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thanks to o9r1sh
I have made a short tutorial to help you get your Futubox service integrated with your XBMC install with EPG data. This guide applies to the English channels only but could be adapted to the German and Italian channels if your able to acquire the appropriate XMLTV data.
Things you will need.
A.Your Futubox channels playlist which can be found here after you log in to your Futubox account.
B.The IPTV Simple addon for XBMC, download the appropriate version for your install here.
C.XMLTVGUI Which can be downloaded from here.
D. Optional.
A user by the name of rincewind here on the xbmchub forum has made a little script that pulls the needed xmltv data straight from the Futubox site. If you would like to give it a try you can grab it
Step 1: Load up XBMC and navigate to Settings->Addons->Install From Zip File and locate your downloaded IPTV Simple zip file.Select it and it will install.
Step 2: Once installed you'll need to configure IPTV Simple. Navigate to
Settings->Addons->Enabled Addons->PVR Clients and select IPTV Simple
then select configure from the menu.
Note: If for some reason you dont see IPTV Simple in your list of enabled PVR Clients you'll need to enable it by going to Settings->Addons->Disabled Addons->PVR Clients and selecting IPTV Simple from the list.
Step 3: Now we are going to load our channels playlist into IPTV Simple. Under playlist settings change File Location to Local Path then select M3U Playlist path and navigate to your downloaded Futubox Channels Playlist File. Go to OK to close the setting window. Youll see a pop up saying needs to restart, just press OK.
Step 4: Navigate back to your XBMC home screen and you should have a Live TV option on your Navigation bar, select it. We are now going to hide all non-english channels from the list. To do this simply highlight the channel and bring up the context menu and select hide channel from the list. If you would like to keep the non-english channels in the list then feel free to skip this step but there wont be any EPG data for those channels when were done. At the time of this writing there are currently 30 English channels available through Futubox, here is a list of the channels you should have
after hiding all the non-english ones.
Eurosport HD
Sky Sports F1 UK
Sky Movies Comedy HD
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD
E! HD
Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD
Sky Movies Modern Greats HD
Universal HD
Syfy HD
Fox HD
History Channel HD
Cinema Max HD
Comedy Central HD
Disney XD HD
Sky Movies Thiller HD
Sky Movies Showcase HD
Sky Movies Premiere HD
ESPN America HD
Discovery HD
Animal Planet HD
Crime HD
Sky Movies Family HD
Nat Geo Wild HD
VH1 Claassis
Sky Action HD
MTV Dance
Sky Sports 1 UK
Sky News HD
Nickelodeon HD
Sky Select HD UK
Step 5: Go to your computer and install XMLTVGUI from the setup file you downloaded in step C. I am using Windows for this guide but the procedure should be the same for Linux. Once installed open XMLTVGUI and navigate to Tools->Settings. Set the Save Listings to option to where you you would like your EPG data exported. Select the Grabbers tab and check the box next to UK_RT grabber then highlight the UK_RT Grabber and select the Channels button. From the Available channels column you will need to find all the channels you want epg data for and move them to the selceted channels column
Basicly all the channels in the list above need to be located and moved to the selected channels column.
Once your selected channels list is complete hit ok and close out all settings windows. Click the grab listings button and wait for XMLTVGUI to grab your EPG data.
Step 6: Navigate to where you told XMLTVGUI to export your EPG data and locate the data.xml file, open it with a text editor. Also open your Futubox Chamnels Playlist
that you downloaded in Step A. with a text editor. What we need to do is make sure the channel names in the playlist are the same as those in the data.xml file
Make the necessary changes to the Futubox Channels playlist and save it.
Note: make sure not to change the names in the data.xml file, only the names in the Futubox Channels Playlist file also some names in the data .xml file
will look like this "Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD", in this case the corrosponding playlist name should be changed to "Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD"
Step 7: Got everything matched up? Good, now back to XBMC. If you havent already close and
reopen XBMC so your edited channel names will be loaded. Navigate to Settings->Addons->Enabled Addons->PVR Clients select IPTV Simple
and select configure from the menu. Under EPG Setting change file location to Local Path, Select XMLTV patch and navigate to the data.xml file you exported with
XMLGUITV. Notice the time shift setting? This will be used later to dial in the correct timeline for our EPG data so remember it. Go ahead and select ok to save your changes. The needs to restart notice will pop up again, just click ok.
Step 8: Navigate to Setting->Live TV go down to the EPG Section and select Reset the EPG Database, A warning will pop up, select yes. Now we need to alter our timeshift settings to get our EPG data to match up with whats currently playing. Easy way to do this is to open a web browser and go to this site
UK TV listings schedule - What's on TV tonight? | Radio Times
Adjust your time shift settings till your XBMC EPG data matches the Radio Time Websites listing.
So what you need to do is Navigate to Settings->Addons->Enabled Addons->PVR Clients select IPTV Simple and select configure from the menu, Change the Time Shift Setting press ok. Navigate to Setting->Live TV go down to the EPG Section and select Reset the EPG Database
Then check to see if your EPG matches up. Rinse and repeat until the EPG data matches. Once it does, your done.
Step 9: Update your EPG Data. Your data.xml file generated by XMLGUITV gives you 14 days of data so at least once every 14 days you will need to open XMLGUITV And select Grab Listings to keep your xml file up to date. This action could be made automatic using various tools but I myself haven't done it so I
won't be reccommending any automated solutions.
