EPG Data * FIX * -closed thread

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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
DAVE:Dave
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
DMAXE:Dmax
INVDISC:
DITURBO:Discovery 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
DRAMAUK:Drama
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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Putting it all together.
I will list what I do for using Schedules Direct. Yours will be slightly different for using Microsoft.

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.

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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us.ren contents

AETV:A&E East
E:E!
BBCA:BBC America
FXX:FXX East
FX:FX East
OXYGEN:Oxygen
LIFE:Lifetime East
LMN:Lifetime Movie Network
COMEDY:Comedy Central East
USA:USA Network
TBS:TBS East
TCM:TCM US
TNT:TNT
TRUTV:Tru TV East
COOK:Cooking Channel
FOOD:Food Network East
TVLAND:TV Land
SPIKETV:Spike TV
IFC:IFC East
AMC:AMC East
BRAVO:Bravo East
DIY:DIY Network USA
HGTV:HGTV East
WE:WE TV
HISTORY:History
VICEHD:H2
SYFY:SyFy
ID:Investigation Discovery
DSC:Discovery Channel USA
APL:Animal Planet
NGCHD:National Geographic Channel
NGWILD:Nat Geo Wild
DLC:Discovery Life Channel
DFC:Discovery Family
TLC:TLC
OVATION:Ovation
DEST:Destination America
AHC:American Heroes Channel
CHILLER:Chiller TV
WEATH:The Weather Channel
WN:WeatherNation
NASA:NASA TV
CNN:CNN US
HLN:Headline News
FNC:Fox News Channel
CNBC:CNBC US
MSNBC:MSNBC
NEWSMX:NewsmaxTV
CSPAN:C-Span
CSPAN2:C-Span Book TV
CSPAN3:C-Span American History TV
WGNA:WGN America
IONDHD:ION Television East
HALL:Hallmark
HMMHD:Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
HBO:HBO East
HBO2:HBO 2 East
HBOSIG:HBO Signature East
HBOP:HBO West
HB2P:HBO 2 West
HBOF:HBO Family East
HBOCHD:HBO Comedy East
HBOZHD:HBO Zone
MAX:Cinemax East
MAXP:Cinemax West
ACMAXHD:ActionMax East
I520.59961.schedulesdirect.org:5 StarMax
THMAXHD:ThrillerMax East
SHOW:Showtime East
SHOWP:Showtime West
SHO2:Showtime 2 East
SHOCSE:Showtime Showcase East
SHOWX:Showtime Extreme East
SHOWBHD:Showtime Beyond East
NEXTHD:Showtime Next
TMC:The Movie Channel East
TMCXHD:The Movie Channel Xtra East
STZENC:Encore East
STZENWS:Encore Westerns
STZENAC:Encore Action East
STARZ:Starz East
STARZP:Starz West
STZE:Starz Edge East
STRZCIH:Starz Cinema East
STZCHD:Starz Comedy East
STZIB:Starz In Black East
STZKHD:Starz Kids & Family East
SONYHD:Sony Movie Channel USA
WABC:ABC New York
WCBS:CBS New York
WNBC:NBC New York
WNYW:FOX New York
WPLG:ABC MIAMI
WTVJ:NBC Miami
WSVN:FOx Miami
FREFMHD:FREEFORM
REELZ:Reelz Channel
I235.18511.schedulesdirect.org:Esquire

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IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE DAYS FOLKS. 8 Day EPG For Most English Channels, or at least many of them,

This EPG covers the channels listed in this thread. File has been uploaded.


http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=95443782076214469046

Hope many can make use of it.

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Hi expatter, I tried to download the zip file from the link but it gives me an error. Says the site is down or may have moved? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is this only for NFPS or can it be used for iks.66 also?

This should work for anyone using stalker client pvr or simple client. As long as the channel names match should be all that matters.


http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=95443782076214469046

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http://pastebin.com/09ta5dQA

All this is folks, is a printout of the majority of applicable channels for those who want to create your own EPG. This has the kids and sports in it. I deleted everything once the lineup started with music channels.

From what I see it is basically the same as what I use for Schedules Direct (SD). So you can download this file and create your xxx.chl and xxx.ren files using the info found in this thread. I won't do the same for UK data because for those that are so inclined to actually learn this and do it for themselves, that shouldn't be an issue.

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Take Two:


http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=65591704645007194955