Import Button Not Working (1 Viewer)

[luksmann]

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The import button in TVE3 is currently not working.

Screenshot is attached!

Greets, luksmann

 

[Muldini]

The database has changed and therefor the "old" export.xml doesn't work anymore, there is a thread explaining how to import the old export.xml. ( https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showpost.php?p=165028&postcount=10 )

I strongly recommend to do a complete rescan though.

Kind regards,
Muldini

 

[Laban]

It's rather annoying to have to edit the file manually though. A rescan is not ok in my book because i want to have the channels in a specific order and it takes quite some time to fix this after a rescan.

It would be easy to do a fix also, there's currently no check if the values exist in the specific node (xml):

int pilot = Int32.Parse(nodeTune.Attributes["Pilot"].Value);
int rollOff = Int32.Parse(nodeTune.Attributes["RollOff"].Value);

So just do f.e:

int pilot = Int32.Parse( nodeTune.Attributes["Pilot"] != null ? nodeTune.Attributes["Pilot"].Value : "-1");
int rollOff = Int32.Parse(nodeTune.Attributes["RollOff"] != null ? nodeTune.Attributes["RollOff"].Value : "-1");

or

int pilot = Int32.Parse( getAttribute(nodeTune,"Pilot","-1"));

private string getAttribute(XmlNode xmlNode,string key,string default){
     XmlAttribute xa = xmlNode.Attributes[key];
     return xa != null ? xa.Value : default;
}

I had a look at the export.xml file from the new SVN and all Pilot & rolloff values are -1 so i don't see a problem with allowing for default values as per above.
And a rescan after the import (=channels are now in the order that i want them) will update the tuningdetails anyway so potentially important information won't get lost because of the import.

Or am i missing something ?

 

[Muldini]

Generally you are right. We have discussed that recently and there might be a little change coming, do not ask me when though.

Those values are for DVB-S2 only, so this time the db change didnt affect alot of people and all the others could have imported the old export.xml without problem.

The problem would be DVB-S2 users not being aware of this, importing the old export.xml 'cause it works for everyone else, why not for me?'. An update might fix (update) those values, I dont think it does when the channel has been renamed.

Regards,
Muldini

 

[Laban]

An update will fix the values, at least when i tried it by manually setting the pilot to 0 in the database before doing a rescan. And they were back to -1 after that.

You could also just do a popup if there's nodes missing, something like
"You're importing a old export.xml file, please do a rescan after the import".

Would probably not work if you changed the channelname, that's true. But i don't really see a reason to change the channel name either. But perhaps there's a lot of people that's doing that. Don't do it myself though.

 

[Muldini]

Ive changed plenty of my channel names, thats why I dont like to rescan after db changes either Even more work after sorting/deleting etc. etc.

Anyway, we decided to be on the safe side to not receive bug reports about issues that wouldnt have occured with a fresh rescan.
Though, the import behavior and handling might change as mentioned in my post above.

Regards,
Muldini

 

[Laban]

Ive changed plenty of my channel names...

Might i ask why ?

Shameless plug: no reason to do it because of the xmltv import anymore

Edit: there's also another option, to do the update (on rescan after import) based directly on the tuningdetails instead of mapping them by the channelname. Is that what you're considering doing ?

 

[Muldini]

Ive changed plenty of my channel names...

Might i ask why ?

Shameless plug: no reason to do it because of the xmltv import anymore

I'm simply used to old names of some channels that have changed their name or are known under several names.
I'm not using XMLTV.

Regards,
Muldini

 

[Laban]

Ok, i can understand the support related problems of course. Hope it'll be fixed soon though.

But until then, i'll be using my own SetupTv.exe version for importing the channels. That's one of the good things with open source after all

 

[Muldini]

Edit: there's also another option, to do the update (on rescan after import) based directly on the tuningdetails instead of mapping them by the channelname. Is that what you're considering doing ?

Well, this would be really nice indeed, I don't think it's that easy though. First of all we're not just talking about DVB(-S), but all supported types.

I'm not deep enough into this to really say it's possible or not, but if you got an idea to update tuningdetails on something else than the name, that would work for all supported types then by all means go for it. I'd also be available for testing ofc.

Regards,
Muldini (who is waiting for your PM )