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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 1060267" data-attributes="member: 117536"><p>A few comments about the USA EPG frustration. I've tried to help with Setup Guide documentation to give some idea how to use the options but understand the frustrations of a new MePo user. Anytime I want to do testing, rescan my channels, try a different EPG setup, etc I know it will take 15+ minutes to restore my normal mc2xml/xmltv EPG setup. I've never tried Schedules Direct so I can't comment on that option. I also use ATSC/OTA (Over The Air) and I can't comment on QAM or CableCard difficulties.</p><p></p><p>One key problem is the mismatch between the Channel Names MePo sees when it does a channel scan and the "Guide Channel Names". For the most part MePo ScannedNames match what I see with a USA ATSC TV set, but most of the ScannedNames don't match the GuideNames. This is true for WebEPG/imdb, xmltv/mc2xml (zap2it), and xmltv/WebGrab+Plus (tvguide). I did a fresh channel scan and mc2xml download, the following is an example of the mismatch</p><p></p><p>[CODE]</p><p>2.1 KTVUDT 2001 KTVU-HD</p><p>2.2 KTVUDT2 2002 KTVU-SD</p><p>4.1 KRONDT 4001 KRON-HD</p><p>4.2 KRONDT2 4002 KRON-SD</p><p>4.3 KRONDT3 4003 KRONSD2</p><p>5.1 KPIXDT 5001 KPIX-DT</p><p>7.1 KGODT 7001 KGO-HD</p><p>7.2 KGODT2 7002 LIVWELL</p><p>7.3 KGODT3 7003 LWSD</p><p>9.1 KQEDDT 9001 KQED-HD</p><p>9.2 KQEDDT2 9002 KQED+</p><p>9.3 KQEDDT3 9003 WORLD</p><p>11.1 KNTVDT 11001 KNTV HD</p><p>11.2 KNTVDT2 11002 Cozi Television (COZI-TV)</p><p>[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>The first 2 columns are the ATSC channel numbers and Channel Name from the guide webpage, these names match the mc2xml download names. The last 2 columns are the MePo scanned channel number and channel names, these match what I see on a ATSC TV with a few exceptions (COZI-TV is wrong).</p><p></p><p>If I use xmltv with PartialMatch=OFF, none of the channels match. If I use PartialMatch=ON, channels with the same basename are mapped to the first GuideChannel, KTVU-HD=KTVUDT (good), KTVU-SD=KTVUDT (wrong), etc and I need to manually fix many/most channels. The other channels, LIVWELL=KGODT2 etc all need to be fixed. With my mc2xml OTA lineup there are about 120 GuideChannels, with a Cable/Digital lineup there are about 650 GuideChannels. Its all doable, but lots of grumpy NSFW words are used while groping through the 120/650 GuideChannels to fix the mis-mapped channels.</p><p></p><p>To be honest I'm not sure what to suggest to improve/fix this problem. The 2 sets of Channel Names don't really match and I don't see an easy fix. The 1st column of ATSC channel numbers (2.1 etc) are not in the default mc2xml download and can't be used to match the MePo Channels. One workaround is the user can manually edit/tweak the MePo ChannelNames to match the GuideNames, but that causes a different set of NSFW grumpy words.</p><p></p><p>Similar problem happen with WebGrab+Plus, WebEPG etc. So much for venting but I figured I'd show an example of EPG mapping problems. The attached text file has the complete list for my OTA channels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonD, post: 1060267, member: 117536"] A few comments about the USA EPG frustration. I've tried to help with Setup Guide documentation to give some idea how to use the options but understand the frustrations of a new MePo user. Anytime I want to do testing, rescan my channels, try a different EPG setup, etc I know it will take 15+ minutes to restore my normal mc2xml/xmltv EPG setup. I've never tried Schedules Direct so I can't comment on that option. I also use ATSC/OTA (Over The Air) and I can't comment on QAM or CableCard difficulties. One key problem is the mismatch between the Channel Names MePo sees when it does a channel scan and the "Guide Channel Names". For the most part MePo ScannedNames match what I see with a USA ATSC TV set, but most of the ScannedNames don't match the GuideNames. This is true for WebEPG/imdb, xmltv/mc2xml (zap2it), and xmltv/WebGrab+Plus (tvguide). I did a fresh channel scan and mc2xml download, the following is an example of the mismatch [CODE] 2.1 KTVUDT 2001 KTVU-HD 2.2 KTVUDT2 2002 KTVU-SD 4.1 KRONDT 4001 KRON-HD 4.2 KRONDT2 4002 KRON-SD 4.3 KRONDT3 4003 KRONSD2 5.1 KPIXDT 5001 KPIX-DT 7.1 KGODT 7001 KGO-HD 7.2 KGODT2 7002 LIVWELL 7.3 KGODT3 7003 LWSD 9.1 KQEDDT 9001 KQED-HD 9.2 KQEDDT2 9002 KQED+ 9.3 KQEDDT3 9003 WORLD 11.1 KNTVDT 11001 KNTV HD 11.2 KNTVDT2 11002 Cozi Television (COZI-TV) [/CODE] The first 2 columns are the ATSC channel numbers and Channel Name from the guide webpage, these names match the mc2xml download names. The last 2 columns are the MePo scanned channel number and channel names, these match what I see on a ATSC TV with a few exceptions (COZI-TV is wrong). If I use xmltv with PartialMatch=OFF, none of the channels match. If I use PartialMatch=ON, channels with the same basename are mapped to the first GuideChannel, KTVU-HD=KTVUDT (good), KTVU-SD=KTVUDT (wrong), etc and I need to manually fix many/most channels. The other channels, LIVWELL=KGODT2 etc all need to be fixed. With my mc2xml OTA lineup there are about 120 GuideChannels, with a Cable/Digital lineup there are about 650 GuideChannels. Its all doable, but lots of grumpy NSFW words are used while groping through the 120/650 GuideChannels to fix the mis-mapped channels. To be honest I'm not sure what to suggest to improve/fix this problem. The 2 sets of Channel Names don't really match and I don't see an easy fix. The 1st column of ATSC channel numbers (2.1 etc) are not in the default mc2xml download and can't be used to match the MePo Channels. One workaround is the user can manually edit/tweak the MePo ChannelNames to match the GuideNames, but that causes a different set of NSFW grumpy words. Similar problem happen with WebGrab+Plus, WebEPG etc. So much for venting but I figured I'd show an example of EPG mapping problems. The attached text file has the complete list for my OTA channels. [/QUOTE]
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