EPG 2 lines of data

[sftech13 25]

I'm requesting that the EPG rendering allow for 2 lines of data and line breaks like \n tags. 

 

Similar to tivimate. 

[Luke 42234]

Hi, can you please show a screenshot example of where you are referring to? Thanks.

[brothom 210]

@sftech13 do you mean something like this, where the titles are wrapped to (at least) two lines? 

In this example they've chosen to partially show the third line to indicate "there's more content", which I can get behind.

Edited March 25 by brothom

[sftech13 25]

So yes to @brothomin the example but more along the lines of this. 

 

What I’m doing:

• Using a custom XMLTV generated from IPTVBoss
• Titles and descriptions include line breaks for readability
• Example:

Upcoming in 2 hours:
NCAA DII Tournament — Michigan Tech vs Gannon (Elite Eight)

•  

What happens in Emby:

• Emby removes all line breaks and extra spacing
• The entire title/description is flattened into a single line
• So the example above becomes:

Upcoming in 2 hours: NCAA DII Tournament — Michigan Tech vs Gannon (Elite Eight)

The XML itself is valid and supports multi-line formatting (see below)
This appears to be how Emby parses and displays EPG data, not an issue with the source or generator

Additional context:

• Some players (like TiviMate or IMPlayer) support multi-line titles and richer formatting
• Emby seems to normalize whitespace during ingestion, so formatting like \n is ignored

 <programme start="20260325140000 +0000" stop="20260325150000 +0000" channel="1028.NCAAB">
    <title>Upcoming in 2 hours: 
NCAA DII Tournament — Michigan Tech vs Gannon (Elite Eight)</title>
    <desc>Upcoming in 2 hours: 
NCAA DII Tournament — Michigan Tech vs Gannon (Elite Eight)</desc>
    <category>Sports</category>
  </programme>

Edited March 25 by sftech13

[Luke 42234]

OK we don't currently do this in TV layouts, but options to control this are possible.