
Re: Amiko A3 - utilizare de zi cu zi
EPG and CrossEPGEPG ( Extended Program Guide ) is sent instream by the program provider
and usually consists in :
- now epg ( actual program name, start and end time , extended summary )
- next epg ( next program name , start and end time , extended summary )
this is standard for all providers ... most of the providers are sending also
a crossepg in standard convention ... crossepg consists in the same info but
for 7 days in advance ! in Amiko A3 standard crossepg is working !
Some providers ... as Sky UK (28e) , Viasat (5e) , Telenor ( 1w) are using
a different crossepg system called "media highway" ... witch is sent also
instream but is accessible only for provider's dedicated receivers ! a solution
for this problem is to use a downloader/converter program witch periodically
download from the Internet the EPG for next 2-7 days updating the existing
database ... this method must use an external support due to the size of
informations ... more than 10 Mb per provider ! is not our case ... in some limits !
The CrossEPG we are experimenting ... can download from different sources
in different conventions but converted in Spark2 convention and used as is
standard ! the source we are using now for tests is OpenTV ...
If you press " i " in fullscreen the infobar is shown containing now and next epg.

... if you press again " i " you'll get the extended summary ....

Also ... in full screen ... if you press ">" you'll get the crossepg .... for the
next 7 days ... I've captured two ...


... if you change the channel pressing "V" ... you can have this situation ...
this means ... there is no crossepg or epg database was not filled by download !
this is the case of media highway epg ...

The downloader program is an Android application ...


... we have still ... a lot of work to do ... but is started ! so ... be patient !