Free US Zap2xml scraper - Zap2It replacement (4 Viewers)

Phylix

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Oh, wow... I just figured it all out. I was having problems with MP updating the EPG data automatically. Before, I would just open up that Oz program to refresh the database, but after getting tired of having to do this every week, the answer came to me. It was so obvious. The channels are mapped in Oz, but not in MediaPortal! After unsuccessfully fiddling with the internal XMLTV mapping settings inside MediaPortal, I tried renamining the channel names to match the names in the TVguide.xml file.

I'm too lazy this time to actually write out each little step and post screenshots along with each step, but I'll try to be as clear as I can.

Actually, it's not really too difficult.

Open up the TVguide.xml file in Wordpad (Loads more quickly than Notepad, but Notepad will also work).
Run MP Configuration and go to Television > TV Channels.
All you have to do now is rename the channel names by clicking Edit to match the name in the TVguide.xml file.

For example (This is at the top of the file so you don't have to go scrolling up and down searching for it):

<channel id="C7.3kabcdt3.zap2it.com">
<display-name>7.3 KABCDT3</display-name>
<display-name>7.3</display-name>
<display-name>KABCDT3</display-name>
</channel>

In MediaPortal, the name of this channel was KABC-WN.
I selected the channel KABC-WN, clicked Edit (Look at my other post. Step 5) and simply renamed it to 7.3 KABCDT3. I preferred KABCDT3 and tried renaming it to that, but after running the grabber in the next step, it didn't work, so I think it has to be the first display name.

Now, we just follow thisisaric's instructions to set up a scheduled task and everything should be working fine.

Enjoy.
 

saillard

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I manage to get the EPG info using the info in this thread when I use MP standalone (without TV server). But I could not get it to work when using the MP TV server. The channel are mapped the same way, so it should work. I got it to work by using the CTPVR plugin but they don't have OTA guide.
Does anyone using zap2xml with MP server successfully? I would like to know what's different compare to the standalone MP.
 

joe531

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I managed to get it working with the tv server, but it has some kind of bug that prevents proper timezone adjustment. Maybe it's fixed by now.
 

leadingzero

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After unsuccessfully fiddling with the internal XMLTV mapping settings inside MediaPortal, I tried renamining the channel names to match the names in the TVguide.xml file.

Currently I have a tvguide.xml file that contains all the data that I need for my program guide. However, I can't get it to map to my channels properly. I tried Phylix's suggestion above but when that happened MP wouldn't display ANY channels and gave me an error saying 'No tuner information for (Channel)'. I then went back to my MP config and deleted all channels and Autotuned my card. This provided me with all the channels but none of them were named so the tv guide couldn't map to it.

So, right now I am really confused. I can have a working tv with no channel info or tvguide OR I can have a working tvguide with no channels to display. I really need both. Any ideas would be very much appreciated!!
 

leadingzero

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Well I finally figured it out. Thanks so much to Phylix and Luke. What I didn't understand from your previous post, Phylix, is that I need to rename the channels THEN run the grabber again to get the tvguide info mapped to the channel info. Before I had my 70 something channels with no data plus another list of the same 70 channels listed with program data but no tuning info. Now the two are together and I can watch tv AND see what I'm watching.

Thanks for all the help!:D

PS. How do I "Thank" someone on the forum?
 

eliej

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I get up to channel set up in oztv. but when I click reset grid I get the following error:

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
Assertion failed!
Program: ...gram Files\Oz TV Guide Downloader\oztvmprt.exe
File: ../src/btree.c
Line: 1151

Expression: pBt->maxLeaf + 23 <= MX_CELL_SIXE


Any help will be much appreciated
 

Phylix

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Take a look at my last post. You actually don't need Oz. I had it kinda wrong the first time.

Open up the TVguide.xml file in Wordpad (Loads more quickly than Notepad, but Notepad will also work).
Run MP Configuration and go to Television > TV Channels.
All you have to do now is rename the channel names by clicking Edit to match the name in the TVguide.xml file.

For example (This is at the top of the file so you don't have to go scrolling up and down searching for it):

<channel id="C7.3kabcdt3.zap2it.com">
<display-name>7.3 KABCDT3</display-name>
<display-name>7.3</display-name>
<display-name>KABCDT3</display-name>
</channel>

In MediaPortal, the name of this channel was KABC-WN.
I selected the channel KABC-WN, clicked Edit (Look at my other post. Step 5) and simply renamed it to 7.3 KABCDT3. I preferred KABCDT3 and tried renaming it to that, but after running the grabber in the next step, it didn't work, so I think it has to be the first display name.

Now, we just follow thisisaric's instructions to set up a scheduled task and everything should be working fine.
 

eliej

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It finally works. Thank you so much :D
 

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