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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1274955" data-attributes="member: 141969">In other parts of the world, the TV datastream contains within it a 7-day EPG that MP can decode and display. Unfortunately, the USA is backward, and its broadcast TV does not contain an EPG. This means that you need to do extra work to obtain an EPG. This will be an EPG that you download from the internet.You need to obtain the EPG in the form of an XML file that has a structure that MP can understand. There is a plugin for &quot;TV Server&quot; called &quot;XmlTv&quot; that will load the EPG into MP. But you will have to set up some other process to do the downloading. XmlTv is described <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/wiki/display/MediaPortal1/TV+Guide+Setup+-+EPG" target="_blank">here</a> in the Wiki.Some users use the &quot;Schedules Direct&quot; EPG, but this is not free (around $25 per year, I think). If you want a free EPG, you will need to hunt around for one. There is another plugin for &quot;Schedules Direct&quot;, which you can download from <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/getting-started.139956/post-1274186" target="_blank">this post</a>.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1274955, member: 141969"] In other parts of the world, the TV datastream contains within it a 7-day EPG that MP can decode and display. Unfortunately, the USA is backward, and its broadcast TV does not contain an EPG. This means that you need to do extra work to obtain an EPG. This will be an EPG that you download from the internet. You need to obtain the EPG in the form of an XML file that has a structure that MP can understand. There is a plugin for "TV Server" called "XmlTv" that will load the EPG into MP. But you will have to set up some other process to do the downloading. XmlTv is described [URL='https://www.team-mediaportal.com/wiki/display/MediaPortal1/TV+Guide+Setup+-+EPG']here[/URL] in the Wiki. Some users use the "Schedules Direct" EPG, but this is not free (around $25 per year, I think). If you want a free EPG, you will need to hunt around for one. There is another plugin for "Schedules Direct", which you can download from [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/getting-started.139956/post-1274186']this post[/URL]. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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