New Plex Guide Very Poor in UK

[sa2000]

@chenks

still no data or channel logo

There is now EPG data for 121 Sky Comedy HD and there is also a logo

[captain_caveman2k]

@Coxeroni

These are stock photos that always appear if there is no suitable poster found. Get Some In! on your screenshot also has it, just a different one (different genre?).

Ahh - That makes sense. Has something changed recently in the source for artwork?

Alien Convergence, for example, had artwork in previous showings now it doesn’t:

I am also seeing movies in the guide that have artwork for the Extended Edition, Directors Cut and even BlueRay + DVD + Digital Download. Rogue One, above for example, shows the latter where as previous showings it had non-media specific artwork.

[sa2000]

@chenks

Channel logo no

I am seeing it after setting up a DVR

[sa2000]

@NJMorf

There are a lot of programs on CBS Drama on Freeview 71 which do not match those shown on the channel’s own guide, either as the wrong season/episode or just being a completely different show.

Thank you for reporting these errors. I have referred this to our provider

[sa2000]

@chenks

that’s not the correct logo.
that’s the logo for Sky Comedy Cinema HD (and Sky Comedy Cinema).

this channel is Sky Comedy HD (and Sky Comedy).

this has been referred back

[sa2000]

@AshBaker1

Anyone else getting their guide populated with the old ‘[channel name] Programming’ entries?

Here’s an extract of my guide for Sunday after a manual refresh:

It’s not all channels, but it’s quite a few of them, including ITV1-4.

@jester_tenet

Yes, I’m seeing that as well ( Freeview STV Central OTA Broadcast) - it seems to start about 4:45am on Saturday, with STV, then seems to spread to other channels.

Screenshot attached - on STV, nightscreen should go on until 6am, when the first programme should begin.

By Sunday, there are about 9 channels affected (not including the ‘+1’ types).

May have been a temporary issue

Just checked those channels and the earliest generic programming entries are for March 7th.

[paulsalter]

Small issue on show naming
Can the naming of Fox be Changed to Sky (Fox is US, Sky is UK), this seems to be wrong daily at 9pm
Freeview North East - Bilsdale (but probably all UK listings)

Correct title from Sky online EPG

Thanks

[captain_caveman2k]

The episode numbers for Danger Mouse Series 1 that shows at the weekends on CBBC and CBBC HD are showing the episode numbers being off by one.

Tomorrows episode looks like:

According to the TV guide at the BBC’s website and the series information over at TheTVDB.com this should be S01 E43 - The Spy Who Came in with a Cold.

Today’s episode was S01 E42 - The Confidence Trick but it was listed as S01 E41 - The Confidence Trick and recorded as:

Danger Mouse (1985) - S01E41 - The Confidence Trick.ts

It seems that the weekday episodes of Series 2 are not effected by the episode number being off by one, however, both Series 1 and Series 2 are recording with 1985 in their filenames, which is incorrect, as these are the 2015+ reboot series rather than the original series (that I grew up watching).

[mungo37]

Doctor Who S12 E10 on BBC1 Sunday 01/03/2020 didn’t record for me because I’d set it to New episodes only and the episode was not marked as “New” even though it was.

[meherenow]

No Doctor Who for me either - again, completely useless and unreliable.

We wanted to watch it more or less as live - started 5 mins in, no option to start from the beginning (as haphazard as that is anyway).

So ended up watching it on the iPlayer - no DD 5.1 and BBC ident glaring away in the top left.

As usual, a top notch service we pay for here…

[sa2000]

@paulsalter

Can the naming of Fox be Changed to Sky (Fox is US, Sky is UK), this seems to be wrong daily at 9pm

I have referred this to our provider

@captain_caveman2k

The episode numbers for Danger Mouse Series 1 that shows at the weekends on CBBC and CBBC HD are showing the episode numbers being off by one

This has been referred to our provider

@captain_caveman2k

however, both Series 1 and Series 2 are recording with 1985 in their filenames, which is incorrect, as these are the 2015+ reboot series rather than the original series (that I grew up watching).

