How do I automatically map EPG source to channel?

Davor Komljenovic

I have recently added over 200 channels and have setup grabbing of XMLTV EPG file from a website. EPG is successfully pulled in and "EPG Grabber Channels" are filled in. However I have no idea how to now automatically map EPG source to the new channels. I know I can do it manually but this is massive amount of time and annoying clicking.

How do I now automatically map this new XMLTV EPG sources to the new channels? I have tried forcing new scanning but somehow only one channel gets mapped. In "Edit Mux" for example, under "EPG scan" it is listed as "Enable (auto)" but under "EPG module id:" I cannot select internal XMLTV grabber that is now enabled and working. Do I have to restart Tvheadend? What am I missing?

Brent Bolin

I use Schedules Direct for EPG data for OTA recordings

Configuration channel/EPG channels
Column EPG source

After the grabber is run each channel has a pull down and needs to be set

Not sure in my case why I have to reconfigure this on fresh installs. It's really a pain

Not sure if that helps works for me

Davor Komljenovic

It seems reason why mapping was not being done automatically was because of difference in naming of channels - in the channel name, the name was in all lower case while EPG XML file had names is combination of upper case and lower case. Only one channel matched because it was the only channel where names matched in case.

I got a new EPG and I still had to match many channels manually, most were matched automatically when I imported new EPG.