG to the MyHD database button has been removed I am unable to do that operation and the MyHD OSD EPG contains only the listings from the stations.

The MyHD registry entries do not look right and there is no "cw_epg.mdb" file.

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I concur that the plan to do all the Zap2It stuff hidden from the user is a good one.

I do suggest that the xmlTV raw file and reprocess option be incorporated into CW_EPG.

It should work just like xmlTV does as that is how I currently get listings for FreeGuide.

I want to avoid the double Zap2It download and when the three day downloads of listings is done by CW_EPG I want to put that updated data into FreeGuide.

Without syncing FreeGuide and CW_EPG listings I currently am having some trouble when CW_EPG has more recent data than FG.

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I need to post a message to this thread about the Discussions I am having on the FreeGuide list.

I also need to post the thoughts that I have about the New to Me database now that the next more complete version of CW_EPG has been released.

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When switching back to the listings tab a rescan for matches is done even if I changed nothing.

This is slowing down my trying to decide what to do as I need to look at data on several tabs and switch between them several times.

Perhaps a check box disabling this scan until I wish it done.

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Thanks for more tremendous improvements in a really great program.

Stephen H. Fischer

You could break down and buy a real connection.

Guess that explains that!


There is no xmltv raw file. xmltv is not used. The xtvd formated data file is now processed into an Access database. Many people prefer this so that they can utilize the data in other ways.


Oh it should eh??? Darn I forgot to run it by them.


Then I would tell the Freeguide folks to change to our method of storing data. Why in the world would you think we should try to conform to some other application?


Bugs and suggestions about CW_EPG are VERY welcomed here. But frankly, I'm a bit offended when being told that things should have been done like this program or that program.


Now that's a suggestion I can work with.

I wanted to thank you guys profusely for delivering such an awesome tool! This alone has increased the WAF and confidence that things are being recorded properly.

To The AVS Forum Experts:
I consider this to be off-topic but my understanding of how the AVS forums work is little.
Could a new topic be created, Say "MyHD Off-Topic" be created and this and many of my previous off topic posts be moved there and just a link left to them?
I also am interested in a discussion of the MyHD forum and how it is used. There are many things that almost force posts to be off topic.
There cannot be a stopping of off topic posts completely anywhere on any list but I think these make finding information just too hard.
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Posted by: netman
On: Yesterday 06:18 AM


It was not. Gurr!
> You could break down and buy a real connection.

Boy have I done a lot of thinking about that for many months.
I now have spent ~ $200 for hardware to connect to the "MetroFI" system. I really expected to be a "PAID" customer by now.
The delay is due mainly to MetroFI being "Googled". They are located in Mt. View CA.
Google won the contract for their home town with a "Free" plan. MetroFI had started building toward Mt. View from adjoining cities with a "Paid" plan. They expected to win the Mt. View Contract and I suspect that Mt. View was the center of their planned network.
MetroFI had to respond by changing their plan to a "Free" one.
The network that they were building was designed for the bandwidth for a paid system.
They are now rebuilding their entire network with two types of Access Points, a task that is larger than the initial build of the network due to the much larger bandwidth needed for a free system.
An AP near me that I cannot use has two SSID's emanating from it, "MetroFI-Free_Test" and
"MetroFI-Secure_Test".
So they are working near me I hope. Until I discovered the "MetroFI-Secure_Test" signal I was about to give up. I do not think a "free" system and a "paid" one can be successful on a single AP.
I think that because "EarthLink" has a 50% interest in them, MetroFI may succeed but no widespread WiFi network has been successful so far from what I have read.
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If I go with a phone line connection, after the "Special" rate expires the Internet rate will rise to the $40 rate that is hidden in all the fine print from any ISP of any type.
My Phone bill which is currently ~ $10 will rise to at least triple due to cancellation of my current plan eligibility.
And I would have to deal with the newly reconstituted Phone Company, AT&T. What was it that Lilly Tomlin called it?
That breakup sure didn't last very long.
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As For Cable, the same $40 charges apply and the 5 - 10 pieces of mail I get from Comcast will increase and I will be penalized strongly because I have no interest in Cable TV.
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So, if MetroFI gets its network rebuilt and is usable by me, I hope to keep my ISP charges near ~ $13 and not have a great deal of grief from AT&T or Comcast.
If they do not, I will go elsewhere.
And there is the second WiFi network that is comming to Silicon Valley according to the TV local news. Free is on the way, I just am going through the expected problems of an early adapter.
If I could get my HTPC to use my DialUp modem it would not be so bad.
Stephen H. Fischer

OK, I CAN.

