Problem retrieving EPG in Australia

[klif-e]

Hi,

Fairly new to both Media Portal 0.2.3.0 and WebEPG v3.0.2.0 but i've been reading the guides specifically

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Med...alSetup_WebEPG

To get the EPG data loaded into Media Portal for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The config file produced by WebEPG-conf.exe is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<WebEPG xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Info maxGrabDays="7" />
  <ChannelMap>
    <Channel id="7-vic-metro@seven.com.au" displayName="7 HD Digital" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="7-vic-metro@seven.com.au" displayName="7 Digital 3" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="7-vic-metro@seven.com.au" displayName="7 Digital 2" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="7-vic-metro@seven.com.au" displayName="7 Digital 1" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="7-vic-metro@seven.com.au" displayName="7 Digital" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="9-vic-metro@ninemsn.com.au" displayName="Nine Digital" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="9-vic-metro@ninemsn.com.au" displayName="Nine Digital HD" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="10-vic-metro@ten.com.au" displayName="TEN HD" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="10-vic-metro@ten.com.au" displayName="TEN Digital" grabber="AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml" />
    <Channel id="abc-vic@abc.net.au" displayName="ABC HDTV" grabber="AU\4-www_abc_net_au.xml" />
    <Channel id="abc-vic@abc.net.au" displayName="ABC TV Melbourne" grabber="AU\4-www_abc_net_au.xml" />
    <Channel id="abc2@abc.net.au" displayName="ABC2" grabber="AU\4-www_abc_net_au.xml" />
    <Channel id="abc-vic@abc.net.au" displayName="ABC TV" grabber="AU\4-www_abc_net_au.xml" />
  </ChannelMap>
  <Authentication />
</WebEPG>

And when run the WebEPG log file contains

2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: Starting
2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: Using directories
2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]:  WebEPG - C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal
2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]:  xmltv  - C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\xmltv\
2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]: Assembly versions:
2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]: WebEPG 3.0.2.0
2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]: Utils 2.2.2.0
2008-02-03 13:24:59.546875 [Info.][1]: Loading Config File: C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\WebEPG\WebEPG.xml
2008-02-03 13:24:59.640625 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: Loading Channel Config
2008-02-03 13:24:59.640625 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: Getting Channel ID: 7-vic-metro@seven.com.au
2008-02-03 13:24:59.640625 [Info.][1]:         [1 of 5]
2008-02-03 13:24:59.640625 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: Opening AU\5-au_tv_yahoo_com.xml
2008-02-03 13:24:59.750000 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: Version: 2.0
2008-02-03 13:24:59.750000 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: TimeZone, Local: AUS Eastern Standard Time
2008-02-03 13:24:59.750000 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: No site TimeZone, using Local: AUS Eastern Standard Time
2008-02-03 13:24:59.750000 [ERROR][1]: WebEPG: Fatal Error
2008-02-03 13:24:59.750000 [ERROR][1]: WebEPG: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: key
2008-02-03 13:24:59.750000 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: Finished

I've done searching of this forum and via google but haven't been able to determine what issue i'm facing here.

Any advice?

[Taipan]

I am not sure if this relevant (may have occurred when you did the "copy/paste"), but the second last line of your WebEPG.xml file should read "<Authentication></Authentication>", not "<Authentication />" ... ?

Also, I suggest you get it to work with just one channel (say Channel 7) for grab days = 1, before adding all the other channels and doing 7 days of EPG grab.

[klif-e]

The file was produced by WebEPG-Conf.exe I haven't hand crafted it.

I would have assumed their own util would produce a valid file?

As for the authentication tag

<Authentication/>

Is a perfectly valid XML for a non-enclosing tag.

The same as

<Info maxGrabDays="7" />

And

<Channel id="abc-vic@abc.net.au" displayName="ABC TV" grabber="AU\4-www_abc_net_au.xml" />

I will tinker with one channel and see.

[charli181]

Have you thought about using this external source for your epg. It was written by Big Kev
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/au...de-t24047.html

Also, you should be able to get 7-14 days from your dvb-t card now. All aus FTA (Free To Air) channels are providing it pretty reliably now.

[Nakaleen]

I have the exact same problem. Just reinstalled XP SP2, and no matter what settings I use I get the same error?!?! (word for word to klif-e's log)

My old install didn't have this problem (i just wish I remember what scn I used). I hope this can be fixed soon as I need it for ABC and SBS (ABC only offer 1 day EPG and SBS has Now and Next)

[ERROR][1]: WebEPG: Value cannot be null.

I just wish that it would TELL us what Value it was refering to? Unless it refers to the Parameter name: key line.

I have been banging my head on the keyboard all day trying to fix this (as I have a lot of shows to recored on ABC and SBS) I have used SCN's as far back as Dec with the same result.

[klif-e]

Anyone ever find a fix for this.....

Very annoying.....

[klif-e]

*BUMP*

[mrkaras]

I would suggest you use one of the alternate methods. their are several alternate external XMLTV creators such as big kev's listed a view posts back or I were using safexmltv. I have just changed to using the over the air EPG recently and all Chanel's except 10 and abc1 seem to work OK (it's possible that is something I can fix, I haven't tried hard yet)

[klif-e]

Over the air EPG??

What do you mean??

I got WebEPG working under Vista 32bit, will have to try again with Windows XP.

[humanjoy]

Hello,

I have exactly same error here -- TVguide-writing.xml FATAL error, can anyone share the solution ?

Thanks!