I doubt it will accomplish any more than the last post did, but I’ll try again. The lines that begin with a dash (-) before the number indicate a subchannel of the preceding channel. For example, “-5 Nosey” below means it is channel 4.5.
Plex is not a guide producer afaik. They leverage, and I believe it may be the Tribune/Gracenote stuff. IMHO, since they are the provider of a service that leverages effectively a “black box” to the end consumer, they should be the ones filing guide changes to that “black box” provider. We’ll see. Usual workarounds apply (try a neighboring zip).
Thanks for the reply. I believe you’re right on all counts, but Plex has indicated that it intends to be the middleman between its customers and the guide provider. What I’d like (and would think shouldn’t be too difficult) is to just use the provider information as a template and let users customize their own listings. In other words, fill in my channel listings using the provider information for my ZIP code and then let me edit my channels as I see fit. Unfortunately, Plex ONLY allows you to use the channel listing information they provide, even if it’s wrong or incomplete. That’s a shame, because in most ways, Plex is a pretty decent DVR.
P.S. I also appreciate the neighboring ZIP code workaround suggestion, but unfortunately, that didn’t work despite my trying various ones for the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area.
We do use Gracenote but we cannot make the changes there. We file your reports and they will or will not add them based on their own criteria. They do not take requests from the general public. Often small “subchannels” that are not .1 from small stations they don’t get data for.
Like 22.1 is KNAV-LD Dallas, Texas (LA-TV) the LD generally indicates one of these low defidnition channel groups they won’t get data for.
I do understand that you can only relay the information to Gracenote and hope that they (eventually) update it, but that’s really my whole point: Plex shouldn’t allow its customers to be completely at their (Gracenote’s) mercy with respect to guide accuracy and completeness. Instead, Plex should pull a copy of Gracenote’s guide information and then let the server admin update their local copy of that information at will.
