The TV guide (EPG) normally comes from your provider: the playlist names an XMLTV file (url-tvg in M3U), or the
provider’s API sends it (Xtream Codes, Stalker portals). You only need to set something up when the guide is missing or
incomplete.
Open Settings > EPG teleguide > Reload EPG teleguide…. The report shows how many programmes loaded, how many
channels have a guide, the sources used and the date the guide reaches (Guide until). Sources are grouped as
From provider, Added by you and Built-in, each with its result, for example:
No channel of the source matched the playlist: the source works, but its channel names and ids do not match your
channels. See The TV guide is empty for some channels.The programmes are outdated or for other dates, The programmes do not cover the current time: the source is not
kept up to date; ask whoever provides it.The source contains no programmes, The server returned an error: the link is wrong or the source is down.Your playlist has no TV guide source. ...: nothing is configured; add a source as below.EPG teleguide is hidden in Simplified mode: switch the level in Settings > Extended settings > User experience level.
If your provider has a guide link but the playlist does not name it, add it to the provider:
Settings > Provider, select the provider, Provider properties, then EPG source 1 in the EPG teleguide part.
A source added here is matched to the channels of this provider by tvg-id and by channel name, so it matches best.
The link may contain placeholders that the app fills in from the provider’s settings: ${token} (also {KEY}),
${login}, ${password}.
Several EPG sources per provider need premium. Disable provider EPG sources, using user-provided only there switches
off the guide the provider sends by itself.
Settings > EPG teleguide > User-provided EPG sources (xml, xml.gz) takes XMLTV links for all providers.
Append user-provided source adds one (several sources need premium). Select a source to disable,
rename, edit or delete it.
Such sources are matched by channel name only, because their ids are not those of your provider. If a source is made for your provider, add it to the provider instead (above).
In Settings > EPG teleguide (some only in Expert mode):
Update frequency (in hours): how often the guide is loaded again (18 hours by default; premium).Reload data when new video channels has been detected: reloads the guide when the playlist gets new channels.Allow using on-demand EPG loading during list navigation: for Xtream Codes and Stalker providers, loads the guide
of a channel from the provider when you browse to it, if the full guide has nothing for it. On by default.Download to cache folder before processing: downloads the whole file first, then reads it. Try it when a source
stops loading halfway (the provider closes the connection too fast).Max days to remember (restricts archive availability): how many days of past programmes to keep.Map channel to EPG (Provider): what provider sources match by: tvg-id OR tvg-name (default), tvg-id,
tvg-name, or tvg-id AND tvg-name.Clear downloaded data: deletes the stored guide; reload it afterwards.Wrong times in the guide: TV guide shows the wrong time.