Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1891">I have tried out Sam's grabber and it works really well.  Much faster (a few seconds compared to about 30 minutes for TVharvest) and it seem to contain more info for the programme descriptions.  Normally my TVharvest xml file was about 300KB, with Sam's it was double that.  I did have problems getting MP to read the file.  I don't think Sam's xml file is at fault as myHTPC's EPG could read it fine.  It must be a problem with the way I have channels setup.  Will have a better look at the weekend.  I'm still having real problems with just getting any tv from my AIW 9600xt.I press F3 and it just says "TVguide import failed, no programs found".  Anyone any ideas?SamThanks, it works really well.  Don't know if its worth it for MP, but could you add the ability to exclude specific channels from being included in the xml file.  Can't think of any other suggestions for it.  It does its job really nicely.  If you could be bothered, I suppose you could build a GUI config window to select the region/channel settings via down boxes and the ability to set up a scheduled task for it to run.  To be honest I don't think its worth it, as I think it should be a MP global thing.GizmomelbAgreed, it is an internal production, however I disagree that it is too region specific.All the other xmltv grabbers (remember there is currently only about ten in MP at the moment) all have to be configured with a initial manual setup similiar to Sam's.  Once the're set you can normally just leave them as they are.  However these setups normally require Command Line Interface work with switches and help files.  I realise this is childs play for most PM forum members but is not the friendly interface you want for this to become mainstream.  If you look at any HTPC forum, one of the biggest areas of confusion for newbies is the EPG setup.I think it would be relatively straight forward (disclaimer: I am not a programmer per se, I so don't really know what I am taking about  :lol: ) to built a front end for these.  You select which country you're in, and if there is a grabber available it lets you select that and then asks you the region specific questions (probably only three or four bits of info) and injects this into a suitable config file.  If the country does not have a grabber it lets you know and moves on.  As new grabbers are created for other countries, they can be added.  You get the idea.All this could be part of the installation wizard.(I had a similar thought regarding video/tv card setups on installation over here: <a href="http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1062" target="_blank">http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1062</a>but I think it fell on deaf ears.DogboyAre you still having problems with TVharvest? Are you remembering to hit F3 to reload the xml file.Post your TVharvest.config file and we can take a look at it for you.  How big is the listing2.xml you are getting?</blockquote>

Verification