Guide mapping can depend on an internal identifier rather than only the visible channel name.
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A practical next step
Missing programme listings
A playing channel and its programme-guide data are separate observations.
Use the controls and account conditions that apply to your actual setup.
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Missing programme listings
A playing channel and its programme-guide data are separate observations.
Confirm whether the channel plays
Record the guide date and channel name
Use the actual player refresh control if available
Use the controls and account conditions that apply to your actual setup.
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PROGRAMME LISTINGS
Missing programme
listings
A playing channel and its programme-guide data are separate
observations.
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Record the guide date and channel
name
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Use the actual player refresh control if
available
Name the stage of the event
Qualifying, heats, rounds and finals can have different programme listings.
Use the controls and account conditions that apply to your actual setup.
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Name the stage of the event
Qualifying, heats, rounds and finals can have different programme listings.
Name the competition and edition
Include the stage or session
Keep the exact event time
Use the controls and account conditions that apply to your actual setup.
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BEFORE THE EVENT
Name the stage of the
event
Qualifying, heats, rounds and finals can have different
programme listings.
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A channel name can have regional feeds
Keep the country, regional edition and HD label when identifying a channel.
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A channel name can have regional feeds
Keep the country, regional edition and HD label when identifying a channel.
Write the full channel label
Keep regional and language details
Avoid merging similar feed names
Use the controls and account conditions that apply to your actual setup.
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KNOW YOUR SETUP
A channel name can
have regional feeds
Keep the country, regional edition and HD label when
identifying a channel.
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A channel name can have
regional feeds
Why this happens
Two feeds can display similar names while referring to different regions, time shifts or programme schedules. A guide needs a way to associate each video entry with the correct schedule entry, and a matching label alone is not always enough. That explains why a channel may play the expected video while its guide describes another service. Repeatedly refreshing the same mismatched association will not necessarily correct it; the link between source and schedule needs attention.
Kodi’s IPTV Simple documentation shows this distinction through the playlist’s tvg-id and the XMLTV channel identifier. Other account/player systems may hide the underlying fields, but the visible symptom is still worth describing precisely. Record the selected channel variant and the programme actually on air, alongside what the guide says. Avoid editing private playlist identifiers by guesswork if they are managed through the service. A useful report preserves the mismatch rather than replacing every channel name with a similar-looking label that could break other guide associations.
A useful way to work through it
Compare the actual programme with the guide on the selected channel variant.
Record any regional or time-shift suffix in the visible name.
Treat mapping identifiers separately from ordinary category or display-name edits.