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ErikN:
During the EPG configuration (mcxml / xmltv) I wanted to use the auto-match saving having to spend 15 minutes manually assigning the scanned channels to xml EPG channels. However, the auto-match appears to be overly rigid.

All of my channels were named "2-1", "2-2", "3-1", etc.
All the xml listings were "2.1", "2.2", "3.1", etc.
Auto-match assigned 0 entries.

It would be extremely helpful if the match was more forgiving. 

I ran into a MC21 bug reported elsewhere that required a complete wipe of TV settings to stop mcxml from continually re-prompting for setup details. Wiping the settings meant having to again hand-assign all of my channels.

CountryBumkin:
When your doing the first time setup with mc2xml, I find that the Automatch (matching channels to its epg station data) works much better if you select "-F" (channel name first) in the mc2xml setup window.

I don't know if I'm the inly one that has tried the setup with and without "-F", but it definitely makes a difference on my setup (which is OTA Broadcast stations).
If you try this and it also works better for you report back, perhaps JRiver could make this selection box "checked" as a default setting to help out the next installer/User.

DocLotus:
The Automatch feature has been bugging me for some time...


--- Quote ---I ran into a MC21 bug reported elsewhere that required a complete wipe of TV settings to stop mcxml from continually re-prompting for setup details. Wiping the settings meant having to again hand-assign all of my channels.
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Yes, that has happen to me on more times than I like to admit & is MOST frustrating indeed.  

1: Why are the channels not in alphabetical order? It would certainly make manually matching up long lists of channels much easier.
2: Why is the matching up not done automatically in the background out of view of the user?
3: Why is matching up even needed in the first place? The user never sees them in WMC or other programs that I've used.

I've been using TV tuner cards & TV software since the mid 80's & MCTV is the first TV software I have encountered that requires matching up data like this.

Would really like to see the matching screen gone, gone, gone as it seems to me this function could very well be handled without the user intervention.

Yaobing:
Auto match for ATSC channels does not work for current build, but it will work for an upcoming build.


--- Quote from: DocLotus on August 26, 2015, 03:13:10 pm ---
1: Why are the channels not in alphabetical order? It would certainly make manually matching up long lists of channels much easier.

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You can order it in Tools > Options > Television > Manage Channels.  The default is to order them by channel number/channel name combination.


--- Quote ---2: Why is the matching up not done automatically in the background out of view of the user?

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A bug has been fixed.  It will be in a new build.


--- Quote ---3: Why is matching up even needed in the first place? The user never sees them in WMC or other programs that I've used.

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There are channels whose names do not agree with the names supplied by EPG source.

DocLotus:
Thanks; Yaobing.

MOST useful information... I look forward to the next build.  But the way, when will that happen?

As you can tell i'm getting a little excited with anticipation about the upcoming build as I know you guys are hard at work with some great new things to come.

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