Bulk EPG mapping

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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.

So your channel here is called "US: AMC". What is it called in your xmltv file?

There is no channel number to go on, and it can be pretty difficult to map IPTV channel names because they rarely match another source (like Schedules Direct etc)

[markn62]

Now manually assigned EPG's don't show, uggg. TvGuide only lists for channels as provided by, I think, DVB/ATSC EPG. It's first in the EPG source list and the one I added is 2nd. There is no way to delete the former that could be screwing things up. Any way to get rid of DVB/ATSC EPG as a source? No trashcan next to it. After spending over an hour manually assigning this is very frustrating!

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Now manually assigned EPG's don't show, uggg.

Did you hit the 'Update EPG' button after changing the mappings? You need to.

TvGuide only lists for channels as provided by, I think, DVB/ATSC EPG.  It's first in the EPG source list and the one I added is 2nd.  There is no way to delete the former that could be screwing things up.  Any way to get rid of DVB/ATSC EPG as a source?  No trashcan next to it.  After spending over an hour manually assigning this is very frustrating!

No, you can't delete the DVB/ATSC EPG source.

[markn62]

Dont see an update epg button. Using browser UI.

[markn62]

Ahhh, found it in ABOUT of all places. Wouldn't have thought to look there.

[markn62]

Working now, thanks. My vote is the update button should be on the channels tab.  So back to the earlier post.  My channel is called AMC.us in both the m3u and the xmltv-id.  Channel #'s never align unless, like you say, you go with the one EPG source suggested.  If there was a way to use a file that would align channels I would create it.

Or better, have the UPDATE button on the GUIDE page since that is where the EPG source & auto-update is listed.

[markn62]

I can't actually look at the xmltv file because the EpgGuide server doesn't provide as m3u only xml. Any way to put it in plain text? They just have a listing that I pasted in my earlier post.

[markn62]

I cant get this epg xml to convert online. Parse error or file to large. I'm not even sure it's in std format but works. Here is a snip.

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[markn62]

Sorry guys I don't know where that file came from. Thought for sure it was what I downloaded before. Re-downloaded the EPG so here is a better comparison. Still same finding. In both are named amc.us so should bulk match. Doesn't NextPvr match tvg-id > channel-id? Or are they two different things?

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

EPG:
<channel id="amc.us">
<display-name lang="en">AMC US</display-name>
<icon src="http:/epgguide.net/icon/amc.us.png" />

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Sorry guys I don't know where that file came from. Thought for sure it was what I downloaded before. Re-downloaded the EPG so here is a better comparison. Still same finding. In both are named amc.us so should bulk match. Doesn't NextPvr match tvg-id > channel-id? Or are they two different things?

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

EPG:
<channel id="amc.us">
<display-name lang="en">AMC US</display-name>
<icon src="http:/epgguide.net/icon/amc.us.png" />

Did you enter the m3u and xml urls at the same time when you did the import? If so, it should handle this situation where tvg-ID="AMC.us" in the m3u should map <channel id="amc.us">. (They're supposed to the be the same case, but I think it should manage it anyway).

If you try to map it later, it only knows the channel by it's name "US: AMC" which definitely does not match the name in xmltv file, which is "AMC US"