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Note: If you want an EPG for Sky TV or sattelite Freeview you will need to look elsewhere.
Step 1 - XMLTV
Download xmlvtv.dtd and save it to
Win7 or Vista 64 bit - c:\program files (x86)\team mediaportal\mediaportal\tv server\xmltv.dtd
WinXP/7/Vista 32bit - c:\program files\team mediaportal\mediaportal\tv server\xmltv.dtd
Step 2 - Install EPG Collector
Download EPG Collector from here http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/
Choose to download the installer package eg. "EPG Collector V040000 Install.msi"
Install EPG Collector
Note: default install directory is C:\Program Files(X86)\Geekzone\EPG Collector
Once setup EPG Collector will create a file called tvguide.xml in the tvserver directory
tvguide.xml contains all the tv guide information for mediaportal tv server
Step 3 - Create Collection Parameters
Run EPG Collector (Start -> All Programs -> EPG Collector -> EPG Center)File -> Create Collection Parameters
Choose "New Zealand - Terrestrial Freeview - Auckaland"
Note: It doesn't matter if your not in Auckland, we will customise this
TUNING TAB
1. Select the tuner you want to use
2. Select the area you are in
3. Click Add
4. Select [X] Check tuner is not in use before chaning DiSEQC
5. At the bottom of the page under Selected scanning frequencies delete the providor you are not using
(ie if you added Christchurch, then there will also be a providor called Auckland which you need to delete)
OUTPUT TAB
1. Output file path -> Click Browse
2. Set path to the tvserver directory
32 bit OS - C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\TVGuide.xml
64 bit OS - C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\TVGuide.xml
SAVE CHANGES
1. Click File -> Save As
32bit OS - C:\Program Files\Geekzone\EPG Collector\EPGCollector.ini
64bit OS - C:\Program Files (x86)\Geekzone\EPG Collector\EPGCollector.ini
TEST
1. Click Run -> Collect EPG Data
2. Do you want to use the parameters currently loaded to run the collection? [YES]
3. This takes around 2 minutes, wait
4. You should get a message saying "The run completed successfully."
5. Assuming you did all the above correctly this should now of created a file called tvguide.xml in the tvserver directory
Step 4 - Check
Goto the tvserver directory
32 bit OS - C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\
64 bit OS - C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\
Check you have the following 2 files
tvguide.xml
xmltv.dtd
Step 5 - Setup TV Server
Run TV Server Configuration
Goto Plugins
Enable "XmlTv"
Expand [+] Plugins
Choose "XmlTv"
GENERAL TAB
1. Folder where tvguide is located
Browse to your tvguide.xml file
2. Setup the following tick boxes
[X] Import new tvguide.xml
[ ] Import files in new tvguide.1st
[X] Delete old programs before input
[ ] Apply time compensation
3. Click Force Import
configuration will become unresponsive for ~ 2 minutes while the guide is imported
4. You should see a message saying file imported successfully
MAPPINGS TAB
1. Click Load/Refresh
2. Check that "Tuning Channel" matches up with "Guide Channel"
3. Once you have adjusted any missmatched channels click SAVE
Click [OK] to close tv server configuration and save changes.
If you don't click OK then the changes will not be saved.
Step 6 - Schedule task to update the EPG
Windows VISTA / WINDOWS 7
1. Click Start button
2. Type "task" in the window
3. Click on Task Scheduler
4. Click Action -> Create basic task
5. Give the task a name eg. Update EPG
6. Click NEXT
7. When do you want the task to start? -> Click Daily
8. Click NEXT
9. Recur every 1 days
10. Click NEXT
11. Action, choose start a program
12. Click NEXT
13. Click Browse
14. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Geekzone\EPG Collector\EPGCollector.exe"
15. Click NEXT
16. Click FINISH
Windows XP
You want to run C:\Program Files\Geekzone\EPG Collector\EPGCollector.exe once per day
Instructions here - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308569
NOTE: I also created this guide in the New Zealand section of the Mediaportal Wiki
NZ Mediaportal Wiki Page
