ExPatter, Thank You for the quick and detailed response. Will certainly make those adjustments as recommended and let you know. Thanks Again, much appreciated Sir.
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ExPatter, Thank You for the quick and detailed response. Will certainly make those adjustments as recommended and let you know. Thanks Again, much appreciated Sir.
Thank you so much, it is a life saver for those who really utilize the epg
Is the acidjesus guide down? I has not been working for me for the last couple days. If it is down, does anyone know of any other working guide?
It loaded for me. Try reloading at a few different times.
UPDATE Nov 8th 2017
It came to my attention that some of the users reported that the server that hosts EPG sometimes takes forever to load the guide and the download speeds are pretty low too. So from now on you guys will have two options for the EPG you can use eitheror you can useCode:http://acidjesus.tk/guide.xml
it's up to you which one works best for you.Code:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acidjesuz/EPG/master/guide.xml
The EPG hosted on git will be updated/committed automatically every day at midnight CST. Nothing else changed besides that everything else stays the same.
Right nice of you, Acid. I doff my chapaeux in your direction.
Hey aCiD~I checked out your new guide on git and I'm sure ppl will be happy with the improved load time. I noticed a few things you might want to tweak:Quote:
Originally Posted by aCiDjEsUs
For UK Watch you have:
<channel id="IWatch.73128.schedulesdirect.org">
<channel id="IWatch.30500.schedulesdirect.org">
<channel id="IWatch.61458.schedulesdirect.org">
chg to: I245.61458.schedulesdirect.org:Watch
chg to CPAC <channel id="I503.18168.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CP24</display-name>
<display-name>503 CP24</display-name>
<display-name>503</display-name>
<display-name>Cable Pulse 24 (CP24)</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s18168_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
I don't believe these channels are part of the lineup anymore:
<channel id="I210.10091.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CBC</display-name>
<display-name>210 CBC</display-name>
<display-name>210</display-name>
<display-name>CBLT - CBC Toronto</display-name>
<display-name>CBC</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10091_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I212.10108.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CTV</display-name>
<display-name>212 CTV</display-name>
<display-name>212</display-name>
<display-name>CTV Toronto</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10108_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I214.10125.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CityTV</display-name>
<display-name>214 CityTV</display-name>
<display-name>214</display-name>
<display-name>CITY Toronto</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10125_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I215.10105.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Omni 1</display-name>
<display-name>215 Omni 1</display-name>
<display-name>215</display-name>
<display-name>CFMT (OMNI 1)</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10105_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I216.31558.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Omni 2</display-name>
<display-name>216 Omni 2</display-name>
<display-name>216</display-name>
<display-name>CJMT - Omni2 Television</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s31558_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I250.17594.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CTV Vancouver</display-name>
<display-name>250 CTV Vancouver</display-name>
<display-name>250</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s17594_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I251.10100.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CBC Vancover</display-name>
<display-name>251 CBC Vancover</display-name>
<display-name>251</display-name>
<display-name>CBC (Vancouver) (CBUT)</display-name>
<display-name>CBC</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10084_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I252.10050.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Global</display-name>
<display-name>252 Global</display-name>
<display-name>252</display-name>
<display-name>Global BC</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10050_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I253.10136.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>City TV Vancouver</display-name>
<display-name>253 City TV Vancouver</display-name>
<display-name>253</display-name>
<display-name>CKVU (City Vancouver)</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10136_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I501.17615.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CTV News</display-name>
<display-name>501 CTV News</display-name>
<display-name>501</display-name>
<display-name>CTV News Channel</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s17615_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I502.10094.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>CBC News</display-name>
<display-name>502 CBC News</display-name>
<display-name>502</display-name>
<display-name>CBC News Network</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s10094_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I504.20709.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>BNN</display-name>
<display-name>504 BNN</display-name>
<display-name>504</display-name>
<display-name>Business News Network</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s20709_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I601.15181.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Slice</display-name>
<display-name>601 Slice</display-name>
<display-name>601</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s15181_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I810.52745.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Love Nature</display-name>
<display-name>810 Love Nature</display-name>
<display-name>810</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s52745_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
Cheers dude!
UPDATE: Seems the one hosted on GitHub works with PerfectPlayer! Great, and thanks for sharing. Much appreciated. Quick question, AcidJesus has an awesome guide and works on many apps. But doesn't seem to load fully on Perfect Player. Am I possibly missing something. Thanks Champ!
