I have been trying to get the answer to @speedyrite’s question by looking through the various threads, but there are so many, I can no longer work out what is what.
Can you please give a simple statement on where we are? For example.
Are most channels now OK? (80%, 90%)
Is there still a lot of work to do?
Are fixes sticking now or are we still seeing things go backwards?
is the hour-out issue fixed?
Is the season/episode issue fixed?
The channels I personally care about the most are: 011 Pick 013 E4 014 Film4 018 More4 019 Dave 020 Drama 021 5 USA 028 E4 +1 031 5 Spike 039 CBS Justice 045 Film4 +1 054 Paramount 057 5 USA +1 071 CBS Drama 079 Dave ja vu 086 More4 +1 092 Pick +1 101 BBC ONE HD 102 BBC TWO HD 103 ITV HD 104 C4 HD 105 C5 HD 106 BBC FOUR HD 109 C4 +1 HD 110 4seven HD
The continued high-volume of threads regarding issues with DVR and EPG functionality is making me stay well away from using it. This sort of thing has to be absolutely rock solid for production use and its obviously a long way from that at th moment.
For many users (outside the forums), they just see that the EPG looks correct, has a date or a S/E so just accept it
It’s only when you actually look at the data provided you see it’s wrong
If you scroll through the EPG for the current time and look at anything date based, you will find lots that have todays date on them, I would guarantee the majority will be wrong
As Plex only raises a ticket to TiVo after a user highlights a fault (rather than systematically and proactively scrubbing the data themselves), we are all reliant on ourselves.
This leads me to believe the data will ever become good as:
eventually those users will become weary of having to do this and will stop.
our approach isn’t systematic and cannot be co-ordinated
The problem is, there is not alternative UK EPG XMLTV stream that we can use in Plex, so the solution is to not use Plex at all.
especially as you know it is already too late for those 2 hours; thinking about it, the furthest day out (is that 2 or 3 weeks) is already too late for Plex/TiVo to respond in time.
Exactly
If I wanted to record one of them shows, it would be recorded with incorrect data, so i would have to manually rename
I still believe Plex should be spending time checking the EPG, make sure it is mainly correct, then when the occasion error is spotted it can be reported
Only fixing issues when the get reported is backwards for me, normally i wouldnt notice an error until i tried to watch/record something, by then it’s too late
Wonder what the difference is between Tivo & Gracenote/Schedules Direct, If one can provide the data, so should the other
I’ve more or less given up using plex for recording - which is a shame, as before the EPG issues, I was using it much more than catch up.
I keep checking in, finding a bunch of issues, reporting them, getting bored with the overly complex reporting form and giving up.
Films don’t have categories anymore, ‘recommended for you’ (which was passable at best) is no longer worth looking at and I can’t search for Genres in shows…
In 2005 I was using Eyetv which was (from an EPG view) streets ahead of where we are now - 14 years ago so sad to see where we have got to.
Thankfully I have a decent media library to watch through plex.
This is registered as an issue and will be addressed - the original date for the Series (The TV Show) is not being picked up at the moment and defaulting to current year
Should be - but see my note concerning episode/season
There is a backlog of reported issues to be processed
I would say most are. We had the overlapping airings issue come back but the fix that went in today should stop it happening
This would be channel / region specific and is not a general issue, As far as I know the issues with the channels reported as having this problem are now fixed.
Our provider has been proactively checking and correcting the sequencing of the currently airing series on channels 1 to 5 in the UK. Others will be addressed after that. Soaps are still to be addressed
Thanks and here you are. As a reminder, I am Freeview Meridian/Central OTA Broadcast
013 E4
021 5 USA
011 Pick
029 4Music
039 CBS Justice 018 More4 019 Dave 054 Paramount 071 CBS Drama 103 ITV HD 104 C4 HD 014 Film4 101 BBC ONE HD 102 BBC TWO HD 105 C5 HD 092 Pick +1 028 E4 +1 045 Film4 +1 057 5 USA +1 079 Dave ja vu 086 More4 +1 109 C4 +1 HD 031 5 Spike 106 BBC FOUR HD 020 Drama 110 4Seven
so sad to see where we have got to.
