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

[expatter]

http://i64.tinypic.com/4ugvgl.png

Sorry but I couldn't add the png of what the site looks like at Schedules Direct when you add your lineups. It's linked tho

[ilan]

I do the batches somewhat similarly, but I create individual batch files for each pull then a master batch file that runs each one in sequence and deletes the intermediate xml files. Thus, if I were doing an overall pull with intermediate pulls, I would create a batch file for each and the master guide batch to run them. Contents of the master would look like this...

master_guide.bat

call ire.bat
call can.bat
call uk.bat
call miami.bat
call us.bat
del "ire.xml" "can.xml" "uk.xml" "miami.xml"

[aCiDjEsUs]

Here is more info. I am loading it to a windows 7 computer that i use as my storage for a Raspberry PI 3 that actually runs KODI. Raspberry PI 3 is running LibreELEC v7.0.2 Kernel 4.4.13 with a 16GB sd card. It has 736 MB Ram with 542 available. The file is shared out using a windows SMB share. The drive and file has the proper security settings and is reachable and from the kodi box.

Tim

Did you ever got the bottom of it? I'm stuck at the same point, I'm pulling my own guide from Schedules Direct witch channels I only watch and the guide works fine when it's loaded from let's say a USB stick but as soon as I point the path to a SMB share on ubuntu server I'm getting that parser error.

50MB file loads fine but makes the pi slow...

[expatter]

IDK if Pendlet got it sorted but I think the android version of KODI doesn't play well with Stalker pvr. At least in my case on Minix the database resets once a week or two and danged if I don't have to spend a half hour putting it back in the order I prefer. I think I'm just going to stick with the emulator on android from now on but then there will be the guide issues. I don't find it fun to have to do this over and over. I've had this same thing happen if I use SBMC as well. Kind of defeats the purpose of having this set up. Doesn't really seem to be an issue in Windows tho.

Today I only had adult channels so I un-checked the TV and then reenabled. Then I had ALL the frickin channels back. It's maddening! This was on the Minix box.

And as far as having the guide on a Samba share, I've never gotten that to work - even in windows. If it did, it would make life a lot easier.

[aCiDjEsUs]

IDK if Pendlet got it sorted but I think the android version of KODI doesn't play well with Stalker pvr. At least in my case on Minix the database resets once a week or two and danged if I don't have to spend a half hour putting it back in the order I prefer. I think I'm just going to stick with the emulator on android from now on but then there will be the guide issues. I don't find it fun to have to do this over and over. I've had this same thing happen if I use SBMC as well. Kind of defeats the purpose of having this set up. Doesn't really seem to be an issue in Windows tho.

Today I only had adult channels so I un-checked the TV and then reenabled. Then I had ALL the frickin channels back. It's maddening! This was on the Minix box.

And as far as having the guide on a Samba share, I've never gotten that to work - even in windows. If it did, it would make life a lot easier.

I gave up on SMB but I finally got to work the way I want. What I did is setup a little ftp server on my Asus router, EPG is getting pulled from SD then transferred to usb stick connected to my router, all is working great. Now I just have to write a little bash script to make it all automatic with crontab.

[aCiDjEsUs]

Everything got automated with two little bash scripts and crontab, EPG getting pulled from SD then it's uploaded to FTP and whaam baam there goes the EPG to all my devices. Thank you Expatter, Viper and Ilan for getting us all started on our own epg's.

[ilan]

Very nice work, AJ. I'm sure the sense of accomplishment puts a smile on your face

[aCiDjEsUs]

Very nice work, AJ. I'm sure the sense of accomplishment puts a smile on your face

Yes it did put a big smile on my face

I wasn't sure if FTP with userass would work in kodi but apparently it does. All in all it worked out well in the end.

[aCiDjEsUs]

Can someone elaborate more on --sdjs-images command in mc2xml? On the website it says "If you want more program icon urls (movies/shows/sports), use the --sdjs-images optional parameter; this will request more server data and take more time."
Will the guide download lat say a poster for a given movie or some other stuff? Is it worth including that command? Anyone tried it?

[ilan]

I haven't played with those settings.