special characters tvguide.xml

[James]

I've changed the code to replace the 146 char with '

Let me know if this is fixed.

When I have some more time I will look at why your work around was not working correctly.

[Furetto]

Thanx a lot James.

I am currently still on Xmas-holiday in Sweden, with my in-laws. Tonight we fly home, over the weekend I will test and let you know

[Furetto]

Apparently something got broken...

The previous SVN I used was MediaPortal-svn--12-23-2007--01-04-Rev16708.exe

Yesterday after coming home I ran webepg to generate a new xmltv file. Worked without any problems.

Then I installed MediaPortal-svn--12-28-2007--08-24-Rev16750.exe

Webepg crashes after this, leaving an unfinished xmltv-writing.xml

I zipped up both xmltv files and both webepg log-files for you. I'll do some more testing today, incluing trying to use an SVN-version from before 12-28

[Furetto]

Similar issues.

With SVN from 12-27 it works.
With SVN from 12-29 it fails, giving the same error

2007-12-29 14:15:22.299781 [Info.][1]: WebEPG: SubLink Request http://www.teveblad.be/ndl/detail.asp?progid=5928116320071229EEN.001 POST: 
2007-12-29 14:15:22.502581 [ERROR][1]: WebEPG: Fatal Error
2007-12-29 14:15:22.502581 [ERROR][1]: WebEPG: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index

I have the logs if you're interested in them, but they don't show more than the previous logs.

[Furetto]

Decided to dig in myself, with my limited knowledge of the workings of webepg

It would seem that this line of code crashes webepg right now

      <Template name="Details" start="& lt;tbody& gt;" end="& lt;/tbody& gt;">

I went to check into telemoustique, the french grabber and it simply states

      <Template name="Details">

Both websites are made by the same company so I tried removing the start and end and now it works... I'll upload the modified file in the appropriate topic.

As far as I'm concerned, this closes the issue, but one might wonder why this start and end tag were present without being needed and why they don't work anymore...

EDIT: still not working 100%

[Furetto]

James, if you happen to stroll by, I will need your help...

It seems whatever I do, the details template is not working as I hope...

I managed to narrow the issue down, testing several different grabbers from several countries. It does work with some grabbers that use a Details Template (like tvgids.nl). On the other hand it does not work with several other grabbers that use *Match and *Value, including one from Switzerland: 20min_ch.xml. At least, I ran this grabber with a random channel and it gave none of the values it should get from the Details Template.

The issue I mentioned in the previous post is still existing, but as the grabber seems to work without limiting by using the Start and End tag... Which I confirmed using the webepg designer v5.

Additional note: it is the end tag that fails, not the start tag.

[Furetto]

The "Index out of range" is now indeed solved with latest SVN. The issue with descriptions etc is still open.

To recap, the teveblad.be grabber uses match fields to grab additional info like description etc. Ever since 28th of december, these are not grabbed anymore.

  <MatchList>
   <Match field="#COUNTRY" match="Land" />
   <Match field="#GENRE" match="Genre" />
   <Match field="#DESCRIPTION" match="Info" />
   <Match field="#DESCRIPTION" match="Inhoud" />
   <Match field="#ACTORS" match="Acteurs" />
   <Match field="#SUBTITLE" match="Afleveringstitel" />
   <Match field="#EPISODE" match="Aflevering" />
  </MatchList>

Last test I did was the following:
- applied latest SVN, rev 17044 and ran the grabber - no description or additional fiels
- applied SVN 16742 over this, without any other modification - all description and other fields
- reapplied 17044 - description etc gone again
- copied utils.dll from the 16742 into the mediaportal root: descriptions appear again
- copied utils.dll from 16750 (december 28th): no more descriptions

[Furetto]

*bump*

[Furetto]

Bug confirmed with Revision:17241

[Furetto]

I guess James is more interested in developing MPII at the moment than fixing the "Match Field" issue in WebEPG

But who can blame him. I also prefer working on new toys than fixing old ones...

Anyway, just in case anyone knows how to fix it, that would be wonderful !