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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 1098343" data-attributes="member: 117536"><p>I paid the $20 for the enhanced mc2xml version, really donation to the guy who wrote the tool. The tv channel IDs are the same for both "legacy" and "new" download options so it does not really help the mismatch between EPG download IDs and the IDs MePo gets when you do an ATSC channel scan. The "new" option adds the ATSC channel.subchan numbers, 2.1, 2.2 etc that helps a little if you know the number you are looking for when you setup xmltv.</p><p></p><p>This mismatch between the EPG IDs and MePo ATSC scan IDs is a pet peeve of mine, I wrote a rant in the following thread on this topic.</p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/integrated-program-guide-data-source.124358/page-2#post-1060267" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/integrated-program-guide-data-source.124358/page-2#post-1060267</a></p><p></p><p>As far as I know this problem exists with all the "freeloader" ATSC EPG options, WebEPG, xmltv/mc2xml, xmltv/WebGrab+Plus. The core problem is the names the stations send in the OTA PSIP data that contains the Channel IDs is not used by the various online sources. The online IDs are typically close, but I rarely get an exact match. One thing to keep in mind, sometimes the stations add/remove ATSC subchannels, change OTA ATSC channel IDs, etc so the IDs you see today may not be the same 6-12 months from now when you do another scan.</p><p></p><p>For WebEPG you have to by hand enter both the MePo ID and the EPG ID, so you can get them to match. For mc2xml, I've been using the mc2xml.ren file option to build a rename/mapping file. Each line has the EpgID:MePoID and mc2xml uses this to tweak the IDs in the tvguide.xml file so my xmltv imports find the channels I want. See <a href="http://mc2xml.hosterbox.net/" target="_blank">http://mc2xml.hosterbox.net/</a> This is a pain to setup, you need to run mc2xml to get a 1st pass tvguide.xml file with EPG IDs, by hand create a mc2xml.ren with the mappings, then run mc2xml a 2nd time create a new tvguide.xml file with your channel names. It takes work to setup the 1st time, but at least when you do a new install, new scan, or other changes its a lot easier to get xmltv setup again. Pay me now or pay me later.</p><p></p><p>I've never used the SchedulesDirect option, for a strange reason the $25/yr (1 cup of coffee/month) cost bugs me. But from various threads/comments it can auto-generate your local MePo channels. Since it uses the same channel IDs for both MePo channels and EPG, I think in general they match. One of these days I may give this a try.</p><p></p><p>This is all for OTA/ATSC, I've never tried free QAM or CableCard, but based on various forum threads there can be similar MePo channel ID vs EPG ID name mismatch, resync problems. I'll fight that battle if I ever get cable again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonD, post: 1098343, member: 117536"] I paid the $20 for the enhanced mc2xml version, really donation to the guy who wrote the tool. The tv channel IDs are the same for both "legacy" and "new" download options so it does not really help the mismatch between EPG download IDs and the IDs MePo gets when you do an ATSC channel scan. The "new" option adds the ATSC channel.subchan numbers, 2.1, 2.2 etc that helps a little if you know the number you are looking for when you setup xmltv. This mismatch between the EPG IDs and MePo ATSC scan IDs is a pet peeve of mine, I wrote a rant in the following thread on this topic. [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/integrated-program-guide-data-source.124358/page-2#post-1060267[/url] As far as I know this problem exists with all the "freeloader" ATSC EPG options, WebEPG, xmltv/mc2xml, xmltv/WebGrab+Plus. The core problem is the names the stations send in the OTA PSIP data that contains the Channel IDs is not used by the various online sources. The online IDs are typically close, but I rarely get an exact match. One thing to keep in mind, sometimes the stations add/remove ATSC subchannels, change OTA ATSC channel IDs, etc so the IDs you see today may not be the same 6-12 months from now when you do another scan. For WebEPG you have to by hand enter both the MePo ID and the EPG ID, so you can get them to match. For mc2xml, I've been using the mc2xml.ren file option to build a rename/mapping file. Each line has the EpgID:MePoID and mc2xml uses this to tweak the IDs in the tvguide.xml file so my xmltv imports find the channels I want. See [url]http://mc2xml.hosterbox.net/[/url] This is a pain to setup, you need to run mc2xml to get a 1st pass tvguide.xml file with EPG IDs, by hand create a mc2xml.ren with the mappings, then run mc2xml a 2nd time create a new tvguide.xml file with your channel names. It takes work to setup the 1st time, but at least when you do a new install, new scan, or other changes its a lot easier to get xmltv setup again. Pay me now or pay me later. I've never used the SchedulesDirect option, for a strange reason the $25/yr (1 cup of coffee/month) cost bugs me. But from various threads/comments it can auto-generate your local MePo channels. Since it uses the same channel IDs for both MePo channels and EPG, I think in general they match. One of these days I may give this a try. This is all for OTA/ATSC, I've never tried free QAM or CableCard, but based on various forum threads there can be similar MePo channel ID vs EPG ID name mismatch, resync problems. I'll fight that battle if I ever get cable again. [/QUOTE]
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