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    Can you please direct me to where you show how to make your own epg for stalker? It says to go to post #5 but I can't seem to find it. I'm very frustrated being without a guide and only channel logos on my stalker client. I'm using an invidia shield, Kodi's built in stalker client but no guide at all. Please show me/ us here how you did it to get a guide working. I'm willing to learn as I too was ticked at how bad ********** got at the end. Plus now there's not even that to use. Thank you

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    If you look at the upper right of each post, in the black stripe, there is a numerical designation. For example, yours is carries #11. Expatter is referring to his post that carries the #5 designation. It is his second post in this thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilan View Post
    What technique do you use to map the channels to the data?
    I use 2 text files when I run the mc2xml. Way back in the beginning and we were all working together to put the first EPG together, there was was a consolidated effort with Dara and Psyc0n pretty much taking the lead. Basically, you set up a text file for the channels you want to pull from the provider and call it anything.chl (eg - uk.chl or us.chl) and another one to rename what you pull to match what the channels are listed as with NFPS (eg - uk.ren or us.ren). When you do this you don't get the provider's entire lineup, but only the channels that you use with NFPS. It renames them from provider (Directv, Dish, terrestrial, etc) to what they are called in your pvr. Natch, you can rename the channels within KODI by using the channel manager and simply retyping the names (if you want to).

    I don't have time ATM but will come back and do a basic tutorial and include links and samples. I can post my next pull to pastebin or something similar so you can see the results. It will not have any kids, music, porn, sports or Spanish info as that is not my interest. If I can squeeze it in today, I will. If not, then tomorrow.

    Cheers.

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    Thanks, Expatter. I appreciate your information, insights and kind gestures. After a bit of reading, I started my X.chl and X.ren files, but wouldn't mind seeing yours when you have time. I'm sure there are better, easier ways of creating the files that come with time and experience. I wasn't here during the EPG development days, and all of the files associated with those days are no longer accessible.

    I'll be damned, though, the blasted 1-hour-off problem surfaced with my guide in PVR Stalker client. If I pull using my time zone as a referent, I get a guide that is 1 hour off. If I download a guide with UTC as the referent, I get a guide that is 1 hour off. What I ended up doing was replacing all of the +0000 offsets with -0100 offsets in the final xml file. It works, but I do wish I could do a straight pull without having to finagle.
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    Ok Ilan good to find this. I'm looking at this mc2xml on the web. What are the sources of the data for say UK and US? Windows media and the other one I mentioned in the other post Ilan? This is the way to go. Looks serious! I have maybe 150 English channels only and I have machines hostings tons of BS software services for Alexa. I dont need the porn or kids shows even, I could install mc2xml on that and pull my own. I see TVMedia XMLTV service for US?

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    m2xml shows the data sources. You can get data from pay services (better, more thorough) or free services.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilan View Post
    Thanks, Expatter. I appreciate your information, insights and kind gestures. After a bit of reading, I started my X.chl and X.ren files, but wouldn't mind seeing yours when you have time. I'm sure there are better, easier ways of creating the files that come with time and experience. I wasn't here during the EPG development days, and all of the files associated with those days are no longer accessible.

    I'll be damned, though, the blasted 1-hour-off problem surfaced with my guide in PVR Stalker client. If I pull using my time zone as a referent, I get a guide that is 1 hour off. If I download a guide with UTC as the referent, I get a guide that is 1 hour off. What I ended up doing was replacing all of the +0000 offsets with -0100 offsets in the final xml file. It works, but I do wish I could do a straight pull without having to finagle.
    The EPG being off was fixed for me when I added the -U -u into the command line. What I do is typically like this: mc2xml -D uk.dat -C uk.chl -R uk.ren -d 200 -F -u -U -a -o uk.xml

    mc2xml -D us.dat -c us.chl -r us.ren -d 200 -F -u -U -a -I uk.xml -o guide.xml

    I have an additional bit in my command line structure as I have a sub to schedules direct. But the
    Code:
    http://mc2xml.awardspace.info/
    site where you download mc2xml explains all the handles and how to use everything.

    Once the files are downloaded in UTC, there is no time offset in the pvr anymore. Using -U -u downloads the date/time in UTC and seems to have fixed the problem for me. And it drove me nuts for about 6 weeks before I figured it out!

    I'm on the East Coast using EST and the guide is perfect for me. Out of the channels I select, only Esquire, C-Span 3 and Newsmax seem to be empty for me. But I don't pull kids or music channels. I have extra channels like HALL for Hallmark as I have another IPTV Service that has this channel.
    I'm typing up a tutorial now. I just have to finish something else first.

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    Great job, Ex! I will tinker with the command line options tomorrow to see if I can get the time issue sorted. (I wasn't using the UTF-8 option.) Hopefully, you gave me a heads up and it won't take "6 weeks" to get the bugs whacked . This kind of stuff can drive a body bonkers!
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    To set up the guide initially, I did a pull of the provider's entire lineup. This gives the channel IDs for you to use in you ???.chl and ???.ren files.
    These are just text files with a different extension that works with the software (mc2xml). Use notepad (or similar) and do 'save as' and then 'text file' but change the file extension to 'chl' and then OK.

    mc2xml.exe will bring up the interface to use the software to pick a provider.

