UPGRADE NOTE

If performing an upgrade from a previous version of EPG123, it is only necessary to run the new setup file or copy over the old files with the contents of the portable zip file. No further action is required.

16 May 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.7.30.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.7.30.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

FIX: The channel logos setting for XMLTV would revert back to “local” on subsequent loads with [Save] or [Save & Execute]. Will now keep desired setting.

13 May 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.7.20.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.7.20.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

Making a slight adjust to how EPG123 crops these new station logos. It is being a bit too aggressive, particularly with the white logos, and is cutting out too much.

11 May 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.7.10.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.7.10.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

Apologies. One of the features, to save the xmltv file anywhere, did not make it into the last build. This build corrects that.

10 May 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.7.0.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.7.0.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

Some new features folks might like as well as formalizing some undocumented features that have been around quite a while.

• [new] ability to select style of station logos. Choices are “white”, “gray”, “dark” (good contrast with dark backgrounds), and “light” (good contrast with light backgrounds). Schedules Direct is working on providing these right now. Settings will take effect as soon as that happens.
• [new] ability to use an alternate series/episode format; S1:E2 instead of s01e02.
• [new] ability to restore deleted scanned channels using the client. Use the sudo-undo button beside the ‘+’ channel add button.
• [new] added a column to show guide end date/time for each channel in the client
• [new] added ability for XMLTV users to save in a different location and filename
• increased allowed ClearQAM subchannel number from 1000 to 9999
• reduced connection error with TMDB to Information only instead of an error
• now compresses the cache file for an even smaller footprint
• improved logging for some functions downloading data from Schedules Direct
• improved configuration GUI to be tabulated. XMLTV configuration is easier to understand/manage, I hope.

21 March 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.6.20.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.6.20.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

More optimization. I am now including the images in the new cache file and eliminating the guideImages.xml file. I also removed more non-useful information and after adding the images, the cache file is still smaller than v1.3.6.10.

19 March 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.6.10.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.6.10.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

If you are consistently (more than twice in a row) getting a Warning for “Problem occurred during getAllSeriesImages(). Did not process all series image links”, this fix will solve it.

• [fix] would stop processing image links if encountered an uncached sports (“SP”) program

17 March 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.6.0.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.6.0.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

Minor fixes, but big change in performance.

• [fix] some sports programs would not get artwork
• [fix] the -nologos switch for HDHR2MXF was ignored
• will add a log entry when pausing an import due to an active recording
• will now create a single flat file for the entire cache to reduce drive seek/read/write operations and usage. The conversion will happen on the first update and can take some additional time to complete.
• [pro] less storage required
• [pro] less stress on mechanical drives
• [pro] quicker updates
• [con] updates will utilize more RAM

04 February 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.5.30.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.5.30.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

Minor updates, no jump in version number.

• add ability to manually add a lineup if you know the lineup id
• add matching names for DVB-S channels to use WMC’s built-in ability to match a listing to a channel.
• client form now shows version number in title bar
• add ability to copy the mergedchannel list into the clipboard, tab delimited

06 January 2020

epg123Setup_v1.3.5.0.zip Installation package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10
epg123_v1.3.5.0.zip Portable package for Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

Needed to get this out for the WMC crashing on programs without images. Those experiencing this problem will either have to wait for the current guide listings to die out, or can perform a [Save & Execute] from the configuration GUI and then use the client to [Rebuild WMC Database].

• [fix] when looking at a single channel guide list view, WMC would crash on programs that did not have an image
• [fix] the add lineup form would not show when run on a computer that has never had WMC installed/setup
• [fix] client form would close when experiencing a corrupted mergedchannel in the WMC database
• [fix] selecting to center logos while using the ‘Default’ column width would cause the logos to not be visible
• stopped getting TMDB configurations if user elects to not use TMDB images
• client add channel function allows ClearQAM channels with subchannels higher than 999
• timespan tweak will now work with a non-widescreen WMC format
• client will now wait up to 23 hours to import new guide listings if recordings are in progress rather than only 5
• transferred recordings from MS/Rovi requests will change the channel option to ‘Any Channel’ to avoid incorrect/invalid values with new lineup(s)
• if a scheduled task does not exist, the time entry will be a random value

For earlier versions, go to the archive page.