Stevie G
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Hi all
I've recently bought a VBox 4134 satellite DVR (which has four satellite tuners). I'm in the UK, and I've discovered that the OTA EPG is rubbish; unlike our Freeview EPG which has 7 days listings, the satellite one only has the current and next show, so I'm needing to use something like Schedules Direct to get it picking up a full EPG.
I have signed up for the free trial, but I really can't work out where to go from there! I know I need to have an xml file for the VBox to get the listings from, but I can't work out how best to do it. VBox have a PDF guide on their website, but it seems to be very out of date (https://vboxcomm.com/wp-content/uploads ... ct-EPG.pdf)
Is anybody able to help me get it set up please? The VBox 4134 is an Android TV box and the DVR settings allow me to point it to an xml file on my LAN. I have a QNap NAS that can act as the host for the xml file on a network share, and from what I have been able to work out I need an application that can run periodically (daily?) to update the xml with new listings.
From what I can work out, I need an application that will connect to Schedules Direct's servers on a daily basis to download the latest UK EPG listings, and output them to an xml file on my network for the Vbox to be able to read them, and according to Schedules Direct's terms it has to be an authorised application.
Can anyone recommend an application that is best (easiest and reliable!) to use and mostly leave alone? I don't really want to use an additional DVR application as the VBox can do all the recording, etc once it has the EPG, and there's a nice addon for Kodi to also use that, but I don't quite understand which do what and how I can get them to work.
I've tried using xmltv but I can't seem to get that to do anything, but I can't find any guides on how to configure it so it's probably not connecting to the Schedules Direct server or offering my SD credentials to be able to access.
It's all really confusing.....!
Thanks!
I've recently bought a VBox 4134 satellite DVR (which has four satellite tuners). I'm in the UK, and I've discovered that the OTA EPG is rubbish; unlike our Freeview EPG which has 7 days listings, the satellite one only has the current and next show, so I'm needing to use something like Schedules Direct to get it picking up a full EPG.
I have signed up for the free trial, but I really can't work out where to go from there! I know I need to have an xml file for the VBox to get the listings from, but I can't work out how best to do it. VBox have a PDF guide on their website, but it seems to be very out of date (https://vboxcomm.com/wp-content/uploads ... ct-EPG.pdf)
Is anybody able to help me get it set up please? The VBox 4134 is an Android TV box and the DVR settings allow me to point it to an xml file on my LAN. I have a QNap NAS that can act as the host for the xml file on a network share, and from what I have been able to work out I need an application that can run periodically (daily?) to update the xml with new listings.
From what I can work out, I need an application that will connect to Schedules Direct's servers on a daily basis to download the latest UK EPG listings, and output them to an xml file on my network for the Vbox to be able to read them, and according to Schedules Direct's terms it has to be an authorised application.
Can anyone recommend an application that is best (easiest and reliable!) to use and mostly leave alone? I don't really want to use an additional DVR application as the VBox can do all the recording, etc once it has the EPG, and there's a nice addon for Kodi to also use that, but I don't quite understand which do what and how I can get them to work.
I've tried using xmltv but I can't seem to get that to do anything, but I can't find any guides on how to configure it so it's probably not connecting to the Schedules Direct server or offering my SD credentials to be able to access.
It's all really confusing.....!
Thanks!
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