2014-10-30, 15:20
Alright guys, I've spent countless hours working through this, but I finally got it to work correctly. I'm posting this information for anyone else who runs into the same problems I ran into.
Over the Air EPG DATA AND PTVL
If you are like me your PVR backend pulls in the channels as names that greatly differ from your EPG data retrieval tool. I use MC2XML.
I recommend not trying to change channel names in the xmltv.xml file to match the channel names listed in PTVL. Instead follow my instructions below.
Whatever your PVR backend is, mine is NEXT PVR, open it and go to the settings where you can change channel names. This is where you want to change your channel names in step 3.
Also, I'd recommend not trying to change the channel names in your settings2.xml since you might want to re-autotune at some point which would wipe out your settings2.xml and remove your changes.
Now, finding the channel names is the part that is sort of a pain but I found an easy way to do it since some of them differ greatly than how they show up in NEXT PVR.
1. Open your xmltv.xml file that was generated from MC2XML and look at the each channel entry. Those are all of the OTA channels available in your general area. Depending on your reception, some might not show up in your actual PVR.
Begin with the first channel and copy the name that appears in there. For example, mine was KMSPDT (a Fox affiliate station). Now, you need to find this station's tv listing in your web browser. The site I used was http://www.zap2it.com/tvlistings
Note, you will want to set your location there so it shows your local OTA stations.
2. Find this station ID (KMSPDT) then open up your NEXTPVR and go to Channel Guide. You should be able to compare the website with your channel guide in NEXT PVR to find out what NEXT PVR has labeled that station as. For me it was labeled as KSMP-HD, which is why PTVL wasn't syncing it with my EPG data automatically. For whatever reason PTVL has a tough time syncing them together unlike XBMC's LIVE TV. (NOTE: This assumes that you have already done the UPDATE EPG inside of NEXT PVR under settings - channels. Otherwise your NEXT PVR will have no channel data.)
Once you have done this and gathered a list of all of the channels, you are ready to move on to the next step.
My channel list ended up looking like this:
The ones on the left are how they appeared in NEXT PVR and on the right of the ='s is how they appeared in my xmltv.xml file.
Bounce = KMSPDT2
KMSP-HD = KMSPDT
KARE-HD = KAREDT
KARE_WX = KAREDT2
WDMI-LD = WDMILD
WDMI-LD = WDMILD2
WUCW HD = WUCWDT
Get TV = WUCWDT2
ZUUS = WUCWDT3
K33LN-D = K33LND
tpt MN = KTCIDT2
qubo = KPXMDT2
KMSP-HD = WFTCDT2
WFTC-HD = WFTCDT
MOVIES! = WFTCDT3
WCCO-DT = WCCODT
tpt 2 = KTCADT
tpt MN = KTCADT2
tpt Wx = KTCADT4
KSTPDT1 = KSTPDT
ION = KPXMDT
IONLife = KPXMDT3
TPT Life = KTCIDT3
3. Now, go to "Settings" inside of NEXT PVR and then "Channels". You are now going to change every channel name to the ID that was from your xmltv.xml from step 2. (For example I changed every station from the left name above to the name right of the ='s sign. Once you are done hit the UPDATE EPG option in NEXT PVR.
4. If you want to go back through and change the channel names on your settings2.xml for logos the best method I found for this was to look up the TV listings as shown above, then where it says channel number, i.e. KMSPDT - Ch 9.9 and then google your city name and channel 9.9. There is typically a wiki page that will tell you the network type, Fox, NBC, etc.
That's it! Re-populate your XBMC/Kodi TV data inside of XBMC/KODI and autotune your settings2.xml.
I recommend not trying to change channel names in the xmltv.xml file to match the channel names listed in PTVL. Instead follow my instructions below.
Whatever your PVR backend is, mine is NEXT PVR, open it and go to the settings where you can change channel names. This is where you want to change your channel names in step 3.
Also, I'd recommend not trying to change the channel names in your settings2.xml since you might want to re-autotune at some point which would wipe out your settings2.xml and remove your changes.
Now, finding the channel names is the part that is sort of a pain but I found an easy way to do it since some of them differ greatly than how they show up in NEXT PVR.
1. Open your xmltv.xml file that was generated from MC2XML and look at the each channel entry. Those are all of the OTA channels available in your general area. Depending on your reception, some might not show up in your actual PVR.
Begin with the first channel and copy the name that appears in there. For example, mine was KMSPDT (a Fox affiliate station). Now, you need to find this station's tv listing in your web browser. The site I used was http://www.zap2it.com/tvlistings
Note, you will want to set your location there so it shows your local OTA stations.
2. Find this station ID (KMSPDT) then open up your NEXTPVR and go to Channel Guide. You should be able to compare the website with your channel guide in NEXT PVR to find out what NEXT PVR has labeled that station as. For me it was labeled as KSMP-HD, which is why PTVL wasn't syncing it with my EPG data automatically. For whatever reason PTVL has a tough time syncing them together unlike XBMC's LIVE TV. (NOTE: This assumes that you have already done the UPDATE EPG inside of NEXT PVR under settings - channels. Otherwise your NEXT PVR will have no channel data.)
Once you have done this and gathered a list of all of the channels, you are ready to move on to the next step.
My channel list ended up looking like this:
The ones on the left are how they appeared in NEXT PVR and on the right of the ='s is how they appeared in my xmltv.xml file.
Bounce = KMSPDT2
KMSP-HD = KMSPDT
KARE-HD = KAREDT
KARE_WX = KAREDT2
WDMI-LD = WDMILD
WDMI-LD = WDMILD2
WUCW HD = WUCWDT
Get TV = WUCWDT2
ZUUS = WUCWDT3
K33LN-D = K33LND
tpt MN = KTCIDT2
qubo = KPXMDT2
KMSP-HD = WFTCDT2
WFTC-HD = WFTCDT
MOVIES! = WFTCDT3
WCCO-DT = WCCODT
tpt 2 = KTCADT
tpt MN = KTCADT2
tpt Wx = KTCADT4
KSTPDT1 = KSTPDT
ION = KPXMDT
IONLife = KPXMDT3
TPT Life = KTCIDT3
3. Now, go to "Settings" inside of NEXT PVR and then "Channels". You are now going to change every channel name to the ID that was from your xmltv.xml from step 2. (For example I changed every station from the left name above to the name right of the ='s sign. Once you are done hit the UPDATE EPG option in NEXT PVR.
4. If you want to go back through and change the channel names on your settings2.xml for logos the best method I found for this was to look up the TV listings as shown above, then where it says channel number, i.e. KMSPDT - Ch 9.9 and then google your city name and channel 9.9. There is typically a wiki page that will tell you the network type, Fox, NBC, etc.
That's it! Re-populate your XBMC/Kodi TV data inside of XBMC/KODI and autotune your settings2.xml.