Seems as though PP loads guide data from the bottom line of the <channel> field. So for channels that don't auto populate you'd have to manually assign/map the ones that have no data. You only have to do it one time as long as you don't change to another guide. If you open the guide on a screen and look at it, it'll be easy to see how to map them.Quote:
Originally Posted by ADP0361
Example:
<channel id="I227.50716.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Channel 4</display-name>
<display-name>227 Channel 4</display-name>
<display-name>227</display-name>
<display-name>Channel 4 HD</display-name>
<display-name>C4</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s50716_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I231.47657.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>More 4</display-name>
<display-name>231 More 4</display-name>
<display-name>231</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s47657_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I241.58793.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Dmax</display-name>
<display-name>241 Dmax</display-name>
<display-name>241</display-name>
<display-name>DMAX</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s58793_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
<channel id="I245.61458.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Watch</display-name>
<display-name>245 Watch</display-name>
<display-name>245</display-name>
<display-name>W</display-name>
<display-name>WUKTVHD</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s61458_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
Out of these channels, it's likely that only Dmax would auto populate. At least that's my understanding of it.
Just to add my observations, PP on Android uses Channel ID (tvg-id) to match up the guide.
PP for WinPC uses the Display Name, but when loading the xml guide file, it takes "All Display Names", and appends them together ???
For Watch on 245, you get ->Watch245Watch245WWUKTVHD. So wont match anything.
/kens
Interesting observations. I'm not sure how it actually works or why it would be different between platforms. When I used PP on android and only about half the channels populated, I edited the xml and deleted lines in the <channel> fields and changed the channel name if need be so that channel name matched what was in the m3u. My m3u doesn't use tvg-id at all, so in my case the IDs don't matter. I no longer use PP however, preferring to have everything within the media center app, in my case it's Kodi.Quote:
Originally Posted by kens
I'll see if I can find an explanation on the author's website so we have a definitive answer. Inquiring minds want to know.
I've asked over at niklabs to see if we can get an explanation on this.
EDIT: It does pull data from only the last line of the display-name.
Hello, I am new to this thread and the whole forum. I just got my route and m3u URL. I looked at the EPG XML hosted by @aCiDjEsUs
Firstly, thanks for the EPG. Is this a temporary solution or a long term solution? This EPG seems to have only US and UK channels. How about others? I live in US, but am also interested in International and Indian (from India) channels. When and who will add the guide to these channels?
thanks in advance.
The guide that is provided by papiao is not a complete solution so certain users have developed their own guides and share with others. If you check some of the other sticky threads in this sub forum, you will see that there are other guides that include Spanish in addition to English channels.Quote:
Originally Posted by sk101
As far as getting an epg that also includes international and Indian channels, IDK if you will see that happen. At least not for free. You might find what you want for an added charge by others. There was/is a thread by someone who had a purported epg that was 'complete' but it was not free.
The thing with epgs is that someone has to buy a sub to a service in order to get the guide data. Several users have done this. However this only entitles the user to have data from 4 providers at any one time. In other words, it boils down to work for the person pulling the guide data.
The majority of users are interested in English and Spanish channel guides so that is what the members who are sharing a guide have provided. Someone would have to 1) Know the provider name that offers the guide data for the channels, 2) Add those to their guide data pulls, and 3) Have an interest in adding said channels. As the users making their shared guides are using Schedules Direct and are restricted to 4 providers at any one time and are allowed only 6 changes per day, it is unlikely that you will find what you are hoping for. In order to get just the English data (for example) guide data has to be pulled from a minimum of 5 providers to get a full listing for all channels being offered by this service here (NFPS/Rocket/IKS).
In order to have a completely filled in EPG for all the channels for these services, someone would have to several subscriptions to a guide data service. I don't think you will find anyone willing to do that. People who are making their own guides are pulling data for channels that are of interest to them and are kindly sharing their efforts.
You can either use what is being shared for free or get yourself a sub to an online epg provider that has the channels you are interested in or make your own epg and include those channels you are interested in. You'll have to do some research on your own to see who might offer the channels you are interested in and then use their url for the guide.
It may not be perfect, but it's what we are dealing with here. A sub for Schedules Direct is $25 a year. Some online sources for epgs charge by the month for a nominal fee. It's your choice as to what works best for you. After all, this ain't cable.
