[lithiumdm]

Is anyone having issues with XMLTV data pulled from MC2XML? I've found that ZAP2XML works excellently for XMLTV data, but MC2XML doesn't seem like it wants to play along with PTVL.

I couldn't get MC2XML to work either, but ZAP2XML is working great for me too.

I can't get either of those working. mc2xml creates an xmltv file for me but it's always ~300MB and zap2xml sometimes creates the file. More often than not it just doesn't as it says -u is not a valid command. When I do get an xml file generated it never works though, even though I have PTVL pointed in the absolute correct directory to the xml file. 100% of the time says guidedata is unavailable. Haven't found a reliable way to get around this other than to fork over money.

Also having trouble getting YouTube streams working. Haven't found a guide showing how to do that. I select the option for channel as opposed to playlist and proceed to type in the ID. Tried typing in BBC Earth, didn't work. Tried copy/paste the actual url to the channel and that didn't work either. Will try a playlist tonight.

Also cannot get my concerts into a smart playlist to use as a channel. Playlist just comes up blank.

Also PTVL simply leaves out some episodes of certain shows. Not all but very randomly.

So I dunno if I'm missing some very basic steps or if PTVL is just broken in some regards. You're not the only one having trouble.

Did you set up both your XMLTV Name and Channel ID for each channel in Channel Configuration after you created your XMLTV file and pointed to the file?