Comments on: Free to air EPGs start broadcasting http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/11/free_to_air_epgs_start_broadca/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:36:58 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: chair http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/11/free_to_air_epgs_start_broadca/comment-page-1/#comment-5524 chair Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:39:23 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2007/11/20/free_to_air_epgs_start_broadca.html#comment-5524 <p>@JC<br /> Yep MythTV can use the over-the-air EPG. You can enable it somewhere in the channel settings in mythtv-setup or though MythWeb. In MythWeb it's the last column, useonairguide. I think it will update whenever you run mythfilldatabase.</p> <p>I might give this a go right now. Should be a simpler, faster and more accurate alternative to scrapers like shepherd (http://svn.whuffy.com/wiki)</p> @JC
Yep MythTV can use the over-the-air EPG. You can enable it somewhere in the channel settings in mythtv-setup or though MythWeb. In MythWeb it’s the last column, useonairguide. I think it will update whenever you run mythfilldatabase.

I might give this a go right now. Should be a simpler, faster and more accurate alternative to scrapers like shepherd (http://svn.whuffy.com/wiki)

]]> By: JC http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/11/free_to_air_epgs_start_broadca/comment-page-1/#comment-5523 JC Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:48:43 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2007/11/20/free_to_air_epgs_start_broadca.html#comment-5523 <p>If I use an open software PVR such as MythTV will I be able to use this "open" EPG?</p> If I use an open software PVR such as MythTV will I be able to use this “open” EPG?

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