    For those wanting totally free, use the microsoft legacy option.
    Enter Postal/Zip code and Country Code. I use 33334 and US and then
    The default pull is for 2 weeks. The choices then are 0. Digital Terrestrial Lineup (TER) which is what I use for the Miami locals.
    Then I use USA, DIRECTV (SAT) for the remaining US channels.

    After the first run, open the mc2xml.xml file in a text editor. The free notepad ++ works well for this. You can download a portable version of this application.
    After the file is opened, I go down to the part of the file where the <programme start="blah, blah, blah> info starts and delete all the following info to the end. Then save as uschannels.xml. This gives you the channel IDs for Directv to use in your us.chl and us.ren files. Open a new text file and copy the IDs for the channels you want to show in your pvr/guide and add them on individual lines and save the file as us.chl.

    My text files are called:
    ota.chl
    ota.ren
    us.chl
    us.ren
    freesat.chl
    freesat.ren
    uk.chl
    uk.ren

    us.chl contents
    AETV
    E
    REELZ
    COMEDY
    LIFE
    LMN
    COOK
    FOOD
    DFC
    DLC
    DIY
    HGTV
    HISTORY
    VICEHD
    SYFY
    FX
    FXX
    OXYGEN
    WE
    AMC
    BRAVO
    TCM
    IFC
    TNT
    TBS
    TRUTV
    TVLAND
    HALL
    HMMHD
    IONDHD
    USA
    SPIKETV
    TLC
    DLC
    OVATION
    DEST
    AHC
    CHILLER
    BBCA
    NGCHD
    NGWILD
    ID
    DSC
    APL
    NASA
    CNN
    HLN
    FNC
    CNBC
    MSNBC
    WGNA
    NEWSMX
    CSPAN
    CSPAN2
    CSPAN3
    WEATH
    WN
    HBO
    HBO2
    HBOSIG
    HBOP
    HB2P
    HBOF
    HBOCHD
    HBOZHD
    MAX
    MAXP
    ACMAXHD
    5MAXHD
    THMAXHD
    SHOW
    SHOWP
    SHO2
    SHOCSE
    SHOWX
    SHOWBHD
    NEXTHD
    TMC
    TMCXHD
    STZENC
    STZENWS
    STZENAC
    STARZ
    STARZP
    STZE
    STRZCIH
    STZCHD
    STZIB
    STZKHD
    SONYHD
    WABC
    WCBS
    WNBC
    WNYW
    FREFMHD

    us.ren contents
    (please see post #21 - sorry about that)

    Provider: I use BSkyB - England (United Kingdom)

    uk.chl contents
    LONLIVE
    BBC1
    BBC2
    BBC4
    ITV1HDL
    ITV2HD
    ITV3HD
    ITV4HD
    ITVENC
    ITVBEUK
    FXUK
    C4HD
    MORE4
    E4
    SKY1
    SKYLIVI
    SKYAT
    SKYART1
    SKY2
    ALIBI
    GOODFD
    WATCHUK
    GOLD
    DAVE
    QUEST
    CHALL
    CBSRELT
    CBSACVM
    CBSDRMA
    PICKTV
    REALLY
    CH5HD
    5USA
    5ST
    FXUK
    HOME
    TRAVEL
    DMAX
    DITURBO
    DISSCI
    EDEN
    CIHD
    SCINDRR
    SCINGRE
    SCINDIS
    SCINFAM
    SCINAAA
    SCINCOM
    SCINCRT
    SCINSFH
    SCININD
    SCINPRE
    SCINSEH
    MOVIE24
    FILM4UK
    DRAMAUK
    YESTDAY
    HORROR
    TRUMOV1
    TRUMOV2
    SKYNEWS
    BBCNEWS
    EUNEWS
    CCTVNWS
    RUSTOD
    RTUKHD
    FR24POR
    ALJAZEN
    BBCWS
    CNNEUVM

