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<blockquote data-quote="corporate_gadfly" data-source="post: 859950" data-attributes="member: 113254"><p>Thanks for the wonderful plugin. I am using it as a replacement for SchedulesDirect (which has a $25/year subscription). I know that's pretty cheap in the big scheme of things, but tvguide.com has so far proved to be a worthy replacement from North American point of view.</p><p> </p><p>The <em><strong>biggest</strong></em> hurdle in adopting tvguide.com for WebGrab+Plus was to find the <em><u>srvid</u></em> for a particular zip code. In my case, I was interested in the Buffalo Area OTA. I followed instructions in the <span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><em>tvguide</em>.com.</span><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><em>howtoaddprovider</em>.</span><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">txt (now named as SiteIni.Pack.11.10\Networks\tvguide.com.no-provider_info.howtoaddprovider.txt)</span> </em>file for the general procedure of generating a channel list and so on. But first let's get back to the <em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">srvid</span></em>.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Go to <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/Listings/" target="_blank">TV Listings</a>. You will most probably end up seeing the default listings, e.g., <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Eastern - National Listings.[ATTACH=full]109237[/ATTACH]</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Click on the </span></span><span style="font-size: 11px"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000">change location/provider</span></strong></span> link</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Choose the <strong>By Location </strong>radio button</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Enter your <strong>Zip Code</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Click <strong>Antenna</strong> in <strong>Service Provider</strong> row</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The <strong>Providers</strong> will shortly populate itself[ATTACH=full]109238[/ATTACH]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Right-click on the <strong>Buffalo Area Broadcast (Buffalo) (OTA Broadcast)</strong> and choose Copy Link</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Paste that link in Notepad (or another editor) <span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/listings/setup/localizedone.ashx?ServiceID=" target="_blank">http://www.tvguide.com/listings/setup/localizedone.ashx?ServiceID=</a><strong>20407.268435456</strong>&Zip=14072&provider=Buffalo%20Area%20Broadcast%20%28Buffalo%29&RedirectUrl=<a href="http://www.tvguide.com/Listings/&cb=1344993314407" target="_blank">http://www.tvguide.com/Listings/&cb=1344993314407</a></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">srvid</span> that I am interested in is <strong>20407.268435456</strong></li> </ol><p>That was the srvid that I used in my <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">tvguide.com.blah.ini</span>file.</p><p>[CODE]url_index{url|http://www.tvguide.com/listings/data/ajaxchan.ashx?fmt=0&srvid=20407.268435456&chanrow=1&genre=0&favchan=false&srcid=|channel|&days=14}</p><p>[/CODE]</p><p>Hope this helps someone in the US and/or Canada. Perhaps there is an easier way, but I couldn't find it.</p><p> </p><p><u><em><strong>=edit=</strong></em></u> Some minor issues to report. For OTA broadcast a channel with HD and SD was recognized as the same (in this case <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">WNED</span>). Trying to run <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">.exe</span> with both <span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><channel></span> entries present in config file ended up with <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">duplicate xmltv_id</span> error, so I had to comment one of them out and reuse the other one in the XmlTv mapping.</p><p> </p><p>2nd issue was with a channel with a space in the name (<span style="font-family: 'courier new'">ION HD</span>). The channel got recognized as:[CODE]site_id="51.1 23430" xmltv_id="ION"[/CODE]I had to modify it to:[CODE]site_id="23430" xmltv_id="ION HD"[/CODE]Notice that I dropped <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">51.1</span> and added <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">HD</span>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="corporate_gadfly, post: 859950, member: 113254"] Thanks for the wonderful plugin. I am using it as a replacement for SchedulesDirect (which has a $25/year subscription). I know that's pretty cheap in the big scheme of things, but tvguide.com has so far proved to be a worthy replacement from North American point of view. The [I][B]biggest[/B][/I] hurdle in adopting tvguide.com for WebGrab+Plus was to find the [I][U]srvid[/U][/I] for a particular zip code. In my case, I was interested in the Buffalo Area OTA. I followed instructions in the [FONT=courier new][I]tvguide[/I].com.[/FONT][FONT=courier new][I]howtoaddprovider[/I].[/FONT][I][FONT=courier new]txt (now named as SiteIni.Pack.11.10\Networks\tvguide.com.no-provider_info.howtoaddprovider.txt)[/FONT] [/I]file for the general procedure of generating a channel list and so on. But first let's get back to the [I][FONT=courier new]srvid[/FONT][/I]. [LIST=1] [*]Go to [URL='http://www.tvguide.com/Listings/']TV Listings[/URL]. You will most probably end up seeing the default listings, e.g., [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=12px][B]Eastern - National Listings.[ATTACH=full]109237[/ATTACH][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=12px]Click on the [/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=11px][B][COLOR=#cc0000]change location/provider[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] link [*]Choose the [B]By Location [/B]radio button [*]Enter your [B]Zip Code[/B] [*]Click [B]Antenna[/B] in [B]Service Provider[/B] row [*]The [B]Providers[/B] will shortly populate itself[ATTACH=full]109238[/ATTACH] [*]Right-click on the [B]Buffalo Area Broadcast (Buffalo) (OTA Broadcast)[/B] and choose Copy Link [*]Paste that link in Notepad (or another editor) [FONT=courier new][url]http://www.tvguide.com/listings/setup/localizedone.ashx?ServiceID=[/url][B]20407.268435456[/B]&Zip=14072&provider=Buffalo%20Area%20Broadcast%20%28Buffalo%29&RedirectUrl=[url]http://www.tvguide.com/Listings/&cb=1344993314407[/url][/FONT] [*]The [FONT=courier new]srvid[/FONT] that I am interested in is [B]20407.268435456[/B] [/LIST] That was the srvid that I used in my [FONT=courier new]tvguide.com.blah.ini[/FONT]file. [CODE]url_index{url|http://www.tvguide.com/listings/data/ajaxchan.ashx?fmt=0&srvid=20407.268435456&chanrow=1&genre=0&favchan=false&srcid=|channel|&days=14} [/CODE] Hope this helps someone in the US and/or Canada. Perhaps there is an easier way, but I couldn't find it. [U][I][B]=edit=[/B][/I][/U] Some minor issues to report. For OTA broadcast a channel with HD and SD was recognized as the same (in this case [FONT=courier new]WNED[/FONT]). Trying to run [FONT=courier new].exe[/FONT] with both [FONT=courier new]<channel>[/FONT] entries present in config file ended up with [FONT=courier new]duplicate xmltv_id[/FONT] error, so I had to comment one of them out and reuse the other one in the XmlTv mapping. 2nd issue was with a channel with a space in the name ([FONT=courier new]ION HD[/FONT]). The channel got recognized as:[CODE]site_id="51.1 23430" xmltv_id="ION"[/CODE]I had to modify it to:[CODE]site_id="23430" xmltv_id="ION HD"[/CODE]Notice that I dropped [FONT=courier new]51.1[/FONT] and added [FONT=courier new]HD[/FONT]. [/QUOTE]
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