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Loading UK EPG data on a topfield pvr

How I get TED/S and EPG_Uploader to upload british EPG-data to a topfield 5000pvr

I use ted/s to produce the .tgd files. You can get it from here.

Read ted/s readme file

Install ted, it will simply install itself.

Get xmltv at http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv. Unpack it in the directory the ted/s installation made for you (..:\program files\teds)

Go to the command prompt, go to the teds directory and run the command:
xmltv tv_grab_uk_rt --configure
this will allow you to specify the channels you want the epg-data for

Change the grabber.bat file to:
xmltv tv_grab_uk_rt --output Data\TVUK.xml
xmltv tv_sort --by-channel --output ..\Data\listings.xml TVUK.xml

Edit the ted.ini file. Here is my version.

[Options]
DataHostCheckURL=
Grabber=grabber.bat
TVDayStart=0600
EPG_Folder=EPG
Altair="C:\Program Files\Topfield Windows Applications\Altair\Altair.exe"
#FileTransferMethod must be 1 of: tfcopy, FTP, WGT634U FileTransferMethod=FTP
FTP_Address=172.20.0.110:2021
WGT634U_Address=
CheckToppyConnection=1
MinimiseChildProcesses=1
MissingDataCheckProximity=2
FavouritesSearch=1
ReplaceFavourites=1
AutoResolveConflicts=1
TimerFailDetection=1
LogReport=1
LogReportLevel=0
LogReportTimeout=
ReportWarnings=
ReportWarningsLevel=3
ReportWarningsViaEmail=
ReportWarningsViaSMS=
ReportWarningsEmailTo=
ReportWarningsEmailFrom=
ReportWarningsSMS=
MailServer=
MailServerPort=25
MailServerUserID=
MailServerPassword=
favourite.ted=v6.0.0 RC8
datafiles=v6.0.0+

[ChannelInfo]
ID1=south-east.bbc1.bbc.co.uk,bbc1,BBC1,+
ID2=south-east.bbc2.bbc.co.uk,bbc2,BBC2,+
ID3=choice.bbc.co.uk,bbc3,BBC3,+
ID4=knowledge.bbc.co.uk,bbc4,BBC4,+
ID5=news-24.bbc.co.uk,news24,News24,-

[TEDS]
SortOrderDefault=Start
ProgrammeGuideSearchDefault=Find
NmbrDaysToSearch=14
AllowSequentialTimers=1
SequentialTimerProximity=5
AbbreviateSequentialTitles=1
SequentialJoinString=(+)
DuplicateTimerStartProximity=10
AllowTimerConflictDetection=1
RecordingParameters30=+00 +00
RecordingParameters60=+00 +05
RecordingParameters120=+00 +10
RecordingParameters121plus=+00 +15
RecordingParametersOverride=1
RecordingParametersOverrideValues=+00 +00,8,17
ClickColumnSortChanging=1
DisplayExtendedInfo=1
PBKDateStamp=
SearchExtInfo=1
AbbreviateSingleTitles=1
FavouritesSearchLoggingLevel=1
FavouritesDefaultRating=3
ManualTimerRating=5

[TrecX]
FTPserver=ftp4t
DestinationFolder=
ShowLog=1
TurboOffTimes=
SleepTimes=
TransferNow!Folder=

Run ted, you should get the files: listings.xml listing.tmp and several *.start and * .tgd files in the data directory and the tgd's should also transfer to the toppy

Get the setting right in the epg_upload.ini file and place it in the ProgramFiles directory on the toppy. The epg_uploader.tap should be in ProgramFiles\Auto Start when everything works.

Load the tgd files with epg_uploader

Check the Australian Forum for far more information on ted/s and epg_uploader.

Have fun with up to 14 days of epg! :-)

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