Bulk EPG mapping

[markn62]

Has bulk EPG mapping been added yet?  Don't see it.  No forum search hits.  Thanx.

[mvallevand]

Do you mean Settings->Channels->Advanced Tools->Auto Merge

Martin

[markn62]

Yes but once there, if you choose bulk map and click one of the channels to map it will prompt if you want to auto-map all the channels. Don't see that ability in v5.

[markn62]

If I click on one of the channels the prompt to bulk map doesn't show. I can only manually map one channel at a time.

[sub]

Yes but once there, if you choose bulk map and click one of the channels to map it will prompt if you want to auto-map all the channels. Don't see that ability in v5.

Settings->Channels->Advanced Tools->Auto Map.

This should a popup where you can select the channel type, and the EPG you want to map to.

[markn62]

I feel stupid. Stuck on the v4 UI approach now. Duhhh. Thanks guys.

[sub]

I feel stupid.  Stuck on the v4 UI approach now.  Duhhh. Thanks guys.

Bulk Map was always pretty ugly, so v5 replaced this with the new Auto Map, which is easier to use.

[mvallevand]

Sorry the typo Merge and Map are too close for me when I don't actually click it. That is a good one for the wiki.


Martin

[markn62]

Martin, I do the same, stumble with words when I don't actually click thru it. Agree sub, the v5 method is much cleaner. When I went back to v4 I had to search posts to figure out how it was done. Now that I've test drove both versions, liking v5 better. Coming along nicely.

[markn62]

Auto map not working for me.  When I put an xmltv url for epg in when I create the m3u source some channels map right away, maybe 10% are correct.  When I auto map to something other than xmltv it changes all channels from XMLTV to NONE.  Then if I remap auto with xmltv source they don't come back as XMLTV, remain as NONE.  Even restarted NprServer, no change.  To be certain I am checking the top checkbox, selecting all channels, in case all channels need to be chosen to do a proper auto-map.  Ideas?

I did check between m3u and xmltv for matching ID and they do, i.e.

EPG: United States AMC US amc.us  (country/channel/xmltv-id)

M3U: #EXTINF:-1 tvg-ID="AMC.us" tvg-name="US: AMC" tvg-logo="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/AMC_logo_2019.svg/330px-AMC_logo_2019.svg.png" group-title="USA HD",US: AMC

I presume tvg-ID and xmltv-id are the same identifier.  Mapping by channel name doesn't work but by example above I wouldn't expect it too. Match by number/identifiers should.  Also a side question.  Since I can only get manual EPG working, once an hour of time is put in manually assigning, is there a way to export an assignment file that can be imported later to restore an m3u <> epg alignment should it get blown out by a source url change?

And in the mapping page via browser, could the framing of columns be made wider since they are fixed (not user adjustable).  The name column is truncated, cant tell what channel is being chosen.