Re: Bug#687049: please support EPG for freesat/ UK (BBC, ITV, etc.)
I demand that "Stefan Lippers-Hollmann" may or may not have written...
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> Channels on Astra 28.2°E only show EPG info for $current and $next. The
> full EPG info for the upcoming 7 days uses a different encoding scheme not
> supported by vdr. For scheduling timers or even just getting an overview of
> the current programme list, it would be very helpful to get support for
> these.
> I can confirm that the patch listed here
> http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2012-April/026061.html
> http://www.realh.co.uk/vdr_freesat_freeviewhd.patch.gz
> adds support for decoding UK EPG for BBC, ITV, etc. and fills in EPG
> listings for the upcoming 7-8 days. It applies without problems to the vdr
> 1.7.28-1 package and cooperates nicely with Astra 19.2°E and german/ dutch
> DVB-T channels.
I can confirm that it works for Freeview HD, and I recently added it to the
vdr packaging repository. I doubt that it'll get a freeze exception, although
I don't see that it shouldn't on the grounds that the programme names and
descriptions are what looks like random junk without this patch.
(Cc'ed to -release; m-f-t set.)
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