Lost don't know what to do and how to get TV channels (1 Viewer)

[mm1352000]

<Site url=http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2014-08-...C32419&start_date=2014-08-31&start_time=2000# post=" external="false" encoding="" />

Is this right with the " marks and spaces

No. Totally wrong.
The one thing you have to change in that is the ZIPCODE part. Do not change anything else there.

Do I need to change this

Yes, that is the whole point of the tutorial! You need one '<Channel ...>' entry for each of the channels you want guide data for. The first part of the tutorial is describing how to create those entries. As it says:

In the imdb_com grabber file you need one channel entry in the for each station you want to grab, for example:

<Channel id="KTVU-HD" siteId="KTVUDT" />

Channel id="KTVU-HD" is the channel ID MediaPortal found when it scanned channels
siteId="KTVUDT" is the channel in the IMDB listing (left column in listing)

To get your local Channel ids enable the WebEPG plugin, select WebEPG > TV Mappings, select a "Group" (Favorites, etc) and press "Import". The EPG Name column has the Channel ids for your channel group.

You can also select import/export, set the check box for "TV Groups" and export the info to a xml file to get a list of Channel ids in your channel groups. You can open the .xml file with a browser or notepad to copy/paste the Channel ids to your grabber file.

how do you set favorites when all there is a All Channels

"Favorites" is just the example group name used in the tutorial. If you only have "all channels", it means you haven't created any custom channel groups in the TV Channels section. It is okay to use "all channels".

When I do the above all I get are 5 channels with the Grabber Channel ID and Channels Name columns filled

Presumably that's either because you've only put 5 <Channel ...> entries in the www_imdb_com file, or because you've only got 5 channels in your "all channels" list.

When I do this section Download and Update EPG

I get no channls

It looks like you've completely misunderstood the tutorial. I'd suggest you start over.

 

[mm1352000]

I had to copy those three files again and now it works have no Idea why it work again now but it works so ..on we go to epg

I have no idea what 3 files you're talking about.

 

[AndreL]

In the imdb_com grabber file you need one channel entry in the for each station you want to grab

Does this mean that I need about 500 enteries cause i get about 606 channles which are not all video

 

[mm1352000]

Does this mean that I need about 500 enteries

Yes, that's exactly what it means.

 

[AndreL]

I have no idea what 3 files you're talking about.

HttpServer.dll
MediaPortal.Utilities.dll
UPnP.dll

 

[mm1352000]

HttpServer.dll
MediaPortal.Utilities.dll
UPnP.dll

Okay. Those files have to be replaced every time you reinstall or upgrade MediaPortal or TV Server... but they have nothing to do with EPG.

 

[AndreL]

my www_imdb_com grabber was not up to date
got this one now www_imdb_com_May2012.xml[DOUBLEPOST=1409529618][/DOUBLEPOST]

reinstall or upgrade MediaPortal or TV Server

did not do any of those

 

[mm1352000]

my www_imdb_com grabber was not up to date
got this one now www_imdb_com_May2012.xml

That's wrong again. That is an older version. The www_imdb_com_Nov2012.xml version linked to the same post is the latest version.

did not do any of those

In which case why did you replace them again? I don't understand what was broken, and I strongly suspect that replacing these files did not fix it.

 

[AndreL]

Could there be one already made for my area

<Channel id="KTVU-HD" siteId="KTVUDT" />

Channel id="KTVU-HD" is the channel ID MediaPortal found when it scanned channels
siteId="KTVUDT" is the channel in the IMDB listing (left column in listing)[DOUBLEPOST=1409530006][/DOUBLEPOST]So the www_imdb_com grabber ver I had was the up to date one. thanks

 

[mm1352000]

Could there be one already made for my area

No.