by beeswax » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:38 pm
7 days, that's all Sky supply when you pull the EPG data direct from the satellite. As I said, the amount of data and for which channels should be exactly the same, I didn't change my EPG Collector settings, simply switched from pumping the data into the DVBViewer Recording Service to acting as the DVBLogic EPG plugin. I always make sure to exclude any channels I'm not using in EPGCollector in order to keep the amount of data collected to a minimum. Unless you're aware of some difference in the way DVBLink utilises EPGCollector when used as a plugin?
If I view the guide in Kodi when using DVBiewer, I get the full 7 days for all channels. Just as I do with DVBLink, only difference is the amount of time it takes to import said data from the backend. I'm not sure how DVBViewer stores the EPG data once it's been received from EPGCollector. Maybe they store it in such a way that it can be accessed more quickly when a Kodi client asks for it? Or maybe their Kodi addon requests the data in a different way? Or maybe their service sends the data to Kodi in a more efficient manner?
edit: I'm just running some tests now, going to try and get Kodi debug logs to compare a DVBLink EPG import with a DVBViewer one, will take a few minutes.....