Channel setup woes

[deankelly780]

Hi all - I am a NextPVR noob and am struggling with IPTV set-up. I've read a few forum posts discussing similar topics, but nothing that quite fits the bill.

I have added an IPTV source using XC, which has downloaded tens of thousands of channels. I want to pare it back to just the stuff that's going to be useful.

My first attempt was to Import All and then search/delete in the channel editor, but I found that to be agonisingly slow and - on many occasions - it just seemed to die. The screen would never update again after I pressed the trashcan after checking candidates for removal (I left it overnight at one point).

So I decided to follow advice from other threads and delete the device, start again, and try to only import the stuff I wanted in the first place. I've run into problems again.

My import screen has an "All Selected (681)" drop-down. 

1. When I click on it, I am presented with a huge list of what I presume are channel groups. 
   
2. Navigating the list is difficult - I can scroll for a while, deselecting items as I go, but after 30-40 lines of scrolling (with mousewheel, arrow keys or PgUp/PgDn) the list gets "stuck" (I try to scroll, it moves a few lines then resets back to the top). 
   
3. If I use the window scrollbar, I get the same behaviour UNTIL I drag right to the bottom, at which point the list seems to snap into life. 
   
4. I can then work my way up, deselecting as I go. HOWEVER, after a seemingly random number of clicks, the list entirely vanishes. 
   
5. I can persevere with this (and have done so, twice - it took hours!) but ultimately there is no "Save" button that allows me to commit the work. Whatever I do next, it always results in the entire channel list being imported.
   

My import screen also has "Filter by channel group", but that only contains

• Select all
  
• All channels
  

so seems to be useless.

So, I go through the process of using the "All Selected" drop-down and pare back the list to include only the stuff I want. I'm left with the following screen, where I don't have an option to save anything:

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

[mvallevand]

It is usually possible to get the m3u link even for XC services. If at all possible try to find that.

Martin

[deankelly780]

Hi Martin - yeah I have the M3U. The problem is that the provider can't provide the EPG XML. I had a long chat with their support yesterday about it.

Is there anything wrong with what I'm doing? At the stage I'm at, should I be seeing a shortlist of channels and a "Save" button?

[mvallevand]

Ignoring the EPG if you have the same issue with m3u files or if the issue is only with XC files that is something that sub needs to take a look at.  Are you able to activate the right scrollbar by moving the mouse in the area shown below?  

Also with 681 groups I would untick all with the tick box at the first check box beside number and only tick the groups you want.

Martin

[deankelly780]

Hi Martin - thanks for the replies.

681 groups is as per the provider's XC feed. I don't want all those groups - that's precisely what I'm trying to turn off. I'm away from my server right now, but I've been through the groups on the drop-down beneath "Downloading channels" and reduced the amount to 33, but I can't save that selection. The only clickable items in the panel are the two drop-downs, the "Import" button and the "X"/"Cancel" buttons.

The only time I see a scrollbar is when the the drop-down beneath "Downloading channels" is open.

If I hit "Import" I go back to having 681 groups. If I cancel I get nothing at all.

I'll experiment with "selecting" instead of "de-selecting" as you suggested. If that gets me nowehere, I'll try with the M3U.

Thanks once again. I'll try and update in the next couple of hours