This should give complete listings for your local TV stations. For over the air antenna you can use Comcast or another cable provider for your zipcode. Make sure you press *go *when you set a zipcode and select a TV Provider. Go to TV listings, enter your zipcode and select a cable provider.xml file with a browser or notepad to copy/paste the Channel ids to your grabber file.

xml file to get a list of Channel ids in your channel groups. You can also select Import/Export, set the check box for TV Groups and export the info to a. The EPG Name column has the Channel ids for your channel group.

Select WebEPG plugin > TV Mappings, select a Group (Favorites, etc) and press Import.

Start the 'MediaPortal 2 TV- Configuration' program,.

siteId=KTVUDT is the channel in the IMDB listing (left column in listing).

Channel id=KTVU-HD is the channel ID MediaPortal found when it scanned channels.

Unlike most WebEPG grabbers, the TV listings.ĭuplicate to your own version e.g.

Note: This step is ONLY required if you select US grabber and must be done first.

Enable periodic update to MediaPortal 2 EPG.

Setup WebEPG, set channel mappings, and initial TV Guide import.

US users only: If you wish to use the www_imdb_com grabber file you must first customize it with your local TV Channels.

Setup your TV Channels with an All Channels group.

Setup your TV Engine and scanned your TV channels.

This guide assumes you have already completed the following steps: In addition with WebEPG you may get up to 14 days EPG data! WebEPG uses the channels created by MediaPortal 2 and let's you easily map them to the channel from the TV Guide site. One of the big advantages of WebEPG is that your channel names will automatically match the TV Channels you scan into MediaPortal 2. You can even create your own grabber for your preferred TV Listings website. It can grab data from about 100 different websites from over 30 different countries, with 'grabbers' added regularly. It actually uses XMLTV format, but was designed for MediaPortal 2. WebEPG is a plugin provided with MediaPortal 2. How to get EPG data using the WebEPG plugin included with MediaPortal 2, plus using IMDB grabber for the US.

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