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For this service you can find the ID easily: | For this service you can find the ID easily: | ||
#Log in to your account. | #Log in to your account. | ||
| − | #Click the "Edit" button next to one of your lineups. This should bring you to a page allowing you to select and un-select channels. | + | #Click the "Report" button next to one of your lineups. This will show you a table of all channels that you have enabled, including channel number, XMLid, call sign, and name. |
| − | #Find the channel you are seeking and hover over its box. In most browsers a title will appear which is the callsign followed by the XMLTVID. | + | #Or |
| + | ##Click the "Edit" button next to one of your lineups. This should bring you to a page allowing you to select and un-select channels. | ||
| + | ##Find the channel you are seeking and hover over its box. In most browsers a title will appear which is the callsign followed by the XMLTVID. | ||
Should that not work you can fall back to examining the source HTML: | Should that not work you can fall back to examining the source HTML: | ||
| − | #View the html source of the page (Firefox: top menu "View"->"Page Source"). | + | ##View the html source of the page (Firefox: top menu "View"->"Page Source"). |
| − | #Search in the source for the callsign of the channel you are interested in. | + | ##Search in the source for the callsign of the channel you are interested in. |
| − | #The channel will be contained in a table cell (<td ...), the title is the callsign followed by the XMLTVID. For example '''<td id="cell_1.13" title="WNED (id: 11709)">'''. The XMLTVID is 5 digits long, in this example the ID is 11709. | + | ##The channel will be contained in a table cell (<td ...), the title is the callsign followed by the XMLTVID. For example '''<td id="cell_1.13" title="WNED (id: 11709)">'''. The XMLTVID is 5 digits long, in this example the ID is 11709. |
==HDTVMagazine== | ==HDTVMagazine== | ||
Revision as of 22:32, 15 January 2009
The XMLTV ID is required for mapping channels to channel listing services.
Schedules Direct
For this service you can find the ID easily:
- Log in to your account.
- Click the "Report" button next to one of your lineups. This will show you a table of all channels that you have enabled, including channel number, XMLid, call sign, and name.
- Or
- Click the "Edit" button next to one of your lineups. This should bring you to a page allowing you to select and un-select channels.
- Find the channel you are seeking and hover over its box. In most browsers a title will appear which is the callsign followed by the XMLTVID.
Should that not work you can fall back to examining the source HTML:
- View the html source of the page (Firefox: top menu "View"->"Page Source").
- Search in the source for the callsign of the channel you are interested in.
- The channel will be contained in a table cell (<td ...), the title is the callsign followed by the XMLTVID. For example <td id="cell_1.13" title="WNED (id: 11709)">. The XMLTVID is 5 digits long, in this example the ID is 11709.
HDTVMagazine
Digital ATSC channels can be found on HDTVMagazine using the following:
- Go to http://www.hdtvmagazine.com
- Enter the call letters of your station in the search box.
- Hit enter to submit the search
- View the search results and scan to the last line, marked in green.
- The results will include a URL like this: hdtvmagazine.com/programming/guide-station.php?id=20292
- The ID is the last 5 digits.
Other listing services
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