Can anyone suggest DVR software -- either Windows or Mac -- that has a program guide that actually works for Winnipeg OTA -- for both digital and analog?

I am using Windows Media Center now configured as Pembina ND (zip 58271) since it includes 5 of our 6 stations but I suspect I will need a different solution after the August switchover.

Why would Windows Media Center no longer work? I myself am counting on it continuing to work. It gets the guide data from zap2it.com

When I set up 9.1 in Windows Media Center, I manually added it and told it to use the same guide as 9. At that time, 9.1 was not available in the guide. I have not checked lately so this may not be the case anymore.

My thinking, right or wrong, is that after the changeover, the analog channels will vanish from the guide and this approach will not work for the new channels.

As far as I know, there is still an issue with WMC in Canada not being able to use digital channels which is why I setup the US location instead.

I do not use WMC but can confirm that channel 9-1 shows up now in the zap2it data for OTA Winnipeg.

Not to worry, you should be covered by my ATSC in Canada hack. Basically, it allows you to set up your guide as if you are in Canada (gets you local analog antenna, cable, satellite listings) and the also allows you to set up a second US guide.

You can get the instructions here:
http://thegreenbutton.com/blogs/pnear/archive/2009/08/10/enabling-atsc-amp-qam-in-canada-for-windows-7-rtm.aspx

I've set up a quick batch file for most major Canadian cities but have not included the zipcode you mentioned. You can pretty easily customize it by following the custom guide instructions here:
http://thegreenbutton.com/blogs/pnear/archive/2009/08/10/adding-multiple-guide-listings-to-windows-7-media-center.aspx

Cheers,
Pete

Thanks,

I will give that a try.

Brad

I do not use WMC but can confirm that channel 9-1 shows up now in the zap2it data for OTA Winnipeg.
Yeah I'm assuming because you can see it on the website, it will show in the guide data for 7MC. Thank goodness for Pete's hack, we all know how intrested MS is in fixing it for Canada.

The other trick, if it's not showing up in the guide from ND, is to use a local guide that does contain it (perhaps your local digital cable guide). The local antenna guide will never contain HD channels, but cable and satellite guides in Canada do.

Thanks. Got WMC working now for Winnipeg,

Interestingly, my postal code did not work. It took a few tries to find a working postal code. Where I live in South St Vital did not work but an older neighbourhood like Fort Richmond did.

To answer my original question, I also tried the trial editions of both SageTV and BeyondTV since they both offer built-in program guides. In my test, the SageTV guide was correct with all stations (both analog and digital) BeyondTV only had the analog guide.