Calling all MP New Zealanders (Both of you!!) (19 Viewers)

[Ramjet99]

XMLTVNZ fully working bat file?

Can anyone post the contents of a fully workign XMLTVNZ bat file?

I can't get any of the Sky channels to show (tried using -auckland as a switch but no dice)

Not looking at TV server yet.

Using RC3 and latest XMLTVNZ downloaded a couple of days ago.

Thanks!

 

[Datagrafx]

Go into MediaPortal setup (not TV Server)/Plugins/right click on My TV and select "listed in home page" click O.K. - sorted

All fixed, thank you

 

[mruane]

Ramjet, I am not sure if XMLTVNZ has been updated yet as a result of the changes to the SKY site. They went all flash based and that caused a change in the way XMLTVNZ works.

Cheers Mike

 

[Klathman]

Can anyone post the contents of a fully workign XMLTVNZ bat file?

I can't get any of the Sky channels to show (tried using -auckland as a switch but no dice)

XMLTVNZ v3 only works with saturn and tvnz/tv3 sites at the moment. Reven is currently working on getting it to work with the xtra site as well. The sky site does not look like it will work in the future as they are using encrypted xml files since their guide change.

XMLTVNZ v2.5 can not use saturn as a source so most of the sky sites that a v3 user has access to are not available using this version. Only TV1/2 and 3/C4 AFAIK.

There's a command builder link on the reven web site (www.reven.co.nz) but that only works for v3 which by the way is still in beta and you need to donate to get access to.

Hope this helps.

 

[Ramjet99]

Ah Thanks for that, I did have it working in an earlier installation and couldn't understand why the same command no longer worked.

Might have to take a look at TV server after all.

 

[mcraenz]

Hey anyone using TV Server...Have you had a problem where you just have no EPG data after a certain point on random channels. E.g. Today for me on TV1, 2, 3 I had no data after 12am. C4 was fine. I set my EPG interval to 2 minutes and watched the logs, I saw the EPG run fine and it said that it had grabbed programs and inserted the data for all the channels but still no data.

Here is what I found when I looked in the database (using MS Sql management studio express) I saw that for TV1, 2 , 3 the last entries were wrong:; they had dates like 21/02/2025 and 22/04/2038.
The entries before these were just before 12am. Obviously programs are not imported when they're earlier than the latest program. I deleted these anomalous programs, waited for the grabber to run again and everything updated correctly.

If you see a similar thing, rather than just refresh EPG which clears out the database can you take a look in the DB and see if you have the same problem. I'd like to establish if this is a problem with TVServer or with data coming from freeview.

 

[mruane]

Hi McRaenz

I have EPG data (via TVServer) for TV1,2,3 and C4 up to next weekend but I have not had SKY EPG (other than for a couple of channels such as Prime, J2) for a couple of weeks now.

In looking at the Program table (SQL Sever Express) I also have entries dated in the future. Looking at one now with a start time of 25/11/2030!!! However that entry is for a channel that does have EPG displaying. So I am not sure of the start date is relevant.

Edit: OK did some more digging. In my case, I have an analog channel combined with a digital channel (like yours). I notice that I did not have the scrambled digital channel mapped to a DVB-S card and TVServer was (I presume) expecting to get analog EPG data via XML only. As soon as I remapped the DVB channels to a DVB-S card I started to get the missing SKY EPG. Still no explanation for why I have forward dates in the EPG. I am sure than in an earlier build, you di dnot need the DVB portion of a combined channel mapped to to a DVB card.

Cheers Mike

 

[mcraenz]

However that entry is for a channel that does have EPG displaying.

Interesting....Try the following: Check the idChannel number for this program that starts on 25/11/2030 then do a select of all the programs for that that idChannel e.g. for idChannel 46 use the following SQL command (Sorry if I'm telling you how to suck eggs!)


SELECT *
FROM Program
WHERE (idChannel = 46)
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Now check check the programs just before the 25/11/2030. I expect that when you reach these programs in however many days time there will be no data after them.

As for the SKy channels do the same. look in the Channel table and check the idChannel for a sky channel and then use the above select statement to find all the programs for that channel and see if the last program is way in the future. If delete it and let your EPG refresh (Change the interval to ~5mins and watch the epg.log)

I am sure than in an earlier build, you di dnot need the DVB portion of a combined channel mapped to to a DVB card.

Hmmm, I never had it working like that and to be honest I can't see how it could work like that.

That program you saw that was way in the future, what channel was that for?

 

[mruane]

Wish I could help Mcrae, but since refreshing the EPG all of the entries I had for future years have now been removed and all of the Program table content is current i.e. from 2/11/2007 through to 10/11/2007. In addition to the Freeview EPG, I also have all of the SKY EPG details that I have setup for collection from the DVB card. So I now have a full current listing for all channels. My situation has been auto corrected by TV Server.

PS I installed build SVN 16422 which may have contributed. Regardless all of the 2008 and 2030 entries have been removed automatically.

Certainly though, one of the entries that I had for the year 2030 was J2 and another was for Prime, yet I also had a current set of EPG for J2 and Prime, which was displaying correctly in TV Guide. That is what drew me to the conclusion that future year entries perhaps was not contributing to the problem.

Sorry that I cannot offer more feedback.

Cheers Mike

 

[mcraenz]

Cool thanks Mike, We'll keep an eye on it and see what happens