TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2 - Page 313

muppetman11 · 11-08-2011, 14:29

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Originally Posted by clinteastman

I have to agree, I think Tribune are doing a shabby job so far.

I have logged this discrepancy with VM and Tivo and asked if Tribune are up to the job.

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It's updated here : http://tv.virginmedia.com/vtvapp/epg.do

BBC1 10:35.

I pointed this out to VM.

It's not on my iPod touch selecting NW as region. It still says Me my sex and I.

clinteastman · 11-08-2011, 14:46

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

It's not on my iPod touch selecting NW as region. It still says Me my sex and I.

muppetman11 · 11-08-2011, 15:06

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Originally Posted by clinteastman

Sorry mate cross wires , I mean on the VM TV guide app not on the web browser.

New to cable · 11-08-2011, 15:09

wow,,

It just gets better and better..Not only do Tivo users have poor picture quality and have to reboot the Tivo 4 times a week they now have to manually force an EPG update.

clinteastman · 11-08-2011, 15:15

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Originally Posted by New to cable

wow,,

It just gets better and better..Not only do Tivo users have poor picture quality and have to reboot the Tivo 4 times a week they now have to manually force an EPG update.

How do you decide on which profile to login with to spout your next torrent of effluence? Is "Tivo user" going to log in next to back you up?

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sorry mate cross wires , I mean on the VM TV guide app not on the web browser.

Ah right, wonder if it's Tribune data there too?

MarkyUK · 11-08-2011, 15:16

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Originally Posted by New to cable

wow,,

It just gets better and better..Not only do Tivo users have poor picture quality and have to reboot the Tivo 4 times a week they now have to manually force an EPG update.

I don't have poor picture quality, I don't have to reboot EVER, and I'm pretty sure it updates automatically...

pythagoras · 11-08-2011, 15:29

You need to do 2 manual connections to get Question time updated

One connection must be to see if your a rioter the second shows you are prepared to work so can see Question time

Regards

John.

Stephen · 11-08-2011, 15:33

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Originally Posted by New to cable

wow,,

It just gets better and better..Not only do Tivo users have poor picture quality and have to reboot the Tivo 4 times a week they now have to manually force an EPG update.

Do shut up.

There is nothing wrong with PQ for the majority of people.

I have never had to manually reboot or force an EPG update.

pythagoras · 11-08-2011, 15:34

Actually after giving this some thought it may only need one connection, it does take awhile to update the epg after a manual connection. Maybe I was impatient the first time.

regards

John.

clinteastman · 11-08-2011, 15:36

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

You need to do 2 manual connections to get Question time updated

One connection must be to see if your a rioter the second shows you are prepared to work so can see Question time

Regards

John.

That did it.

arcimedes · 11-08-2011, 16:38

I did a manual connection and now question time has appeared. What I see is that it only appears to update every 26 hours according to the network information.

Is there any way for VM to force a connection as it does seem that the V+ is better at it than the Tivo method or is this scheduled for a future update?

Digital Fanatic · 11-08-2011, 16:58

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Do shut up.

There is nothing wrong with PQ for the majority of people.

I have never had to manually reboot or force an EPG update.

Doz007 · 11-08-2011, 17:22

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Originally Posted by arcimedes

I did a manual connection and now question time has appeared. What I see is that it only appears to update every 26 hours according to the network information.

Is there any way for VM to force a connection as it does seem that the V+ is better at it than the Tivo method or is this scheduled for a future update?

Is there any reason why the time that TiVo goes out to VM looking for updated EPG data couldn't be reduced right down to say every 15 minutes (or even less)?

This could pretty much give us real time updates to the TiVo guide.

I'm assuming going out to look for the data doesn't slow the box down at all so VM may as well make the most of that 10mb connection.

TheDon · 11-08-2011, 17:33

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Originally Posted by Doz007

Is there any reason why the time that TiVo goes out to VM looking for updated EPG data couldn't be reduced right down to say every 15 minutes (or even less)?

Bandwidth usage.
If you had every box on the network requesting the entire epg data every 15mins then it'd be a pretty major strain on the system.
That's over 100x the current load that the EPG servers have.

What would be better is if there was a major epg download every night, and then it checked more frequently for a file of changes which it could merge into the epg data.

clinteastman · 11-08-2011, 17:37

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

Actually after giving this some thought it may only need one connection, it does take awhile to update the epg after a manual connection. Maybe I was impatient the first time.

regards

John.

Yes your right, the connection downloads the data and updates the EPG in the background, thus it's not instant.