Cliff Watson Electronic Program Guide

Note:  Schedules Direct membership required to obtain schedule data

** Version 3.0.2 **

The Cliff Watson Electronic Program Guide (CW_EPG) is a tool that works cooperatively with the MyHD and FusionHDTV applications and HD Homerun (HDHR) tuners to improve your television-scheduling and schedule-viewing experience.

WHAT DOES IT DO DIFFERENTLY (BETTER)?
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The typical scheduling approach uses TitanTV or Zap2It as a source of programming information and that works very well for one-off captures. But it's hard to set up captures for a desired show series because (1) program schedules often vary from week to week, (2) the on-line guides show only two week's worth of programming, and (3) MyHD and FusionHDTV both have only simple-periodic recurring capture modes in daily or weekly repetitive patterns. The MyHD and FusionHDTV built-in alternative to TitanTV is to use the PSIP programming information that is supposed to be sent along with the DTV data stream. However, that data source is often unsatisfactory, because the station either doesn't send it at all or only sends it a few hours ahead of the scheduled programs. Also, the PSIP information is only available for a given channel after you have tuned to it for a minute or so.

In contrast to TitanTV and the PSIP data, the CW_EPG scheduling approach downloads a complete schedule of television shows for all your channels for the next twelve days and displays as much of it as you specify in the MyHD EPG tables where the PSIP data used to appear. (Currently, the PSIP data are still used in FusionHDTV's tables) The schedule information comes from a Schedules Direct account (that you will need to set-up). You can use the MyHD OSD EPG table to schedule one-time captures just as you could before with the PSIP data--but now all the channel listings are there as soon as you press the GUIDE button and you can schedule up to 12 days ahead.

CW_EPG can handle recurring captures much better than does the hardware manufacturers' software alone. By setting up a scheduled Windows Task, you can automatically and periodically have CW_EPG update the EPG listings and use the current day's data to schedule recordings based on a list of shows that you provide via the CW_EPG control panel. Voilà--you now have "season passes" to all your favorite shows!

You can even set up these "season passes" from within MyHD. To do so, use the OSD EPG menu for entering a capture event, but choose "Pass" as the recording type. CW_EPG flags these entries as requests for it to enter new programs that it is to seek in the Schedules Direct listings and schedule automatically.

CW_EPG, with its ability to manage scheduled events for MyHD, Fusion, and HDHR hardware, gives you a convenient single interface to manage your scheduled recordings. Rather than dealing with multiple interfaces and manually splitting events between tuners, you just tell CW_EPG how you want to use your tuners (primary, secondary, etc.). Events will be scheduled based on the priorities you have defined.

Using CW_EPG, the end result is still standard, individual MyHD, Fusion, or HDHR capture events, but they are mapped out using CW_EPG's 'brains'. CW_EPG just hands the appropriate tuner software (MyHD, FusionHDTV, or HDHomerun_config via CW_EPG's HDHR capture manager) one-time captures that make sure you record all of the shows that you have specified by name, no matter when or on what channel they appear.

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Cliff Watson EPG add-on for MyHD, FusionHDTV, and HD Homerun

 

CW_EPG 3.0.2 Download Page

 

Version 3.0.2

- Fix for occasionally dup scheduling
- Options page hints corrected
- No Longer need 120dpi switch
- Fix for selecting "EPG Only" MyHD mappings would remove from listings, even if station defined on other tuner
- Rework Scheduling logic for more optimized scheduling with padding
- Fix "Block Scheduling" did not delete the actual scheduled capture for HDHomerun tuners
- Fix bug for Manual scheduled captures in multi Fusion tuners
- Cosmetic fix for HDHomerun filename display
- Fix for History entries not being removed correctly in HDHomerun only configuration
- Option to "Sort By Tuner" on scheduled captures page
- Added HDHomerun tuner info to log capture entries

 

 

Version 3.0.1

- Recode scheduling logic for optimizing padded captures
- Added Listings filter by genre
- Fix for incorrect information displayed in program information pane after certain refreshes
- Default Match Items Status added to Options page
- Fusion back-to-back bug correction fix
 

 

Version 3.0.0

- Added support for HDHR units
- Added installation wizard for proper install/uninstall functions
- Added "First Air" date to description pane
- SD Station ID shaded if mapped to selected tuner
- Rollover info on "Scheduled Captures" page now shows info for shows in progress
- Fix for MyHD where dup stations could not be mapped
- Rename files if a duplicate filename would have been created
- Alternate tuners used if available to preserve padding!
- Option to add files to MyHD playlist.
 

Version 2.3.0

 

- Added options to manually schedule capture/watch with or without padding
- Overcome Fusions lack of ability to schedule same program to different tuners occurring at the same time
- Fix bug that allowed multiple same channel assignments to Fusion Cards
- MyHD filenames added to ALL mouseover information display
- Tweaked recurring schedule display code for better reliability
- Changed scheduled highlighting in Matches list to 2 shades of Dark Green (non-recurring & recurring)
- Changed movie highlighting in Listings list to Maroon
- Fix incorrect mouseover schedule information
- Change warning dialog box when deleting recurring scheduled programs
- Dark Green Date shading on Scheduled Captures page for recurring scheduled programs
 

Version 2.2.1.13

 

– Options window now properly displayed for new installations

 

Version 2.2.1.10

 

– Cosmetic fix only for space at bottom of Listings pane
 

Version 2.2.1.9

 

