Using XmlTv plugin with mc2xml (1 Viewer)

[mark069]

I've been struggling with configuring a program guide for mediaportal which doesn't have native support in the US. By the way, is there any media center software similar to media portal which has free native US tv guide support(other than windows media center)?

I've installed and run mc2xml and it generates a data file called xmltv.xml which I think contains the current program guide. The Xmltv plugin asks me to point to the folder where tvguide.xml is stored. I'm stuck - there is no tvguide.xml file so I'm thinking they mean the xmltv.xml file so I rename it to tvguide.xml and try to force an import. It doesn't work. WHat am I doing wrong here? The mc2xml website had some instructions but it hasn't been working for a few days......

Is the WebEPG plugin needed? Seems like it is but there isn't any clear procedure on how to set it up to work with xmltv.

MediaPortal Version: 1.1.2
MediaPortal Skin: default skin
Windows Version: Windows 7
CPU Type: AMD Athlon X3 2.9 Mhz
HDD: Western Digital 1 TB
Memory: 4 GB
Motherboard: Gigahertz
Video Card: ATI Ratheon HD 4200
Video Card Driver: 4.1
Sound Card: NA
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Avermedia Duo
1. TV Card Type: ATSC
1. TV Card Driver: 3.1
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV: Gyration Air
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

 

[Bagal]

You don't need the WebEPG plugin to use MC2XML - have a look at my reply here which shows you the detailed steps to get the mc2xml data into MediaPortal.

 

[mark069]

You don't need the WebEPG plugin to use MC2XML - have a look at my reply here which shows you the detailed steps to get the mc2xml data into MediaPortal.

Thank you. I'm making progress as I have gotten the guide to load into the mapping page and I'm trying to match up the channels in the guide with the channels detected by my tuner. I'm stuck here for now because only a few of the channels can be matched up (based on the call sign KGOTV, etc.).

Your instructions are much clearer than what they have on the mc2xml website. The key thing I had forgotten to do when I first set this up a week ago was renaming the file xmltv.xml to tvguide.xml. The mc2xml instructions made it sound like the tvguide file should be generated by mc2xml and when it wasn't, I thought something was wrong.