FAQ: Why isn't the Media Center EPG search working correctly?
After importing new EPG data
via BigScreen EPG - the inbuilt
EPG 'search' function in Windows
7 Media Center may not always
work as expected - and may not
return any valid results for
keyword (and other) searches.
This problem is generally caused
by the internal 'Windows Search
Index' being out of synch with
the new EPG data that's been
loaded in (keeping in mind that all
the searching functionality in
Media Center is actually
provided via the same Windows
Search Components used by your
Desktop search).
While this search
index (provided by Windows
Search) will most likely 'eventually' update itself after
importing EPG data - there can be a long delay before this
happens (up to 24-48 hours depending on the size of the EPG
data being loaded) - and subsequent EPG imports inside that
timeframe may invalidate the indexing that was done on
previous data.
A known workaround (or hack) to
this help with this problem is to force a "reindex" of the
Media Center EPG data manually by calling the appropriate
task. To do this please type the following from a
Windows Command Prompt (preferably run 'As Administrator'):-
%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehPrivJob.exe
/DoReindexSearchRoot
After calling this function - your search index will
start to be rebuilt (in the background) - so please allow
some time for it to complete before attempting to use search
(ie. it will not complete immediately and may take 5-30
minutes depending on the amount of EPG data loaded).
For more advanced windows users - this above
'reindexing' process may also be scheduled to run after each
Big Screen EPG import. The simplest way to do this
is to modify the existing Big Screen
EPG Scheduled Task (if configured)- and add an action
that runs directly after the epg
processing (where bsetool.exe is called).
The Big Screen EPG Help file provides some information on
how to modify (and create) these scheduled tasks - please
see the topic :
Scheduling Big Screen EPG to run by itself via 'Task
Manager' >> Adding
Additional Download/Script Actions to your Scheduled Task.
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