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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 930303" data-attributes="member: 117536">a few comments on xmltv, this is from a US point of view.&nbsp;1. Like TLD, I've use the straight command line option &quot;mc2xml.exe -o tvguide.xml&quot; without a problem. I've also used a simple batch file to run &quot;mc2xml -c us -g ZIPCODE&quot; and a &quot;copy xmltv.xml tvguide.xml&quot; to generate the tvguide.xml. Both seem to work fine this may be a SW race condition. I've also used &quot;EPG Collector&quot; to grab US OTA EPG info directly from the TV stations and write tvguide.xml without a problem. With something like WebEPG that needs to download multiple web page with listings and write to tvguide.xml, this may be more important.&nbsp;2. A common complaint with xmltv is the manual import works, the task that runs mc2xml or some other utility runs correctly and generates a new tvguide.xml file, but the auto import of new EPG info does not work. To get xmltv to auto import the tvguide.xml you need to restart the TV server using TV Server Config &gt; Manual to &quot;stop&quot; and &quot;start&quot; the server. Doing a reboot also works. It looks like this is true for the other TV Server plugins, any time I enable/disable/reconfigure xmltv, WebEPG, PowerScheduler, etc, I always restart the TV Server.&nbsp;3. At various times I've had problems getting vista scheduled task running reliably. I can get it to work but I need to google for a few examples. If you are using PowerScheduler or PowerScheduler++, you can also use the &quot;EPG&quot; page to schedule waking your server and running a simple batch file. I have some setup info for this option in my US xmltv setup wiki page. see the following,&nbsp;US mc2xml and xmltv<a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_Setup_using_XmlTv_and_mc2xml" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_Setup_using_XmlTv_and_mc2xml</a>&nbsp;US WebEPG<a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_setup_using_WebEPG_and_imdb.com" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_setup_using_WebEPG_and_imdb.com</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RonD, post: 930303, member: 117536"] a few comments on xmltv, this is from a US point of view. 1. Like TLD, I've use the straight command line option "mc2xml.exe -o tvguide.xml" without a problem. I've also used a simple batch file to run "mc2xml -c us -g ZIPCODE" and a "copy xmltv.xml tvguide.xml" to generate the tvguide.xml. Both seem to work fine this may be a SW race condition. I've also used "EPG Collector" to grab US OTA EPG info directly from the TV stations and write tvguide.xml without a problem. With something like WebEPG that needs to download multiple web page with listings and write to tvguide.xml, this may be more important. 2. A common complaint with xmltv is the manual import works, the task that runs mc2xml or some other utility runs correctly and generates a new tvguide.xml file, but the auto import of new EPG info does not work. To get xmltv to auto import the tvguide.xml you need to restart the TV server using [B]TV Server Config > Manual[/B] to "stop" and "start" the server. Doing a reboot also works. It looks like this is true for the other TV Server plugins, any time I enable/disable/reconfigure xmltv, WebEPG, PowerScheduler, etc, I always restart the TV Server. 3. At various times I've had problems getting vista scheduled task running reliably. I can get it to work but I need to google for a few examples. If you are using PowerScheduler or PowerScheduler++, you can also use the "EPG" page to schedule waking your server and running a simple batch file. I have some setup info for this option in my US xmltv setup wiki page. see the following, US mc2xml and xmltv [url]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_Setup_using_XmlTv_and_mc2xml[/url] US WebEPG [url]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/User:rond/US_EPG_setup_using_WebEPG_and_imdb.com[/url] [/QUOTE]

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