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    Lightbulb USING MC2XML TO MAKE YOUR OWN EPG - tuturial with open discussion

    Just thought I would post this for anyone who might be frustrated with EPG descriptions being off. This has driven me nuts in the past and didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason behind it. Some channels would be off an hour and others might be off by 7, 7.5 or 8 hours! I got tired of having a half-populated EPG due to pulls not having any UK data off and on, so I started to pull my own data using mc2xml.exe and tailored the guide to just the channels I have displayed in the pvr. It's relatively easy to set up by using text files to pull only the channels I watch or want to see listed: 1 file to pull the channel data for only the channels I use and 1 file to rename them to what is listed in the pvr for channel names used by NFPS. I have tweaked the channel order and some channel names to display how I want to see things, not the 800-odd channels that are on the server.

    Since I got sick of having to resort to IPTV resets and clearing data of TV and Guide databases, since that wipes out all of my customized settings, this is the perfect solution for me and I can pull data on a weekly or biweekly basis, depending on the hardware of the device I'm using.

    Prior to my biting the bullet and doing my own data pulls, I first used ninja. It wasn't always consistent and many of the descriptions were just too generic and didn't actually give episode-specific info but were just generic tv programme descriptions from microsoft, while some channels have Spanish descriptions or data for another channel or no data at all. I prefer to know the actual episode data. I used IVUE for quite a while but as with most providers related to anything IPTV, they are constantly changing and many of the channels were just blank and they have way too many updates and the ini creator, etc revealed itself to not be the best solution. Then Andy TV was fantastic until Soloman put up a video on youtube and ticked off the developer and he pulled it from mainstream use. Next, Mayfair TV Guide stepped up to take over and all was good until they too became unstable and then there was TDB and same story. So I said, 'why am I driving myself crazy playing this game relying on temperamental devs when I can just do it for myself and solve all the problems?' But no matter how many times I downloaded the data, there were these crazy time offsets in the different channel streams. I got real tired of IPTV providers thinking that because something is free or cheap that it is OK to offer something that only partially works. It made me want to spit teeth! So I decided to rely on something more reliable - myself!

    Back to the issue of the EPG data being 'off' I finally discovered that all I had to do to get the correct settings for the EPG to match the local time was to make sure I was pulling the guide data in UTC rather than local time. I did have to clear the databases one last time and set things back up (again) to how I wanted the channels to appear (or not appear) in the pvr, but now I don't have to wait on anyone to ensure I have a fully working EPG.

    I definitely recommend this option for anyone experiencing ANY issues with their EPG. It only takes about 5 minutes each week to get the guide data and all is golden. I've been doing this for a couple of months now and the guide loads every time and is fully populated. Hooray!

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    Would you we will to share more details on how to do your setup. I am using an Android Mbox, MxIII using Kodi 16.1. Have been finding ninja to be crap, EPG never loading consistently.

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    post your webgrab file then and share with everyone. that would be better than a post detailling how wonderful you are

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    He has tailored the guide for his own use, eliminating channels that he doesn't want but that others might wish they had, so he is giving instructions. I suppose if he wants to offer it, others could download it and determine if it is worthwhile for them, although I think his original approach is commendable as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ivueguide View Post
    post your webgrab file then and share with everyone. that would be better than a post detailling how wonderful you are
    My point was not how wonderful I am, rather that I got sick and tired of being frustrated all the time and decided to do my own pulls. I don't use webgrab, but mc2xml and it's quite a bit less complicated, not to mention way faster to download the pulls.

    And I'd bet that nobody else would be happy with my data as I have no sports, music or porn channels info. I pull the UK listings for SKY and get the UK locals (the channel 4 group is my favourite) and the SKY movie channels. On the US side I get several of the news stations, the NY locals and premium movies from Direct TV and the Miami locals from OTA terrestrial from my former zip code in Fort Lauderale, as I like to keep up with my old home town. Beyond that I pretty much only watch 4seven and More 4 and channel 4 and the movie channels. But for the most part I just watch stuff from Specto since I hate commercials anyway. And since most of the channels I WANT to watch mostly don't work consistently, I use another IPTV service that IS more consistent. But using my guide, at least I know what's on...

