ITV HD Listings (1 Viewer)

[keithwhite]

Hi

I've just come across this site Zingzing TV Listings | Freeview, Freesat, Virgin Media and HD Television Guide which has listings for ITVHD, Simplymoves etc etc At last !!!

Cheers

Keith

 

[revs]

ITV HD is also in the radiotimes xml now to Havent yet set it up with xmltv though. need to get round to doing that

 

[keithwhite]

Thanks, but how do i update the XML files ? I've searched the WIKI and the manual but its not mentioned how to do that except manually

 

[revs]

I guess i should write a xmltv guide one day! ill add it to my to-do list!

You need to use the xmltv program to download and update the files. and schedule it to run ever day or two to get new listings.

 

[keithwhite]

Hmmm looked into this, to get xmltv to run do i need to install perl and then configure xmltv for the uk ?

 

[revs]

no need to install per - there should be an executable.

the very rough guide is:
1. get the latest xmltv executable from: SourceForge.net: XMLTV: Files
2. run xmltv in the console (dos prompt) and it will tell you to run something like "xmltv --configure uk_radiotimes_tv"
3. once you do that it will prompt you for which channels you want to download.
4. once done, anytime you run "xmltv uk_tv_radiotimes" (or something like that), it downloads the listings. You probably need to pipe it into a file by putting "> C:\tvguide.xml" at the end.

if thats all working it can then be imported into mediaportal, and you can then map the channels.

i'll see if i can find time to make a nice how-to.

although what i tend to do is load in the xmltv guide, and then have the over the air EPG overwrite it. so best of both - radiotimes xmltv for 14 days of listings, and over the air that handles last minute changes nicely.

 

[keithwhite]

Thats what happens when you use windows, forget to open a dos box and just run the .exe

I'll run what you have suggested