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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 846621" data-attributes="member: 117536"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hi Rich, ( I see there is another reply but my 2 cents)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The USA EPG is a bit frustrating and a scavenger hunt. You need to look for info in the EPG forums <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/forums/electronic-program-guide.67/</span></a> for WebEPG and/or xmltv. I've been able to get 2 options to work. Either option will give a basic EPG with program times, names, and descriptions. I'm using xmltv/mc2xml for EPG.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">1. WebEPG using imdb.com. I sent a reply to this thread <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/does-not-find-grabbers-when-mapping.105521/</span></a> to get WebEPG working. My reply refers to 1 or 2 other message threads that give info for WebEPG setup.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">2. Assuming you have windows Vista or Win7 with MSFT MediaCenter setup to download EPG info you can use the xmltv plugin and mc2xml. To get mc2xml go to the following and download mc2xml.exe.<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://mc2xml.awardspace.info/</span></a> You also need to download the xmltv.dtd file at <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://xmltv.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xmltv/xmltv/xmltv.dtd</span></a> be sure you save it as a .dtd file and have a copy in the folder you use for the tvguide.xml file.The mc2xml web page has setup info for MediaPortal. The following message has some info for setting on xmltv/mc2xml. <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/help-please-with-tv-guide-setup-for-ota.104890/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/help-please-with-tv-guide-setup-for-ota.104890/</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">One more comment, after you enable either the WebEPG or xmltv plugin I think you may need to use the use the TV Server Control program, Manual Control to stop and start the TV service. The TV Server tv.log file should show that the plugin is started.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonD, post: 846621, member: 117536"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Hi Rich, ( I see there is another reply but my 2 cents)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The USA EPG is a bit frustrating and a scavenger hunt. You need to look for info in the EPG forums [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/'][FONT=Times New Roman]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/forums/electronic-program-guide.67/[/FONT][/URL] for WebEPG and/or xmltv. I've been able to get 2 options to work. Either option will give a basic EPG with program times, names, and descriptions. I'm using xmltv/mc2xml for EPG.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]1. WebEPG using imdb.com. I sent a reply to this thread [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/'][FONT=Times New Roman]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/does-not-find-grabbers-when-mapping.105521/[/FONT][/URL] to get WebEPG working. My reply refers to 1 or 2 other message threads that give info for WebEPG setup.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]2. Assuming you have windows Vista or Win7 with MSFT MediaCenter setup to download EPG info you can use the xmltv plugin and mc2xml. To get mc2xml go to the following and download mc2xml.exe.[URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/'][FONT=Times New Roman]http://mc2xml.awardspace.info/[/FONT][/URL] You also need to download the xmltv.dtd file at [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mhtml:{D9F8323D-C413-45EB-A015-71C6A9830AE7}mid://00000021/'][FONT=Times New Roman]http://xmltv.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xmltv/xmltv/xmltv.dtd[/FONT][/URL] be sure you save it as a .dtd file and have a copy in the folder you use for the tvguide.xml file.The mc2xml web page has setup info for MediaPortal. The following message has some info for setting on xmltv/mc2xml. [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/help-please-with-tv-guide-setup-for-ota.104890/'][FONT=Times New Roman]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/help-please-with-tv-guide-setup-for-ota.104890/[/FONT][/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]One more comment, after you enable either the WebEPG or xmltv plugin I think you may need to use the use the TV Server Control program, Manual Control to stop and start the TV service. The TV Server tv.log file should show that the plugin is started.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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