    As Ilan pointed out, the whole point of my post was for people to realize that rather than depending on anyone else for a less than perfect guide, it really isn't hard to use the free mc2xml.exe and pull a guide that is tailored to only the channels you have in your pvr. That is for those who HAVE tweaked their pvr to only show certain channels. If you do this on a weekly basis, it only takes a few minutes and you can easily combine guides.

    What I do is pull the OTA and save ota.xml. Next I pull the US from Direct TV and save as US.xml and include the ota.xml and call it usfull.xml Then I pull the UK from SKY and save as uk.xml and include the usfull.xml and save it all as epg.xml.

    I have a few pcs that have KODI on them and a Minix NEO Android TV. None of them have any problems loading up the guides and the files are about 50 MB each week.

    All of these guide pulls can be gotten from the Microsoft legacy (media center) data for free but I find them too generic on some stations/programs so I paid $15 for a year's sub at Schedules Direct and got a username and password and have what I find are much better descriptions.

    Since I have changed the channel names in my pvr to have them say what I want, my guide data wouldn't be populated in your system as the channel names wouldn't match. If you do your own, you will have have a sense of satisfaction AND a fully working guide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by olsts View Post
    Would you we will to share more details on how to do your setup. I am using an Android Mbox, MxIII using Kodi 16.1. Have been finding ninja to be crap, EPG never loading consistently.

    I'VE EDITED THIS THREAD TO UPDATE TO MY CURRENT USAGE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THROUGH DOZENS OF POSTS. I'VE CHANGED THE PROVIDERS FROM THE INITIAL POSTING AND THIS REFLECTS THOSE CHANGES.

    The whole purpose of this thread is to show how you can use mc2xml to make your own epg. Each user may have their own preference as to what they would like to see in their pvr from the NFPS lineup. Since there are no kids in my household, I don't pull any data for those channels, nor do I have them in my m3u. Same goes for sports, I don't watch them and don't include them. I am currently pulling data from Schedules Direct from 5 providers for guide data:

    BSkyB - Eire (Ireland) (United Kingdom) Ireland Channels
    BSkyB - England (United Kingdom) UK Channels
    Comcast Broward County - Cable (Pompano Beach) Miami Locals
    DIRECTV - Satellite (USA) US Channels
    Bell Fibe TV - Digital (Montréal) CA Channels

    I set up 2 text files for each of the providers: ???.ch and ???.ren. Eg. For Ireland they are called Ireland.chl and Ireland.ren

    The purpose of doing this is so that the entire lineup doesn't get downloaded. The Ireland.chl tells the software to pull only the channels in the file. The Irenland.ren file tells mc2xml to change the name of the channel from Schedules Direct format to NFPS format, so the epg populates for IPTV. You put whatever channels you want to see in your pvr in each of the .chl and .ren files. This saves on the size of the download.

    You can also set up a batch file to tell mc2xml how many days worth of a guide to pull data for. You can pull data for up to 2 weeks.

    My batch file looks like this: (getguide.bat)

    mc2xml -J user:password -D ireland.dat -C ireland.chl -R ireland.ren -F -a -U -u -d 150 -o ireland.xml
    mc2xml -J user:password -D uk.dat -C uk.chl -R uk.ren -F -a -U -u -d 150 -I ireland.xml -o uk.xml
    mc2xml -J user:password -D comcast.dat -C comcast.chl -R comcast.ren -a -F -U -u -d 150 -I uk.xml -o comcast.xml
    mc2xml -J user:password -D us.dat -C us.chl -R us.ren -a -F -U -u -d 150 -I comcast.xml -o guide.xml
    mc2xml -J user:password -D ca.dat -C ca.chl -R ca.ren -F -a -U -u -d 150 -I guide.xml -o guide1.xml

    This pulls the Ireland data first and saves the xml file.
    Next it pulls for the UK data and merges the output to (I) Include the Ireland data with the UK data.
    Next it pulls the Comcast data for the Miami locals and includes the previous data (uk.xml) with the Comcast data (comcast.xml)
    Next it pulls the US data and includes the Miami locals in the output (guide.xml)
    And finally it pulls the Canada data and includes all previous data in the final output (guide1.xml)

