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Messages - GlenR

#1
Windows Media Center / Channel Logos
December 06, 2016, 10:08:53 PM
For some time now a couple of things have bothered me with the channel logos from IceTV:


  • In Sydney the 7 network HD channel is a HD version of 7mate, yet the logo provided by IceTV is the plain channel 7 (main channel) logo - not even a HD variation. This can be confusing when scanning the guide as it looks like the standard channel 7, when it is actually 7mate HD. Can we get a more appropriate logo for this channel?
  • The SBS main channel logo is black. For 7MC the background of the logo area is black. SBS looks like it has no logo unless you look very close. Can something be done to make the SBS logo more visible?

Minor quibbles I know, but the the logos look really great and the effect is a bit let down by these two.

Given that this is my main issue with IceTV it should indicate how well it is otherwise running. Keep up the good work guys.
#2
Windows Media Center / Gem maps to 9HD
February 19, 2016, 08:13:21 PM
IceTV on my Win7 Media Center keeps changing the mapping of Channel 92 - GEM to the guide for 9HD. I manually have changed it a number of times to link 92 to Gem-IceTV, but within a few minutes it changes itself back to 9HD-IceTV. Channel 90 is also (correctly) mapped to 9HD-IceTV.

How do I make sure that 92 displays the GEM giude, not 9HD?
#3
Windows Media Center / IceTV Crashing
November 20, 2015, 05:40:40 PM
I have one of my WMC PCs constantly losing the guide, and when I check the IceTV program has crashed. Today when I restarted the guide downloaded and then the WMC XML loader crashed. Attached is a screenshot of the errors in the IceTV program log.

I'm running V3.0.0.36

Any ideas what the issue may be?

Thanks
#4
General Discussions / Re: Nine Network Changes
November 05, 2015, 12:47:21 PM
Quote from: Paul55 on November 04, 2015, 07:51:08 PM
With the upcoming changes (26 Nov) to the Nine Network channels (including introducing MPEG-4),

OK, I admit I'm probably way out of touch, but can somebody explain or point me to some info on the Nine changes?

Thanks
#5
General Discussions / Re: IceTV Resurrected
October 16, 2015, 12:16:24 PM
Quote from: Dave at IceTV on October 16, 2015, 11:59:20 AM
Goods News Everyone


Existing accounts, including series recordings etc, remain intact. But unfortunately any remaining time on existing subscriptions from the old IceTV company will expire soon.


:D Great news!!

Can you tell us how soon "soon" is? How long do we have before we have to re-sign up or whatever?
#6
General Discussions / Re: Thanks and farwell
October 13, 2015, 09:54:10 PM
A very sad day.

First for those at IceTV who are now out of a job, then for those of us who used the service.

I have been revisiting the FTA guide in Media Center and it really does show how good a job the guys at IceTV did. Their show names were consistent and reliable so the series recordings rarely missed - can't say that about the naming lack-of-convention in the FTA guide. It's almost like they want to break series recordings.

My best to all those at IceTV. Thanks for such a great service this past decade.
#7
Windows Media Center / Missing Scheduled Recordings
December 28, 2012, 09:45:39 PM
So much for "Never miss your favourite show again". Over the last couple of weeks I have had movies I set to record fail to record due to them being pre-empted. It seems I schedule the movie for a single recording then on the day of the movie screening I get a guide update that changes the start time and the movie does not record because it is pre-empted. The message in the media center history says it is because the previous show is now on at the scheduled start time.

This evening it happened to three movies that were scheduled - "Live And Let Die", "The General's Daughter" and Friends With Money". In each case today's guide update (at around 6PM) moved their start times back 5 minutes causing all of them to fail to record due to them being pre-empted by the previous shows still scheduled in the guide at the originally scheduled start times. Surely a change in scheduled start time should just move the recording to the new time, not cause it to be dropped.
#8
IceTV EPG Content / Formula 1 Qualify rescheduled
October 09, 2010, 06:18:28 PM
The Formula 1 qualifying has been postponed until tomorrow due to rain in Japan. One HD announced they will be covering it live from 12 Noon AEDT tomorrow - will the Ice guide be updated to reflect this?
#9
Just checkled the guide this morning - Channel 10 seems to be an hour out as of Sunday also...
#10
Downloaded the guide and now 7HD and 7 are in sync, but both look to be two hours out? Seven news is listed as on at 8PM each night from Sunday onwards. Other channels seem correct. I think the problem was with 7 not 7HD...
#11
The guide listings for 7 and 7HD are out of sync from Sunday 4/4/2010. Programs on 7 are listed as 2 hours after those on 7HD. eg - News is on at 6:00PM on 7HD and 8:00PM on 7. I have downloaded the latest listings to be sure.

Happening on both Vista and Win7 Media Center. I suspect it has something to do with the end of daylight saving early on Sunday morning as this is when the error starts.
#12
Windows Media Center / IceTV data missing
October 31, 2009, 10:33:44 PM
I installed IceTV beta for Win7 and cannot get the -IceTV channel listings for some channels. ONE HD (on LCN1), GO!, ABC1 (on LCN2) and TEN Digital do not have any listings with the -IceTV suffix when I scroll through the lists in edit listings, so I am only getting EIT data for these channels.

7 Digital (on LCN 7) says it is assigned to 7 Digital - IceTV, but neither this or the default 7 Digital is listed in the cahnnel lists if I go into edit listings.

All other channels appear OK. I am using the Sydney guide.
#13
IceTV EPG Content / Re: Guide incorrect - again!
February 08, 2009, 11:50:40 PM
Quote from: djos on February 08, 2009, 11:15:43 PMI just tried to replicate the problem as per my post in Glens original topic on my VMC box and couldn't duplicate it either.  ???

That's because it only affected the third (I think) episode that had suffered from a cut and paste episode & description from episode 1. All other episodes seem to have been OK. My only reason for re-iterating that in this thread was to highlight that this was neither responded to or corrected by IceTV.
#14
IceTV EPG Content / Re: Guide incorrect - again!
February 08, 2009, 05:05:19 PM
*Groan*

As I responded in my original Biggest Loser post - I am referring to the sub-title. It's all history now but the sub-title of the first episode was the same as the sub-title for episode 3. That meant that episode 3 was not recorded as the media centre thought it was a repeat. That was the problem.

The point I am making here is that that problem didn't even get a response form IceTV - nor a correction - and now the guide was way off today.
#15
IceTV EPG Content / Guide incorrect - again!
February 08, 2009, 04:18:28 PM
I've been with IceTV for over 3 years now and am subscribed up until 2010. During that time I've had little to complain about, even understanding the problems getting the full guide for chanel 9. But now I find I am compaloning about guide accuracy twice within two weeks.

Two weeks ago I posted this - http://www.icetv.com.au/iceforum/index.php?topic=1530.0 - about episode names in Biggest Loser being duplicated and causing problems with series recordings. It received no response from IceTV or even a correction in the next guide update.

Today I set up for theopening round of the World Rally Championship on SBS. I sit down to watch it and got soccer! Check my guide and it says WRC on SBS from 3:30PM to 5:00PM. Download a guide update just in case and no change.

Check IceTV and the guide there says WRC on SBS from 3:30PM to 5:00PM.

Check the SBS website and it says WRC on SBS from 2:00PM to 3:00PM!

Given that IceTV has always said that ABC and SBS are most cooperative in providing them with guide information I am most disappointed at this error. Particularly in light of my previously ignored guide correction.

For the first time since subscribing to IceTV, I am starting to wonder if my investment is worth it.

Please IceTV, prove me wrong....