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<blockquote data-quote="moab" data-source="post: 339446" data-attributes="member: 73157"><p>Here are my install instructions.</p><p></p><p>The solution was to use the Schedules Direct plugin created by Patrick. The catch is that it relies on using a TV guide provider for $20 a year. I set it up with a Schedules Direct free 7 day trial to make sure it would work. I will pay it. $20 is cheap when I consider how much time i have invested. Particks plugin is of course free and that man deserves a medal!</p><p>The Schedules Direct plugin instructions are a little light so here is what to do.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Setup TV Guide Provider</strong></u></p><p>1. set up your <em>free</em> 7 day trial account at <a href="http://www.schedulesdirect.org" target="_blank">Schedules Direct</a>. Write down your account name and password for later.</p><p>2. Schedules Direct send a confirm email with code to you.</p><p>3. enter the code into your account information screen.</p><p>4. add a lineup based on your zip code.</p><p>5. it will display a list of channels that it thinks you get.</p><p>6. enable and disable channels as needed. You can figure out which ones you need by looking at the channel numbers (major and minor numbers) in the Mediaportal TV server config - tv channels.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Install Plugin</strong></u></p><p>1. Stop your TV Server service.</p><p>2. Download the latest plugin version 1.1a </p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/attachments/plugins-47/18741d1206277310-schedules-direct-us-canadian-mexico-epg-plugin-updated-10-01-2007-schedulesdirectplugintve3-v1.1a.zip" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/at...tve3-v1.1a.zip</a></p><p>3. Unzip the dll and put it in the C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\Plugins folder. You will see other plugin dlls already in this folder.</p><p>4. Run TV server config, it will ask to start service, click Yes.</p><p>5. Click TV channels and click Clear button to remove them all. </p><p>6. Run Channel Scan to re-auto tune your channels (same as what you did to set them up originally)</p><p>7. Once all channels are added, click plugins, open the Schedule Direct Plugin</p><p>8. Enter you SchedulesDirect user account name and password (it is case sensitive). </p><p>9. Check the box to force EPG update on TV Server service startup. </p><p>10. Click Save.</p><p>11. Stop and Restart the TV server service to force it to grab your EPG.</p><p>12. (Optional for the geek minded - look at your tv.log file to verify SchedulesDirectPluggin is collecting your channels.)</p><p>13. After a couple of minutes your EPG should be done.</p><p></p><p>The plugin directly updates the EPG in the SQL database so no messing with all that webEPG stuff.</p><p>Channels are automatically mapped to the EPG by the plugin looking at the channel number in MediaPortal TV Server config and getting the matching channel number from Schedule Direct. You don't need to worry about channel code names.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moab, post: 339446, member: 73157"] Here are my install instructions. The solution was to use the Schedules Direct plugin created by Patrick. The catch is that it relies on using a TV guide provider for $20 a year. I set it up with a Schedules Direct free 7 day trial to make sure it would work. I will pay it. $20 is cheap when I consider how much time i have invested. Particks plugin is of course free and that man deserves a medal! The Schedules Direct plugin instructions are a little light so here is what to do. [U][B]Setup TV Guide Provider[/B][/U] 1. set up your [I]free[/I] 7 day trial account at [URL="http://www.schedulesdirect.org"]Schedules Direct[/URL]. Write down your account name and password for later. 2. Schedules Direct send a confirm email with code to you. 3. enter the code into your account information screen. 4. add a lineup based on your zip code. 5. it will display a list of channels that it thinks you get. 6. enable and disable channels as needed. You can figure out which ones you need by looking at the channel numbers (major and minor numbers) in the Mediaportal TV server config - tv channels. [U][B]Install Plugin[/B][/U] 1. Stop your TV Server service. 2. Download the latest plugin version 1.1a [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/attachments/plugins-47/18741d1206277310-schedules-direct-us-canadian-mexico-epg-plugin-updated-10-01-2007-schedulesdirectplugintve3-v1.1a.zip"]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/at...tve3-v1.1a.zip[/URL] 3. Unzip the dll and put it in the C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\Plugins folder. You will see other plugin dlls already in this folder. 4. Run TV server config, it will ask to start service, click Yes. 5. Click TV channels and click Clear button to remove them all. 6. Run Channel Scan to re-auto tune your channels (same as what you did to set them up originally) 7. Once all channels are added, click plugins, open the Schedule Direct Plugin 8. Enter you SchedulesDirect user account name and password (it is case sensitive). 9. Check the box to force EPG update on TV Server service startup. 10. Click Save. 11. Stop and Restart the TV server service to force it to grab your EPG. 12. (Optional for the geek minded - look at your tv.log file to verify SchedulesDirectPluggin is collecting your channels.) 13. After a couple of minutes your EPG should be done. The plugin directly updates the EPG in the SQL database so no messing with all that webEPG stuff. Channels are automatically mapped to the EPG by the plugin looking at the channel number in MediaPortal TV Server config and getting the matching channel number from Schedule Direct. You don't need to worry about channel code names. [/QUOTE]
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