Not mapped to guide data

[OUARZA 4]

Hello,

I'm having trouble mapping channels to guides. I've configured it, but I have a lot of channels that haven't found the guide data.

Of course, I can do it manually, but there are a lot of them
Can you help me?
Thank you.

embyserver.txt

[Luke 42077]

Hi, when you map them manually, what do you map them to?

[OUARZA 4]

Hello @Luke,
For example, with this chain, I map it like this:

[Luke 42077]

What did you map to that?

[OUARZA 4]

I may not have understood the question, I went through that process to map a chain.

[Luke 42077]

OK in order to map automatically the m3u needs to have tvg-id values that line up with epg data, or have channel names that match epg data. Does it have that?

[OUARZA 4]

Here is an example from the AB1 channel :
I've integrated several XML files into Emby, is that a problem?

 

xml epg:

  <channel id="AB1.fr">
    <display-name>FR - AB1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://cdn.iptvboss.pro/logos/France/AB1.fr.png"></icon>
  </channel>
<programme start="20251216001800 +0000" stop="20251216004200 +0000" channel="AB1.fr">
    <title lang="fr">Hélène et les garçons</title>
    <desc lang="fr">S1 E20 L'idole de la fac
Depuis qu'une photo d'Etienne en sous-vêtements a fait la une d'un magazine féminin, ses admiratrices sont de plus en plus nombreuses.</desc>
  </programme>

m3u :

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="AB1.fr@SD" tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/9C7UsOe.png" group-title="Entertainment",AB1
https://viamotionhsi.netplus.ch/live/eds/ab1/browser-dash/ab1.mpd

 

[Luke 42077]

OK the tvg id doesn’t match the channel id there.

[OUARZA 4]

How does Emby behave if I put several epg files?

[Luke 42077]

The same. It just looks for a match in the order that the files are added.

[OUARZA 4]

So I think there's still a problem.

I just checked the third XML file, and it does contain the information for this string AB1.

So why isn't Emby retrieving the information?

[OUARZA 4]

the file : xmltv_fr.xml

2025-12-17 20:54:06.553 Info LiveTV: Found epg channel in XmlTV  AB1 AB1.fr

Edited December 17, 2025 by OUARZA

[Luke 42077]

the tvg-id in the m3u doesn't match that.

[OUARZA 4]

5 minutes ago, Luke said:

the tvg-id in the m3u doesn't match that.

Sorry, but how does it not fit?
M3U XML : https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/countries/fr.m3u

  <channel id="AB1.fr">
    <display-name>FR - AB1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://cdn.iptvboss.pro/logos/France/AB1.fr.png"></icon>
  </channel>
<programme start="20251216001800 +0000" stop="20251216004200 +0000" channel="AB1.fr">
    <title lang="fr">Hélène et les garçons</title>
    <desc lang="fr">S1 E20 L'idole de la fac
Depuis qu'une photo d'Etienne en sous-vêtements a fait la une d'un magazine féminin, ses admiratrices sont de plus en plus nombreuses.</desc>
  </programme>

EPG XML : https://xmltvfr.fr/xmltv/xmltv_fr.xml.gz

  <channel id="AB1.fr">
    <display-name>AB1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://focus.telerama.fr/500x500/0000/00/01/clear-5.png"/>
  </channel>

  <programme start="20251216001900 +0100" stop="20251216004800 +0100" channel="AB1.fr">
    <title lang="fr">Hélène et les garçons</title>
    <sub-title lang="fr">Papa</sub-title>
    <desc lang="fr">Etienne, Nicolas et Christian découvrent un couffin avec un bébé sur leur pas de porte. Pour toute explication, une lettre anonyme disant : "Voilà ton fils, je ne peux plus m'en occuper, assume tes responsabilités"...</desc>
    <category lang="fr">Série</category>
    <category lang="fr">Série Passion</category>
    <icon src="https://proxymedia.woopic.com/api/v1/images/1870%2Fepg%2F8e6577855d6545a6a8a6495d07b620fe.jpg"/>
    <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0.17.</episode-num>
    <rating system="CSA">
      <value>Tout public</value>
    </rating>
  </programme>

 

Edited December 17, 2025 by OUARZA

[Luke 42077]

In the m3u, the tvg-id is AB1.fr@SD, not AB1.fr

[OUARZA 4]

12 minutes ago, Luke said:

In the m3u, the tvg-id is AB1.fr@SD, not AB1.fr

No, look closely.
Of the three EPG files, one has the correct ID.
Look.




Feel free to test the two files I included in my messages

Edited December 17, 2025 by OUARZA

[Luke 42077]

Right but what does the m3u have?

[OUARZA 4]

25 minutes ago, Luke said:

Right but what does the m3u have?

 

52 minutes ago, OUARZA said:

 

 

[Luke 42077]

That’s the xml guide data. I’m asking about the m3u tuner.

[OUARZA 4]

Hi @luke,

I’m using Emby with a custom M3U playlist + XMLTV EPG, and I’ve noticed that channels aren’t always automatically linked to guide data when the tvg-id in the M3U includes quality suffixes like @SD or @HD. Emby currently requires an exact match between the M3U tvg-id and the <channel id> in the XMLTV file for automatic mapping.

For example:

From my M3U:

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="France5.fr@SD",France 5 (SD) http://… #EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="France5.fr@HD",France 5 (HD) http://…

 

From my XMLTV EPG:

<channel id="France5.fr"> <display-name>France 5</display-name> </channel>

 

Because France5.fr@SD and France5.fr@HD do not exactly match France5.fr, Emby does not link the EPG automatically, and manual mapping is required.

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Suggested Improvements

• Support identifier aliasing / ignoring suffixes
  Allow Emby to match M3U tvg-id values that differ only by common suffixes (e.g., @SD, @HD, @FHD, etc.) to a single base XMLTV channel id. This would let guide data attach automatically without requiring manual edits to the M3U or manual channel mapping.

• Configurable matching rules
  Provide an option in the Live TV settings where users can define patterns or suffix rules (e.g., ignore anything after @) so that Emby can normalize the M3U identifiers before matching against the XMLTV EPG.

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Right now, the need to manually adjust M3U playlists or manually map each channel makes setup more time-consuming than necessary. Flexible matching rules would greatly improve the experience for IPTV users.

Thanks for considering this!

— Mathieu

Edited December 26, 2025 by OUARZA

[Luke 42077]

Correct yea so that requires some thought of how to address.

[OUARZA 4]

Where can I find the code for the TV XML extension so I can see what I can do with it?