change to radiotimes website?? (1 Viewer)

[wollo]

I'm DVB-S. I guess I'll need to experiment.

XMLTV built a file last night, something about a pound character caused the import to fail though. Bummer.

 

[WG++Maker]

I have had plenty of problems with radiotimes, simular to what you describe in this thread. I changed to tvguide.co.uk which is reliable and gives excellent details. But don't see it mentioned here ...
I like to know why that site is not considered as alternative ?

 

[IanJ]

How are you using tvguide.co.uk.....?

Ian.

 

[tony72]

Yes, tvguide.co.uk doesn't seem to be an option in WebEPG, is there some other way of accessing it via MediaPortal?

 

[WG++Maker]

Ian and Tony ..

How are you using tvguide.co.uk.....?

tvguide.co.uk doesn't seem to be an option in WebEPG, is there some other way of accessing it via MediaPortal?

I use my own xmltv grabber WebGrab+Plus which supports grabbing of tvguide.co.uk (and others). The grabber outputs a standard xmltvfile like tvxb.

I left a short intro of that grabber in this thread, including the download link.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/xmltv-137/webgrab-plus-new-xmltv-grabber-88425/

If you want to try I can help you to set it up.

 

[IanJ]

Hi,

Got WebGrab+Plus running..........nice program!

Can you tell me whats equired for pulling all channels from tvguide.co.uk.......or do I have to specify each individually in the config file. I was hoping for a wild card.

It's either that or I find a way of combining both XML files, i.e. yours and the output from XMLTV.exe................Hmmm, presume I can use your prog to append BBC One HD onto.

Thanks,

Ian.

UPDATE:-
Playing with trying to append, WebGrab+Plus crashes when it sees this line from my radiotimes generated tvguide.xml
<!DOCTYPE tv SYSTEM "xmltv.dtd">

UPDATEII:-
Could get WG+ to append RT's XML, whatever I used (i, f etc) it just wiped it. I suppose the only way forward then is to use WG+ exclusively (as it did pull BBC ONE HD no problems).....or wait till RT update their listings for BBC One HD.

Ian.

 

[WG++Maker]

IanJ,

WG++ is 'in principle' capable to merge its own grabs in to an existing xmltv file. But to do that, the existing channels in your xmltv file must be included in the channel list in the config file. Essential is that the xmltv_id in the channel list is equal to the one in your xmltv file. and that the update argument is empty (update="")
But, because I never used it that way it might be better that I test it first. Could you send me this xmltv file you want to merge with the WG++ results?
Pls send it to the email address which is on the cover page of the documantation.
thanks
WG++Maker .. Jan

 

[tony72]

I use my own xmltv grabber WebGrab+Plus which supports grabbing of tvguide.co.uk (and others). The grabber outputs a standard xmltvfile like tvxb.

I left a short intro of that grabber in this thread, including the download link.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/xmltv-137/webgrab-plus-new-xmltv-grabber-88425/

If you want to try I can help you to set it up.

I'm going to try it out this weekend, great to have another option, thanks.

 

[WG++Maker]

IanJ:

I did some test how to best merge your existing xmltv file with the one from WG++:
The easiest way ; add for each channel you want to preserve from your xmltv file an entry in the channellist of the WG++ config file like this:

<channel update="" site="tvguide.co.uk" xmltv_id="BBC1">BBC 1</channel>

in which :
--site refers to the siteini file "tvguide.co.uk.ini" , you can take any already existing siteini file there that refers to a site in the same country as for the channel.
--xmltv_id is the id of the channel as found in the channel node in the xmltv file like <channel id="BBC1">
--BBC 1 is the display-name as in <display-name lang="en">BBC 1</display-name> in the xmltv file
--there is no need for the site_id, because that is only in use while updating
--it is essential to leave update="" (no value!!) otherwise WG++ will try to update which will fail because there is no site_id
The disadvantage of this simple way is that the url element of the channel node in the xmltv will get the value url="http://www.tvguide.co.uk" which is probably different from the original.


Slightly more complicated doesn't have this disadvantage:
Suppose the channels you want to preserve originate from sitename.com, then add for each channel to preserve:

<channel update="" site="sitename.com" xmltv_id="BBC1">BBC 1</channel>

Now WG++ will expect a siteini file sitename.com.ini to be present and since its not there you have to make it!
Open a text editor (like notepad) and add just one line:

site {timezone=UTC+00:00|cultureinfo=en-GB}

and save as sitename.com.ini in C:\ProgramData\ServerCare\WebGrab.
The timezone and cultureinfo values have to correspond with the country settings of the site , the ones I used are correct for the UK
If some of the channels you want to preserve are from other sites you can add corresponding siteini files.
This method will add a correct channel node to the xmltv and also correct timeoffset values and dlt changes.

I still like to receive your xmltv to see why it crashed on <!D

OCTYPE tv SYSTEM "xmltv.dtd">

Can you tell me whats equired for pulling all channels from tvguide.co.uk.......or do I have to specify each individually in the config e. I was hoping for a wild card.

Yes you have to enter each channel in the channel list individually, sorry ...

like :
<channel update="i" site="tvguide.co.uk" site_id="74" xmltv_id="BBC1">BBC 1</channel>
<channel update="i" site="tvguide.co.uk" site_id="258" xmltv_id="Sky1">Sky 1</channel>
or with the super fast/less detail siteini version index-only:
<channel update="i" site="tvguide-index-only.co.uk" site_id="258" xmltv_id="Sky1_index">Sky1_index</channel>


WG++Maker Jan