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<blockquote data-quote="Phylix" data-source="post: 189598" data-attributes="member: 57898"><p><strong>EDIT: Figured out a better way without an extra program! Read my <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/electronic-program-guide-67/free-us-zap2xml-scraper-zap2it-replacement-28637/index3.html#post207542" target="_blank">other post</a>!!!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Ah... I've been trying to get some free EPG data working for months. Tried so many different grabbers, but I finally got it all working today. </p><p></p><p>Follow these simple 25 steps and you'll be watching guided TV too!</p><p></p><p>1. Download the newest version of zap2xml.</p><p>2. Put it in "C:\Program Files\Team Mediaportal\Mediaportal\XMLTV"</p><p>3. Register a Zap2It account and set it up with the instructions from <a href="http://zap2xml" target="_blank">ISPCP - Virtual Hosting Control System</a>.</p><p>4. Open MediaPortal Setup and go to Television -> TV Channels.</p><p>5. Select one of the channels and click on Edit.</p><p><img src="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/1.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>6. Go to the ATSC tab and memorize the Major and Minor channel.</p><p><img src="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/2.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>7. Then click on Set Preferences on the Zap2It website.</p><p>8. Add the channel you memorized to your favorites list. (In my example: 4.1 - Channel format is: MAJOR.MINOR)</p><p><img src="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/3.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>9. Continue checking the channel from MediaPortal and adding the channel to your favorites on Zap2It until you have all the channels you want.</p><p>10. Create a text file with Notepad in the zap2xml directory and put this in the text file:</p><p></p><p>zap2xml -u <a href="mailto:YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM">YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM</a> -p YOURPASSWORD -d 10 -o "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml" -O -A -T -g</p><p></p><p>Replace <a href="mailto:YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM">YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM</a> with the E-Mail you registered with for your Zap2It account and YOURPASSWORD for your Zap2It account password.</p><p></p><p>Optionally, you can add the -i flag to download icons like so:</p><p></p><p>zap2xml -u <a href="mailto:YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM">YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM</a> -p YOURPASSWORD -d 10 -o "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml" -O -A -T -g -i "icons"</p><p></p><p>Which saves it to the icon folder in the same directory.</p><p></p><p>11. Rename the text file to download.bat (May have to enable file extension viewing to change the extension)</p><p>12. Run download.bat to download the EPG data.</p><p>13. Download and install Oz TV Guide Downloader here (Created by Big_Kev): <a href="http://home.people.net.au/~threebridges/downloads/tv/" target="_blank">Oz TV Guide Downloader</a></p><p>14. Open Oz TV Guide Downloader and go to the EPG Data Source tab.</p><p>15. Put where your TVguide.xml file will be (For most of you it would most likely be "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml") into the File option.</p><p><img src="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/4.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>16. Go to the Channel Setup tab of Oz TV Guide Downloader and match up your channels. Instructions on doing this is in Setup.pdf where you installed Oz TV, but basically just select the channel on the left side, then select the channel on the left side under MediaPortal Channel Names and click the arrow. Again, to make sure you have the correct channels matched up, go to Television->TV Channels in MediaPortal Setup, select the channel, click Edit, ATSC tab, major and minor channel. The C4.1k part I have boxed is the channel. 4 = Major and 1 = Minor.</p><p>Oh, and also... This is where you would set up your icons if you wanted to. </p><p><img src="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/5.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>17. Go to the Groups tab in Oz TV Guide Downloader and click on Reload Groups. I think this refreshes the TV guide data in MediaPortal.</p><p><img src="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/6.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>18. Now create a Scheduled Task with <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showpost.php?p=187821&postcount=3" target="_blank">luke16's instructions</a>, but also use the -O -A -T -g flags.</p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>And that's it! But if you have problems with the time being off, follow these extra steps:</p><p>19. Go back to MediaPortal Setup and go to Television->Program Guide.</p><p>20. Check "Use time zone information from XMLTV file"</p><p>21. Set it to 0.0 hours and click "Update TV database with time zone compensation"</p><p>22. Click OK and open MediaPortal.</p><p>23. Go look at the TV Guide and try to figure out how many hours it's off by.</p><p>24. Go back to MediaPortal Setup and go to Television->Program Guide.</p><p>25. Change the time zone compensation to match the hours it is off by and update it again.</p><p><img src="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/7.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>When you update the TV database's time zone and it doesn't give confirmation that it was successful, change the hours, try updating it again, and if tells you everything went okay, change it back.