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1. XMLTV
2. WebEPG
3. Schedules Direct plugin
4. TVxb
5. XMLTV GUI Grabber
6. MC2XML

XMLTV is an XML based file format for describing TV listings. There are several programs available which can download EPG data for you in XMLTV format. Then you can use the XMLTV plugin for MediaPortal to import the data into your TV Guide.

Here is a list of XMLTV Programs that work with MediaPortal

XMLTV

Features
General Comment	Generic application, written in Perl. Not user-friendly. Forms the basis of MediaPortal's EPG.
Site Support	Hard coded. Each site supported requires a new Perl script.
Configuration	Command Line
Link	XMTLV Home
Supported Countries	Australia, Belgium and Luxembourg, Brazil, Britain and Ireland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary and Romania, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, North America, Norway, Portugal, Reunion Island (France), South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland
Comment	XMLTV channel IDs must match MediaPortal channel names. You may rename the channel IDs within your tv_grab_??.conf file (spaces and exotic characters are accepted) but do not modify any other settings.

WebEPG

Features
General Comment	MediaPortal-specific application, written in C#. Included with MediaPortal distribution.
Site Support	Site Support is via XML configuration files, anyone can create new or edit existing configurationg files.
Configuration	GUI configuration program
Link	How to configure WebEPG
Supported Countries	Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom (GB in WebEPG), USA

Schedules Direct plugin

Features
General Comment	MediaPortal plugin.
Site Support	Hard coded
Configuration	TV Server Configuration (Plugins)
Link	SchedulesDirect Guide Importer
Supported Countries	US and Canada. Supports OTA/Cable/Satellite

TVxb

Features
General Comment	Generic application. Good site and country support
Site Support	Site support is via .ini files. These files can be created and edited by anyone.
Configuration	Text Editor. Editing .ini files
Link	TVxb Home
Supported Countries	Country List

XMLTV GUI Grabber

Features
General Comment	Generic set of applications, for Windows and Linux.
Site Support	Through lua grabber scripts
Configuration	GUI
Link	Homepage, Instructions at MediaPortal forum
Supported Countries	United Kingdom, Denmark, North America, Israel

MC2XML

Features
General Comment	Very fast commandline-utility based on XMLTV. Supported OS: Windows/Linux/OSX. Downloads media center, titantv, or schedules direct tv listings.
Site Support
Configuration	Commandline plus batch
Link	How would I use mc2xml with MediaPortal?
Supported Countries	US,CA, UK, IE, MX, BR, ES, FR, DE, AT, DK, NL, NO, BE, CH, FI, PL, SE, CZ, SK, IL, IN, KR, JP