    Examples

    us.chl

    I243.10112.schedulesdirect.org
    I265.10035.schedulesdirect.org
    I254.10021.schedulesdirect.org
    I237.10057.schedulesdirect.org
    I257.55205.schedulesdirect.org
    I249.62420.schedulesdirect.org
    I236.61812.schedulesdirect.org
    I264.18332.schedulesdirect.org
    I311.10093.schedulesdirect.org
    I259.17927.schedulesdirect.org
    I248.14321.schedulesdirect.org
    I565.46710.schedulesdirect.org
    I305.76894.schedulesdirect.org
    I252.10918.schedulesdirect.org
    I253.55887.schedulesdirect.org
    I572.49141.schedulesdirect.org
    I358.97287.schedulesdirect.org
    I274.15807.schedulesdirect.org
    I251.21484.schedulesdirect.org
    I238.52199.schedulesdirect.org
    I284.57390.schedulesdirect.org
    I568.69130.schedulesdirect.org
    I241.11163.schedulesdirect.org
    I244.58623.schedulesdirect.org
    I247.11867.schedulesdirect.org
    I256.12852.schedulesdirect.org
    I245.11164.schedulesdirect.org
    I246.10153.schedulesdirect.org
    I304.16123.schedulesdirect.org
    I242.58452.schedulesdirect.org
    I260.16409.schedulesdirect.org
    I307.91096.schedulesdirect.org
    I232.68065.schedulesdirect.org
    I231.12574.schedulesdirect.org
    I230.18544.schedulesdirect.org
    I229.14902.schedulesdirect.org
    I269.57708.schedulesdirect.org
    I571.61469.schedulesdirect.org
    I285.65342.schedulesdirect.org
    I278.56905.schedulesdirect.org
    I282.57394.schedulesdirect.org
    I276.49438.schedulesdirect.org
    I283.66804.schedulesdirect.org
    I261.16125.schedulesdirect.org
    I294.16618.schedulesdirect.org
    I286.16617.schedulesdirect.org
    I287.18284.schedulesdirect.org
    I362.11187.schedulesdirect.org
    I361.83698.schedulesdirect.org
    I352.12553.schedulesdirect.org
    I724.58333.schedulesdirect.org
    I202.58646.schedulesdirect.org
    I204.64549.schedulesdirect.org
    I360.60179.schedulesdirect.org
    I355.10139.schedulesdirect.org
    I356.16300.schedulesdirect.org
    I349.87925.schedulesdirect.org
    I501.19548.schedulesdirect.org
    I502.59368.schedulesdirect.org
    I503.10243.schedulesdirect.org
    I504.10244.schedulesdirect.org
    I505.10242.schedulesdirect.org
    I507.16585.schedulesdirect.org
    I506.59839.schedulesdirect.org
    I509.59845.schedulesdirect.org
    I515.34933.schedulesdirect.org
    I516.35975.schedulesdirect.org
    I519.59948.schedulesdirect.org
    I520.59961.schedulesdirect.org
    I5 StarMax HD.59961.schedulesdirect.org
    I522.59954.schedulesdirect.org
    I545.21868.schedulesdirect.org
    I546.11117.schedulesdirect.org
    I547.11116.schedulesdirect.org
    I548.16153.schedulesdirect.org
    I549.18086.schedulesdirect.org
    I550.68340.schedulesdirect.org
    I551.68342.schedulesdirect.org
    I553.11160.schedulesdirect.org
    I555.60951.schedulesdirect.org
    I535.36225.schedulesdirect.org
    I538.14765.schedulesdirect.org
    I541.14871.schedulesdirect.org
    I525.34941.schedulesdirect.org
    I526.12741.schedulesdirect.org
    I529.57573.schedulesdirect.org
    I531.67236.schedulesdirect.org
    I528.57569.schedulesdirect.org
    I530.16833.schedulesdirect.org
    I542.14886.schedulesdirect.org
    I396.11259.schedulesdirect.org
    I390.11331.schedulesdirect.org
    I392.11705.schedulesdirect.org
    I398.11746.schedulesdirect.org
    I567.58530.schedulesdirect.org
    I557.16108.schedulesdirect.org
    I517.10121.schedulesdirect.org
    I570.58532.schedulesdirect.org
    I312.11221.schedulesdirect.org
    I279.70387.schedulesdirect.org
    I271.18822.schedulesdirect.org
    I266.58988.schedulesdirect.org
    I333.14873.schedulesdirect.org
    I329.10051.schedulesdirect.org
    I335.11218.schedulesdirect.org
    I327.10138.schedulesdirect.org
    I328.35513.schedulesdirect.org
    I331.10986.schedulesdirect.org
    I333.14873.schedulesdirect.org

