Update: Problem solved! The electronic program guides (tvguide.xml) have been successfully transferred to MediaPortal. The issue stemmed from the corruption of one or both of the mc2xml.dat and/or mc2xml.exe files, for an unknown reason. Consequently, even though the tvguide.xml file appeared to be updated, its content kept being an...

Update: Problem solved! The electronic program guides (tvguide.xml) have been successfully transferred to MediaPortal. The issue...

I was having a problem with the EPG on MP2 1.4.1 (although it used to run without any issues for a while). So I installed MP2 1.5...

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November 2, 2025

jfd553

MP1 MP2 XMLTV not processing EPG data DE

Hey CyberSimian you nailed it! Looks like the secret is:- After EPG Collector has Run and provided the TVGuide.xml Open MediaPortal - TV Server Configuration "Force Import" on the Plugins/Xmltv/General dialogue, (ignore the status) Go to the Mappings dialogue and Load/Refresh and Save a Group - (It does not appear to matter which...

Hey CyberSimian you nailed it! Looks like the secret is:- After EPG Collector has Run and provided the TVGuide.xml Open...

Hi everyone I posted in the EPG section a while back concerning MediaPortal EPG using EPG Collector and MediaPortal xmltv plugin...

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June 28, 2025

technoweary

MP1 MP2 MP2 - V2.3 EPG has stopped DE

The only configuration that is certain to work is when the MP client and MP server are from the same release. It is sometimes possible to use MP clients from a release that is different to the MP server, but whether it works depends on the specific changes that were made between the two releases. -- from CyberSimian in the UK

The only configuration that is certain to work is when the MP client and MP server are from the same release. It is sometimes...

Before you create this bug report: Make sure that your system (Windows, codecs and drivers) is up to date, matching the...

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September 30, 2025

CyberSimian

MP1 MP2 XMLTV not populating guide? Can anyone help? DE

I used to use the grabber but a few years back it disappeared on FreeSat DVBS. That is when I changed to EPG Collector. The extra benefit is that it collects from the Sky platform so it will give EPG for all the FreeSat channels plus the unencrypted movie channels on the Sky platform. It also allows me to pick the channels dedicated...

I used to use the grabber but a few years back it disappeared on FreeSat DVBS. That is when I changed to EPG Collector. The extra...

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well My Mum's Mediaportal lost it's marbles thanks to Microsoft update, (even though I had update...