can anyone help me with XmlTV and epgstream.net?

[etheesdad]

TV-Server Version: rc3
MediaPortal Version: rc3
MediaPortal Skin: monochrome
Windows Version: xp sp3 MCE 2005
CPU Type: 2.4ghz
HDD: 80+160
Memory: 1gb
Motherboard: ga-8ig1000pro
Video Card: fx5500
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: soundblaster pci
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: hvr-1100
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card: dtv2000h
MPEG2 Video Codec: k-lite
MPEG2 Audio Codec: k-lite
h.264 Video Codec: k-lite
HTPC Case: silverstone lc20
Cooling: standard
Power Supply: 250watt generic
Remote: imon
TV: crt
TV - HTPC Connection: svideo

I have epgstream.net as tvgiude.xml grabber and am using xmltv in TV Server. For some reason it wont import the guide data.

Ive set xmltv to look for the guide in the directory with xmltv.dtd. And have set epgstream.net to name the tv guide xml as tvguide.xml as per the instructions here TV-Server/Configuration/Plugins/XmlTv - MediaPortal Manual Documentation. It all looks pretty straightforward, but the TV client says:

Total channels imported 0
Total programs imported 0

tvguide.xml already importing; ...

And nothing happens - no guide data in client

Have tried using different directories, stopping and restarting tv server, rebooting, etc, but it just stays stuck on this. Cant get any guide data to show up in client.

tv.log says:

2008-11-19 08:56:02.500000 [XmlTvImporter]: plugin:xmltv importing c:\tvguide\tvguide.xml
2008-11-19 08:56:02.515625 [XmlTvImporter]: Xmltv: imported 0 channels, 0 programs status:tvguide.xml:already importing...; 
2008-11-19 08:56:02.531250 [XmlTvImporter]: plugin:xmltv import done

error.log

008-11-19 08:55:54.203125 [SetupTv]: plugin:xmltv import failed
2008-11-19 08:55:54.234375 [SetupTv]: Exception   :System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
   at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
   at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
   at TvEngine.XMLTVImport.Import(String fileName, Boolean showProgress)
   at TvEngine.XmlTvImporter.ThreadFunctionImportTVGuide(Object aparam)
Exception   :Input string was not in a correct format.
  site      :Void StringToNumber(System.String, System.Globalization.NumberStyles, NumberBuffer ByRef, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo, Boolean)
  source    :mscorlib
  stacktrace:   at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
   at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
   at TvEngine.XMLTVImport.Import(String fileName, Boolean showProgress)
   at TvEngine.XmlTvImporter.ThreadFunctionImportTVGuide(Object aparam)

I can see in the second log that there's some kind of error but cant make sense of what it means. Can anyone translate?

[etheesdad]

>bump<

Anyone?

[vertiger]

have you looked in the xmltv.xml whether it meets the xmltv.dtd or not?
seems the importer has a problem converting a string to a number - so look at the date/time etc ...
or compare it to an xmltv.xml generated from the webepg program

[etheesdad]

Thanks very much for the reply.

I cant say as I really know much about the dtd file except that it needs to be in the same location as tvguide.xml.

What should I be looking for?

Where do I get information about the dtd file?

[vertiger]

Originally Posted by etheesdad

Thanks very much for the reply.

I cant say as I really know much about the dtd file except that it needs to be in the same location as tvguide.xml.

What should I be looking for?

Where do I get information about the dtd file?

just look into the dtd - the xmltv format is extensive described there

or, if you do not understand the syntax of an dtd file, compare a xmltv-file from WebEPG to the one from epgstream