# Make program cateogies dynamic based on XMLTV files **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 29, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/make-program-cateogies-dynamic-based-on-xmltv-files/212167 "2017-10-29T12:17:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andyleadbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andyleadbetter](https://forums.plex.tv/u/andyleadbetter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/make-program-cateogies-dynamic-based-on-xmltv-files/212167/1 "2017-10-29T12:17:39Z")
My XMLTV list includes many categories that Plex ignores. Please dynamically build a set of categories from the XMLTV file, and allow the EPG to filter based on those categories rather than the fixed series, movies and news categories. ---
**Author:** ![sergioeixarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sergioeixarch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sergioeixarch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/make-program-cateogies-dynamic-based-on-xmltv-files/212167/2 "2018-08-28T08:22:48Z")
+1 please implement it, i miss 10 12 channels that plex epg dont have, i use webgraplus to generate my omw epg but plex ignore the categories and mess all under movies categories. FIX IT please ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/make-program-cateogies-dynamic-based-on-xmltv-files/212167/3 "2024-02-21T22:51:51Z")
2024 clean-up: duplicate (while this suggestion was around for longer, the newer one has more votes) > [@Utilise channel categories from XMLTV files](https://forums.plex.tv/t/utilise-channel-categories-from-xmltv-files/800467): > > I love the Live TV feature, it’s really a great addition to Plex. However, it seems that the Plex Channels are sorted into categories, however, if you use an external EPG source (xmltv/xTeVe), you don’t get the categorisation on your channels, despite that data being available. More info can be found [here](https://forums.plex.tv/t/grouping-xteve-tuner-channels-into-categories-on-live-tv-dvr/785289), with some research by @ukmike. Could this feature be added? It would be the icing on the cake, saving scrolling down one huge list.