    us.ren

    I265.10035.schedulesdirect.org:A&E East HD
    I254.10021.schedulesdirect.org:AMC East HD
    I237.10057.schedulesdirect.org:Bravo East HD
    I257.55205.schedulesdirect.org:Chiller TV
    I249.62420.schedulesdirect.org:Comedy Central East HD
    I236.61812.schedulesdirect.org:E! HD
    I264.18332.schedulesdirect.org:BBC America HD
    I311.10093.schedulesdirect.org:FREEFORM HD
    I259.17927.schedulesdirect.org:FXX East HD
    I248.14321.schedulesdirect.org:FX East HD
    I565.46710.schedulesdirect.org:Hallmark Movies & Mysteries HD
    I305.76894.schedulesdirect.org:ION Television East HD
    I252.10918.schedulesdirect.org:Lifetime East HD
    I253.55887.schedulesdirect.org:Lifetime Movie Network HD
    I572.49141.schedulesdirect.org:MTV Live HD
    I274.15807.schedulesdirect.org:Ovation HD
    I251.21484.schedulesdirect.org:Oxygen HD
    I238.52199.schedulesdirect.org:Reelz Channel HD
    I284.57390.schedulesdirect.org:Science Channel HD
    I568.69130.schedulesdirect.org:Sony Movie Channel USA HD
    I241.11163.schedulesdirect.org:Spike TV HD
    I244.58623.schedulesdirect.org:Syfy HD
    I247.11867.schedulesdirect.org:TBS East HD
    I256.12852.schedulesdirect.org:TCM US HD
    I245.11164.schedulesdirect.org:TNT HD
    I246.10153.schedulesdirect.org:Tru TV East HD
    I304.16123.schedulesdirect.org:TV Land HD
    I242.58452.schedulesdirect.org:USA Network HD
    I260.16409.schedulesdirect.org:WE TV
    I307.91096.schedulesdirect.org:WGN America HD
    I232.68065.schedulesdirect.org:Cooking Channel HD
    I231.12574.schedulesdirect.org:Food Network East HD
    I230.18544.schedulesdirect.org:DIY Network USA HD
    I229.14902.schedulesdirect.org:HGTV East HD
    I269.57708.schedulesdirect.org:History HD
    I571.61469.schedulesdirect.org:Crime & Investigation Network HD
    I285.65342.schedulesdirect.org:Investigation Discovery HD
    I278.56905.schedulesdirect.org:Discovery Channel USA HD
    I282.57394.schedulesdirect.org:Animal Planet HD
    I276.49438.schedulesdirect.org:National Geographic Channel HD
    I283.66804.schedulesdirect.org:Nat Geo Wild HD
    I261.16125.schedulesdirect.org:Discovery Life Channel
    I294.16618.schedulesdirect.org:Discovery Family
    I286.16617.schedulesdirect.org:Destination America HD
    I287.18284.schedulesdirect.org:American Heroes Channel
    I362.11187.schedulesdirect.org:The Weather Channel
    I361.83698.schedulesdirect.org:WeatherNation
    I352.12553.schedulesdirect.org:NASA TV
    I724.58333.schedulesdirect.org:RT US
    I202.58646.schedulesdirect.org:CNN US HD
    I204.64549.schedulesdirect.org:Headline News HD
    I360.60179.schedulesdirect.org:Fox News Channel HD
    I355.10139.schedulesdirect.org:CNBC US HD
    I356.16300.schedulesdirect.org:MSNBC HD
    I349.87925.schedulesdirect.org:NewsmaxTV
    I501.19548.schedulesdirect.org:HBO East HD
    I502.59368.schedulesdirect.org:HBO 2 East HD
    I503.10243.schedulesdirect.org:HBO Signature East HD
    I504.10244.schedulesdirect.org:HBO West HD
    I505.10242.schedulesdirect.org:HBO 2 West HD
    I507.16585.schedulesdirect.org:HBO Family East HD
    I506.59839.schedulesdirect.org:HBO Comedy East HD
    I509.59845.schedulesdirect.org:HBO Zone HD
    I515.34933.schedulesdirect.org:Cinemax East HD
    I516.35975.schedulesdirect.org:Cinemax West HD
    I519.59948.schedulesdirect.org:ActionMax East HD
    I520.59961.schedulesdirect.org:5 StarMax
    I5 StarMax HD.59961.schedulesdirect.org:5 StarMax HD
    I522.59954.schedulesdirect.org:ThrillerMax East HD
    I545.21868.schedulesdirect.org:Showtime East HD
    I546.11117.schedulesdirect.org:Showtime West HD
    I547.11116.schedulesdirect.org:Showtime 2 East HD
    I548.16153.schedulesdirect.org:Showtime Showcase East HD
    I549.18086.schedulesdirect.org:Showtime Extreme East HD
    I550.68340.schedulesdirect.org:Showtime Beyond East HD
    I551.68342.schedulesdirect.org:Showtime Next HD
    I553.11160.schedulesdirect.org:The Movie Channel East HD
    I555.60951.schedulesdirect.org:The Movie Channel Xtra East HD
    I535.36225.schedulesdirect.org:Encore East HD
    I538.14765.schedulesdirect.org:Encore Westerns
    I541.14871.schedulesdirect.org:Encore Action East HD
    I525.34941.schedulesdirect.org:Starz East HD
    I526.12741.schedulesdirect.org:Starz West HD
    I529.57573.schedulesdirect.org:Starz Edge East HD
    I531.67236.schedulesdirect.org:Starz Cinema East HD
    I528.57569.schedulesdirect.org:Starz Comedy East HD
    I530.16833.schedulesdirect.org:Starz In Black East HD
    I542.14886.schedulesdirect.org:Starz Kids & Family East HD
    I396.11259.schedulesdirect.org:ABC New York HD
    I390.11331.schedulesdirect.org:CBS New York HD
    I392.11705.schedulesdirect.org:NBC New York HD
    I398.11746.schedulesdirect.org:FOX New York HD
    I567.58530.schedulesdirect.org:MGM HD
    I557.16108.schedulesdirect.org:Sundance TV
    I517.10121.schedulesdirect.org:Cinemax MoreMax HD
    I570.58532.schedulesdirect.org:Smithsonian HD
    I312.11221.schedulesdirect.org:Hallmark HD
    I279.70387.schedulesdirect.org:OWN HD
    I271.18822.schedulesdirect.org:Viceland HD
    I266.58988.schedulesdirect.org:FYI HD
    I333.14873.schedulesdirect.org:IFC HD
    I329.10051.schedulesdirect.org:BET HD
    I335.11218.schedulesdirect.org:VH1
    I327.10138.schedulesdirect.org:CMT
    I328.35513.schedulesdirect.org:TV ONE
    I331.10986.schedulesdirect.org:MTV HD
    I397.10309.schedulesdirect.org:ABC Los Angeles

