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Auto channel mapping using emby guide data


FightingIrish

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FightingIrish

Hi Emby Team,

Is there a way to have emby auto map channels from my iptv provider to the emby epg data?  I'm using m3u4u to weed out extra channels and would rather not have a static m3u file but would do that if that was the only way.  If not doable, do you think it would be possible to add a feature that we could upload a csv file that contains all the mapping information in it such as the guide source and channel numbers?

Thanks!

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Hi, we already automatically map. If this is not happening then it's likely because the data in the m3u is different from the guide data, and therefore matches cannot be found.

Did you try manually mapping some channels using the channel management screen?

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FightingIrish

yes, manual mapping works great.  how does emby know what epg provider to map to and what is it looking for exactly?  Thanks!!!

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8 minutes ago, FightingIrish said:

yes, manual mapping works great.  how does emby know what epg provider to map to and what is it looking for exactly?  Thanks!!!

You add the guide sources, and then it compares the channel id's, names and numbers on both sides, one side being the tuner and the other side being the guide data. Then it tries to find matches based on those values.

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FightingIrish

unfortunately iptv data from the source differs so a match may never happen like in my case.  it would be great to allow us to upload a csv to emby to "help" it determine how to match.

As usual Luke, thanks for your help and wisdom!

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MimiWee

To add on to this, would there be a way to implement a search for the channel name when mapping guide data to channels?  

In my screenshot below, rather than figuring out it's channel 298, it would be nice to search (with auto-complete) for "Boomerang" and it pull a channel back with that name (if it exists for that given guide data source).

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On 1/2/2023 at 10:32 PM, MimiWee said:

To add on to this, would there be a way to implement a search for the channel name when mapping guide data to channels?  

In my screenshot below, rather than figuring out it's channel 298, it would be nice to search (with auto-complete) for "Boomerang" and it pull a channel back with that name (if it exists for that given guide data source).

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HI, we already search for the channel by name if it can't be found by number.

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1 hour ago, hayrund said:

@Luke Any update on this? I'm experiencing the same issue.

Hi there @hayrund can you please describe your issue in more detail? Thanks.

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1 minute ago, Luke said:

Hi there @hayrund can you please describe your issue in more detail? Thanks.

Basically to have the guide data channel above changed from a dropdown list to an autocomplete.  This would allow me to search for a channel without having to lookup the actual channel number.  So, in the above example, I would start typing "Boom" and it would autocomplete (or give me a narrowed down list) "Boomerang" and I could select it.

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1 hour ago, hayrund said:

Basically to have the guide data channel above changed from a dropdown list to an autocomplete.  This would allow me to search for a channel without having to lookup the actual channel number.  So, in the above example, I would start typing "Boom" and it would autocomplete (or give me a narrowed down list) "Boomerang" and I could select it.

OK yes that is planned for future updates. Thanks.

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49 minutes ago, Luke said:

OK yes that is planned for future updates. Thanks.

Sounds great, thank you!  If it could search across ALL guide data sources, that would be great.

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hayrund

@LukeAny ETA for this update?  I keep checking for updates weekly as this is preventing me from mapping channels.

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16 hours ago, hayrund said:

@LukeAny ETA for this update?  I keep checking for updates weekly as this is preventing me from mapping channels.

It's going to take a bit of time because we currently don't have this user interface pattern anywhere, so being that this is first one, it's not something that's just going to be thrown in quickly. But it is on our to do list.

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