– "New Only" status now has "New To Me" processing to avoid rescheduling events marked as new, but already captured
- Fusion analog recordings have appropriate filename extension in the history database
- Checkbox option to match full schedule data
- Date/Time highlights yellow if full schedule
- Scheduled captures page font size increased
- Full capture information now displayed as hint rollover
- Auto select in channel mappings
- Change "Zap station" label on Options page to "SD station"
- Multi Fusion fix adjustable seconds via registry
- After app is ran once, there should be a "MultiFusionSeconds" registry key appear the CW_EPG branch that defaults to 30
- User may manually edit that registry key to any value
- Do NOT delete recurring scheduled caps with "Clear All Schedules"
- Apply Fusion back-to-back fix ONLY if back-to-back capture events exists
- "Scheduled" label would appear when using type ahead - fixed
- Catch New SD Channels - if user adds new channel in SD, full D/l occurs
- Remove daily DL limit
- Station Filtering added match options
- Handle Recurring Capture Schedules
- Fix date sort end of year
- Change in capture directory in MyHD will be caught in CW-EPG
- Fix Fusion bug, where overlapping captures could sometimes be scheduled on the same Fusion card using manual capture methods
- Lite Purple shading for movies in "Listings" pane
- Changed shading for scheduled items in the "Matches" pane
- Title & Date & Sub Title filename option added
- Title & Date & Time & Sub Title filename option added
 

Version 2.2.0.3

 

 - Change URLs for new Schedules Direct service
- Change episode numbers to 14 chars
- Adjust cw_record.mdb for new episode #s
- Remove year from listings display
- Change History date format to mm/dd/yy
- Fusion version check

- Red Highlight for channels mapped to non-existing stations in schedule data

 

Version 2.1.2

 

- Optimized processing speed of Zap2It! data
- Fixed bug on certain systems when IP address could not be read.
 

Version 2.1

 

- Removed servers search that seemed to be slowing down opening "Options" for some
- Display different cards in matches - Number displayed corresponds to tuner list order
- Removed blank matches hint when no entries
- Width of hints shortened
- Scheduled items no longer reappear in matches if not using "Title" for filename
- Manual captures and Analog Fusion captures now properly added to history
- Corrected the multi-Fusion matches duplicating
- More filenaming options added
- Warning if Fusion is running and scheduling is attempted
- OTA Fusion analogs now properly displayed
- Screen Center for all forms
- Changes to "Cast Processing" on Options page no longer requires restart to take effect
- Fusion digital channels no longer displayed as analog listings

 

Version 2.0

 

 -  Multiple Fusion Card support

            -  Actor/Subtitle search

            -  Program opens at screen center instead of desktop center to accommodate multi-monitors

            -  Right-click delete of scheduled items should remove from History now

            -  Removed Conflict Checking option.  It is now mandatory

            -  Added hints when over items in the Matches list.

            -  Added ability to "Block" an entry in the Matches list from scheduling

            -  Now create all file/ folder names for both MyHD & Fusion

            -  MyHD/Fusion filenames now added to the History database

            -  Progress bar added during searches

            -  Removed the sub-title with title option checkbox on Options page

            -  120dpi bug fixed Where Options page kept shrinking

            -  Sort by columns on the MyHD & Fusion channel entries when mapping

            -  Scheduled items info displayed in Matches list (If it appears in the history database)

            -  Schedule captures/watches from the Matches list

            -  Sub-titles added to the Matches list. This is always on and no user option to turn off.

            -  Changed station selections from a drop-down box to a list box

            -  No Dialogs to "OK" if in Auto mode

            -  When scheduling in-progress program, adjusted start time checked against end time for overrun

 

   1.1.0.0  -  Added asymmetric default padding and increased maximum padding value to 30 minutes

            -  Fixed bug that incorrectly permitted re-recording of some programs

            -  Added information to display of scheduled items in Matches list

 

   1.0.0.0  -  Initial release

 

   0.9.4.18 -  Added display of potentially missed shows to Matches list

            -  Added option to extensively check validity of displayed matches

            -  Cursor no longer hidden on History page if shaded

            -  Case sensitivity removed from the wildcard search

            -  Mousewheel works properly

            -  Cursoring bug in the Programs to Match list fixed

            -  Direct view of the schedule database.  No need for reprocessing

            -  All downloaded days of schedules displayed

            -  Fixed cursor movement in Programs to Match & Mapped Channel lists

            -  Rewrite cw_epg.mdb ONLY if channels were added or deleted

            -  Channel Priority fixed

            -  CW_Mon.exe added

            -  MyHD "Pass" scheduled captures converted to CW_EPG Match items

            -  "MyHD-Entered Match Items" added to "Options" page

            -  No longer display "-1" appended to channel in Matches list

            -  Programs' year originally aired added to both CW_EPG and MyHD OSD

            -  Increased functionality of jump-to-keystrokes in Listings

            -  Renamed some labels to eliminate doubled meaning of "watch"

            -  Added hints on the "Options" page

            -  Different look for the show description panel

            -  Version check added to force database refresh

            -  Added a warning about deleting schedule database for new version!

            -  Disabled all buttons while download in progress

            -  Added new filename options: Title&Date and Title&Date&Time

            -  User selectable number of days to display in the MyHD OSD Guide

            -  Zap2it expire data saved and warning displayed at startup if less than 1 week left

            -  Zap2it expiration warnings placed in the cw_epg.log file.

            -  Added option to process cast information to databases.

 

 

- Added asymmetric default padding and increased maximum padding value to 30 minutes
- Fixed bug that incorrectly permitted re-recording of some programs
- Added information to display of scheduled items in Matches list

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