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This should save your fingers from some mouse-bound and typing torture and all you need is to tell Notepad to do all the work for you. I've done this twice myself and it works great, but haven't had anyone else try it to confirm it works. The XML guide files don't seem to care what order the <entry> tags are in so I didn't run into any problems.
Warning: If you have edited your channel list in Media Portal configure program, you will need to clear it and re-import it from the tvguide for this to work properly. If you feel queezy about doing this just from my word alone, you can use XML export to backup your current channel list settings (export as channellist_old.xml or something)
1. In Media Portal configure program, import all channels from tvguide
2. export list to an XML file (channelist_clean.xml or something)
3. Open XML file in Notepad
4. Use Find/replace to switch
<entry name="number">
with
<entry name="Exernal Tuner Channel">
That changes all of your internal (TV tuner) channels to external ones without forcing you to re-enter 1000 numbers. But now you need to denote that the incoming source is Svideo or composite. So...
5. You now have two fields marked as "External Tuner Channel" so Use find/replace to switch
<entry name="External Tuner Channel"></entry>
with
<entry name="number">50000</entry>
For some reason, when a chanel is set as an external source the number field is then used NOT for the channel number, but to denote what type of external signal is being used. 50000 denotes S-Video (most of the time) and 50001 denotes composite #1 and so on. You can double check these later.
But wait! You still need to mark all the channels as external! Easy!
6. Use Find/Replace to switch
<entry name="External">no</entry>
with
<entry name="External">yes</entry>
7. Save the file under a new name (channellist_edited.xml or something)
7. In Media Portal configure program, Clear your channel list (don't worry, you exported it as a seperate XML file earlier)
8. In Media Portal configure program, import from XML the file you just made (channellist_edited.xml)
This swip-swap should have flipped all the channel numbers and source settings. If this messed up your list you have your original exported XML channellist that you can reload. This is the process I figured out for myself and it seems to have worked just fine and I can actually see my directv channels now. Let me know if you run into any problems.
Warning: If you have edited your channel list in Media Portal configure program, you will need to clear it and re-import it from the tvguide for this to work properly. If you feel queezy about doing this just from my word alone, you can use XML export to backup your current channel list settings (export as channellist_old.xml or something)
1. In Media Portal configure program, import all channels from tvguide
2. export list to an XML file (channelist_clean.xml or something)
3. Open XML file in Notepad
4. Use Find/replace to switch
<entry name="number">
with
<entry name="Exernal Tuner Channel">
That changes all of your internal (TV tuner) channels to external ones without forcing you to re-enter 1000 numbers. But now you need to denote that the incoming source is Svideo or composite. So...
5. You now have two fields marked as "External Tuner Channel" so Use find/replace to switch
<entry name="External Tuner Channel"></entry>
with
<entry name="number">50000</entry>
For some reason, when a chanel is set as an external source the number field is then used NOT for the channel number, but to denote what type of external signal is being used. 50000 denotes S-Video (most of the time) and 50001 denotes composite #1 and so on. You can double check these later.
But wait! You still need to mark all the channels as external! Easy!
6. Use Find/Replace to switch
<entry name="External">no</entry>
with
<entry name="External">yes</entry>
7. Save the file under a new name (channellist_edited.xml or something)
7. In Media Portal configure program, Clear your channel list (don't worry, you exported it as a seperate XML file earlier)
8. In Media Portal configure program, import from XML the file you just made (channellist_edited.xml)
This swip-swap should have flipped all the channel numbers and source settings. If this messed up your list you have your original exported XML channellist that you can reload. This is the process I figured out for myself and it seems to have worked just fine and I can actually see my directv channels now. Let me know if you run into any problems.