FAQ: Using IPTV Sources and EPG Listings.
Big Screen EPG
is able to import and assign listings to any
IPTV channels
(Live TV which is broadcast via your Internet
connection) - that has been configured to be
accessible via your Media Center Live TV/EPG. You
will need to check with your ISP if such as IPTV
Services are currently available or not.
Note : While
Big Screen EPG does
not directly facilitate accessing IPTV streams on Windows 7
Media Center - we recommend you check out the 3rd party
product 'DVBLink
for IPTV' published by
DVBLogic which can do
this for you. (and who also produce other similar products
for getting other unsupported Live TV sources into Windows 7
Media Center such as DVB-C/S2 etc). Once you have setup this
product (or equivalent) - then Big Screen EPG can then take
care of the EPG listings side of things.
We have successfully tested
this scenario using
IPTV (TPG
Internet ADSL2+) +
Big
Screen EPG + DVBLink for IPTV
in Australia (where around 28
free IPTV channels are broadcast) - and have been able to
successfully watch channels, view/assign EPG data (and
parental controls/restrictions) and perform scheduled
recordings (as you would with normal live tv sources).
Using Big Screen EPG listings for IPTV is also useful if you
want to apply parental controls to certain channels (such as
blocking the 'Playboy Channel' or other adult only content -
available on TPG IPTV).
If you have setup IPTV on your Media Center - you would
need to follow these steps in order to assign Big Screen EPG
listings to these additional channels.
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Setup your
IPTV so that you can see these channels inside
the Media Center EPG. |
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Add a new
XMLTV Provider in Big Screen EPG that contains
appropriate EPG data for these channels
(and appropriately configure any channel logos
or other channel specific settings you might
like - such as auto generated Program Entries -
or automatic assignment of preset
genres/parental classifications) - and then
import the data as per normal. |
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If you are already getting Inband Data for
these channels (via DVBLink) and you have new
listings to assign
- remember to
'Disable Inband' listings for those channels.
(see Help File topic
Ignoring Inband Schedule Data). |
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Manually
assign the new/imported listings to these
channels (see Help File topic
Applying your New Listings to Channels in Media
Center ) |
Note : From our
testing - it's not currently possible to 'auto map' IPTV EPG
Listings directly from Big Screen EPG using callsigns or
channel numbers (so 'zero' configuration is needed)
- instead you will need to
manually assign each of the listings to appropriate channels
the first time you set it up.
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