Alternate EPG viewer and scheduling tool for MyTheatre.

[arboristman]

Alternate EPG viewer and scheduling tool for MyTheatre.

INSTALLATION:
Extract or copy all files to the \plugins folder under your MyTheatre installation directory. usually C:\Program Files\MyTheatre\Plugins

Antepgplg.dll - Plugin DLL
SShowWiz.exe - Show Wizard TSR for the Series Show Wizard and Search Show Wizard (optional)
SShowWiz.mdb - Show Wizard Database for the Series Show Wizard and Search Show Wizard (optional)
FEATURES:

* New - Optional display search results in chronological order from current time instead of by channel
* New - Option to query up to 7 days of data on startup. (Default = 1) More days = Longer query time.
* New - Option to override startup query with last favorite viewed.
* Remote Task Scheduling over a LAN (See new tab in settings. Requires local account to have Admin permissions on remote machine and AntEPG must be installed and run at least once on remote machine to setup registry values);
* Channel Icons can now be the channel name or in the older NIDSID format. File name must match actual channel name (case insensitive) NIDSID file names will override named icons.
* User Selectable Selection Color and Selection Text Color
* Goto Current show on selected channel by current time. (Hotkey)
* Search Today Only search option to restrict search results to current day. (Checkbox)
* Today Only option for Favorite Programs Search. (Checkbox)
* Find channel by part of name (for keyboard users only Default use, Press F3 then type first few letters of channel)
* Verticaly center channel text option.
* Favorite Programs (Multiple Favorite Program groups (Users)).
* History function to go back to past views.
* 2-Line Status Text.
* Next data in AntOSD.
* Buffer Icons for faster navigation.
* Shortcut for Series Record Wizard.
* Shortcut for Scheduled Recordings.
* Shortcut for Add Program to Favorite Programs.
* Shortcut for Favorite Programs.
* No More Data OSD for faster navigation.
* Right Arrow for shows whose time extends past right side of epg display area.
* Channel Icons
* On Screen Display Over MyTheatre Window triggered by Channel Change
* OSD Title Font, OSD Description Font, Scroll Speed, Underscan and other OSD config options added (Note OSD still has a bug where is is displayed when a recording starts even when MyTheate is minimized. this only occurs if OSD is enabled. Will fix in next update)
* Multi-Line Program cell text (If there is room for it using current font)
* Sizeable Channel Column
* Sort by Favorite, MT Channel number
* Color selection for Empty area
* Double Line Channel Option
* Cycle Satelites (NIDs) Menu and Hotkey
* Show Current Time Red Line Indicator over grid option
* Channel Information now includes the Favorite the channel is a member of.
* Record and Watch symbols now size with cells (50% size down to 15x15 pixels minimum)
* Show Hide OSD Hotkey
* Optional Gradient pattern on EPG Cells
* Show NID,SID and maybe Transponder when channel selected.
* New smooth scroll style for long descriptions
* User selectable color for description background
* Search for programs like selected popup Search "More Like This"
* Hotkey for Search "More Like This"
* Description date font face, size & color
* Description day of week font face, size & color
* Description time font face, size & color
* Description category font face, size & color
* Hotkey favorite popup
* Hotkey for Genre box
* Sort by NID, MyTheatre assigned channel number
* Multiple AntEPG configurations by MyTheatre installation folder name.
* Quick Pick Favorite Group Popup List (To go directly to a favorite group)
* Font Face & Size Title
* Font Face & Size Description
* Font Face & Size Channel
* Font Face & Size Program
* Font Fact & Size Time
* Font Face & Size Dialogs
* Channel Number Color
* Additional Color Dialog Box for Custom Font Colors
* Time Grid Height Auto Sizes for Selected Font
* Resize MyTheatre Window
* Show / Hide MyTheatre Window Option
* 4:3 or 16:9 option for MyTheatre Window
* Hotkey for Remove channel from favorite
* Clear button in on screen keyboard
* Period button in on screen keyboard
* Clear recent searches
* Prevent duplicates in recent searches history
* Selects Current Program instead of channel on startup
* User Selectable Scroll Speed for Long Descriptions
* *New Name* AntEPG!
* Sort Channels by Channel Name, Provider (Satellite), MyTheatre Channel Number or SID
* Custom number of time columns.(4 - 8 Columns for display of 2-4 hours per page)
* Show Time in 24 hour format option
* Remembers recent searches
* Remove channel from MyTheatre favorite group
* Search description too option for Search Show Wizard
* Page Right, Page Left navigation added
* Scheduling Conflict Resolution
* EPG Grid Display justified to 30 minute Intervals (Except on search results)
* Displays Current Channel when activated.
* Grid Colors by NID or fixed
* User selectable font size and color
* Auto Font Size
* User selectable number of visible channels.
* Sizeable & Moveable, remembers last size and position
* Scrolling text for long descriptions.
* Clean scrolling across EPG data gaps.
* Browse entire EPG dataset (7-9 day EPG data. Progressively loads an additional day as you scroll past 24hrs)
* Startup Query Options
* Filter by Satellite
* Favorite's Query or Show All
* Cycle Favorites
* Displays current time.
* Displays programs Title, Description, Start, Stop and Rating
* Displays Current favorite, All or search depending on query type.
* SID as channel Number or MyTheatre assigned channel numbers
* Channel Number Display On/Off
* Optional popup menu of options when channel or program selected.
* Optional left toolbar.
* Optional Ratings filter.
* Hides Locked Channels
* User selectable hotkeys.
* Large OSD channel number when typing channel numbers.
* User Selectable channel number entry delay. (for those slow remote key people)
* On Screen Search Keyboard for searches with remote or mouse.
* Show MyTheatre window in grid (Automatically de-skins MyTheatre then restores it when done)
* Preview channel while still in grid.

OTHER FEATURES:

* Search by All Words or Any Words in Title or Title and Description
* Search by Genre
* Schedule Recordings
* Warns of and Resolves conflicting Recordings
* Schedule Watch (Conflict resolution here too)
* View Scheduled Recordings or Watches (It will also properly display re-occurring Periodic schedules created in MyTheatre)
* Uses Gap Before and Gap After recording offsets setup in MyTheatre
* Remote*, Keyboard or Mouse navigation (*Remote emulating keys or using MyTheatre supported remote)
* Handles Daylight Saving Time Change
* Settings Stored in System Registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyTheatre\ANTEPG
* Series Show Wizard
o Records all programs with a matching title on the selected channel only.
o Prevents duplicate episodes from being recorded
o TSR to continue to schedule at a user selectable interval as more EPG data becomes available.
o Won't override manually scheduled recordings
o Priority option to control which show takes precedence when there is a conflict between two series.
o Tools to disable and delete shows from the wizard.
o Optional TSR Automatic startup with windows
o (Modeled after the TIVO season pass)
* Search Show Wizard
o Records all programs with a title containing the search word or words on any channel.
o Prevents duplicate episodes from being recorded
o TSR to continue to schedule at a user selectable interval as more EPG data becomes available.
o Won't override manually scheduled recordings
o Priority option to control which show takes precedence when there is a conflict between two series.
o Tools to disable and delete shows from the wizard.
o Optional TSR Automatic startup with windows