</p><p></p><p>I wrote a few of these steps from memory. I did a lot of the set up months ago so I might be missing a few things.</p><p></p><p>Here's a zip of all the files:</p><p><a href="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/Zap2It EPG Files.zip" target="_blank">http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/Zap2It EPG Files.zip</a></p><p> -download.bat</p><p> -OzTvDownloadSetup.exe</p><p> -zap2xml-install.exe</p><p> -exorst14.zip - A free GIF to PNG image convertor for the logos. Drag and drop into the GUI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phylix, post: 189598, member: 57898"] [B]EDIT: Figured out a better way without an extra program! Read my [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/electronic-program-guide-67/free-us-zap2xml-scraper-zap2it-replacement-28637/index3.html#post207542"]other post[/URL]!!![/B] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ah... I've been trying to get some free EPG data working for months. Tried so many different grabbers, but I finally got it all working today. Follow these simple 25 steps and you'll be watching guided TV too! 1. Download the newest version of zap2xml. 2. Put it in "C:\Program Files\Team Mediaportal\Mediaportal\XMLTV" 3. Register a Zap2It account and set it up with the instructions from [url=http://zap2xml]ISPCP - Virtual Hosting Control System[/url]. 4. Open MediaPortal Setup and go to Television -> TV Channels. 5. Select one of the channels and click on Edit. [IMG]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/1.PNG[/IMG] 6. Go to the ATSC tab and memorize the Major and Minor channel. [IMG]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/2.PNG[/IMG] 7. Then click on Set Preferences on the Zap2It website. 8. Add the channel you memorized to your favorites list. (In my example: 4.1 - Channel format is: MAJOR.MINOR) [IMG]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/3.PNG[/IMG] 9. Continue checking the channel from MediaPortal and adding the channel to your favorites on Zap2It until you have all the channels you want. 10. Create a text file with Notepad in the zap2xml directory and put this in the text file: zap2xml -u [email]YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM[/email] -p YOURPASSWORD -d 10 -o "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml" -O -A -T -g Replace [email]YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM[/email] with the E-Mail you registered with for your Zap2It account and YOURPASSWORD for your Zap2It account password. Optionally, you can add the -i flag to download icons like so: zap2xml -u [email]YOURZAP2ITEMAIL@EMAIL.COM[/email] -p YOURPASSWORD -d 10 -o "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml" -O -A -T -g -i "icons" Which saves it to the icon folder in the same directory. 11. Rename the text file to download.bat (May have to enable file extension viewing to change the extension) 12. Run download.bat to download the EPG data. 13. Download and install Oz TV Guide Downloader here (Created by Big_Kev): [url=http://home.people.net.au/~threebridges/downloads/tv/]Oz TV Guide Downloader[/url] 14. Open Oz TV Guide Downloader and go to the EPG Data Source tab. 15. Put where your TVguide.xml file will be (For most of you it would most likely be "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\XMLTV\TVguide.xml") into the File option. [IMG]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/4.PNG[/IMG] 16. Go to the Channel Setup tab of Oz TV Guide Downloader and match up your channels. Instructions on doing this is in Setup.pdf where you installed Oz TV, but basically just select the channel on the left side, then select the channel on the left side under MediaPortal Channel Names and click the arrow. Again, to make sure you have the correct channels matched up, go to Television->TV Channels in MediaPortal Setup, select the channel, click Edit, ATSC tab, major and minor channel. The C4.1k part I have boxed is the channel. 4 = Major and 1 = Minor. Oh, and also... This is where you would set up your icons if you wanted to. [IMG]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/5.PNG[/IMG] 17. Go to the Groups tab in Oz TV Guide Downloader and click on Reload Groups. I think this refreshes the TV guide data in MediaPortal. [IMG]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/6.PNG[/IMG] 18. Now create a Scheduled Task with [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showpost.php?p=187821&postcount=3"]luke16's instructions[/URL], but also use the -O -A -T -g flags. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And that's it! But if you have problems with the time being off, follow these extra steps: 19. Go back to MediaPortal Setup and go to Television->Program Guide. 20. Check "Use time zone information from XMLTV file" 21. Set it to 0.0 hours and click "Update TV database with time zone compensation" 22. Click OK and open MediaPortal. 23. Go look at the TV Guide and try to figure out how many hours it's off by. 24. Go back to MediaPortal Setup and go to Television->Program Guide. 25. Change the time zone compensation to match the hours it is off by and update it again. [IMG]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/7.PNG[/IMG] When you update the TV database's time zone and it doesn't give confirmation that it was successful, change the hours, try updating it again, and if tells you everything went okay, change it back. I wrote a few of these steps from memory. I did a lot of the set up months ago so I might be missing a few things. Here's a zip of all the files: [URL="http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/Zap2It EPG Files.zip"]http://www.phylix.com/files/temp/zap2it/Zap2It EPG Files.zip[/URL] -download.bat -OzTvDownloadSetup.exe -zap2xml-install.exe -exorst14.zip - A free GIF to PNG image convertor for the logos. Drag and drop into the GUI. [/QUOTE]
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