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I've done the suggested things to obtain DigiGuide input into XMLTV GUI and at first it appears to work (certainly it writes a huge XML file c. 25Mb). However, when I try to import it into GBPVR I only get two channels (BBC 1 West and BBC 2 West).

I'm really clueless about where to begin to look for what the problem is here.

If I use the RT as the only source in XMLTV GUI, all the channels are imported to GBPVR correctly. However, as soon as I add DigiGuide to the XMLTV GUI inputs (alone or together with RT) I only get those two channels.

can you try removing the channel after bbc 2 (i assume its itv1) from your digiguide lineup and let me know if it works. if it does could you do a grab with just that channel and see if that works. if not upload the xml here and i will take a look

I'm assuming that using the front dialog of DigiGuide "Add or Remove Channels" option is what you mean. In there the two channels I get are at the top under the heading "Entertainment" (which is not the only heading). The next channel is BBC 3, which I have now removed. However it has not solved the problem

i think digiguide will put itv1 next, the order in the channel choosing dialog doesnt matter

It hasn't got ITV 1 listed - it has ITV 1 West. I shall try removing that though.

Nope - that didn't work either.

I tried uploading the XML file earlier, but the forum interface didn't seem to like the 25Mbyte file (didn't say it would upload - merely locked the file for access).

i didnt mean to upload the 25mb file. just a file with the broken channel in. does the gbpvr xmltv import have any logs?

I'll try and set something up. Interestingly, I tried removing the two channels I do get (BBC 1 West and BBC 2 West) and removed RT from XMLTV GUI (to keep it simple). As a result I get BBC 3, BBC 4 and BBC HD - but none of the other 60-odd channels I should be getting.

could it be that the file is too big for gbpvr?

Ok - what I've done is removed all channels and then started reapplying them, BBC first, then the ITV channels. So far, all of these have worked correctly. (I've shunned BBC West 1 & 2, but used ITV1 West).

I'll carry on in this vein until I encounter one that stops it working.

Watch this space...

Alan, I think you might be right about the size being too big for GBPVR!

I replaced the Beeb 1 & 2 with their "West" equivalents and it did not stop the line up I'd started recreating so far. I've now got about 17 channels listed in GBPVR. I will continue growing the list and see what happens.

If it turns out that it is the file size, then I'll get on at "Sub" over at the GBPVR forum and see what he thinks.

Ah - interesting: I added Channel 4 + 1.

When I did that, the subsequently added channels gave a no-show (although Channel4+1 did show up itself). When I removed Channel4+1, the ones following it finally put in an appearance.

It doesn't like Channel 4 HD either.

Interestingly, when I moved Channel 4 HD to the end of the list in DigiGuide, the channels previously left out re-appeared. So it appears what you said about the order in DigiGuide isn't true. The order listed in the Add Remove dialog is important.

could you upload an xml with just the channel 4 channels in

Ok - I used the following channels:

Channel 4
Channel 4 Plus 1
Channel 4 HD
S4C

Of these, only the first 3 appeared in GBPVR.