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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1098227" data-attributes="member: 82144">Yes, exactly.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 &quot;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&amp;amp;start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=ZIPCODE" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&amp;amp;start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=ZIPCODE</a>&quot; to &quot;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&amp;amp;start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=27330" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&amp;amp;start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=27330</a>&quot;).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:&nbsp; &lt;Channels&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Channel id=&quot;KTVU-HD&quot; siteId=&quot;KTVUDT&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Channel id=&quot;&quot; siteId=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/Channels&gt;4. Open TV Server configuration.5. Go to the Plugins -&gt; WebEPG section.6. Go to the TV Mappings tab.7. In the &quot;group&quot; field select any list of channels that you want guide data for. That could be &quot;all channels&quot; or any other custom group with your favourite channels that you may have created.8. Click &quot;Import&quot;. 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 &quot;EPG Name&quot; 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 &quot;ABC HD&quot; you should have this:&nbsp; &lt;Channels&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Channel id=&quot;KTVU-HD&quot; siteId=&quot;KTVUDT&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Channel id=&quot;ABC HD&quot; siteId=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/Channels&gt;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 &quot;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2014-08-31/ABC/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2014-08-31/ABC/</a>&quot; then you should end up with this in the www_imdb_com file:&nbsp; &lt;Channels&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Channel id=&quot;KTVU-HD&quot; siteId=&quot;KTVUDT&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;Channel id=&quot;ABC HD&quot; siteId=&quot;ABC&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/Channels&gt;15. Save the www_imdb_com file.16. Back in TV Server configuration (still in the WebEPG plugin TV Mappings tab) click &quot;Auto Map&quot;. You should now see that your &quot;ABC HD&quot; 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 &quot;write programs to&quot; is set to &quot;TV Server database&quot; and &quot;delete old programs before import&quot; is ticked.20. Click &quot;save&quot;.21. Click &quot;grab now&quot;.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 &quot;grabber status report&quot; 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?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1098227, member: 82144"] Yes, exactly. 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 "[url]http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=ZIPCODE[/url]" to "[url]http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/[ID]&start_date=[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]/?zip=27330[/url]"). 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 "[url]http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2014-08-31/ABC/[/url]" 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? [/QUOTE]

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