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Shoey Peachew · 2008-02-19, 05:09

I've had succes using zap2xml. Have a look at post #11 in this thread. Free US Zap2xml scraper - Zap2It replacement

This is the short rundown on how I get it to work for me. Yours might be different so be sure to check out the link above. All credit goes to Phylix and all the other people I learned from in the link above.

1. You basically make an account with a username and password at: TV Listings and Movie guide: Zap2it.com TV Listings. Go to TV listings click Set Preferences. Add your channels to My Favorites. Check Show six hour grid and Show only my favorites.

2. Go to Zap2xml and download the latest version. zap2xml

3. Create a folder in MediaPortal called XMLTV and extract zap2xml.exe into it.

4. Open notepad and add this to it and save it as download.bat into your XMLTV folder. Be sure to add your Zap2it username and password where indicated.

zap2xml -u YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM -p YOURPASSWORD -d 10 -o "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml" -O -A -T -g

5. Double click on download.bat and you will see it will download EPG data into the folder.

6. Download Oz TV Guide Downloader and install it. Oz TV Guide Downloader

7. Open the Oz TV Guide Downloader and in Configuration either set it up for Basic MediaPortal or for TV Engine depending on which version of MP you have installed.

8. Go to the EPG Data Source tab and click File and browse to your XMLTV folder and choose TVguide.xml that you created when you opened download.bat.

9. Go to the Channel Setup tab and click Reload (or possibly Reset Grid) to show the EPG data channel names and MediaPortal's channel names. Highlight a MediaPortal Channel box next to the EPG channel name and match it up to the MediaPortal channel name by using the green arrows. Be sure to click Save when you're done.

10. Click on Download New Data Now and click the Groups tab and click Reload Groups and it should update MediaPortal with your EPG data.

Now, if the TV guide data is off it might be because your timezone is off. If you're using TV Server go into TV Server setup and click XMLTV in plugins and click Apply timezone compensation... and add 1 or -1 or however many hours it's off to compesate.

2008-02-19, 05:09	#6 (permalink)
Shoey Peachew Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post My System	I've had succes using zap2xml. Have a look at post #11 in this thread. Free US Zap2xml scraper - Zap2It replacement This is the short rundown on how I get it to work for me. Yours might be different so be sure to check out the link above. All credit goes to Phylix and all the other people I learned from in the link above. 1. You basically make an account with a username and password at: TV Listings and Movie guide: Zap2it.com TV Listings. Go to TV listings click Set Preferences. Add your channels to My Favorites. Check Show six hour grid and Show only my favorites. 2. Go to Zap2xml and download the latest version. zap2xml 3. Create a folder in MediaPortal called XMLTV and extract zap2xml.exe into it. 4. Open notepad and add this to it and save it as download.bat into your XMLTV folder. Be sure to add your Zap2it username and password where indicated. zap2xml -u YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM -p YOURPASSWORD -d 10 -o "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml" -O -A -T -g 5. Double click on download.bat and you will see it will download EPG data into the folder. 6. Download Oz TV Guide Downloader and install it. Oz TV Guide Downloader 7. Open the Oz TV Guide Downloader and in Configuration either set it up for Basic MediaPortal or for TV Engine depending on which version of MP you have installed. 8. Go to the EPG Data Source tab and click File and browse to your XMLTV folder and choose TVguide.xml that you created when you opened download.bat. 9. Go to the Channel Setup tab and click Reload (or possibly Reset Grid) to show the EPG data channel names and MediaPortal's channel names. Highlight a MediaPortal Channel box next to the EPG channel name and match it up to the MediaPortal channel name by using the green arrows. Be sure to click Save when you're done. 10. Click on Download New Data Now and click the Groups tab and click Reload Groups and it should update MediaPortal with your EPG data. Now, if the TV guide data is off it might be because your timezone is off. If you're using TV Server go into TV Server setup and click XMLTV in plugins and click Apply timezone compensation... and add 1 or -1 or however many hours it's off to compesate. Last edited by Shoey Peachew; 2008-02-21 at 02:54.