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Package Version Release Date Info
EPGcenter 1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 This is the main application
XMLTV Integration Add-on 1.0.12 June 3th, 2006

The XMLTV Integration add-on will basically integrate the XMLTV.EXE grabber application into EPGcenter.
You do not need any knowledge at all to install, configure or run XMLTV.EXE. EPGcenter will all take care of that and offer you a graphical user interface where you can select the channels you need.

Sample Configuration 1.0.1 May 13th, 2006

Installing this package will automatically configure EPGcenter with most of the available input locations.
You at least need to have EPGcenter version 1.2.130 installed and at least the XMLTV Integration addon version 1.0.7.
Installing the sample configuration will overwrite your exisiting configuration but you can always use the FIle/Backup function to backup your exisiting configuration

Beta Release (upgrade to the production release) 1.3.xxx ...

Do not install the beta if you did not install the latest production release installed first. The beta will not work on it's own.
Betas are posted soon after fixes, changes or features are implemented.

If you are not sure what to install you can install all three packages starting with the top one. Optionally you can install the beta package if you want to keep ahead of things.


ChangeLog

Version Release Date Change Type Details
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 FEATURE Dreambox users will now be able watch the the Dreambox on their PC through real time video streaming. CTRL-P Will show the currently playing channel. Double click on any channel in the channels treeview to watch that channel on your PC. Note that you need to install VLC 0.8.5 to be able to use this function
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 FEATURE Added a commandline parameter \STREAM that will automatically start streaming in fullscreen mode
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 FEATURE A new EPG view has been created showing the well known timeline view of all your channels
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 CHANGE For Australian users, EPGcenter can now read XMLTV files generated by FreeXMLTV or in general any XMLTV file that only contains program information and not channel information
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now check if any of the user bouquets on your Dreambox have been changed. If yes then EPGcenter will automatically reload the user bouquets
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 CHANGE The whole menu structure has been redone to be more intuitive
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 CHANGE Renamed backup and restore to Save/Load configuration
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now verify your timezone settings and will also take DST (Daylight Saving Time) into account
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 BUGFIX In some cases after an EPG load the favorites were no longer showing
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 BUGFIX Auto mapping function would map almost all channels to the same Dreambox channel
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 BUGFIX Fixed issues for users living in timezones GMT+5 and higher
1.3.044 June 16th, 2006 BUGFIX Fixed issues with Dreamboxes that were set on the Greenwich Meantime Timezone when showing the timer list
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Dreambox owners can now schedule recordings straight from EPGcenter's EPG window. Right click on the program you want to schedule a recording for and select "Schedule Recording"
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE When scheduling a recording from the EPG, EPGcenter will now subtract some time from the start of the recording and add some time to the end of the recording. These two values can be set by the user on the options panel
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Automapping function for DreamBox to map the channels in EPGcenter with the satellite service IDs on the Dreambox
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to allow the user to select the type of Satellite receive he/she is using. For example Normal Television set, PVR system on a PC, Dreambox, Relook or none at all
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to show the internet movie database information. Right click on a program and select "Internet Movie Database" to use
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Added mapping view in the Channels tree view. Right click on the top node "Channels" to use
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Doubleclicking on a program will now immediately schedule that program for recording
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Added direct link to the support forum on the main window
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to actively check the connection to your FTP server. This function also acts as keep alive.
1.3.000 June 4th, 2006 CHANGE Added option to download the latest XMLTV.EXE Alpha release
1.0.12 XMLTV Integr. June 3th, 2006 CHANGE Replaced XMLTV.EXE with the latest Alpha version. THis version included several changes and imporovements.
1.0.10 XMLTV Integr. May 30th, 2006 CHANGE

A new version of the XMLTV Integration Add-on has been released to fix a general issue with the tv_grab_de_tvtoday grabber. Note that this fix is not yet available on the support site of XMLTV :-)
Many thanks to TVBlock for compiling the XMLTV.EXE