I can see that it ought to be 2015 and I have referred this to our provider - but the data I looked into show the year set to 1981 and not 1985. I have scheduled a test recording for tomorrow and will see the result - I cannot see where 1985 is coming from. Might need logs after it gets created wrong - also may need copy of the EPG database tv.plex.providers.epg.cloud-xxxxxxxxxxx.db and shm and wal

[sa2000]

@mungo37

Doctor Who S12 E10 on BBC1 Sunday 01/03/2020 didn’t record for me because I’d set it to New episodes only and the episode was not marked as “New” even though it was

This has been referred to our provider. My understanding is the data they receive from the BBC does not have the “New” indicator info and it is being done semi manual

[meherenow]

Sorry to keep on about this, but if I had decided to stick with ANY of my old methods, then they would have recorded the programme without any fuss - BT YouView box or my Xtrend running OpenVix. Why oh why can you not get the data from the actual OTA info like every other DVR I just cannot understand.

And it would have been much simpler to start watching a programme mid recording with either of those two.

Sorry, but this DVR service is VERY far from being user friendly and functional. It is just NOT WORKING!

[captain_caveman2k]

@sa2000

@captain_caveman2k

The episode numbers for Danger Mouse Series 1 that shows at the weekends on CBBC and CBBC HD are showing the episode numbers being off by one

This has been referred to our provider

Thank you.

@sa2000

@captain_caveman2k

however, both Series 1 and Series 2 are recording with 1985 in their filenames, which is incorrect, as these are the 2015+ reboot series rather than the original series (that I grew up watching).

I can see that it ought to be 2015 and I have referred this to our provider - but the data I looked into show the year set to 1981 and not 1985. I have scheduled a test recording for tomorrow and will see the result - I cannot see where 1985 is coming from. Might need logs after it gets created wrong - also may need copy of the EPG database tv.plex.providers.epg.cloud-xxxxxxxxxxx.db and shm and wal

I was in the middle of renaming them manually - so that 1985 might have been a typo on my part. I will double check after tomorrows recording as well.

[captain_caveman2k]

@captain_caveman2k

I was in the middle of renaming them manually - so that 1985 might have been a typo on my part. I will double check after tomorrows recording as well.

I can confirm that 1985 was a typo on my part - It should have read 1981. The recording this morning had 1981 in the filename.

As a child of the 70’s I still remember watching them in 1981

[LmHome]

@sa2000

@mungo37

Doctor Who S12 E10 on BBC1 Sunday 01/03/2020 didn’t record for me because I’d set it to New episodes only and the episode was not marked as “New” even though it was

This has been referred to our provider. My understanding is the data they receive from the BBC does not have the “New” indicator info and it is being done semi manual

It’s madness these things are being done manually which just equals mistakes. So basically in the UK a collection of our most watched channels is reliant on recording correctly on whether someone is having a bad day or not. Plex can never be reliable when there is so much manual intervention involved in cobbling together the EPG data.

I’ve ditched Plex for any DVR functions and so Doctor Who recorded perfectly, but I paid a life-time membership to have DVR functionality.

[sa2000]

@NJMorf

There are a lot of programs on CBS Drama on Freeview 71 which do not match those shown on the channel’s own guide, either as the wrong season/episode or just being a completely different show.
Examples from tomorrow:

• CBS says 1100 and 1200 are episodes of Scorpion, while Plex says they’re episodes of JAG (the channel was showing two episodes of JAG in this slot until a couple of weeks ago, when it changed to Scorpion, and it’s been wrong in Plex the whole time.
• 1300 and 1400: CBS says Gunsmoke, S13E16 and E17, while Plex says S19E16 and E17.
• 1500-1600: CBS says two episodes of Airline, Plex says one episode of Perry Mason
  *1600: CBS says Hoarders, S01E04, Plex says S02E10

This has been rectified. An EPG refresh would pick the corrections

[mw4925]

issue with This Country, BBC One 22:35 yesterday; it recorded episode 3 but labelled it as episode 5 even though the title in the file name correctly says “Episode 3”:

This Country (2017) - S03E05 - Episode 3.ts

[NJMorf]

@sa2000

@NJMorf

There are a lot of programs on CBS Drama on Freeview 71 which do not match those shown on the channel’s own guide, either as the wrong season/episode or just being a completely different show.

This has been rectified. An EPG refresh would pick the corrections

Thanks.

[hugothehippo]

STV OTA Freeview | Ch 010 ITV3 | Midsomer Murders

This week (and for the Saturday stack of repeat airings), there are two different episodes labelled S09E05 for Midsomer Murders.

Vixen’s Run aired yesterday and is scheduled for repeat on Saturday at 1255. This should be S09E03.

Four Funerals and a Wedding, showing today at 1555 and on Sat at 1700, is correctly labelled S09E05.