Guide data for the UK has options for different countries in the UK for FreeSat and BSkyB but not Freeview, which is the main DVB-T2 OTA transmission. Whilst many of the channels overlap it is really slow and manual to link up the Freeview channels with their closest equivalent on Freesat.
Did anyone have a solution to this? It is quite annoying!
How did you get the guide to work at all? Mine just sits there at 0% forever
If you put in only the first 3 digits of your post code you’ll get the choice for freeview.
Interesting. Stays at 0% forever in Safari. Fine in Chrome
I tried using only the first 4 digits of my postcode (HP15) and also 3 (HP1) and it still doesn’t give FreeView as an option.
@bmcconalogue said:
I tried using only the first 4 digits of my postcode (HP15) and also 3 (HP1) and it still doesn’t give FreeView as an option.
It’s listed as YouView.
YouView isn’t the same as freeview, there are some channels missing and additional ones on the list as well
My guess is it’s the best we’ll ever get. To licence the Freeview EPG, you have to be a paid member of the Freeview Digital TV Group and have to contractually agree to encrypting recordings from HD channels.
not the case, the data is broadcast free in the stream, and free to use, you are confusing FreeView Play with FreeView. FreeView Play is the ondemand side on FreeView that indeed is licensed.
OK, so it’s a little old, but I was remembering this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/14/bbc_offcom_freeview_hd_controls/
@DavidAndAndrea said:
OK, so it’s a little old, but I was remembering this: BBC wins go-ahead for Freeview HD content controls • The Register
thats more to with content, than epg system.
I think you missed this crucial bit:
The content protection takes the form of a system already in use on Freesat, where the EPG data will be compressed using Huffman encoding. Manufacturers who wish to access the EPG data will have to license the Huffman table needed to decode the data from the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (DTLA), and a requirement of obtaining the table is that the restrictions on copying of content must be respected.
Basically, you don’t get to see the EPG for HD channels unless you agree to restrict copying.
@DavidAndAndrea said:
I think you missed this crucial bit:The content protection takes the form of a system already in use on Freesat, where the EPG data will be compressed using Huffman encoding. Manufacturers who wish to access the EPG data will have to license the Huffman table needed to decode the data from the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (DTLA), and a requirement of obtaining the table is that the restrictions on copying of content must be respected.
Basically, you don’t get to see the EPG for HD channels unless you agree to restrict copying.
again WRONG, i use the data in Enigma2 Project, it is available Free to everyone, (FreeSat and FreeView)
Jeez, no need to be so rude …
@DavidAndAndrea said:
Jeez, no need to be so rude …
sorry, did not mean to be, i apologise.
Appreciated, thank you.
So can we get freeview EPG data or not then? Or are we going to be stuck with using YouView?
@Grooverider2016 said:
So can we get freeview EPG data or not then? Or are we going to be stuck with using YouView?
if plex where to code support, there is no legal reason why they couldn’t.
@andyblac1974 said:
@Grooverider2016 said:
So can we get freeview EPG data or not then? Or are we going to be stuck with using YouView?if plex where to code support, there is no legal reason why they couldn’t.
Fingers crossed someone from Plex is reading this and runs with it
