Make XMLTV file using Schedules Direct

[Graham]

I have used Birtles XMLTV grabber and Radio Times data since God was a boy ... but, sadly, the data source has now gone.

I have evolved my own ungainly EPG process that requires an XMLTV file as a starting point. What is the best / easiest way to get an XMLTV file from Schedules Direct?

Thank you for listening.

Edit: XMLTVGUI says that it works but I get a broken layout in Settings and I suspect that XMLTVGUI is not compatible with the current SD.

[mikeh49]

mc2xml will produce an xml file from Schedules Direct. It seems to work fine for my occasional limited use - getting guide date into SimpleIPTV in Kodi.

[SoupSatchel]

Edit: Scratch this, it's a US focused guide...

I'm about to swap over to SD now and found this guide from the NPVR wiki.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJ7QiYS3Rk

[martint123]

Be aware that the SD UK listings use the newer json (whataver that is) interface for their listings.
The xmltv gang have an option for SD to xmltv. I think they are mythtyv oriented but a windows executable is normally available.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv/files/

Code:

tv_grab_sd_json - new grabber for SchedulesDirect.org's SD-JSON service ($$) includes coverage for 50+ countries

[SoupSatchel]

Just done this now, easy process. Sign up at schedulesdirect.org get your username and password, free 7 day trial and $25 for the year (thanks to Brexiters this costs more in GBP now, sigh). Then, for UK, pretty much follow the video I linked above. NPVR has built-in support for schedules direct, there are channel lineups for freeview and freesat, mapping doesn't work very well, you'll need to manually map most channels but it ain't no biggie.

[Graham]

Thanks to all.

I seem to be getting exactly what I want using Schedules Direct and mc2xml.

[rkulagow]

XMLTV doesn't have full support for all the fields which are available in the native JSON format, so you may want to re-consider using a lossy conversion if NextPVR has native support.

[Graham]

XMLTV doesn't have full support for all the fields which are available in the native JSON format, so you may want to re-consider using a lossy conversion if NextPVR has native support.

Your timing is impeccable ... I seem to be missing (more or less) an entire channel ... Channel 5 is in the XMLTV as "I5.17157.schedulesdirect.org" and "I105.50717.schedulesdirect.org". Am I missing something? Thanks.

[martint123]

Your timing is impeccable ... I seem to be missing (more or less) an entire channel ... Channel 5 is in the XMLTV as "I5.17157.schedulesdirect.org" and "I105.50717.schedulesdirect.org". Am I missing something? Thanks.

I just had a look at mine and I have a populated EPG for channel 5, but the mapping shows it as 105 - BBCR5L which to me means radio 5 live. but this produces a CH5 listing.
There is a mapping available of 105 - CH5 but this produces no EPG listing for it says something like pending.

[SoupSatchel]

I just had a look at mine and I have a populated EPG for channel 5, but the mapping shows it as 105 - BBCR5L which to me means radio 5 live. but this produces a CH5 listing.
There is a mapping available of 105 - CH5 but this produces no EPG listing for it says something like pending.

Does C5HD have a listing?