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<blockquote data-quote="jburnette" data-source="post: 202464" data-attributes="member: 24356">I read your post this morning and forgot all about it.&nbsp; There are a couple of free options that you can choose from.&nbsp; I'm not exactly sure about OTA guide data as I've never gone that route, but I don't think you'll have too much luck with it.&nbsp; As far as your problems with the configuration app importing guide data, you're going to need a third party plugin to generate your xmltv file.&nbsp; None of the grabbers included work for the US &quot;out of the box&quot;.&nbsp; Here's a couple of different options you have to choose from.This is a webscraper that will rip the guide from zap2it's website:<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/free_us_zap2xml_scraper_zap2it_replacement-t28637.html" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/free_us_zap2xml_scraper_zap2it_replacement-t28637.html</a>This uses CT TV's service to download your guide data, they have a free option for 4 days of info at a time:<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ct_tv_listings_epg_plugin-t29332.html" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ct_tv_listings_epg_plugin-t29332.html</a>Again, I don't use any of the above so I can only point you towards them.&nbsp; I really don't know how difficult or easy these are to set up, either.&nbsp; $20/year really isn't bad for the painlessness of using Schedules Direct.Edit:&nbsp; I just noticed I originally told you 20/month.&nbsp; I meant 20/year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jburnette, post: 202464, member: 24356"] I read your post this morning and forgot all about it. There are a couple of free options that you can choose from. I'm not exactly sure about OTA guide data as I've never gone that route, but I don't think you'll have too much luck with it. As far as your problems with the configuration app importing guide data, you're going to need a third party plugin to generate your xmltv file. None of the grabbers included work for the US "out of the box". Here's a couple of different options you have to choose from. This is a webscraper that will rip the guide from zap2it's website: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/free_us_zap2xml_scraper_zap2it_replacement-t28637.html[/url] This uses CT TV's service to download your guide data, they have a free option for 4 days of info at a time: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ct_tv_listings_epg_plugin-t29332.html[/url] Again, I don't use any of the above so I can only point you towards them. I really don't know how difficult or easy these are to set up, either. $20/year really isn't bad for the painlessness of using Schedules Direct. Edit: I just noticed I originally told you 20/month. I meant 20/year. [/QUOTE]

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