    uk.ren contents
    LONLIVE:London Live
    BBC1:BBC ONE
    BBC2:BBC TWO
    BBC4:BBC Four
    ITV1HDL:ITV
    ITV2HD:ITV 2
    ITV3HD:ITV 3
    ITV4HD:ITV 4
    I123.89887.schedulesdirect.org:ITV Encore
    ITVBEUK:ITV Be
    C4HD:Channel 4
    MORE4:More 4
    E4:E4
    I140.75804.schedulesdirect.org:4 Seven
    SKY1:SKY One
    SKYLIVI:SKY Living
    SKYAT:SKY Atlantic
    SKYART1:SKY Arts
    SKY2:SKY Two
    ALIBI:Alibi
    GOODFD:Good Food
    WATCHUK:Watch
    GOLDE:Gold
    DAVEave
    COMCN:Comedy Central Europe
    I204.24671.schedulesdirect.org:Universal Channel
    I113.68052.schedulesdirect.org:Universal Channel
    5USA:5 USA
    5ST:5 Star
    QUEST:Quest
    YESTDAY:Yesterday
    CHALL:Challenge
    CBSRELT:CBS Reality
    CBSACVM:CBS Action
    CBSDRMA:CBS Drama
    PICKTV:Pick
    REALLY:Really
    CH5HD:Channel 5
    FXUK:FOX
    HOME:Home
    TRAVEL:Travel Channel UK
    DMAXEmax
    INVDISC:
    DITURBOiscovery Turbo
    DISSCI:Science Channel
    EDEN:Eden
    CIHD:Crime & Investigation Network
    SCINDRR:SKY Movies Drama
    SCINGRE:SKY Modern Greats
    SCINDIS:SKY Disney
    SCINFAM:SKY Family
    SCINAAA:SKY Action & Adventure
    SCINCOM:SKY Comedy
    SCINCRT:SKY Crime & Thriller
    SCINSFH:SKY Scifi & Horror
    SCINSEH:SKY Select
    SCINPRE:SKY Premiere
    MOVIE24:Movies 24
    FILM4UK:Film 4
    DRAMAUKrama
    HORROR:Horror Channel
    TRUMOV1:True Movies 1
    TRUMOV2:True Movies 2
    SKYNEWS:SKY News
    BBCNEWS:BBC News
    CNBCEU:CNBC US
    EUNEWS:Euronews
    CCTVNWS:CCTV News
    RUSTOD:RT International
    RTUKHD:RT UK
    FR24POR:France 24
    ALJAZEN:Al Jazeera
    BBCWS:BBC World News
    CNNEUVM:CNN International

    I had a few channels missing data, so I also used Freeview for that. Missing channels were 5 Star, 5 USA and True Drama (which is actually True Entertainment +1). They are hit and miss for me. But you can always use an addon for those channels (i.e. Ivue, Mayfair, Renegades, etc.)

    Freesat - England (United Kingdom)

    freesat.chl contents
    I131.52336.schedulesdirect.org
    I129.52335.schedulesdirect.org
    I142.57747.schedulesdirect.org

    freesat.ren contents
    I131.52336.schedulesdirect.org:5 Star
    I129.52335.schedulesdirect.org:5 USA
    I142.57747.schedulesdirect.org:True Entertainment

    Again, the reason some of the channels are listed as xxxxxxxxxxx.schedulesdirect.org is because that was the only way to get some of the channels to populate guide data. Have no idea why this is. But once I added the info this way, it pulled the data and populated the EPG. (I don't claim to have figured everything out...)

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    Pulling the guide data

    Putting it all together.
    I will list what I do for using Schedules Direct. Yours will be slightly different for using Microsoft Legacy.

    mc2xml (-J user/password) -D ota.dat -C ota.chl -R ota.ren -d 200 -a -U -u -F -o ota.xml
    mc2xml (-J user/password) -D us.dat -C us.chl -R us.ren -d 200 -a -U -u -F -I ota.xml -o us.xml
    mc2xml (-J user/password) -D freesat.dat -C freesat.chl -R freesat.ren -d 200 -a -U -u -F -o freesat.xml
    mc2xml (-J user/password) -D uk.dat -C uk.chl -R uk.ren -d 200 -a -U -u -F -I us.xml -o guide.xml This is how you can merge 2 files

    NOT EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO DO THIS, JUST DEPENDS ON HOW COMPLETE THE DATA FROM YOUR PULL IS!
    After this is done, open freesat.xml and go down to where <channel id="blah, blah, blah", and highlight all the info down to the end of the page where it says </tv> then move up one line (ends with </programme>) copy the highlighted text. Close the file and open guide.xml in notepad++ and go to line 5, where <channel id="blah, blah, blah" is and insert a carriage return. Go down 1 line and paste the data in memory.
    Resave the file (guide.xml)

    I do it this way because you can only include (merge)1 file in your output file. I tried it by adding the following options: -I ota.xml -I freesat.xml -o epg.xml and it didn't work for me.

    (200 is hours, so 8.3 days is what I get. You can change this number to whatever you want to pull. If you leave it blank you will get 2 weeks and the file will be large and not all equipment will be able to load it. It all depends on your hardware.

    You can only make 6 changes to your lineup per day. So if you decide to try out different providers and see the difference in their data, be aware of this.

    When you go to hxxp:awardspace.info to download mc2xml.exe, I suggest you take the time to read the info there. It will give you everything you need to know about how to use the software. And reading is a powerful tool...

    I'm sure that Ilan will be very helpful with those of you using Microsoft Legacy.

    I will do my pull now and then upload it to pastebin, then come back and give a link to download my version of epg. It will have 8 days of data and be around 50 MB. Those whose hardware can handle it will have a rather full epg for the next week.

    Cheers.

 

 
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