Freesat EPG collector request

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Freesat EPG collector request

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Post by sorethumbs » Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:10 pm

Does anyone have EPG collector setup for UK freesat that could send me a copy of their config file? pm me?

I'm having a few issues with it and wouldn't mind someones setup that I could edit for my own channel listing

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Post by sorethumbs » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:19 am

Anyone??

I would like to shift my guide completely over to EPG and forget the Microsoft one

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Post by holidayboy » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:56 am

I'll check my old backup images - I used epgcollector quite a lot when I was running MC. It worked very well.
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Post by sorethumbs » Mon Mar 07, 2016 7:00 pm

Thanks Rob

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Post by holidayboy » Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:17 pm

I've drawn a blank so far.....

I'll set up epg collector when I get a minute and post my settings file.

It'll be interesting to see how the epg data compares to Media Portal's ota grab.
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Post by holidayboy » Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:45 pm

Thinking about it, I used to collect the Sky EPG data, is it Freesat that you want specifically?
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Post by holidayboy » Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:00 pm

ini file and xmltv output attached.

This is from a clean Freesat template - I change the output file location though.
epg collector1.zip
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Post by sorethumbs » Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:53 pm

Thanks Rob
I will have a look at that later. I wasn't sure which setting I was meant to be using to get the guide, Freesat or Sky. I guess I can have a tinker with your file later and use the option to import direct to WMC

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Post by holidayboy » Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:59 pm

Let me know if you want me to post a sky one, or tweak the Freesat one later.

I didn't use the scan for channels, then exclude unwanted ones, or include artwork lookups, direct import etc.
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Post by sorethumbs » Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:10 pm

Cheers Rob

All looking better now and I'm getting my head round setting things up. Darren who posted up a guide in another thread has also been giving me some tips. It looks a lot simpler when you know what settings to use, kinda falls into place.

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