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<blockquote data-quote="pfilippone" data-source="post: 1301812" data-attributes="member: 171757">NOT A MEDIAPORTAL ISSUE.Using MediaPortal1, Kodi for TV viewing.&nbsp; Today I noticed the TV Guide in Kodi stopped updating. A Google search, and I discover Zap2it (the free source for TV guide EPG in XML format) stopped their service.&nbsp; Does anybody out there know of a free replacement?&nbsp; I am aware of XMLTVListings and Schedules Direct (both are available for a fee).&nbsp; THANKSEDIT:&nbsp; After more searching, it appears the service is not dead, they just changed the URL to <a href="https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/" target="_blank">https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/</a>Got this tidbit from the Kodi forum.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I'm using mc2xml program, and it doesn't seem to have a way of changing the URL.Anybody familiar with zap2xml?&nbsp; Looks like I may need to switch to this, as it apparently is still working (once you change the URL in the config).EDIT#2:&nbsp;&nbsp; After yet more searching, it seems the zap2xml and mc2xml programs are hardcoded to use tvlistings.zap2it.com .&nbsp; One workaround I found out there is to trick these programs into using the new URL via a clever method:&nbsp; the Windows host file. Add 54.148.50.239&nbsp;&nbsp; tvlistings.zap2it.com to the end of the file.&nbsp; &nbsp; I just tried it and it works.&nbsp;&nbsp; The proper way would be to get the perl scripts and fix it in there. I'll just wait until this breaks again to look into it.&nbsp; Hopefully it will last a while.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pfilippone, post: 1301812, member: 171757"] NOT A MEDIAPORTAL ISSUE. Using MediaPortal1, Kodi for TV viewing. Today I noticed the TV Guide in Kodi stopped updating. A Google search, and I discover Zap2it (the free source for TV guide EPG in XML format) stopped their service. Does anybody out there know of a free replacement? I am aware of XMLTVListings and Schedules Direct (both are available for a fee). THANKS EDIT: After more searching, it appears the service is not dead, they just changed the URL to [URL]https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/[/URL] Got this tidbit from the Kodi forum. Unfortunately, I'm using mc2xml program, and it doesn't seem to have a way of changing the URL. Anybody familiar with zap2xml? Looks like I may need to switch to this, as it apparently is still working (once you change the URL in the config). EDIT#2: After yet more searching, it seems the zap2xml and mc2xml programs are hardcoded to use tvlistings.zap2it.com . One workaround I found out there is to trick these programs into using the new URL via a clever method: the Windows host file. Add [B]54.148.50.239 tvlistings.zap2it.com[/B] to the end of the file. I just tried it and it works. The proper way would be to get the perl scripts and fix it in there. I'll just wait until this breaks again to look into it. Hopefully it will last a while. [/QUOTE]

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