The real question is if I should.

The MyHD posts have been confined to very few large and long lasting threads.

Thus making finding information very hard to find. (and to catch up)

It appears to not be the practice on the AVS forums to organize it along the lines of interest but large generic divisions.

It may be met by huge resistance but has anyone considered making a "MyHD" sub forum of the "Home Theater Computers.

I may be wrong, but currently a search is necessary to find the "MyHD" threads.

A sub division and encouragement to create meaningful thread titles would be a huge improvement IMHO.

Stephen H. Fischer

Hi,

OK, My Stupid.

All what I wanted to do on the laptop was to run CW_EPG to download the listings.

I had noted that the "Post EPG" button was removed but my brain was not working good enough to realize what that meant. The channel mapping file was the crucial missing file I suspect . I redid the laptop run with all the files in the CW_EPG folder and all worked right.

MyHD dropping back to the individual transmitted Station listing is a good behavior when the CW_EPG generated file is not there. Sometime in the (far) future the Stations will have the very lastest listings. When that happens CW_EPG might need an method to tell MyHD to collect all Station transmitted listings so it can update with the very latest, even better than the next 2 days on Zap3It.

Where is the documentation for the new MyHD? I tried several buttons on the remote and I could not find the right ones.

Also where is the CW_EPG documentation about "Colors"? I looked hard for that a few days ago and somehow I missed it.

> teach CW_EPG how to work on networked machines where the MyHD card may not be in the same PC as its running on.

Can you say more, I do not understand this.

I am running CW_EPG using XP's "Remote Desktop" feature at least 85% of the time controlling my HTPC using my Laptop. It works great.

The percentage would be higher except for the MyHD problems with "Fast User switching". I must turn on my HTPC's Monitor and log on there before Hibernation otherwise there is a good chance that the next wake up for capture will hang or after the capture is completed the HTPC will hang.. I always do this so that the capture and hibernation operations will be successful so the details are fuzzy.

The other problem with "remote desktop" and MyHD is if you turn on OVERLAY you immediately get a "Please Tell Microsoft About This Problem" display for "MyHD".

I have started sending these reports to Microsoft OCA but I have gotten nothing back on any for the "MyHD" so far.

I hope that the reports are reaching MIT but I fear that because the MyHD drivers have not passed testing and the drivers are not signed that Microsoft is just putting the reports into the bit bucket.

Stephen H. Fischer

You must not have looked at the correct readme file. I just looked it over and the info you ask about is there with the exception of the History page which has blue shading to indicate that a scheduled show was in HD. I'm not going to redescribe the others as they are there IF you look.


I think the idea here is that only one machine need to do the data downloading & processing. Then any others can be told to look there for the data.

I may have found a bug - using the latest version I have changed the way I save a recording. I used to save into D:/HDTV and MYHD would create a folder with the name of the show and put the file with the show name as the title.

I changed this setting in MYHD and in CW_EPG because I just want the file to go into D:/HDTV and not create a sub folder, this makes using the playlist manager easier as I delete all entries upon startup and scan D:/HDTV (I move files from another computer into this directory).

I have the setting in CW_EPG set to "none" in the folder choice and "ch# date and title" in the file name choice. The sub folders are still being created and files are being named as always, basicly no change took effect. Not sure if this is CW_EPG or the new MYHD exe. that is causing the problem.

I updated by just replacing CW_EPG exe. in the folder, and replacing MYHD exe. as well.

Any ideas?

Todd -- I'll look into that. Are you sure you hit the "Save" button and not "Cancel" on the Options page?

Yes, I just double checked and the settings still reflect the changes. I have deleted all subfolders in the HDTV directory. I'll see what happens tonight.

Sounds good. You should be able to tell if it is a CW_EPG problem or MyHD. After scheduling with CW_EPG, you can go to the captures window in MyHD, look at what was scheduled, and hopefully it will have the appropriate settings selected for folder & filename.

Hi,

That sound like a good "polish" detail. I wonder how might that be done with two or more computers going into and out of hibernation on different schedules. I wonder about the problems with hibernation on a single computer with one MyHD and one fusion (I am about to buy.)

I sure would like to find the time to determine what "IRda" and "MyHD" are doing on the network. I think that it is about sending Video over a network but it is an incomplete feature.

I am not ignoring your other comments, I am waiting to see if anyone else makes any and to find the time to type mine in.

So, I am Stupid, blind and cannot speak clearly that my computer can understand me.

That's why it hasn't already been implemented and may not be....