TV Guide partially taken into account

[ggt-labz]

Hi all,

I opted for using WebEPG / TVGuide.xml for analogue TV Guide.

In the process I once renamed a channel, choose a 2 or 3-day program depth.
Now whatever I do: Export from Channel list / remove programs from TV database / confirm I use the TVGuide XML file / confirm path to this file / Reconfigure everything with WebEPG-conf.exe / Reload programs running WebEPG.exe / Reread file from the remote in the guide section / etc...

TVguide.xml is fine (I checked so many times), Media Portal reads it and not another and claims when it is renamed: so I am sure of this file and quite everything around it. If I slightly alter the name of a program, it is also reflected in Media Portal.

Anyhow, guide contents is only partial:

• Programs for one channel are always marked as 'unavailable' all over the time line, though I am sure channel name matches everywhere along my settings. And in addition to this programs span only tody plus two days though five days are recorded in TVguide.xml
• Programs only span today + two days though I reconfigured through WebEPG-conf.exe for 5 days and TVguide.xml contents is in line with this!

I spent hours over and around this nagging thing. No way. Please help. Thank you.

[ggt-labz]

Hello!

I eventually found a workaround.

First I zipped the TVDatabaseV21.db3 file. Results are strange: most of the channels appear in alphabetic order in the configuration affected with a zero channel. However TV still works and TV guide is correctly imported.

Second, I rollbacked to the original database file, deleted the channel, recreated it and launched MEdiaPortal. Bingo! After some hesitations, TV guide is now populated.

To my surprise the channels don't exactly match the configuration list: two useless redundant channels (BTW I don't know how a channel can be both affected to number 273 and K48 at the same time) still appear in the list.

Though things are satisfactory fixed for me now, I suspect there are a number of inconsistencies with the database / hardware etc that sometimes explain these oddities.

To finish off follows a brief of my configuration.

Hardware:

Box/case: Advance desktop HTPC 550W with IMon Inside VFD
Motherboard: MSI MS-7309 - K9N6SGM-V AM2 VGA – Cipset nVidia MCP61
Remote: 43-key Hauppauge
Hard-disk: Maxtor S-ATA 320 GB 7200 rpm TD 256MB
Processor: AMD Athlon64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: Kingston 1,024MB DDR2 PC4200
Network board: NVidia nForce - driver: v . 65.2.1.0 11/Jul/2006
DVD Reader: LG 16X52X
DVD Burner: LG 18X Dual GSA-H22NRBBB
Screen resolution: 800x600 – 32b – 60Hz
TV set: Sony Trinitron CRT 100 Hz KV32FX-68B S/N: 6038425
Audio external: Yamaha RX-496RDS
Video board: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS TD 256 MB – details:
Gigabyte GV-NX71GS12P8-RH rev 1.1 – S/N: 064600016
Video Board driver: NVIDIA v9.1.4.7 11/Aug/2006
Video driver: nv4_disp.dll v6.14.0010.9147 11/Aug/2006
Sound board: Realtek HD Audio – driver: RtkHDAud.sys v5.10.0000.5294 6/Sep/2006
Tuner board: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1300 (DVT-B, Multi-PAL, FM) – 96019 rev. C6A0
Tuner board drivers: all v2.116.24167.0 16/Jun/2006, details:
Hauppauge WinTV 88x Audio Capture hcw88aud.sys
Hauppauge WinTV 88x Crossbar
Hauppauge WinTV 88x DVB-T Hybrid Tuner/Demod
Hauppauge WinTV 88x MPEG Encoder (96xxx)
Hauppauge WinTV 88x Tuner
Hauppauge WinTV 88x Video (DVB-T+IR, MPEG)

Software:

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V1.2, 13/Oct/2006
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Virtual Page File: 2110MB
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Audio Codecs: v 5.1.2535.0 7/Jan/2001 MS_MMACM – details in codec order:
imaadp32.acm ADPCM v. 5.1.2600.2180
msadp32.acm ADPCM v. 5.1.2600.2180
msg711.acm G.711 v. 5.1.2600.0
msgsm32.acm GSM v. 5.1.2600.0
tssoft32.acm trueSpeech v1.0
msg723.acm G.723.1 v3.01
Windows Media Audio Codec v. 8.00.00.4487
Sipro Lab Telecom Audio Codec ACM v. 3.02
Indeo audio software v. 2.05.53
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec v1.0.0.0
AC3 ACM Decompressor v1.31.0.0
Microsoft PCM Converter v 5.0
Video Codecs: v 5.1.2535.0 7/Jan/2001 MS_MMVID –details:
ffdshow video encoder
Indeo® video v.5.10.15.2.55
ir32_32.dll
ir41_32.ax Intel Indeo® Video v. 4.51.16.03
iyuv_32.dll Intel Indeo(R) Video YUV Codec v 5.1.2600.2180
Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 v. 9.0.1.0369
msh261.drv Microsoft H.261 ICM Driver v 3.01
msh263.drv Microsoft H.263 ICM Driver v 3.01
msrle32.dll Microsoft RLE Compressor v. 5.1.2600.2180
msvidc32.dll Microsoft Video 1 Compressor v. 5.1.2600.0
msyuv.dll Microsoft UYVY Video Decompressor v 5.3.2600.2180
tsbyuv.dll Toshiba Video Codec v. 5.1.2600.0
Xvid MPEG-4 Video Codec v1.1.2
MPEG-1/-2 Codec package: from kLite v.281f – details:
Cyberlink- version 6.0.0.3402
DScaler5 -version 0.0.8.0
Gabest - version 1.0.0.3
MainConcept - version 1.0.0.78
Ligos - version 4.0.0.77
Windows Media Player: 11.0.5721.5145
MediaPortal: 0.2.2.0
Antivirus/security: Avast v4.7 – Spybot v 1.4