Merge two xmltv files to one

[OTAjunkie]

Until I found a better way ,,,,,.

And that way is?,,,,

[OTAjunkie]

Apparently this can all be accomplished with mc2xml but I'm unable to get it to dnld specific channels only let alone merge two files.

[jcjefferies]

The better way is only relevant to the UK. Instead of downloading the EPG data from two internet sites I found software to download the Freesat EPG data which is in a none standard format from a transponder data channel. The XMLTV data file produced was then imported into NPVR at EPG update

[nobody]

http://mc2xml.dyndns.org/ has all the info needed.

[OTAjunkie]

Yes, I made a "mc2xml.chl" file with 5 id# (no quotes) but when I run from bat I still get the full line up.
I haven't tried it from within Npvr though.

[nobody]

What I did was open the xmltv.xml and copied the exact display-name (like TWC) for each channel you want to the mc2xml.chl file, after the next epg update (mc2xml only updates once a day unless you use the -f force option) you should have just the channels you want.

I also use the mc2xml.ren to then rename the channels (fromname:toname) to the names that npvr finds when it scans, makes mapping channels easier.

[OTAjunkie]

My problem was far more complex.
I was saving "mc2xml.chl" as "mc2xml.chl.txt".
Once I got that sorted the rest was easy. 4 xmltv files with 150+total channels into one xmltv file with 17 channels.