epg

- Parts of the EPG
- Navigating the EPG
- Recording
  - DVBT
    - No Recording
    - Record once
    - Record weekly
    - Record daily
    - Record any showing on this channel
    - Record any showing, any channel
  - Fuzzy
    - No Recording
    - Fuzzy record any showing on this channel
    - Fuzzy record any showing, any channel
  - IPLAY
    - No Recording
    - Record once
    - Record weekly
    - Record daily
    - Record any showing on this channel
    - Record any showing, any channel
  - DVBT+IPLAY
- PVR bar

## Parts of the EPG

The electronic program guide (EPG) shows the latest program listings for a window of time. This page is made up of several sections:

- (A) The top left corner shows the current listing type
- (B) The top right hand corner shows the tool bar - selecting these icons switches to other pages
- (C) Under the title is the date and time bar - allows for navigating to different times and dates
- (D) Under the date and time bar are one (or more) pvr summary bars - these show recordings scheduled for this DVB-T tuner
- (E) Under the pvr bar(s) are the listings - each enabled channel is shown as a row in the listings, with the channel name on the left and the programs shown aligned with their start and stop times.

## Navigating the EPG

Switch between TV listings and radio listings by clicking the title 'TV Listings' in the top left hand corner.

By default, the EPG page is shown whenever the web page is first opened. When you switch to another page, switch back to the EPG again by clicking on the "tv" icon.

You can change the day of the week displayed by clicking the appropriate day at the top of the listing. Clicking the '<' before Sunday or the '>' after Saturday scrolls back or forward by 1 week. Adjust the start hour shown by clicking on the hour bar under the day bar.

Click on the toolbar icons to switch to the other pages.

## Recording

To see more detail of a program, click on the program to open a detail window. The 'bubble' icon in the bottom left corner of this window can be clicked to bring up the record select menu. If a pvr bar shows a red (or yellow) bar, clicking on it will show the details for that recording.

Note that some very short programs may show just as a very thin bar, but they can be selected and recordings scheduled.

Currently, recording selection is split into 4 main groups, each group having it's own group of valid selections. Note that the 'IPLAY' groups will only be shown if the program is a BBC program (IMPORTANT: you need to have installed get_iplayer seperately for any IPLAY recordings to work).

### DVBT

Uses the DVB-T tuner to record the program. Any program scheduled to be recorded by DVB-T is shown highlighted in red.

In this group, the valid recording options are:

#### No Recording

This program will not be recorded.

#### Record once

Record the program on this date and at this time, once only.

#### Record weekly

Record the program on this day and at this time, every week.

Note: the scheduler allows a 4 hour window of variation when testing the time of each program. This allows the recording to be adjusted due to scheduling changes. This window is also applied for the 'daily' recording.

#### Record daily

Record the program at this time, every day.

#### Record any showing on this channel

Record any program with this (exact) title at any time or day as long as it is on the specified channel.

#### Record any showing, any channel

Record any program with this (exact) title at any time or day and on any channel.

### Fuzzy

Again uses the DVB-T tuner to record, but in this case the title match used to decide whether to record uses a regular expression. Recordings of this type can only be set up using the Search page.

#### No Recording

This program will not be recorded.

#### Fuzzy record any showing on this channel

Record any program with this title expression at any time or day as long as it is on the specified channel.

#### Fuzzy record any showing, any channel

Record any program with this title expression at any time or day and on any channel.

### IPLAY

Downloads the program from the BBC iplayer. Any program scheduled to be recorded by IPLAY is shown highlighted in blue.

In this group, the valid recording options are:

#### No Recording

This program will not be recorded.

#### Record once

Record the program on this date and at this time, once only.

#### Record weekly

Record the program on this day and at this time, every week.

#### Record daily

Record the program at this time, every day.

#### Record any showing on this channel

Record any program with this title at any time or day as long as it is on the specified channel.

#### Record any showing, any channel

Record any program with this title at any time or day and on any channel.

### DVBT+IPLAY

Combines DVBT and IPLAY in that it schedules an iplayer download AND records the program as well. This is to cover those cases where the BBC iplayer may not be available for this program (either temporarily or permenantly) and ensures the program is recorded via the DVB-T tuner as an alternative.

## PVR bar

Under the hour display is a thin bar labelled 'pvr0'. This shows scheduled recordings for DVB-T adapter0 (note taht you will see a pvr bar for each fitted DVB-T tuner). Scheduled recordings are shown as red bars (or yellow). Note that you can adjust the recording (via it's record select menu) from the pvr bar in exactly the same way as going to the appropriate program in the listings.

When a recording is shown in red, this means that the recording is for a single program. If the recording is shown in yellow, then this means the recording is part of a multiplex recording i.e. multiple programs are scheduled to be recorded at the same time.