Thats it hopefully everything wen't smoothly for you
I don't think I missed any key information but I could be wrong.
thanks to o9r1sh
I have made a short tutorial to help you get your Futubox service integrated with your XBMC install with EPG data. This guide applies to the English channels only but could be adapted to the German and Italian channels if your able to acquire the appropriate XMLTV data.
Things you will need.
A.Your Futubox channels playlist which can be found here after you log in to your Futubox account.
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You don't have permission to view the code content. Log in or register now.A user by the name of rincewind here on the xbmchub forum has made a little script that pulls the needed xmltv data straight from the Futubox site. If you would like to give it a try you can grab it
Code:
You don't have permission to view the code content. Log in or register now.Step 2: Once installed you'll need to configure IPTV Simple. Navigate to
Settings->Addons->Enabled Addons->PVR Clients and select IPTV Simple
then select configure from the menu.
Note: If for some reason you dont see IPTV Simple in your list of enabled PVR Clients you'll need to enable it by going to Settings->Addons->Disabled Addons->PVR Clients and selecting IPTV Simple from the list.
Step 3: Now we are going to load our channels playlist into IPTV Simple. Under playlist settings change File Location to Local Path then select M3U Playlist path and navigate to your downloaded Futubox Channels Playlist File. Go to OK to close the setting window. Youll see a pop up saying needs to restart, just press OK.
Step 4: Navigate back to your XBMC home screen and you should have a Live TV option on your Navigation bar, select it. We are now going to hide all non-english channels from the list. To do this simply highlight the channel and bring up the context menu and select hide channel from the list. If you would like to keep the non-english channels in the list then feel free to skip this step but there wont be any EPG data for those channels when were done. At the time of this writing there are currently 30 English channels available through Futubox, here is a list of the channels you should have
after hiding all the non-english ones.
Eurosport HD
Sky Sports F1 UK
Sky Movies Comedy HD
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD
E! HD
Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD
Sky Movies Modern Greats HD
Universal HD
Syfy HD
Fox HD
History Channel HD
Cinema Max HD
Comedy Central HD
Disney XD HD
Sky Movies Thiller HD
Sky Movies Showcase HD
Sky Movies Premiere HD
ESPN America HD
Discovery HD
Animal Planet HD
Crime HD
Sky Movies Family HD
Nat Geo Wild HD
VH1 Claassis
Sky Action HD
MTV Dance
Sky Sports 1 UK
Sky News HD
Nickelodeon HD
Sky Select HD UK
Step 5: Go to your computer and install XMLTVGUI from the setup file you downloaded in step C. I am using Windows for this guide but the procedure should be the same for Linux. Once installed open XMLTVGUI and navigate to Tools->Settings. Set the Save Listings to option to where you you would like your EPG data exported. Select the Grabbers tab and check the box next to UK_RT grabber then highlight the UK_RT Grabber and select the Channels button. From the Available channels column you will need to find all the channels you want epg data for and move them to the selceted channels column
Basicly all the channels in the list above need to be located and moved to the selected channels column.
Once your selected channels list is complete hit ok and close out all settings windows. Click the grab listings button and wait for XMLTVGUI to grab your EPG data.
Step 6: Navigate to where you told XMLTVGUI to export your EPG data and locate the data.xml file, open it with a text editor. Also open your Futubox Chamnels Playlist
that you downloaded in Step A. with a text editor. What we need to do is make sure the channel names in the playlist are the same as those in the data.xml file
Make the necessary changes to the Futubox Channels playlist and save it.
Note: make sure not to change the names in the data.xml file, only the names in the Futubox Channels Playlist file also some names in the data .xml file
will look like this "Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD", in this case the corrosponding playlist name should be changed to "Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD"
Step 7: Got everything matched up? Good, now back to XBMC. If you havent already close and
reopen XBMC so your edited channel names will be loaded. Navigate to Settings->Addons->Enabled Addons->PVR Clients select IPTV Simple
and select configure from the menu. Under EPG Setting change file location to Local Path, Select XMLTV patch and navigate to the data.xml file you exported with
XMLGUITV. Notice the time shift setting? This will be used later to dial in the correct timeline for our EPG data so remember it. Go ahead and select ok to save your changes. The needs to restart notice will pop up again, just click ok.
Step 8: Navigate to Setting->Live TV go down to the EPG Section and select Reset the EPG Database, A warning will pop up, select yes. Now we need to alter our timeshift settings to get our EPG data to match up with whats currently playing. Easy way to do this is to open a web browser and go to this site
UK TV listings schedule - What's on TV tonight? | Radio Times
Adjust your time shift settings till your XBMC EPG data matches the Radio Time Websites listing.
So what you need to do is Navigate to Settings->Addons->Enabled Addons->PVR Clients select IPTV Simple and select configure from the menu, Change the Time Shift Setting press ok. Navigate to Setting->Live TV go down to the EPG Section and select Reset the EPG Database
Then check to see if your EPG matches up. Rinse and repeat until the EPG data matches. Once it does, your done.
Step 9: Update your EPG Data. Your data.xml file generated by XMLGUITV gives you 14 days of data so at least once every 14 days you will need to open XMLGUITV And select Grab Listings to keep your xml file up to date. This action could be made automatic using various tools but I myself haven't done it so I
won't be reccommending any automated solutions.
Thats it hopefully everything wen't smoothly for you
I don't think I missed any key information but I could be wrong.