    I do a similar 2 text files for each of the providers I want to pull data from.

    There are some extra channels in the above examples as I have more than 1 IPTV provider. You can tailor your pulls to whatever you want. You can change the name of channels to suit your own needs. You can either use the naming convention from NFPS or change the names to how you prefer to see them. (It depends on how you list your channels in your m3u. For example, I have changed the order of my m3u to have all UK first, then US, then Canada and I further have them in groups where they are listed mostly alphabetical. I have all the ITV channels together, and FX and FXX together, etc. Just a personal preference. I have kept the names the same as NFPS lists them, just changed the order in my pvr (Simple Client). Also, I don't use the channel numbers from NFPS, they are just numbered sequentially. But the epg is output by Channel Name first, so the guide populates with no problem since the names match. The Channel IDs are assigned by Schedules Direct. Again, since the names match, nothing else matters.

    As long as the m3u lists the channel the same as NFPS, I can change the channel names within the pvr settings. Why would I want to do this anyway? Well, True Movies 1 and True Movies 2 change their name and format this time of year to True Christmas and soon Movies 24 will change to Christmas 24. I do change my channel names to reflect that and also change the logos to do the same thing.

    Maybe this will help anyone wanting to make their own guide.
    Last edited by expatter; 10-20-2017 at 12:45 AM. Reason: updated procedure

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    Are the Microsoft Legacy data still available? For some reason, I thought that resource had dried up?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilan View Post
    Are the Microsoft Legacy data still available? For some reason, I thought that resource had dried up?
    It was reported last year that MS Legacy would be 'Gone With The Wind', yet it's back working again, lol. Go figure...

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    Well, I'll be danged. I thought it was history. Good to know...
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    What technique do you use to map the channels to the data?
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