MP2 U1 Newbie : EPG TV Guide Issues (1 Viewer)

[Vasilich]

what DB and with what collation settings is used by MP2?

 

[morpheus_xx]

MP2' own media library uses SQLite database which uses a custom collation: https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...se/SQLiteCultureSensitiveCollation.cs#L30-L38.

But the TVEngine uses another SQLite-DB via the gentle framework using a default collation:

• https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...or/SlimTvService3/SlimTvService3.cs#L174-L182
• https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...ne.Core3/content/References/Gentle.config#L62

I've not thought about the DB yet, because I expected issues in actual DVB grabbing and/or decoding of characters.

 

[Vasilich]

as default for SQLite is utf8, we can assume that it is not the problem on saving to DB, but rather decoding of epg data. As there is no logging of EPG data decoding in TVE3, i suggest to record/dump full TS stream (2 minutes should be enough), upload it to any fileshare hosting (as it will be quite large), and post link to it here, so we can analyze what EPG data is transmitting.

 

[breese]

This is the only location I can find that allows for EPG to use other languages

 

[Vasilich]

you can believe me - the screenshot from topicstarter doesn't contain any readable string in any language so we have something different here

 

[bryan52]

When Freeview DVB-T was first enabled in New Zealand the EIT data had limited programme details and full schedule was available via MHEG-5. It looks like some EIT data is now being compressed which is likely causing this issue as indicated in following Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview_(New_Zealand)

Can use the EPG Collector application (http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/) to build the guide from the MHEG-5 EPG data and input via XmlTv interface.

Setup DVB-T in NZ described here: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...4_By_Country/New_Zealand/EPG_(Freeview_DVB-T)

 

[Halon5]

The preference for me is to use the native EPG grabber. I notice that it looks very similar to EPG collector. Does MP2 use the EPG collector code?

I should also point out that the odd title looks just fine but its 1 in 100..

In any case thanks for the links and I will pursue using the EPG collector in the meantime.

where do I download the XMLTV.DTD from?

 

[Vasilich]

Receivers that don't use the BBC huffman tables will either display no details or display garbage characters.

It seems that we don't support huffman encoding of EIT with FreeView-way of doing this.
@mm1352000 correct?

 

[bryan52]

where do I download the XMLTV.DTD from?

Can download by using link in step 1 of Setup DVB-T in NZ Wiki : http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...4_By_Country/New_Zealand/EPG_(Freeview_DVB-T)

 

[Halon5]

Is there any chance this issue has been fixed in the latest release (candidate) ? I would like to try this out again.