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Hi, just so I understand what is going on as I go through my first fumblings with MP!

I see that the xml file that I get from Zap2it has useful channel names such as "46 SPACEC". But, if I want, I can go into the MP configuration and manually change the name to say "Space" which is more friendly. However, everytime I import an updated xml file it would set the name back to "46 SPACEC".

What your executable does is to set up a mapping of the channel names so that when you get a new xml file you can run your executabvle and get an updated xml file to import that has the channel names reset to the friendly ones.

If you are doing an automatic retrieval of your tvguide.xml using a bat file I guess you should also include a line to run your mapper in there as well so you end up with the right names.

Am I close?

I also notice that the original tvguide.xml file seems to have a number of different names for each channel, the first one being something like "46 SPACEC" and other ones like "Space channel". Would it not be possible to somehow pick up these more obvious channel names directly?

Cheers,
Steve

<blockquote data-quote="nzsp" data-source="post: 53410" data-attributes="member: 20584">Hi, just so I understand what is going on as I go through my first fumblings with MP!I see that the xml file that I get from Zap2it has useful channel names such as &quot;46 SPACEC&quot;. But, if I want, I can go into the MP configuration and manually change the name to say &quot;Space&quot; which is more friendly. However, everytime I import an updated xml file it would set the name back to &quot;46 SPACEC&quot;.What your executable does is to set up a mapping of the channel names so that when you get a new xml file you can run your executabvle and get an updated xml file to import that has the channel names reset to the friendly ones.If you are doing an automatic retrieval of your tvguide.xml using a bat file I guess you should also include a line to run your mapper in there as well so you end up with the right names.Am I close?I also notice that the original tvguide.xml file seems to have a number of different names for each channel, the first one being something like &quot;46 SPACEC&quot; and other ones like &quot;Space channel&quot;. Would it not be possible to somehow pick up these more obvious channel names directly?Cheers,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nzsp, post: 53410, member: 20584"] Hi, just so I understand what is going on as I go through my first fumblings with MP! I see that the xml file that I get from Zap2it has useful channel names such as "46 SPACEC". But, if I want, I can go into the MP configuration and manually change the name to say "Space" which is more friendly. However, everytime I import an updated xml file it would set the name back to "46 SPACEC". What your executable does is to set up a mapping of the channel names so that when you get a new xml file you can run your executabvle and get an updated xml file to import that has the channel names reset to the friendly ones. If you are doing an automatic retrieval of your tvguide.xml using a bat file I guess you should also include a line to run your mapper in there as well so you end up with the right names. Am I close? I also notice that the original tvguide.xml file seems to have a number of different names for each channel, the first one being something like "46 SPACEC" and other ones like "Space channel". Would it not be possible to somehow pick up these more obvious channel names directly? Cheers, Steve [/QUOTE]