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

[mm1352000]

So the www_imdb_com grabber ver I had was the up to date one. thanks

You said you took the May2012 one which is clearly not the up to date one. The November 2012 one is the latest.

 

[AndreL]

So change nothing else but the zip code as such

<Site url="http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&amp;start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=27330" post="" external="false" encoding="" />[DOUBLEPOST=1409530478][/DOUBLEPOST]help me with the the "
<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)

How do I coopy the Imdb stuff form the sit to the file what do I need to do cause the tutorial is no help at all.[DOUBLEPOST=1409531720][/DOUBLEPOST]When I do this
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.
I get columns filed for 5 channels and my channel count is 606 I doing something wrong[DOUBLEPOST=1409531976][/DOUBLEPOST]It makes no update to the www_imdb_com file all I see are
<Channels>

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

</Channels>

Do I have to manually enter each channel

 

[mm1352000]

So change nothing else but the zip code as such

Yes, exactly.

help me with the the...
How do I coopy the Imdb stuff form the sit to the file what do I need to do cause the tutorial is no help at all.

Well, I respectfully disagree about the tutorial. I've never used WebEPG or IMDB before and I'm able to follow it easily. If you can't understand the tutorial then I think I probably haven't got a dog's show of helping you. Nevertheless, I will try to walk you through an example to get guide data for one channel.

1. Open the www_imdb_com file in any text editor (notepad, wordpad... whatever, it doesn't matter).
2. Fix the zip code (ie. change "http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&amp;start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=ZIPCODE" to "http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&amp;start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=27330").
3. Create a new channel entry by copying and pasting the existing KTVU entry, and then deleting the id and siteId parts. In other words, you should have this:
<Channels>
<Channel id="KTVU-HD" siteId="KTVUDT" />
<Channel id="" siteId="" />
</Channels>

4. Open TV Server configuration.
5. Go to the Plugins -> WebEPG section.
6. Go to the TV Mappings tab.
7. In the "group" field select any list of channels that you want guide data for. That could be "all channels" or any other custom group with your favourite channels that you may have created.
8. Click "Import". You should now see a list of channels in the area below. Note that the Channel Name, Channel ID and Grabber columns are all empty to begin with - that is 100% normal.
9. Pick any channel that you want EPG for.
10. Copy the value in the "EPG Name" column for the channel you selected at step 8 into the id part of your new channel entry in the www_imdb_com file. In other words, if you picked a channel called "ABC HD" you should have this:
<Channels>
<Channel id="KTVU-HD" siteId="KTVUDT" />
<Channel id="ABC HD" siteId="" />
</Channels>

11. Open your internet browser and navigate to your listings on the IMDB website. Make sure you enter your zip code then press go, then select your provider and press go again.
12. Find the channel that corresponds to the channel you selected at step 8.
13. Click on the channel name to see the one day listing for the channel.
14. Take the end part of the address from the browser address bar and copy it into the siteId part of your new channel entry in the www_imdb_com file. In other words, if the browser address bar has "http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2014-08-31/ABC/" then you should end up with this in the www_imdb_com file:
<Channels>
<Channel id="KTVU-HD" siteId="KTVUDT" />
<Channel id="ABC HD" siteId="ABC" />
</Channels>
15. Save the www_imdb_com file.
16. Back in TV Server configuration (still in the WebEPG plugin TV Mappings tab) click "Auto Map". You should now see that your "ABC HD" channel (or whatever channel you picked at step 8) has values in the Channel ID and Grabber columns (which would be ABC and US\www_imdb_com.xml).
17. Go to the general tab.
18. Change the number of grab days as per your preference. Beware: the higher the number, the more data downloaded and the longer it will take to get the data.
19. Ensure "write programs to" is set to "TV Server database" and "delete old programs before import" is ticked.
20. Click "save".
21. Click "grab now".
22. Wait until the grabbing is finished. Having never used WebEPG myself I don't know exactly how long it will take or how you would know it is done, but presumably it would show in the "grabber status report" area.

After following the above instructions you should be able to open MediaPortal and confirm that you have guide data for the channel that you picked (in my example, ABC HD).

To get guide data for all channels you have to repeat instructions 9 through 14 for all those channels, then at then end follow instructions 15 through 22.

Is this clear?

 

[mm1352000]

When I do this...
I get columns filed for 5 channels and my channel count is 606 I doing something wrong

The point of following those instructions is to see the values in the EPG Name column. The other columns should only be filled after you've completed the tutorial. The fact that 5 channels have filled columns now indicates you clicked "auto map" at some point. Ignore it. The mappings are probably wrong anyway.

It makes no update to the www_imdb_com file all I see are
<Channels>
<Channel id="KTVU-HD" siteId="KTVUDT" />
</Channels>
Do I have to manually enter each channel

You should not expect to see any difference in the Channels section because [yes] you have to enter each channel manually. KTVU-HD is just an example. The point of the tutorial is to explain how to enter the channels manually.

 

[AndreL]

I see and listing for the channel but one thing I did a standard channel when I open MP it does a listing for an HD channel but it works thank you for the detail fo the so called tutorial.

 

[RonD]

I get columns filed for 5 channels and my channel count is 606 I doing something wrong

I have not been following this thread in detail, but if you are trying to do N*100 channels I'd recommend against the WebEPG/imdb approach. With 600 channels WebPEG would try to grab 600*14 days worth of webpages to get the EPG info. Probably over 100 MB of web data and will take more than 1 hour. Not sure where to draw the line, I would not suggest WebEPG for more than 25-50 channels.

If you really need 600+ channels of EPG your best 2 options are xmltv/mc2xml or SchedulesDirect. I've never tried SD, not sure of the effort if you do that option. With xmltv/mc2xml you would need to do a lot of channel mapping between your MePo scanned channel names and the names in the downloaded EPG data.

Maybe you should just start with a smaller number 25 or so MustHave channels, make a MePo ChannelGroup and add those channels to the ChannelGroup , use one of the EPG options to get EPG data for those channels. Then decide how to hand the next 500+ channels

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...ration/TV-Server_Configuration/03_TV_Channels

 

[AndreL]

Just thought can I get TV logos via WebEP & www_imdb_com.xml grabber

 

[AndreL]

I just did a bunch of channels and nothing not even the 1st one I did please take a look

 

[RonD]

webepg/imdb do not have support for TV logos, somewhere there is a thread about USA TV logos, try doing a search. I've never looked for TV logos.

 

[mm1352000]

I just did a bunch of channels and nothing not even the 1st one I did please take a look

The problem is the A&E channel. Ampersand is a special character in XML. Instead of "A&E" please try "A&amp;E".