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<blockquote data-quote="Mew" data-source="post: 189962" data-attributes="member: 29012">Hi rockmeisster&quot;Yes&quot; is the short answer.The long answer is as follows:I have WebEPG set up to grab UK channels at 04:00 each morning. I have enabled the XMLTV plugin in TVE3 and pointed the plugin to where the tvguide.xml file is created.I use the PowerScheduler plugin on TVE3 and MediaPortal Client (it is single seat) and have the HTPC in hibernate when it is not being used. Then at 04:00 each morning (scheduled using the WebEPG Grabber plugin in MediaPortal) the HTPC wakes up, grabs the EPG and goes back to sleep. Well, I assume it does as the HTPC is normally hibernated when I get up, but the tvguide.xml file normally has a timestamp of 04:01 or thereabouts and the XMLTV plugin in TVE3 has a similar import time. (This elapsed time of around 1 minute is for importing 14 days worth of EPG data for about 95 channels from the Radio Times on a 4Mb broadband connection at 04:00.)Instructions on how to set up the XMLTV plugin in TVE3 can be found in the Wiki at <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/XmlTv" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/XmlTv</a>Actually, these days I use the XMLTV2 plugin, the latest version of which can be found in these forums. The main advantage for me is it deletes the EPG before importing. The Radio Times EPG is very good but is 14 days ahead. Sometimes programs are advertised as TBA until nearer the broadcast time. Unless you delete the EPG periodically, MediaPortal you end up with a number of TBAs in the guide.I hope this helpsMew</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mew, post: 189962, member: 29012"] Hi rockmeisster "Yes" is the short answer. The long answer is as follows: I have WebEPG set up to grab UK channels at 04:00 each morning. I have enabled the XMLTV plugin in TVE3 and pointed the plugin to where the tvguide.xml file is created. I use the PowerScheduler plugin on TVE3 and MediaPortal Client (it is single seat) and have the HTPC in hibernate when it is not being used. Then at 04:00 each morning (scheduled using the WebEPG Grabber plugin in MediaPortal) the HTPC wakes up, grabs the EPG and goes back to sleep. Well, I assume it does as the HTPC is normally hibernated when I get up, but the tvguide.xml file normally has a timestamp of 04:01 or thereabouts and the XMLTV plugin in TVE3 has a similar import time. (This elapsed time of around 1 minute is for importing 14 days worth of EPG data for about 95 channels from the Radio Times on a 4Mb broadband connection at 04:00.) Instructions on how to set up the XMLTV plugin in TVE3 can be found in the Wiki at [URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/XmlTv"]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/XmlTv[/URL] Actually, these days I use the XMLTV2 plugin, the latest version of which can be found in these forums. The main advantage for me is it deletes the EPG before importing. The Radio Times EPG is very good but is 14 days ahead. Sometimes programs are advertised as TBA until nearer the broadcast time. Unless you delete the EPG periodically, MediaPortal you end up with a number of TBAs in the guide. I hope this helps Mew [/QUOTE]

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