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<blockquote data-quote="Anthony Gagnon" data-source="post: 1245694" data-attributes="member: 157942">Thanks again for your reply and help in understanding the situation.I decided to try using zap2xml to see if the &quot;new&quot; flags is possible. I found it is possible.zap2xml is located here: <a href="http://zap2xml.awardspace.info/" target="_blank">zap2xml</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; *Note: I used this one since my anti-virus software (McAfee) warns me when trying to go to mc2xml site: <a href="http://mc2xml.tk/" target="_blank">mc2xml.tk</a>The results was it does show the &quot;*&quot; added for new shows:&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;programme start=&quot;20180630190000 -0600&quot; stop=&quot;20180630200000 -0600&quot; channel=&quot;I9.1.12818.tvguide.com&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Taken *&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sub-title lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Viceroy&lt;/sub-title&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;desc lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;The Season 2 finale: With Hart in grave danger, the team must find their own way to stop Ramsey before his plan to assassinate a senator starts a war with international terrorists.&lt;/desc&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;date&gt;20180630&lt;/date&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;category lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Series&lt;/category&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;url&gt;<a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/taken/episode-16-season-2/viceroy/907592" target="_blank">Taken</a>&lt;/url&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;episode-num system=&quot;common&quot;&gt;S02E16&lt;/episode-num&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;episode-num system=&quot;xmltv_ns&quot;&gt;1.15.&lt;/episode-num&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;new /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;rating&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;value&gt;TV-14@LV&lt;/value&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/rating&gt;For my test, this was faster than EPG-Buddy when grabbing the data. This also means it is possible. But I understand that you're not able to test it's use since you're not in the US, or available to comment on using zap2xml instead.However, I was thinking EPG-Buddy was easier to set up for the average user, so if there was a way to include the option of appending &quot;*&quot; to the titles, then other users can take advantage of it easily. Does this mean that EPG-Buddy uses WebGrab internally for TVGUIDE data?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anthony Gagnon, post: 1245694, member: 157942"] Thanks again for your reply and help in understanding the situation. I decided to try using zap2xml to see if the "new" flags is possible. I found it is possible. zap2xml is located here: [URL="http://zap2xml.awardspace.info/"]zap2xml[/URL] *Note: I used this one since my anti-virus software (McAfee) warns me when trying to go to mc2xml site: [URL="http://mc2xml.tk/"]mc2xml.tk[/URL] The results was it does show the "*" added for new shows: <programme start="20180630190000 -0600" stop="20180630200000 -0600" channel="I9.1.12818.tvguide.com"> <title lang="en">Taken *</title> <sub-title lang="en">Viceroy</sub-title> <desc lang="en">The Season 2 finale: With Hart in grave danger, the team must find their own way to stop Ramsey before his plan to assassinate a senator starts a war with international terrorists.</desc> <date>20180630</date> <category lang="en">Series</category> <url>[URL="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/taken/episode-16-season-2/viceroy/907592"]Taken[/URL]</url> <episode-num system="common">S02E16</episode-num> <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">1.15.</episode-num> <new /> <rating> <value>TV-14@LV</value> </rating> For my test, this was faster than EPG-Buddy when grabbing the data. This also means it is possible. But I understand that you're not able to test it's use since you're not in the US, or available to comment on using zap2xml instead. However, I was thinking EPG-Buddy was easier to set up for the average user, so if there was a way to include the option of appending "*" to the titles, then other users can take advantage of it easily. Does this mean that EPG-Buddy uses WebGrab internally for TVGUIDE data? [/QUOTE]

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