MceEpg2XmlTv

[whurlston]

Not working for me

Only way I could setup a guide was to borrow a card from GBPVR machine
Setup the channels I want, pulled down the epg, checked in Media Center that the channels I selected were present. Not all of them have epg data

When I run the application the program bombs out

I'll be adding better logging in the next few days.

[zehd]

Have you decided whether you will be tackling the issue of Canadian EPG without MCE/Vista? Are there other folks working on it?

And what version of Vista does one need that would have the EPG stuff?

[jldet5]

Have you decided whether you will be tackling the issue of Canadian EPG without MCE/Vista? Are there other folks working on it?

And what version of Vista does one need that would have the EPG stuff?

Any version that includes the MCE. Home Premium for sure does and basic does not. I would check the Microsoft site but I'm guessing the business does not and ultimate does.

[zehd]

Any version that includes the MCE. Home Premium for sure does and basic does not. I would check the Microsoft site but I'm guessing the business does not and ultimate does.

That won't really help me I guess. Not interested in getting MCE or Vista just for an EPG.

I know that the myth guys are building something, but they're being tight lipped on the progress. Just wait and see, they say.

It's a few weeks away, but I'm very worried for Canadians.

(Glad I'm moving to Australia)

[whurlston]

It requires MCE 05*, Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate. Unfortunately, I know of no way to get the data without the actual Media Center app. I knew there were probably several people who have MCE or Vista on at least one PC in the home (most likely a store bought PC) and this was a way for them to utilize epg data to which they already had access.

*MCE 05 version will be available in the next couple of days.

[whurlston]

New version posted.
Added support for MCE 05.

Note the changes to the channel naming.

Cameluk: Look for a PM tomorrow.

[jldet5]

It requires MCE 05*, Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate. Unfortunately, I know of no way to get the data without the actual Media Center app. I knew there were probably several people who have MCE or Vista on at least one PC in the home (most likely a store bought PC) and this was a way for them to utilize epg data to which they already had access.

*MCE 05 version will be available in the next couple of days.

Thanks for the app. Been working great and I have it running on a Vista machine which I then pass to my XP GBPVR machine.

[whurlston]

Thanks for the app. Been working great and I have it running on a Vista machine which I then pass to my XP GBPVR machine.

Glad to hear it. I should have the downloader complete next week so that you can grab multiple listings.

[pBS]

working good here so far...finall got it working without a tuner..
[had to copy some other files over,and some more reg entries]

does it force a download of epg data from the net? or does it rely on the normal scheduler?

about the exclude list, it might be easier to make an 'include' list rather than a exlude one, as that was one of my biggest complaints about zap2it, they would constantly add new channels that were of no interest or even in a language i could understand,and i had to go and remove them all the time..

that,and over half the ch. on sat/digital cable isn't even available to me much less of interest, so that would mean excluding 500+...when i only have about 90 to 'include' instead..
[not to mention i don't know the names of all the ones i'd have to exclude,and new ones would trip it up also]

just wanted to add that before you got too far along..much needed feature, just kinda hard to implement..

plus, doesn't it honor the deselected channels in the MCE interface? wouldn't that list already be pruned from MCE?

the exclude.txt channels seem to still get processed...that's what i was hoping to avoid..

[pBS]

got error message after the channels processing..

7/21/2007 12:33:25 AM - Retrieving program attributes
7/21/2007 12:33:33 AM - Retrieving genres list
7/21/2007 12:33:33 AM - Retrieving program genres

Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path)
at System.IO.Path.GetFileName(String path)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access,
FileShare share)
at System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(String outputFileName, XmlWriterSettings setti
ngs)
at MceEpg2XmlTv.Program.DumpXML()
at MceEpg2XmlTv.Program.Main(String[] args)

i used days=1 name=1 "dir=c:\" for arguments...
can we specify the filename?