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Originally Posted by mikehayton
Note: in the next version of Media Center, this format is changing. (still xml, just a different schema)
Microsoft doesnt have any plans going through the cost of making this new format a standard. Loading you own data into Media Center is not a supported scenario.
However, having said all that, we are not explicitly trying to block this scenario. We value the community and will endeavor to make sure you're not blocked.
The current thinking (though this plan may change) is to publish a KB article detailing some samples of the new xml format and describe what each bit is.
Also it should be simpler to load in the file, there's a command line tool to load in the file instead of having to fake a web server.
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That's really interesting, Mike.
It's been a frustration to me (and others too, I guess) that Microsoft haven't documented or given examples of the current XML schema or the guide loading process. Figuring out the XML hasn't been hard but some documentation would certainly have helped.
I've actually just written a command line tool to load the EPG data into current VMC (and MCE2005 too). Like your utility, I don't fake a web server but load the guide data directly. It's taken me a while to figure out how to do this though.
I look forward to your KB article and XML samples. I'll be more than happy to have my utility superseded by an official one. Although for users of MCE2005 (and that still includes me on my main living room Media Center PC) my utility will still find some use.
Pete