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<blockquote data-quote="DocGolden" data-source="post: 54795" data-attributes="member: 19960"><p>kevon27 - Hopefully this will help some:</p><p>Make sure you're following the steps outlined here: <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?p=71708" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?p=71708</a></p><p></p><p>- Steps under <em>** Registering for your listings using Zap2it **</em> are all fine.</p><p>- Under <em>** Media Portal Configuration ** </em> run steps 1-3. I moved back from the latest version of xmltv to xmltv-0.5.42a (this is the 2nd most recent release)</p><p>- Jump to <em>** Manual xmltv --configure ** </em>. Running Step 1 here will allow you to see what you're configuring most accurately. </p><p>When prompted for your timezone offset enter +0000. MediaPotal will make the timezone adjustment for us once we change the setup page. NOTE: tv_grab_dd_na should be tv_grab_na_dd (as pointed out by ASiDiE later in the post)</p><p>- copy the file tv_grab_na_dd in the \xmltv\.xmltv folder up one level to \xmltv (this is then where MP's Run Grabber uses the file from</p><p>- To make sure you're getting data from Zap2it, you can run: xmltv tv_grab_na_dd from the command line.</p><p>- Switch to MP's Setup > Television > Program Guide</p><p>- Make sure the "Use time zone information from XMLTV file" box is checked.</p><p>- Set "Compensate time zone" for your time zone (this is where things can get tripped up very easily). Since we've set the offset in the xml file to +0000 already, we can now have MP import w/ the correct offset. Please note that in North American when we're on Daylight Savings Time, this does change the offset. So for example, I'm in the Central timezone which is normally -06 00. BUT since we're on Daylight Savings Time, I actually will enter -05 00 (note the usage of a space here to denote the 2 fields on the MP setup form).</p><p>- If you've previously attempted an import of EPG data, I'd recommend using the button @ the bottom of the setup page (sorry, can't remember the exact wording as I'm doing this from memory & don't have MP in front of me) which clears the EPG database. Then you're in a clean state.</p><p>- Now run step 6 from <em>** Media Portal Configuration **</em>.</p><p></p><p>Once this completes, you should have data imported into your EPG which is valid...</p><p></p><p>Rather than use the built in Scheduler add routine on the Setup page, I'm going to be putting in a batch file which will run nightly. It's mentioned in step 3 here: <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=313" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=313</a>. I'm going w/ 13 days (which I think I read was the limit from Zap2it) rather than 7.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DocGolden, post: 54795, member: 19960"] kevon27 - Hopefully this will help some: Make sure you're following the steps outlined here: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?p=71708[/url] - Steps under [i]** Registering for your listings using Zap2it **[/i] are all fine. - Under [i]** Media Portal Configuration ** [/i] run steps 1-3. I moved back from the latest version of xmltv to xmltv-0.5.42a (this is the 2nd most recent release) - Jump to [i]** Manual xmltv --configure ** [/i]. Running Step 1 here will allow you to see what you're configuring most accurately. When prompted for your timezone offset enter +0000. MediaPotal will make the timezone adjustment for us once we change the setup page. NOTE: tv_grab_dd_na should be tv_grab_na_dd (as pointed out by ASiDiE later in the post) - copy the file tv_grab_na_dd in the \xmltv\.xmltv folder up one level to \xmltv (this is then where MP's Run Grabber uses the file from - To make sure you're getting data from Zap2it, you can run: xmltv tv_grab_na_dd from the command line. - Switch to MP's Setup > Television > Program Guide - Make sure the "Use time zone information from XMLTV file" box is checked. - Set "Compensate time zone" for your time zone (this is where things can get tripped up very easily). Since we've set the offset in the xml file to +0000 already, we can now have MP import w/ the correct offset. Please note that in North American when we're on Daylight Savings Time, this does change the offset. So for example, I'm in the Central timezone which is normally -06 00. BUT since we're on Daylight Savings Time, I actually will enter -05 00 (note the usage of a space here to denote the 2 fields on the MP setup form). - If you've previously attempted an import of EPG data, I'd recommend using the button @ the bottom of the setup page (sorry, can't remember the exact wording as I'm doing this from memory & don't have MP in front of me) which clears the EPG database. Then you're in a clean state. - Now run step 6 from [i]** Media Portal Configuration **[/i]. Once this completes, you should have data imported into your EPG which is valid... Rather than use the built in Scheduler add routine on the Setup page, I'm going to be putting in a batch file which will run nightly. It's mentioned in step 3 here: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=313[/url]. I'm going w/ 13 days (which I think I read was the limit from Zap2it) rather than 7. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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