[mythtv-users] epg data and channel listing mismatch
stuart at tase.co.uk
Tue Jun 14 16:26:37 UTC 2005
On Tue 14 June 2005 16:17, Joe Tsai wrote:
> I saw someone mentioned this work around once on some website. However,
> I am not aware that this can solve my problem since all the XMLID value
> in the mysqldump shows "". Can you point me a way to obtain the correct
Just a small correction it is xmltvid not xmlid and it isn't a workaround but
the way it is meant to be done.
What you are doing wrong is not associating the channels with the guide data
grabbed from the Radiotimes site. Now I am being lazy because I won't bother
to explain how to set this up yet. It might not be what you want anyway.
If your first email you talk about the EPG and then talk about the Radiotimes
grabber. Well there is a common source of confusion here so I'll briefly
explain. With DVB some channel listings are sent 'on the air' (OTA) and this
is _generally_ referred to as the EPG (Electronic Program Guide). The
Radiotimes grabber is an alternative to the OTA EPG, it fetches data from the
radiotimes website instead. If you use one then usually you don't want the
The RT grabber provides slightly better but longer program descriptions, full
reviews for films and provides 14 days data at a time. The OTA EPG provides
just 7 days data but doesn't need the computer to be internet connected.
If you can tell me which guide source you would like to use I'll provide a
setup guide for each one. The OTA EPG should be easier to setup.
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