1.2.210 May 28th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to clear all current EPG Data. Select "File/Operations/Clear All EPG data" to use
1.2.210 May 28th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to set the execution priority of external grabbers
1.2.210 May 28th, 2006 CHANGE TVxb data is now also cached
1.2.210 May 28th, 2006 CHANGE Moved several functions in the File menu to a new submenu called "Operations"
1.2.210 May 28th, 2006 CHANGE Added option to view the cached files (file/view cache)
1.2.210 May 28th, 2006 BUGFIX The cancel button on the Search panel did not work
1.2.210 May 28th, 2006 BUGFIX Fixed possible issue on French XP systems
1.2.203 May 24th, 2006 CHANGE The top part of the main window will now show the details of the currently selected program instead of the one that is currently playing
1.2.203 May 24th, 2006 BUGFIX EPGcenter would open very slowly for large databases (+200.000 programs)
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 FEATURE Added search function. To use select Edit/Search or click Ctrl-F
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 FEATURE Added option to automatically check if a new EPGcenter version is available. This will be notified on the Log tab
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 FEATURE The EPG databases will now be compacted at startup to further improve performance
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now no longer delete EPG data for a certain input location if it failed. The old data is kept
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 CHANGE Right before the FTP upload, EPGcenter will now also clear the destination folder from idxe and idxc files
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 CHANGE Improved FTP processing
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 CHANGE Further improved backup and restore processing
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 CHANGE When deleting a TVxb location, EPGcenter will now cleanup the associated configuration files
1.2.197 May 23rd, 2006 BUGFIX Fixed issue with TVxb input locations. When a download failed it would take the results of the previous input that ran
1.2.176 May 21st, 2006 CHANGE Improved abort processing when the user clicks on the abort icon (bottom right corner)
1.2.176 May 21st, 2006 CHANGE Improved Backup/Restore processing
1.2.176 May 21st, 2006 CHANGE Renamed the XMLTV Organizer tab on the settings panel to "External Apps" and added the option to specify the TVxb location
1.2.176 May 21st, 2006 CHANGE Improved Factory reset function to really clean all leftover cache files and configuration files
1.2.176 May 21st, 2006 CHANGE From the 4 sample locations added in new installations, only kept the first one active. Also the new user will be able to skip the automatic load of the sample locations when EPGcenter is started for the first time or after a factory reset
1.2.176 May 21st, 2006 CHANGE Added option to hide TVxb execution
1.2.176 May 21st, 2006 BUGFIX UTF8 encoding was not handled correctly for TVxb locations. This resulted in special language specific characters not being displayed correctly
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 FEATURE Added new input location called TVxb. To use this type of input location you will need to install the TVxb package as it is not packaged together with EPGcenter. TVxb is an EPG grabber with support for many countries.
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 FEATURE Added Support for North American channels for the XMLTV Organizer input location. Note that you do need to subscribe to the zap2it service which is free
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 FEATURE Added Dreambox specific options page currently holding a suggestion for the configuration line which needs to be entered in the inputs.txt file on the DB and a button to automatically update this file on your dreambox
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 FEATURE Added FTP location selector which makes it easier to select the FTP upload location. At the same time the connection to your FTP server is tested
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 FEATURE For Dreambox users a valid entry for the inputs.txt file is suggested on the options panel
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 CHANGE Improved FTP upload processing. The upload directory will now be cleaned of any left over XML or CFE files
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 CHANGE Added an option to split CFE export in several parts. The CFE file will now be split in daily parts making it easier on MV
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 CHANGE Clicking F7 will now not only upload the exported XML/CFE files but will also perform an export before the upload
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 CHANGE Rearranged the options tab. Because new options are being added frequently there was not enough space anymore to fit all option on one page
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 CHANGE The XMLTV Organizer download progress bars now have the elapsed time in them
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 BUGFIX Fixed issue with CFE export
1.2.168 May 20th, 2006 BUGFIX EPGcenter would hang when losing the connection to your FTP server in the middle of a transfer
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 FEATURE You can now select wether EPGcenter should export the EPG data to an XMLTV file or/and a CFE file
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to set the maximum age of the cached download files. If an EPG download's age exceed this amout of hours then it will be downloaded again
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 FEATURE

Note: a problem has been found with this newly added feature. Please do not use this function yet.

Users exporting to the CFE file format can now instruct EPGcenter to split the file in several parts. This is easier on MV since MV has problems with large files

