XMLTV Import not finding programs... (1 Viewer)

[jmbillings]

Hi all.

I'm using the latest SVN (19376?) of TV Server and having trouble with the XMLTV import.
I've set everything up as per this link but when I click the Force Import button, it says Total Channels imported 270, programs 0.
I've seen from other posts that I need to go to the Mappings tab and click the Load/Refresh button, but this just says "No TV Channels available to map". Is this because I don't have my tuner cards fitted in the PC yet? They were out of stock, but trying to get lots of the other stuff set up beforehand...
Is there a way to get the EPG to work without the tv cards being present? Or is my problem something different...?

Thanks!

 

[Mew]

Hi jmbillings

Is this because I don't have my tuner cards fitted in the PC yet?

I think you are right with this conclusion. The XMLTV plugin in TV Server will try to map the channels in TVGuide.xml to the channels already set up in the TV Server. If the mapping fails (or is not carried out) you will see the situation you have i.e. Total Channels imported x, programs 0.

Once you have your TV card installed and the channels scanned in this should work OK.

Mew

 

[jmbillings]

Looks like that's it... I created a dummy tv channel (not mapped to any card) and it then appeared when I picked the map option. My channels in the xml file were then available to map to.

Cheers
James