This is a known issue with a known solution. The issue is that the data is compressed to prevent non-Freeview-approved boxes from receiving EPG. The solution is either to use WebEPG, or try the patch from -->here<-- (*only* compatible with MP 1.2.0rc).
If it still causes you problems then please let DJBlu know in the thread that I linked. He created the patch so he would be able to help you better than I can.
I used to use the grabber but a few years back it disappeared on FreeSat DVBS. That is when I changed to EPG Collector. The extra benefit is that it collects from the Sky platform so it will give EPG for all the FreeSat channels plus the unencrypted movie channels on the Sky platform. It also allows me to pick the channels dedicated...
I used to use the grabber but a few years back it disappeared on FreeSat DVBS. That is when I changed to EPG Collector. The extra...
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well
My Mum's Mediaportal lost it's marbles thanks to Microsoft update, (even though I had update...
Hey CyberSimian you nailed it!
Looks like the secret is:-
After EPG Collector has Run and provided the TVGuide.xml
Open MediaPortal - TV Server Configuration
"Force Import" on the Plugins/Xmltv/General dialogue, (ignore the status)
Go to the Mappings dialogue and Load/Refresh and Save a Group - (It does not appear to matter which...
Hey CyberSimian you nailed it!
Looks like the secret is:-
After EPG Collector has Run and provided the TVGuide.xml
Open...
Hi everyone
I posted in the EPG section a while back concerning MediaPortal EPG using EPG Collector and MediaPortal xmltv plugin...
Got a reply from SD ...
"Looks like your last successful download was on 5/23.
On 5/24 for some reason we received 194 connections between 10:54 and 11:05
triggering a denial of service attack ban. The logs show it was lifted on 5/25,
but I still see the entry in iptables. I reset fail2ban and hopefully you're
working again."
Weird...
Got a reply from SD ...
"Looks like your last successful download was on 5/23.
On 5/24 for some reason we received 194...
I'm using MediaPortal 1.38.1 x64 and have an SD-DD lineup account. In the last week, I have not been able to update my EPG, and...
Update: Problem solved!
The electronic program guides (tvguide.xml) have been successfully transferred to MediaPortal.
The issue stemmed from the corruption of one or both of the mc2xml.dat and/or mc2xml.exe files, for an unknown reason. Consequently, even though the tvguide.xml file appeared to be updated, its content kept being an...
Update: Problem solved!
The electronic program guides (tvguide.xml) have been successfully transferred to MediaPortal.
The issue...
I was having a problem with the EPG on MP2 1.4.1 (although it used to run without any issues for a while). So I installed MP2 1.5...