USING MC2XML TO MAKE YOUR OWN EPG - tuturial with open discussion

[Acf150]

Thank you Expatter for getting the ball rolling on a new guide for us. Great is all I can say!!

[expatter]

Thank you Expatter for getting the ball rolling on a new guide for us. Great is all I can say!!

You're very welcome. It was born of necessity...and determination.

[Waylotul]

Does anyone have a list of the English channel names that the service uses? I broke down and bought a SD sub for a year. I didn't want to have to edit my channels lists and pull them from the tv29.db. I asked a few folks but no answer. If Viper's guide pulls a ninja move, I would be SOL so I'm getting it going locally.

[expatter]

Does anyone have a list of the English channel names that the service uses? I broke down and bought a SD sub for a year. I didn't want to have to edit my channels lists and pull them from the tv29.db. I asked a few folks but no answer. If Viper's guide pulls a ninja move, I would be SOL so I'm getting it going locally.

Why don't you ask Viper for his list? If he doesn't answer then download his guide or open it in a browser and copy the names, since he has all of them and nothing else.

[Waylotul]

Hi Ex, I asked but I think he is busy. I went ahead and pulled it myself, if anyone is interested here is the list, I think I got them all. whew! Can anyone confirm if the NFL Sunday Ticket channels work on Sundays?


itv ENCORE +1
Yesterday
Yes Network
Watch
WWE Network
WGN News
WGN America
WE TV
Universal Channel
Ultimate Events & Sports 2
Ultimate Events & Sports
USA Network HD
USA Network
UFC Network HD
UFC Network
True Movies 2
True Movies 1
True Drama
Tru TV East
Travel Channel UK
ThrillerMax East
The Weather Channel
The Movie Channel Xtra East
The Movie Channel East
Tennis Channel HD
Tennis Channel
TV Land
TSN 5
TSN 4
TSN 3
TSN 2
TSN 1
TNT
TLC
TG 4
TCM US
TBS East
Syfy
Starz West
Starz Kids & Family East
Starz In Black East
Starz Edge East
Starz East HD
Starz East
Starz Comedy East
Starz Cinema East HD
Starz Cinema East
Sportsnet World
Sportsnet West
Sportsnet Pacific
Sportsnet Ontario
Sportsnet One
Sportsnet Lakers
Sportsnet East
Sportsnet Dodgers
Sportsnet 360
SportsNet New York
Spike TV
Sony Movie Channel USA
Slice
Showtime West
Showtime Showcase East
Showtime Next
Showtime Extreme East
Showtime East HD
Showtime East
Showtime Beyond East
Showtime 2 East
Science Channel HD
Science Channel
SKY Sports News
SKY Select
SKY Scifi & Horror
SKY Premiere
SKY One
SKY Movies Drama
SKY Modern Greats
SKY Living
SKY Family
SKY Disney
SKY Crime & Thriller
SKY Comedy
SKY Atlantic
SKY Action & Adventure
Reelz Channel
Really
RTE TWO
RTE ONE
Poker Central
Pick
Oxygen
Ovation
Outdoor Channel
Nickelodeon East
National Geographic Channel HD
National Geographic Channel
Nat Geo Wild
NHL Network USA
NHK World
NFL Sunday Ticket 6
NFL Sunday Ticket 5
NFL Sunday Ticket 4
NFL Sunday Ticket 3
NFL Sunday Ticket 2
NFL Sunday Ticket 1
NFL Network
NBC Sport Network
NBC New York
NBC Miami
NBA TV HD
NBA TV
NASA TV
Movies 24
More 4
MTV Live
MSNBC
MLB Network HD
MLB Network
MAV tv
Love Nature
Lifetime Movie Network East HD
Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime East
Investigation Discovery HD
Investigation Discovery
ITV Be
ITV 4
ITV 3
ITV 2
ITV
ION Television East
IFC East
History
Headline News
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
HGTV East
HBO Zone
HBO West
HBO Signature East
HBO Family East
HBO East HD
HBO East
HBO Comedy East
HBO 2 West
HBO 2 East HD
HBO 2 East
H2
Good Food
Golf Channel
Gold
Global BC
Global
Fox Sports Sun
Fox Sports Southwest
Fox Sports South
Fox Sports Prime Ticket
Fox Sports 2 US
Fox Sports 1 US
Fox News Channel HD
Fox News Channel
Fox Business
Food Network East
Film 4
FXX East
FX East
FREEFORM
FOX Sports West
FOX New York
FOX Miami
FOX
Encore Westerns
Encore East HD
Encore East
Encore Action East
Eden
ESPNews US HD
ESPNews US
ESPNU
ESPN US HD
ESPN US
ESPN 2 US
E4
E! HD
E!
Drama
Dmax
Disney Channel East
Discovery Turbo
Discovery Life Channel
Discovery Family
Discovery Channel USA HD
Discovery Channel USA
Destination America
Dave
DIY Network USA
Crime & investigation Network HD
Crime & Investigation Network
Cooking Channel HD
Cooking Channel
Comedy Central East HD
Comedy Central East
Comcast Sports Net Bay Area
CityTV
Cinemax West HD
Cinemax West
Cinemax East HD
Cinemax East
Chiller TV
Channel 5
Channel 4
Challenge
CP24
CNN US HD
CNN US
CNN International
CNBC US
CBS Sports Network
CBS Reality
CBS New York
CBS Drama
CBS Action
C-Span American History TV
C-Span Book TV
C-Span
ByuTV
Bravo East
Boomerang USA
BOXnation
BBC World News
BBC TWO
BBC ONE
BBC Four
BBC America
At The Races
Animal Planet HD
Animal Planet
American Heroes Channel
Alibi
ActionMax East
ASTRO SuperSport 4
ASTRO SuperSport 3
ASTRO SuperSport 2
ASTRO SuperSport 1
AMC East
ABC News
ABC New York
ABC Miami
A&E East
5 USA
5 StarMax
5 Star
4 Seven

[TVFan]

I had some trouble with this (kept getting blank files) before I tried using the JSON flavour of Schedules Direct in the initial dialogue box. Now all is well.

[iamnotdj]

I'm starting to do this myself now as well. Somewhat successful. I got DS JSON, used mc2xml, updated setting in KODI. I can't figure out how does KODI know which channel info belongs to which channel on the KODI guide? Does that make sense? For example, I see Comedy Central info in my xml file, but no guide data in KODI. I think it's because channel name is different? How do I manually make the connection? Or am I missing something?

[ilan]

You have to create a REN file. (The REN file is just a text file with a .ren extension.) It maps channels that were pulled to channels in the PVR. Thus, if you pulled ESPNEWS, the REN file would map it to the PVR's ESPNews US by using this convention in the REN file.

ESPNEWS:ESPNews US

Upper and lower case matter. You follow that convention for all the channels that you have pulled.

PulledName:PVRName

Case in point, Comedy Central is pulled as COMEDY (one of its Display names), but the PVR uses Comedy Central East. The REN file would need to reflect this

COMEDY:Comedy Central East

[iamnotdj]

So contents of ren file will be nothing but...

ESPNEWS:ESPNews US
ComedyCentral:ComedyCetralEast
blah blah blah

No tags or anything? Is there a template file I can use from someone that already has all PVR channel names, so all i have to do is replace the channel names from my pulls? (Just found post #21)

[ilan]

No tags. It is just a simple text file, reflecting names as you have suggested. Expatter had one somewhat fleshed out in a post earlier in this thread.

The name before the colon cannot have spaces, so pick a display name that fits that restriction. The channel ID can also be used. The name after the colon can have spaces, reflecting exactly what the PVR displays.