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<blockquote data-quote="2.0" data-source="post: 869808" data-attributes="member: 118263">I think all of us in the United States is having / has had this same problem. The WebEPG grabber files included with MP do not work as-is, but the good news is that it can be fixed. It's not that hard once you figure it out.&nbsp;$25/year is not a lot of money to pay for having the convenience of SchedulesDirect. But personally, my goal in building my own HTPC was to do it all with free software, so I went with WebEPG and the IMDB TV website. The www_imdb_com.xml file just needs to be edited and customized for your own area, TV provider and channels. Here's how I did it:&nbsp;Step 1: Go to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid</a> . Enter your zip code and TV provider. You should see the complete listing for all your TV channels.&nbsp;Step 2: Find the www_imdb_com.xml file in your \Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\WebEPG\grabbers\US folder, open it in Notepad. You will see a few lines that look like this:[CODE]&lt;Channel id=&quot;wwwww&quot; siteId=&quot;xxxxx/?zip=yyyyy&amp;amp;tv_prov=zzzzz&quot; /&gt;[/CODE]Here, wwwww=the name of the channel (should be the same as listed in TV Server); xxxxx=the name of the channel as shown in the left-hand column of the IMDB website (TBS, MSNBC, etc.); yyyyy=your zip code; zzzzz=the codename of your tv provider (it's shown in the url of the IMDB TV listings)&nbsp;Step 3: Remove those lines from the xml file and replace them with new lines. Each channel needs its own line, following the template listed in the code above. The zip code and TV provider should be the same on each line. When you're done with all channels, save it as an xml file with the same filename.&nbsp;Step 4: In TV Server Configuration, go to Plugins -&gt; WebEPG. Map all of your channels using your new www_imdb_com.xml file. When that's done hit Grab Now and it should work.&nbsp;Once I got this working it worked great and I never had to mess with it again.&nbsp;By the way, the reason WMC does it automatically without any trouble is because Bill Gates paid millions of dollars to set up an EPG data service just for WMC.&nbsp; So if someone could donate that kind of money, I'm sure we could make the same thing for MediaPortal. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="2.0, post: 869808, member: 118263"] I think all of us in the United States is having / has had this same problem. The WebEPG grabber files included with MP do not work as-is, but the good news is that it can be fixed. It's not that hard once you figure it out. $25/year is not a lot of money to pay for having the convenience of SchedulesDirect. But personally, my goal in building my own HTPC was to do it all with free software, so I went with WebEPG and the IMDB TV website. The www_imdb_com.xml file just needs to be edited and customized for your own area, TV provider and channels. Here's how I did it: Step 1: Go to [url]http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid[/url] . Enter your zip code and TV provider. You should see the complete listing for all your TV channels. Step 2: Find the www_imdb_com.xml file in your \Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\WebEPG\grabbers\US folder, open it in Notepad. You will see a few lines that look like this: [CODE]<Channel id="wwwww" siteId="xxxxx/?zip=yyyyy&tv_prov=zzzzz" />[/CODE] Here, wwwww=the name of the channel (should be the same as listed in TV Server); xxxxx=the name of the channel as shown in the left-hand column of the IMDB website (TBS, MSNBC, etc.); yyyyy=your zip code; zzzzz=the codename of your tv provider (it's shown in the url of the IMDB TV listings) Step 3: Remove those lines from the xml file and replace them with new lines. Each channel needs its own line, following the template listed in the code above. The zip code and TV provider should be the same on each line. When you're done with all channels, save it as an xml file with the same filename. Step 4: In TV Server Configuration, go to Plugins -> WebEPG. Map all of your channels using your new www_imdb_com.xml file. When that's done hit Grab Now and it should work. Once I got this working it worked great and I never had to mess with it again. By the way, the reason WMC does it automatically without any trouble is because Bill Gates paid millions of dollars to set up an EPG data service just for WMC. So if someone could donate that kind of money, I'm sure we could make the same thing for MediaPortal. ;) [/QUOTE]

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