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I am fine for now.
thanks acid for all your work,,, just set it up with client stalker using github,,,,.. is there a sort by sid option at all
and is there a way to access vod, using rocket by the way
The dev of Perfect Player responded with an answer on this, it pulls data from the LAST display-name of the channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by kens
Since you're using Stalker Client, you're stuck with the format from rocket. You can use the groups feature in the and that might get you close to what you want. Start out in the channels view and hit the left arrow, then select one of the groups. You can use the channel manager and rearrange the channels, groups or make your own groups. It you really want a tailored viewing experience you would be better off with a playlist and Simple Client. That way you can edit the playlist to be however you want in a plain text editor.Quote:
Originally Posted by curgs
If you do make changes in channel manager and move channels around...make sure to un-tick 'use channel order from back end' in tv settings. Same with channel groups, if you make any changes, un-tick 'synchronise channel groups with backend or changes won't stick and you'll waste a lot of time.
You can enter channel manager either by 'c' on a keyboard or right click or long press on a remote from the channels view, or from the tv settings page.
There is no guide data for VOD with anyone's guide.
thank you expatter for all the info, re VOD, would that mean the provider like rocket is no longer offering VOD or is there another way to get it within kodi for rocket
VOD is still offered, but it is not accessible from within PVR Stalker client. You can access it using Kodi and Potato TV, however.
great excellent
^What ilan said.Quote:
Originally Posted by curgs
Sorry, I thought you were asking if there was an epg for VOD (there isn't). In addition to above, if you use the playlist option and simple client, you can have VOD from the pvr, however using potato is a good way to go for VOD.
aCiDjEsUs - thanks so much!
I was using yayahbell and was hoping it would fix itself or come back to life, but it became apparent that wasn't going to happen. I came here and found your thread right away - the GitHub link worked for me!
Cheers!
For those who are just tuning in, here are the two resources for Acid's EPG.
Code:http://acidjesus.tk/guide.xml
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acidjesuz/EPG/master/guide.xml
Just a note...Quote:
Originally Posted by ilan
Acidjesuz switched to github due to the slow download speed of the european .tk Server.
Use the 2nd URL and disregard the 1st. ( * 10 seconds compared to 2 1/2 minutes ).
/kens
The first one works and is still being updated. It just takes a bit longer most of the time.
Hey All,
Great guide and work. Appreciate it. I've been using this xmltv file with TV Guide Fullscreen. All was working well until yesterday. It seems the xml file has an '&' symbol which is causing the xml parse to crash. I've narrowed the issue down to the line of code below. I have managed to manually fix the file but was wondering if the source file could be modified.
ThanksCode:<channel id="I167.24657.schedulesdirect.org">
<display-name>Discovery Home & Health</display-name>
<display-name>167 Discovery Home & Health</display-name>
<display-name>167</display-name>
<display-name>Discovery Home & Health</display-name>
<icon src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/stationLogos/s24657_h3_aa.png" width="360" height="270" />
</channel>
Thank you for the heads up.Quote:
Originally Posted by geminijat
Fixed, should be fine on the next pull.
Thanks a lot... appreciate it!Quote:
Originally Posted by aCiDjEsUs
Thanks for the guide. It works great but I can't get it to recognize my time zone. I have changed the time zone to -8:00 in IPTV pvr client but the EPG does'nt change time zones. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The guide has nothing to do with "recognizing" the time zone. Usually, if your system clock is set correctly, the adjustment in IPTV Simple client is not more than an hour.
When you makes changes, you should clear guide data or restart Kodi to see where you stand.
Where would I view my system clock. I have been clearing guide data and restarting kodi but the epg is still off by 8 hours. when I watch tv the date and time are correctly displayed on the screen
Sounds like it is ok if you're seeing the correct date and time on the screen.
What version of Kodi are you using? When the offset is at 0, how far off are you? Again, you need to clear data or restart Kodi after each adjustment.
I was putting my off set at -8;00 thinking that I was adjusting the guide to pacific time. That's what I get for thinking. After returning off set to 0 I have the correct time. Thanks for all the advice.
No, sweat. I was hoping 0 would put you on the mark.
On my box that has 16, I have to offset -5 to get correct epg for EST but not on other installs that have 17.6.Quote:
Originally Posted by ilan
I am running 17.6 also.
Yes, but he was off by 8 hours, and he had the setting at -8, so I thought a 0 setting would probably get things straightened out. I didn't think it was a coincidence.Quote:
Originally Posted by expatter
Kodi has changed how it responds to the offset and how it responds to Daylight Savings Time. Both changes have been in the positive direction.
I agree that changes have been in the positive direction but this is just one example of why kodi can be so frustrating for people who are just starting out with it. Not everyone goes to their forums to learn or reads the wiki. RTFM, lol.
Very true... :)
Mr. Acidjesuz.... Channel SPIKE has been changed and is now the Paramount network. The EPG has stopped showing data for Spike. Can you make the necessary channel correction to resume Spike programming.
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