Problem importing channels with large mc2xml file

[dewchugr]

Unfortunitely I am on Comcast (basic extended or whatever they call it) and the have of course converted all of my channels to digital. I am using npvr 2.2.6 and I have the DTA box. When I use mc2xml I have the option for Comcast basic which works fine, but only gives me 45 of my channels. I also have the option for digital which, if it's like my tv listing on my iPad will give me hundreds of channels and radio channels. I am not sure how many I really get as there are many duplicates but I only use 70 of them.

When I try to set up my device in npvr using the analog mc2xml file I click import and I get the screen where I can tell it I want the channels to come in on channel 4 and all, click import and e erythronium is good. When I create an mc2xml file for digital cable the ml file is about 150mb. When I am setting up my device I am setting it up as analog so I can tune them on channel 4. I click import and nothing, it just hangs. Task manger shows very little activity for nextpvr.exe but the memory usage is 150-400mb or more. After a half hour still nothing, no channel import, just hang app.

Any ideas what I should look at to figure this out? Is there any way to limit the number of channels it imports?

I've got to get this going and figure out how to get npvr to change the channels on the tuner or my wife's going to make me get a comcast DVR and that's the LAST thing I want in my house!

Thanks

[OTAjunkie]

If you head back to mc2xml, there you'll find all you need to know about getting EPG info for only the channels you want as well as merging xmltv files from different sources into one xmltv.xml file

[dewchugr]

I went to the mc2xml site, but it wasnt working. I don't want to merge, my problem is the analog mc2xml works great, but the digital channel one for whatever reason wont import. I looked at the xml file, it's 138mb and contains 630 channels. Could the size or number of channels be a problem or is it just going to take hours to import.

[Reddwarf]

I went to the mc2xml site, but it wasnt working. I don't want to merge, my problem is the analog mc2xml works great, but the digital channel one for whatever reason wont import. I looked at the xml file, it's 138mb and contains 630 channels. Could the size or number of channels be a problem or is it just going to take hours to import.

When you set up digital channels you don't import an xmltv file first like you do with analog channels. You scan for channels and then assign their epg to a channel in an xmltv file.

[ElihuRozen]

When you run mc2xml, you can limit the channels it will import. Just create a text file with any name you want. In my case I used an extension of ".chl". In that file, just list the channels you want:
2
4
5
6
7
9
10
11

or

2
4-7
9-11


Then, when you call mc2xml, you include your file on the command line. The flag is "-C". Something like this:

mc2xml -C myList.chl -D mc2xml.dat -o xmltv.xml

[dewchugr]

When you set up digital channels you don't import an xmltv file first like you do with analog channels. You scan for channels and then assign their epg to a channel in an xmltv file.

While they originate as digital channels the DTA converts them to analog so there would be no scanning as far as I can tell.

When you run mc2xml, you can limit the channels it will import. Just create a text file with any name you want. In my case I used an extension of ".chl". In that file, just list the channels you want:
2
4
5
6
7
9
10
11

or

2
4-7
9-11


Then, when you call mc2xml, you include your file on the command line. The flag is "-C". Something like this:

mc2xml -C myList.chl -D mc2xml.dat -o xmltv.xml

Thanks, I'll try this and see if it helps.

Thanks all

[Reddwarf]

I see, so going for a digital capturecard (that would be cablecard?) is not an option?

[dewchugr]

I have the Hauppauge 1600, the channels are digital from Comcast, then converted to analog by the DTA before they go to the tuner card. My TV doesn't use cable cards , mp PC doesn't and I don't use a STB.

Reddwarf, that worked perfectly. After I set that up I had a 19mb XML file instead of the huge one I had before. The channels imported in seconds. Thanks for the help!

I just added that to my updateepg.bat file so hopefully everything will be good now.

[Reddwarf]

That advice was actually from ElihuRozen, credit to him

[dewchugr]

That advice was actually from ElihuRozen, credit to him

Oops.

Thanks ElihuRozen!