EPG Downloader Service for TV Server ONLY

[dbit]

Originally Posted by arsenal333

Hello,

What url are people using in Aus for epg data?

Thx

I have mainly been using http://minnie.tuhs.org/xmltv/channels.xml.gz which provides lots of channels and good data for almost 7 days (and no advertising) but I have problems with gaps in the HD channels.
I tried using the epgstream url and it fixed the problem with gaps but it only seems to be good for about 2 days worth of programs. Sometimes it will miss a whole day but then has data for the following day. Has anyone got it working reliably for more than a couple of days worth?

[globaldonkey]

Yeah that's the OzTivo data. The gaps in the HD channels were the reason why I stopped using it.

I'm personally very happy with the yahoo scrape via WebEPG and the DVB-T data on the commercial channels. Always get a full 7 days with no HD gaps.

[dbit]

I'll probably try that next

[thargs]

I tried the http://minnie.tuhs.org/xmltv/channels.xml.gz and could get a channel list but it wouldnt download the data once I assigned everything.

Im using the epg.net (with correct ID) url but it seems to be patchy for Ch10, 7 and 9. It did work but now it doesnt work so well.

Any ideas?

[globaldonkey]

For minnie.tuhs.org, by "assigned everything" I assume you mean ticked complex and setup the Program URL Template? What did you put in for the template?

Can't comment on the quality of epg.net. Don't actively use it. There for a rainy day.

[thargs]

I tried the url - http://tvguide.oztivo.net/xmlguide.pl with username and password and it wont download anything and therefore wont display channel listings so I cant assign mediaportal channels to them.

As for the http://minnie.tuhs.org/xmltv/channels.xml.gz url , I can get all the channels from that url and I assigned mediaportal channels to them. However epg downloader attempts to download associated data for each channel but its 0 for all assigned channels.

The only thing that works is the epg.net url and that is not perfect. Tonight there was abc data , now there is not.

I have a slightly older version of epg downloader but looking at what improvements there has been for the latest version I should be OK.

[dbit]

When using "http://minnie.tuhs.org/xmltv/channels.xml.gz", make sure you have a username and password setup at oztivo.net. Template should be: !!!Base-Url!!!!!!ChannelID!!!_!!!DateString!!!.xml.gz
Also make sure you check "Data is Zipped" and type is complex.

[4Fred]

I have installed and think I got everything running, but nothing when I bring up the EPG in MP. I run TV Server RC3.

I did the installation, yes next… nothing complicated.
Server Name: myservername
User/pass: epg (lack of imagination I guess)
Database Name: TvLibrary
Database type is MSSQL 2005 Express
Test logon and got “Connection to… Successful!”
I also tried to logon to SQLE using epg/epg and that went well, so my guess is that I’m good thus far?

In EPG I added this:
URL: http://tv.swedb.se/xmltv/channels.xml.gz
Data Is Zipped: Checked
Type: Complex
Program URL Template: !!!Base-Url!!!!!!ChannelID!!!_!!!DateString!!!.xml.gz
I hit reset and some channels popped up, I hit reload next to MP Channels, then mapped some channels names and added them to MediaPortal Name.

So now it looks like this (one of all my channels, I am on ComHem in Sweden)
Source Channel ID Channel Name MediaPortal Name Fill Gaps from (what is this?)
1 axess.se Axess TV Axess TV

Schedule I just changed from Midnight to 04:00 and Save, then after reload hit Download Now. It starts a download of lots of files (I have snipped out some stuff, it all looks great...)
Download Started 2008-10-20 20:39:40
Fetched from: http://xmltv.tvsajten.com/xmltv/axes...8-10-20.xml.gz
Fetched from: http://xmltv.tvsajten.com/xmltv/axes...8-10-21.xml.gz
Downloaded Channel: Axess TV, 168 programmes found
EPG Download Successfull!
EPG Download Complete - Total 4377 program entires downloaded
2008-10-20 20:56:54 - Next Scheduled Download = 2008-10-21 04:00:00

So everything looks all great, but still nothing when I bring up the EPG in MP.
In this thread there are some info about RC1 and database name, I checked mine and also have an MpTvDbRC2 database so I tried to switching to that one, still nothing - so my guess is that RC3 is back to the TvLibrary database?
I have read trough the setup.pdf and this thread, and no info about this anywhere to be found. Soo… what do I do now?

[globaldonkey]

If you get the database name wrong, it definitely won't work. It is still called MpTvDbRC2 in RC 3 as well. Make sure have the database name and password correct.

[tompa]

@4Fred

so u have two databases active? in that case u must use the one that ur running in MP and try to download manually again (dont forget to save new setup in MPEPG).

ur setup against swedb.se seems Ok!

/tompa