1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 FEATURE Added support for Norwegian channels ! Make sure to download/install at least version 1.0.9 of the XMLTV Integration package
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 CHANGE Replaced UTF8 to/from Uncicode conversion code further imporving performance
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 CHANGE Added "Abort Download" option on the systray menu
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now load its own EPG database while still downloading EPG data to further increase performance
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now retry failed parts immediately as specified by the retry setting
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 BUGFIX EPGcenter would abort with errors on some non english systems
1.2.151 May 17th, 2006 BUGFIX Found issue with file reading code which would in certain cases only read part of an XML file rendering it invalid
1.2.143 May 15th, 2006 FEATURE Added XMLTV Organizer support for Swedisch channels. Make sure to install the XMLTV Integration add-on version 1.0.8
1.2.143 May 15th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to specify how many times failed XMLTV download should be retried
1.2.143 May 15th, 2006 FEATURE Added option to cancel each XMLTV thread seperately
1.2.143 May 15th, 2006 FEATURE Added abort button at the bottom of the screen so that the user can cancel the running EPG load run
1.2.143 May 15th, 2006 CHANGE Before an EPG download is started, any possible left over XMLTV instances are killed
1.2.143 May 15th, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now perform Site Load Balancing. This will make sure that the same site is not hit with multiple threads at the same time
1.2.140 May 14th, 2006 CHANGE Improved XMLTV Organizer abort processing. EPGcenter will now make sure only to download failed parts
1.2.140 May 14th, 2006 BUGFIX EPGcenter would give errors when the user would provide a blank description for an input location
1.2.136 May 14th, 2006 FEATURE Added option that allows the user to choose how many XMLTV.EXE threads maximaly can be active at the same time. The default is 5
1.2.136 May 14th, 2006 FEATURE Added option in the help menu to check the latest available version of EPGcenter. If so then the user will be offered a chance to download the latest version.
1.2.136 May 14th, 2006 FEATURE Added direct link to the EPGcenter forum in the Help menu
1.2.136 May 14th, 2006 CHANGE Quick FTP Upload (F7) now upload the format specified on the settings panel
1.2.136 May 14th, 2006 CHANGE The printed report will now no longer be rendered automatically when switching to the reports tab. Instead you now need to click the report button
1.2.130 May 13th, 2006 FEATURE Prepared EPGcenter to accept sample configurations
1.2.130 May 13th, 2006 BUGFIX The backup function would fail for extreme large configurations
1.2.123 May 12th, 2006 FEATURE Drastically increased XMLTV download processing. Speeds up to 10 times higher than natively using XMLTV.EXE.
1.2.123 May 12th, 2006 CHANGE Fixed Bleb Sky input location
1.2.123 May 12th, 2006 CHANGE Cosmetic changes
1.2.123 May 12th, 2006 CHANGE Fixed Bleb Sky input location
1.2.123 May 12th, 2006 BUGFIX The automate run option did not work anymore since last version. This has been fixed
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 FEATURE From the inputs tab it's now possible to start the download for the currently selected input location. All EPG data from other input locations will be preserved.
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 FEATURE Added Finland to the XMLTV Organizer input types
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 FEATURE Added Romania to the XMLTV Organizer input types
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 FEATURE Added Hungary to the XMLTV Organizer input types
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 CHANGE Added icons on the inputs table to indicate success and failure of a download
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 CHANGE Improved stability of XMLTV Organizer locations
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 CHANGE You can now choose the filename when performing a backup
1.2.116 May 11th, 2006 CHANGE Made cosmetic changes to the channels tree view
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 FEATURE Italian language support. Thanks to MBranco, EPGcenter is now also available in Italian
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 FEATURE Added an option to enable visible execution of XMLTV.EXE for XMLTV Organizer input locations. See setup tab.
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 FEATURE Added Portugal as new XMLTV Organizer input location
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 FEATURE Right clicking on the top node (channels) of the channels tree will now offer you the posibility to show the channels list grouped by input location, alphabetical or normal view.
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 CHANGE Whenever for any input location a wrong XMLTV file is loaded, it will be deleted from the cache automatically. This will make sure that the next time you load the EPG, EPGcenter will not use a faulty cached file but will refetch the data.
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 CHANGE The backup function will now also backup the XMLTV configuration files. The restore function will also restore your XMLTV configuration files.
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 CHANGE The XMLTV.EXE download popup will now also indicate which location is being processed
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 BUGFIX In some cases printing would return and error
1.2.115 May 9th, 2006 BUGFIX When the option "Minimize at startup" was selected the restore function did not work correctly
1.2.112 May 8th, 2006 FEATURE French language support. Thanks to Alain from satfans.be , EPGcenter now also is available in French !
1.2.111 May 7th, 2006 CHANGE Channel names for the UK are now translated to more meaningfull channel names for the XMLTV Organizer
1.2.111 May 7th, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now also create the file tvguide.xml in the EXPORT directory for use by MediaPortal. Additionaly the file xmltv.dtd is installed in teh EXPORT directory
1.2.111 May 7th, 2006 BUGFIX When loading channels from different input locations originating from different timezones, the offsets were not correct
1.2.110 May 7th, 2006 CHANGE Added Germany to the XMLTV Organizer input types
1.2.110 May 7th, 2006 CHANGE Improved the cache handling and running of the XMLTV Organizer input type
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 FEATURE Full XMLTV.EXE integration additionally providing all channels for UK, Sky UK, Italy, Sky Italy, Spain, France, Danmark, Germany, Netherlands. Note that you "don't" need any knowledge on how to use XMLTV.EXE. To have this option available you will need to install the "EPGcenter XMLTV Integration" package.
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 FEATURE Dreambox users will be happy to learn that EPGcenter now will also export your EPG data (and optionaly upload it) in CFE format. This will overcome the problem that the MV plugin on the DreamBox does not really like big XMLTV files. On top of that MV will immediately show all uploaded EPG data without the need to perform a conversion.
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 FEATURE Restore function implemented to complement the backup function. The backup backs up all data including your settings.
