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<blockquote data-quote="WG++Maker" data-source="post: 823393" data-attributes="member: 107812">Hi Redeye,re the &amp; ampersand character in xml.:Assuming you have created the channellist file for your region and provider with enabling the two lines for that in yourtv.com.au.ini , you will get the following two channel entries for the one's containing the &amp; :&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;channel update=&quot;i&quot; site=&quot;yourtv.com.au&quot; site_id=&quot;Crime &amp;amp; Investigation&quot; xmltv_id=&quot;Crime &amp;amp; Investigation&quot;&gt;Crime &amp;amp; Investigation&lt;/channel&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;channel update=&quot;i&quot; site=&quot;yourtv.com.au&quot; site_id=&quot;Discovery Home &amp;amp; Health&quot; xmltv_id=&quot;Discovery Home &amp;amp; Health&quot;&gt;Discovery Home &amp;amp; Health&lt;/channel&gt;If you use these entries as such you will get xmltv listing containing lines like this:..............&nbsp; &lt;channel id=&quot;Crime &amp;amp; Investigation&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;display-name lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Crime &amp;amp; Investigation&lt;/display-name&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;url&gt;http://www.yourtv.com.au&lt;/url&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/channel&gt;&nbsp; &lt;programme start=&quot;20111222020500 +1000&quot; stop=&quot;20111222025500 +1000&quot; channel=&quot;Crime &amp;amp; Investigation&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;title lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Motorway Cops&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;sub-title lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;The Sixth Sense&lt;/sub-title&gt;..............In fact there is nothing 'illegal' (concerning xml format) and this should be accepted by any xml reader (the &amp;amp; string is the normal substitution any xml writer will produce for the &amp; character) which should convert it back to a sole &amp; character. If there are problems (may be the xmltv importer of MP doesn't accept this &amp;amp; ?) you can change the channel entries like this:&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;channel update=&quot;i&quot; site=&quot;yourtv.com.au&quot; site_id=&quot;Crime &amp;amp; Investigation&quot; xmltv_id=&quot;Crime and Investigation&quot;&gt;Crime and Investigation&lt;/channel&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;channel update=&quot;i&quot; site=&quot;yourtv.com.au&quot; site_id=&quot;Discovery Home &amp;amp; Health&quot; xmltv_id=&quot;Discovery Home and Health&quot;&gt;Discovery Home and Health&lt;/channel&gt;Replace the &amp;amp; in the xmltv_id and the display_name with 'and' , but leave them in the site_id!! (they are needed as channel recognition in the grabber).For the rest of the xmltv elements, there is a character filter build into the program that blocks all illegal xml characters, so don't worry there.Hope this helps&nbsp;&nbsp; WG++Maker .. Jan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WG++Maker, post: 823393, member: 107812"] Hi Redeye, re the & ampersand character in xml.: Assuming you have created the channellist file for your region and provider with enabling the two lines for that in yourtv.com.au.ini , you will get the following two channel entries for the one's containing the & : <channel update="i" site="yourtv.com.au" site_id="Crime & Investigation" xmltv_id="Crime & Investigation">Crime & Investigation</channel> <channel update="i" site="yourtv.com.au" site_id="Discovery Home & Health" xmltv_id="Discovery Home & Health">Discovery Home & Health</channel> If you use these entries as such you will get xmltv listing containing lines like this: .............. <channel id="Crime & Investigation"> <display-name lang="en">Crime & Investigation</display-name> <url>http://www.yourtv.com.au</url> </channel> <programme start="20111222020500 +1000" stop="20111222025500 +1000" channel="Crime & Investigation"> <title lang="en">Motorway Cops</title> <sub-title lang="en">The Sixth Sense</sub-title> .............. In fact there is nothing 'illegal' (concerning xml format) and this should be accepted by any xml reader (the & string is the normal substitution any xml writer will produce for the & character) which should convert it back to a sole & character. If there are problems (may be the xmltv importer of MP doesn't accept this & ?) you can change the channel entries like this: <channel update="i" site="yourtv.com.au" site_id="Crime [COLOR="Blue"]&[/COLOR] Investigation" xmltv_id="Crime [COLOR="red"]and[/COLOR] Investigation">Crime [COLOR="red"]and[/COLOR] Investigation</channel> <channel update="i" site="yourtv.com.au" site_id="Discovery Home [COLOR="blue"]&[/COLOR] Health" xmltv_id="Discovery Home [COLOR="Red"]and[/COLOR] Health">Discovery Home [COLOR="red"]and[/COLOR] Health</channel> Replace the & in the xmltv_id and the display_name with 'and' , [B]but leave them in the site_id[/B]!! (they are needed as channel recognition in the grabber). For the rest of the xmltv elements, there is a character filter build into the program that blocks all illegal xml characters, so don't worry there. Hope this helps WG++Maker .. Jan [/QUOTE]

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