TV with HDHomeRun and OTA channels only (1 Viewer)

[shackrock]

Hi all.

I'm trying to set up my HDHomeRun with MediaPortal, and get a full channel guide/etc...

So far I've successfully gotten the channels to show up in TV config, and in MP. Now though, I'm not sure how to do anything else (like download the guide, for example)...

I also want to make sure I have timeshifting/recording all working for PVR functionality.

Can anyone give me some help here? Thanks!

UPDATE
Ok I just found the new Wiki pages for MP TV... Let me try to work through these, Before I think I was looking at some old version that didn't match...ha!

 

[shackrock]

Ok I'm back with an update. I still can't get the guide to work... I even setup WebEPG per the guide =(

 

[RonD]

I have an updated version of the imdb_com grabber file for WebEPG and some instructions in the WebEPG forum. You need to customize the grabber file with your local TV channels. xmltv and mc2xml are a different way to get US EPG info.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...om-grabber-file-adds-subtitle-support.108360/

direct link to wiki page with setup info for WebEPG an xmltv/mc2xml
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_setup_using_WebEPG_and_imdb.com
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_Setup_using_XmlTv_and_mc2xml

 

[shackrock]

I have an updated version of the imdb_com grabber file for WebEPG and some instructions in the WebEPG forum. You need to customize the grabber file with your local TV channels. xmltv and mc2xml are a different way to get US EPG info.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...om-grabber-file-adds-subtitle-support.108360/

direct link to wiki page with setup info for WebEPG an xmltv/mc2xml
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_setup_using_WebEPG_and_imdb.com
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_Setup_using_XmlTv_and_mc2xml

That worked pretty well! Thanks. Now, is there any reason I need to use xmltv or mc2xml instead of just using the default "TV Server DB"?

 

[RonD]

WebEPG is 1 way to get EPG info loaded to the MePo TV guide database that grabs info from imdb.com. XMLTV and mc2xml are a different way to download EPG info to the database. Both give similar info, different people prefer one or the other option. Both options require setup to for your local channels and getting periodic updates.

If you don't want to use a network connection and are using OTA, you can actually grab the EPG info directly from the TV channels. The EPG is not as good as the network options and most stations only have about 12 hours of data. I wrote up some setup info in the following forum message.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-opentv-mediahighway.86434/page-2#post-883824

 

[shackrock]

Ahhh I understand... ok. I'm good with the IMDB one... it seems to get good data for the main channels anyhow. Thank you!

 

[shackrock]

WebEPG is 1 way to get EPG info loaded to the MePo TV guide database that grabs info from imdb.com. XMLTV and mc2xml are a different way to download EPG info to the database. Both give similar info, different people prefer one or the other option. Both options require setup to for your local channels and getting periodic updates.

If you don't want to use a network connection and are using OTA, you can actually grab the EPG info directly from the TV channels. The EPG is not as good as the network options and most stations only have about 12 hours of data. I wrote up some setup info in the following forum message.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-opentv-mediahighway.86434/page-2#post-883824

Ok here's an update, some channels aren't displaying it seems now. Even though it looks like the channel info was downloaded correctly... CBS and CW. Any ideas? Win7.

 

[RonD]

there are a few things you can check. my guess is a few channel mappings in the imdb_com grabber file might have a typo and not match.

1. look at the WebEPG -> "TV Mapping? page and double check that all the good and bad channels are mapped to the new grabber file. You can use the mouse to stretch the window width to see all the data. You might try manually mapping the problem channels. see the main WebEPG wiki
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...ion/TV-Server_Configuration/13_Plugins/WebEPG

2. in the "C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\WebEPG" folder you should have a WebEPG.xml file. You can open this with a web browser (IE, chrome, etc) do you see all the channels? 2 lines from my file
<Channel id="KRON-DT" displayName="KRON-HD" grabber="US\www_imdb_com_May2012.xml"/>
<Channel id="KTVU-HD" displayName="KTVU-HD" grabber="US\www_imdb_com_May2012.xml"/>

3. The TV Server log files in "C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\log" tv.log have debug info. If you search through this file for good and bad channels you can see the actual requests WebEPG makes to grab data. For example, find something like the URL in bold and copy/paste the request into the browser address bar for good and bad channels. Are there error messages for your problem channels

2012-09-02 02:45:15.818000 [WebEPGImporter(13)]: WebEPG: Reading http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2012-09-15/KTVUDT&start_date=2012-09-15 POST: - Delay: 500ms
2012-09-02 02:45:15.931000 [PowerScheduler poll thread(14)]: EpgGrabbingHandler: TvEngine.WebEPGImport does not allow standby
2012-09-02 02:45:16.716000 [WebEPGImporter(13)]: HTMLPage: GetInternal encoding: iso-8859-1
2012-09-02 02:45:16.719000 [WebEPGImporter(13)]: WebEPG: Listing Count 33
2012-09-02 02:45:16.731000 [WebEPGImporter(13)]: WebEPG: Guide, Program Info: 20120914220000 - Ten O'Clock News
2012-09-02 02:45:16.740000 [WebEPGImporter(13)]: WebEPG: Guide, Program Info: 20120914230000 - Seinfeld

 

[shackrock]

Hm ok.

1. Looks good still, everything seems to be mapped correctly.
2. This one matches as well, I don't see anything that is named incorrectly.
3. This one, here are some lines from one of the channels that has no data in MP...I guess it actually is working, but IMDB doesn't have any info to populate the guide with because I just want to the link and it just says "LOCAL PROGRAMMING..."

2012-09-02 14:25:21.480749 [WebEPGImporter(6)]: WebEPG: Grab Start 2:25 PM 9/2/2012
2012-09-02 14:25:21.995550 [WebEPGImporter(6)]: WebEPG: Reading http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2012-09-02/FOX&start_date=2012-09-02 POST: - Delay: 500ms
2012-09-02 14:25:22.900352 [WebEPGImporter(6)]: HTMLPage: GetInternal encoding: iso-8859-1
2012-09-02 14:25:22.900352 [WebEPGImporter(6)]: WebEPG: Listing Count 1

http://www.imdb.com/tvgrid/2012-09-02/FOX&start_date=2012-09-02

Odd, but It must not be a software issue afterall.

 

[RonD]

that looks like it is working, not sure why the database is not getting the info. for debug you might try unmapping all the channels except for 1 good and 1 bad channel to speed up the testing.

1. try writing to a tvguide.xml file, "WebEPG -> General change" change "Write programs to" to a test file "tvguide.xml in the following folder" Open the tvguide.xml output with a browser.

2. clear the TV guide database. use TV Server "manual control" and press "Refresh EPG", then enable WebEPG write to database, "grab now"