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Still haven’t got the hang of resizing images!
Why is it so difficult to upload images to this forum?
Hopefully it will work this time
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Stoker – 1 hour ago »
Here’s another example of this “CLOSE” option
Does anyone know why this is happening?
It’s not difficult to upload images simply reduce the image resolution on whatever you are using to take the pictures to a size that is more suitable for a 1920 x 1080 resolution display, rather than a resolution designed to produce a decent photographic print. Despite how good a TV picture looks, a photograph viewed from a few inches requires many more pixels,
If your camera has a resolution setting choose 72 dpi which is roughly the resolution a HD TV has when viewed from the average viewing distance.
The problem is your choice of channel. Even UK News Channels do not properly implement Series recordings because in effect they have multiple episodes (sometimes hourly).
Your choice of the news channel says everything.
Your image shows no more scheduled recordings beyond the 12th Dec at 18:30. Basically the epg contains only a series CRID and no programme CRID. Without this it’s not possible to find the the next different transmission.
Basically crap data from the broadcaster (in so many ways :oops:).
You could contact the broadcaster to properly code the content. Good with that 😳
Hi Graham
Thanks for your reply, however you seem to be missing my point. I am not concerned about the lack of an option to series record. What I want to know is why it says “CLOSE” instead of “WATCH”. When this happens it means I can’t select the channel to watch from the guide. I have to back out of the guide and then key in the channel number to watch the programme.
Stoker – 13 hours ago »
Hi Graham
Thanks for your reply, however you seem to be missing my point. I am not concerned about the lack of an option to series record. What I want to know is why it says “CLOSE” instead of “WATCH”. When this happens it means I can’t select the channel to watch from the guide. I have to back out of the guide and then key in the channel number to watch the programme.
As it works on other channels it can only be the way the broadcaster codes the content which is key to the system used by all Freeview pvrs. Why not add the channel to your favourites ?
Thanks Graham
That would be the BBC then. Channels 102 and 107.
I haven’t added them to favourites because they’re not.
What difference would it make by making them favourites?
If you create a favourite group when you open the epg it adds a option to the + key groups which collapses the epg to only show channels in your favourites list.
I’m sorry Graham but I don’t see how that solves the problem.
Stoker – 2 minutes ago »
I’m sorry Graham but I don’t see how that solves the problem.
You were complaining that you had to exit the guide to access the channel. If it is in your favourites list guessing you may find the watch live option.
Hi Graham
I’m trying to find out why it says CLOSE instead of WATCH.
I don’t have a favourites list but if I had I would expect that when I’m browsing the guide I would be looking at channels outside my favourites.
Why don’t you page through all the channels and make a note of all those that only have the close option ?. It’s such a trivial problem I frankly can’t be bothered. Perhaps you might find a common issue. eg when you find one it would be interesting to find out how far from the scheduled end of the current programme the live transmission actually is. If a very short time perhaps close is the only logical choice. It might be to do with the generation of the green watch from the beginning prompt.
Thanks for all your help Graham.
Stoker – 59 minutes ago »
Thanks for all your help Graham.
If you find anything please post.
It’s only a guess but suspect it’s a timing issue. Basically the now next data has switched to the next programme when you happen to select the specific channel so the view live has disappeared but the view live from the next programme has not been created.
It will take some experimentation to find out, but whether it’s worth it is a different question.
Never found this in a long time. Do you often bring up the epg with a programme that is about to finish ? Have you tried the same 2 or 3 minutes later, when the next programme should have started ?
There are two circumstances in which I have witnessed this same issue. The first is as discussed above where I have opened the programme information for a channel, but due to the timing between programmes it is not available to ‘Watch Live’, this is purely a timing information as the guide switches between which programme it believes is currently live. The second circumstance may be of more help to you, it occurs when you have used pause or rewind on your current channel before opening the guide. The box ‘protects’ your current position in the buffer by preventing you from changing channel through the guide. Simply exit the guide, press the stop button to return to live TV and you should then find the ‘Watch Live’ option returns in the guide.
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