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<blockquote data-quote="TritonT" data-source="post: 127015" data-attributes="member: 26020">I use XMLTV GUI Grabber from <a href="http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/" target="_blank">http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/</a>. I have this run as a command line scheduled task 5.30am every morning. It has plugins for different TV guide sources.&nbsp; I take the majority of my channels from Radio Times with a few from bleb.The file structure from Radio Times is very complete, eg&nbsp; &lt;programme start=&quot;20070217220500 +0000&quot; stop=&quot;20070217223500 +0000&quot; channel=&quot;UK_RT_1860&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;title lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Never Mind the Buzzcocks&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desc lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Comedy pop quiz with host Simon Amstell and team captains Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus. The guests include Preston from The Ordinary Boys, soap queen Anne Charleston, comedian Ed Byrne, Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield, and a special guest.&lt;/desc&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;category lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Game show&lt;/category&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;length units=&quot;minutes&quot;&gt;30&lt;/length&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;episode-num system=&quot;xmltv_ns&quot;&gt;.2/6.&lt;/episode-num&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;video&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;aspect&gt;16:9&lt;/aspect&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/video&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;previously-shown/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;subtitles type=&quot;teletext&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;language lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;English&lt;/language&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/subtitles&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/programme&gt;There is even more info for films, such as director, actors, premiere, rating etc.&nbsp; Unfortunately as far as I can tell MediaPortal ignores all of this except title, desc and category.&nbsp; Which is a pity as episode number would be very handy for recordings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TritonT, post: 127015, member: 26020"] I use XMLTV GUI Grabber from [url]http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/[/url]. I have this run as a command line scheduled task 5.30am every morning. It has plugins for different TV guide sources. I take the majority of my channels from Radio Times with a few from bleb. The file structure from Radio Times is very complete, eg <programme start="20070217220500 +0000" stop="20070217223500 +0000" channel="UK_RT_1860"> <title lang="en">Never Mind the Buzzcocks</title> <desc lang="en">Comedy pop quiz with host Simon Amstell and team captains Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus. The guests include Preston from The Ordinary Boys, soap queen Anne Charleston, comedian Ed Byrne, Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield, and a special guest.</desc> <category lang="en">Game show</category> <length units="minutes">30</length> <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">.2/6.</episode-num> <video> <aspect>16:9</aspect> </video> <previously-shown/> <subtitles type="teletext"> <language lang="en">English</language> </subtitles> </programme> There is even more info for films, such as director, actors, premiere, rating etc. Unfortunately as far as I can tell MediaPortal ignores all of this except title, desc and category. Which is a pity as episode number would be very handy for recordings. [/QUOTE]

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