Zap2it free TV listings XML is no more. (2 Viewers)

[luckyj]

I've been using the script that was maintained at GitHub - jef/zap2xml: Automate TV guides to XMLTV and that's been pretty reliable.

It recently changed to typescript, and it seems quite a bit faster too. I installed node and am running it that way. Maybe there's also a way to create a stand-alone executable?

 

[mrceolla]

Re-compiled exe with DLLs baked in.

 

[luckyj]

I've been using the script that was maintained at GitHub - jef/zap2xml: Automate TV guides to XMLTV and that's been pretty reliable.

It recently changed to typescript, and it seems quite a bit faster too. I installed node and am running it that way. Maybe there's also a way to create a stand-alone executable?

Note that the recent change/refactor to typscript doesn't implement everything the perl script had but they are working fast to bring it back up to par. Specifically, a lot of the extra information about programs is not included in the listings - new/repeat/episode info/cast info/etc.

 

[WheresWaldo]

Is it just me or did Gracenote go offline today? I hope it's temporary.

 

[WheresWaldo]

Seems like TVListings.gracenote.com is offline. From another chat I found https : / / www.showtimes.com / TV which worked with my zap login and had my zip code set. Not sure but it appears to be the new location.

 

[WheresWaldo]

Ok, I read the previous logs and see that they changed the Gracenote to a new Gracenote URL. I'm going to try version 6 with the new programming.

It's interesting to note that Zap2XML is now on the showtimes.com website. It you go to the their site, then in the "MOVIES" dropdown you'll see "TV Listings". This will load Zap2XML with the same coding and logins, I checked, as Zap2XML and Gracenote.

Thanks for all the hard work. I wonder if they'll change things again. Maybe Showtimes really doesn't want two listings?

 

[jesmannstl]

Seems like TVListings.gracenote.com is offline. From another chat I found https : / / www.showtimes.com / TV which worked with my zap login and had my zip code set. Not sure but it appears to be the new location.

That page is just a wraparound of the tvlistings.gracenote site with a different aid tribnycdl https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/grid-affiliates.html?aid=tribnyc2dl

 

[jesmannstl]

Note that the recent change/refactor to typscript doesn't implement everything the perl script had but they are working fast to bring it back up to par. Specifically, a lot of the extra information about programs is not included in the listings - new/repeat/episode info/cast info/etc.

I crated a fork and have fixed Season/Episode, New/Live/Premier/Repeat, Category on Non-Movie Sports/News/Family etc and Series on shows not categorized and changed aid since the other stopped working on the node.js version GitHub - jesmannstl/zap2xml: Automate TV guides to XMLTV

 

[jesmannstl]

For those using multiple lineups I also updated the old tv_merge functionality from the xmltv tools in node.js that can merge two or more xml files or all in a folder simultainiously and much faster GitHub - jesmannstl/tvmerge: An updated and faster tvmerge utility

 

[Zorba]

For those using multiple lineups I also updated the old tv_merge functionality from the xmltv tools in node.js that can merge two or more xml files or all in a folder simultainiously and much faster GitHub - jesmannstl/tvmerge: An updated and faster tvmerge utility

Hey, I got the xmltv tool running and got a the xmltv file, but the XmlTV plugin in Media Portal can't find any programming information in it. When I open the xml file, there is program data in it, but the file looks completely unformatted. So I am working if that is what is causing the problem. Any idea?

Thanks for making the tool.

Edit: Nevermind, I am an idiot and forgot I had to remap the channels. Looks like it is working now. Thanks again!