Does not find grabbers when mapping (1 Viewer)

[shapiro2025]

MediaPortal Version: 1.2.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: basic wide
Windows Version: xp pro sp3
CPU Type: INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.4GHZ
HDD: HITACHI 80 & 250 sSATA 8MB
Memory: KINGSTON KVR533D2N4K2/3G (2X512 + 2X1G)
Motherboard: ASUS P5LD2 Delux Intel 945 P C
Video Card: ASUS EN6600-TD 256 MB DDR PCIE
Video Card Driver: 7.1.8.4
Sound Card: ASUS Realtec
Sound Card AC3: Optical out
Sound Card Driver: 519.00.5125
1. TV Card: Silicon Dust HD Homerun
1. TV Card Type: dual ATSC
1. TV Card Driver: 20120128
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3. TV Card:
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3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
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4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: ?
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ?
h.264 Video Codec: ?
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When I import and do auto-mapping from WEB EPG - TV Mappings tab i get only EPG name (132), no channel name, channel id or grabber. When i do grab now on the general tab i get 0 channels imported and 0 programs imported.
Everything is working pretty well bo no data for channels or guide. Any suggestions?

 

[RonD]

As a fellow USAian I found the WebEPG setup frustrating since you need to find info from the wiki and the forum to setup the WebEPG plugin and modify/customize the grabber file. The info I used was the following.

WebEPG Wiki Entry
WebEPG - MediaPortal Wiki

Forums info, I found the following useful
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...ion-support-53/setup-webepg-ota-hd-usa-50377/

From entry #32, I saved a copy of www_imdb_com_mod.xml in (Windows XP) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\WebEPG\grabbers\US

From entry #31, I followed the steps in this example and used notepad to edit the www_imdb_com_mod.xml grabber file. In my case I used my zipcode and CA55363 (Comcast cable) even though I'm using over the air. You need to have a channel entry for each station you want to grab, for example

<Channel id="KTVU-HD" siteId="KTVUDT" />

Channel id="KTVU-HD" is channel ID MediaPortal found when it scanned channels
siteId="KTVUDT" is the channel ID in the IMDB listing

I did the www_imdb_com_mod.xml update in a couple of steps. First just add 2 channels and set GrabDays = 2 to debug the setup when you use the TV Server Configuration WebEPG plugin to "Grab Now". Follow steps in WebEPG Wiki for WebEPG plugin setup. If this is working correctly you should see WebEPG entries in the "tv.log" file for each station and show. When this is working add the rest of the channels and verify all channels are working. Then change GrabDays = 14 so you can get 2 weeks of data. You also need to setup the "Schedule" to run this late at night and/or use the "Power Scheduler" to run WebEPG once a day in the early morning hours.

The following forum entry also has some useful info on WebEPG setup

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/webepg-136/webepg-so-close-but-so-far-away-81886/
Entry #6

 

[K.v.]

Man I have to say THANK YOU!!!!!! You wouldn't believe how much time i wasted before finding this thread. RonD is the greatest human ever!