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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 1145535" data-attributes="member: 117536">There are a couple setup guides to help with using WebEPG or xmltv for EPG. These are both written for MP1 but basic steps should apply to MP2.<a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/WebEPG" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/WebEPG</a><a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/XMLTV_mc2xml" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/XMLTV_mc2xml</a>When I tried MP2 last fall I used xmltv since I was already using that option for MP1. For the USA EPG setup is a weak area for both MP1/MP2. The channel names MP1/MP2 find when they scan channels in general does not match the names used by any of the EPG data download options. Auto-matching names typically does not work so the user needs to handle getting the correct mapping between MP1/2 channels and guide channels. The setup guides try to help with the needed steps.For MP1 there is a SchedulesDirect-plugin, not sure how MP2 handles that option. Its also possible to SchedulesDirect ($25/yr for EPG download) with xmltv using a tool called mc2xml. The recent changes to WMC EPG has also impacted how USA/MP users can download EPG data. I just put a quickie update in the xmltv/mc2xml setup guide about these changes. I'm personally using SD/mc2xml/xmltv and pay $25/yr. In the past I've used/tried most of the other options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RonD, post: 1145535, member: 117536"] There are a couple setup guides to help with using WebEPG or xmltv for EPG. These are both written for MP1 but basic steps should apply to MP2. [URL]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/WebEPG[/URL] [URL]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/4_TV_Guide_Setup_(EPG)/XMLTV_mc2xml[/URL] When I tried MP2 last fall I used xmltv since I was already using that option for MP1. For the USA EPG setup is a weak area for both MP1/MP2. The channel names MP1/MP2 find when they scan channels in general does not match the names used by any of the EPG data download options. Auto-matching names typically does not work so the user needs to handle getting the correct mapping between MP1/2 channels and guide channels. The setup guides try to help with the needed steps. For MP1 there is a SchedulesDirect-plugin, not sure how MP2 handles that option. Its also possible to SchedulesDirect ($25/yr for EPG download) with xmltv using a tool called mc2xml. The recent changes to WMC EPG has also impacted how USA/MP users can download EPG data. I just put a quickie update in the xmltv/mc2xml setup guide about these changes. I'm personally using SD/mc2xml/xmltv and pay $25/yr. In the past I've used/tried most of the other options. [/QUOTE]

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