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 FEATURE Added option on the channels popup menu to delete the cache for the orginating input location
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 FEATURE It's now possible to click on the checkbox in the inputs grid to activate/deactivate that input location
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 FEATURE It's now possible to click on the Warning and Between check box in the favorites list to activate/deactivate that option
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 FEATURE Now checking/fixing start and stop times when invalid data is provided in an input file. Thiw will make sure that even time/corrupted XMLTV files are imported
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 CHANGE Replaced FTP and HTTP components with newer versions
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 CHANGE EPGcenter will now refetch EPG data if the cached file is older than 23 Hours. Note that when you modify a certain input location, it's cache will be deleted too.
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 CHANGE Added new sample input location for French channels for new installations (or factory reset)
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 CHANGE Factory reset will now relaunch EPGcenter immediately
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 BUGFIX When double clicking on a channel to open the input location definition on some systems an error 5 would occur
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 BUGFIX When loading the same channel from different sources, the now playing section was not updated correctly
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 BUGFIX Reduced exe size from 50 (Fifty) MB to 3 (Three) MB
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 BUGFIX Fixed correct tab sequence on options panel
1.2.109 May 6th, 2006 BUGFIX The "Warning" option for favorites was ignored and was always considered to be set causing show alerts to popup all the time
1.2.104 May 4th, 2006 FEATURE Added new input location type called "Sky Bleb" which will allow you to load all UK and Sky/UK channels
1.2.104 May 4th, 2006 BUGFIX When loading multiple input locations only the first input location was remembered when the same channels were present
1.2.104 May 4th, 2006 CHANGE When performing a factory reset, the registration details are not reset anymore
1.2.104 May 4th, 2006 NOTE A change has been made to the database format. To prevent problems we suggest to perform a factory reset after installation of this version
1.2.104 May 4th, 2006 FEATURE Option to enter the time offset for each input location seperatly
1.2.104 May 4th, 2006 FEATURE Double-Clicking on the channel in the channels-tree will now open the originating input location. Do note that when you make changes to your input locations you needs to reload the EPG
1.2.101 May 2nd, 2006 CHANGE Removed the EC- prefix from the exported XMLTV file
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 FEATURE Added reporting function allowing you to print your program guide on paper
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 FEATURE Added new Action FTP Upload which allows to upload certain files to an FTP server (e.g. automated publishing of your XMLTV files on the internet)
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 FEATURE EPGcenter is now also able to read data from http://www.bleb.org. This site provides EPG information for almost all English Channels. Click here for details.
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 FEATURE Double clicking the log window will now clear it
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 FEATURE When problems occur during for instance the download of EPG data it will be notified at the bottom of the screen in orange.
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 FEATURE Added menu option to reload EPG from the systray icon
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 BUGFIX Some pannels had wrong tab indexes so that the tab key would not jump to the next field
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 CHANGE The date in the programs grid is now formatted to show the day first and then the month
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 BUGFIX Favorites with time of day limits would only work for todays programs
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 CHANGE Favorites view is now updated when changes are made to any of your favorites
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 CHANGE When adding a new favorite, by default the warning is now turned off
1.2.100 May 2nd, 2006 CHANGE For beginning users a new sample HTTP/EPG location for English channels
1.1.200 April 26, 2006 BUGFIX Issues with automated EPG download fixed. In some cases EPGcenter would keep processing EPG data
1.1.199 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Now full support for MV on the DreamBox is provided for DreamBox owners
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE The full EPG is now automatically exported to the file ..\EXPORT\EPG.XMLTV
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added backup option function in file menu (also usefull for support)
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added support for php and pl input locations. e.g. as provided by http://www.bluemnts.info
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Support for automated FTP Upload of EPG data (great for dreambox owners).
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added new input type "Batch" to run apps like XMLTV.EXE or any other application
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Input locations now have an order. EPGcenter will deal with the active locations at the top first. Use shift-up and shift-down to move an input location.
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added link to Help web page in help menu
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added link to Input locations web page in help menu
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added progress bar indicator when processing files
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Provided possibility to automatically write the Log to a file called EPGcenter.LOG
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added confirmation dialog when deleting an input location
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE When clicking the delete button on a selected channel in the channels treeview, it is hidden
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Channels list is now ordered
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Added function to unhide all channels at once
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 FEATURE Wildcards now supported for input type XMLTV File
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 BUGFIX Special characters in the input XMLTV file were no translated correctly
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 BUGFIX Removed support for ? wildcards as they prevented the use of php/pl script XMLTV locations
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 BUGFIX When renaming channel now also the header of the shows windows is updated
1.1.198 April 25, 2006 BUGFIX When automated download time passed while EPGcenter is stopped the automated download was skipped
1.1.196 April 22, 2006 FEATURE Added supported for zipped HTTP downloads (zip files needs to contain XMLTV files)
1.1.196 April 22, 2006