adm
29-10-14, 19:50
Apollo 64, Freesat, UK
Since the clocks changing I've had problems with the EPG BUT only on one channel. It looks like there a number of different programs allocated to the same time slot. Often the program in the current EPG time slot is not what is currently being broadcast, however it is an EPG entry for a program on the same channel for a later/earlier time slot.
How do I clear down the EPG so that it will be re-populated from the broadcast information?
I've tried deleting the epg.dat file and then restarting the box but on a re-boot what appears to be a fully populated EPG file (epg.dat) with the same wrong information has reappeared on the hard disk. I suspect that during shutdown (to deep standby) a previously stored EPG (with the wrong information) is written back from a cache to the hard disk. This wrong information is again picked up on a subsequent re-boot.
[edit]
OK I've found a solution
i) In the EPG setting menu turn off "auto save" and "auto refresh"
ii) Delete the epg.dat file
iii) Restart the box
This gives an empty EPG which starts populating again from the broadcast information
iv) Re-instate EPG settings menu options
[edit2]
One of the multiple entries in the EPG time slot was always for a program that would have have been broadcast exactly one hour later - which suggests that it was due to the recent one hour clock change.
Since the clocks changing I've had problems with the EPG BUT only on one channel. It looks like there a number of different programs allocated to the same time slot. Often the program in the current EPG time slot is not what is currently being broadcast, however it is an EPG entry for a program on the same channel for a later/earlier time slot.
How do I clear down the EPG so that it will be re-populated from the broadcast information?
I've tried deleting the epg.dat file and then restarting the box but on a re-boot what appears to be a fully populated EPG file (epg.dat) with the same wrong information has reappeared on the hard disk. I suspect that during shutdown (to deep standby) a previously stored EPG (with the wrong information) is written back from a cache to the hard disk. This wrong information is again picked up on a subsequent re-boot.
[edit]
OK I've found a solution
i) In the EPG setting menu turn off "auto save" and "auto refresh"
ii) Delete the epg.dat file
iii) Restart the box
This gives an empty EPG which starts populating again from the broadcast information
iv) Re-instate EPG settings menu options
[edit2]
One of the multiple entries in the EPG time slot was always for a program that would have have been broadcast exactly one hour later - which suggests that it was due to the recent one hour clock change.