MceEpg2XmlTv

[whurlston]

That would be a GB-PVR thing. I don't know how or where to change it or if you even can, sorry.

[pBS]

here's a clip..the dupes are the chan_id #'s...?

Code:

<channel id="28459256">
    <display-name>450 RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>450</display-name>
    <display-name>RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>450 Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>(RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>450 (RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="28459256">
    <display-name>451 RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>451</display-name>
    <display-name>RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>451 Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>(RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>451 (RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="28459256">
    <display-name>452 RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>452</display-name>
    <display-name>RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>452 Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>(RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>452 (RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="28459256">
    <display-name>453 RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>453</display-name>
    <display-name>RSPALT</display-name>
    <display-name>Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>453 Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>(RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
    <display-name>453 (RSPALT) Regional Sports Alt. Message Channel</display-name>
  </channel>

not the channels themselves..jsut the id's..
other than that, it's working great..

[pBS]

I'm trying to sort out if it is possible to see the channel # instead of station call-sign in my recording lists. In the TV Guide I have channel # followed by call-sign on the left side. When I select a show to record, only the call-sign is displayed, not the channel #. Additionally when I review my recordings, they only have the call-sign, not the channel #.

I seem to remember in ver .97 I would see the channel # in the recording screens instead of call-sign.

Is this a GB-PVR setting, or is it related to my change in EPG from Zap2It to MceEpg2XmlTv?

i believe <TVGuideChannelHeaderType>1</TVGuideChannelHeaderType>
is the one you need to change...search for it to find out the meanings of 1,2,3 for options..

[whurlston]

here's a clip..the dupes are the chan_id #'s...?

not the channels themselves..jsut the id's..
other than that, it's working great..

I'm aware of this issue but have not had the time to fix it. When I switched to using the ID instead of the channel number, I didn't update the duplicate handling logic to check the ID.

For now, you'll have to use the includes/excludes.

[pBS]

cool...excludes won't work cuz i need those channels..
also i noticed i don't get as much 'extra' info with ixmltv...

was wondering if you could just add the 'renumber' function to the old cmdline version.. it works great with i-xmltv and i find much easier to setup for my funky 3 lineups..
thanx

[whurlston]

cool...excludes won't work cuz i need those channels..
also i noticed i don't get as much 'extra' info with ixmltv...

was wondering if you could just add the 'renumber' function to the old cmdline version.. it works great with i-xmltv and i find much easier to setup for my funky 3 lineups..
thanx

Renumber still works on the commandline version. It won't renumber the IDs though.

[zehd]

cool...excludes won't work cuz i need those channels..
also i noticed i don't get as much 'extra' info with ixmltv...

was wondering if you could just add the 'renumber' function to the old cmdline version.. it works great with i-xmltv and i find much easier to setup for my funky 3 lineups..
thanx

How are you able to get I-xmltv working with the output from MceEpg2xmltv?

I thought it was broken because it wanted to work with three digit channel numbers, and the output changed to 4 digits...

That's why I started to add some builtin enhancments with the GUI, starting with adding the original airdate to the description which is default in I-XMLTV... The New Show Marker was added by whurlston. Those are the only two enhancments that I wanted, but I know others want more features.

I stopped including I-XMLTV in the GUI because it wouldn't work...

[pBS]

Renumber still works on the commandline version. It won't renumber the IDs though.

i wanted renumber addded in the old cmdline version from wiki..the Mce05Epg2XmlTv.exe ver.
it still works just fine for me with I_xmltv except my digitals, which need the renumber function to weed out the analogs..

i find this combo gives the most added info, and seems to handle everything well...lots of nice options in the regular I-xmltv too..

and i like the 'viewability' of the data as well..if you're just making up the id's, use them to your advantage and make easily readable for error searches..
[that way no need to cross-ref the id's to know what channel a show entry is]

it really enhances the usability of my guide..
i love the dates in the subtitles...for shows that have no episode details..
only way to know if it's a rerun...[Daily Show!]

[whurlston]

The IDs are not made up. They are extracted from the MCE EPG database. They are actually a hashed version of the TMS ID but I didn't bother trying to decode the hash.

[pBS]

yea, wasn't a big fan of the way TMS uses those id's...not really a part of xmltv spec i don't think....their methods can be inconsistent at times..

got my first error today..easily fixed tho...the default I-xmltv.ini has # of actors at 99, which can make for too long lines in xml...set back to 9 and no problem..
[i'm pretty sure they're in order of importance, eg. lead actors, then supporting.]
guess i'll stick with old version and the new one for digitals only...