(original thread) US/Canadian/Mexico EPG Zap2it Plugin Released (4 Viewers)

[bradsjm]

I haven't been able to get it working yet on my system, every time I've tried it just spits out a log similar to this.

6/14/2006 8:40:28 PM Zap2it EPG Client: version 1.2.2353 starting

Redownload the zip file, the latest build should show:

Zap2it EPG Client: version 1.2.2355 starting

 

[bradsjm]

Alright I have figured out the bug. It has to do with the advanced option which allows automatic renaming of channels. If you look at the error log you can see the database had an issue with adding changing the name of a channel that had a ' in it. Once this option is turned off the programming guide starts to load right up.

You found a MediaPortal bug and help me squash it The MapEPG method in TVDatabase wasn't escaping the channel name (well, it was, just it wasn't escaping the right variable!) so it broke. I've fixed it for the next daily SVN build.

Thanks!

 

[pdoconnell]

The new build fixed my problems, its working fine now, thanks!

 

[nettech_gt]

How often is the plugin supposed to update? And what triggers it?

 

[eric.c.mi]

you can look at log/epg.log

it'll tell you the date of the next and last update

 

[z3gator]

zap2it plugin fails with System.Net.Sockets.SocketException

Since no one else seems to be having this fundamental problem, I've probably just done something wrong in my environment, but I have been unable to get the plugin to connect to zap2it -- it always fails with the error listed below (with my system config info listed first):

Area: Media Portal Plugins
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4$CVS-15.06.2006- 0:57:51,22
(2006-06-15)
MediaPortal Skin: Project Mayhem 3
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: DScaler Audio Decoder
Video Codec: Mpeg2Dec Filter
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 - 2.80GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: 0M2035 (Dell Computer Corp.)
TV Card Model: -
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 1280x1024
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis::

EPG Zap2It plugin fails with:

6/17/2006 12:13:40 AM System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: The attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.get_ConnectEx()
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.BeginConnectEx(EndPoint remoteEP, Boolean flowContext, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UnsafeBeginConnect(EndPoint remoteEP, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Int32 timeout, Exception& exception)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientAsyncResult.WaitForResponse()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol.EndSend(IAsyncResult asyncResult, Object& internalAsyncState, Stream& responseStream)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at Zap2it.Zap2itWebService.Zap2itWebServiceProxy.Enddownload(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at Zap2it.Zap2itWebService.EndDownload(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at Zap2it.Zap2itWebService.Download(DateTime startTime, DateTime endTime)
at ProcessPlugins.EpgGrabber.Zap2itPlugin.RunEpgImport()
at ProcessPlugins.EpgGrabber.Zap2itPlugin.RefreshEPG(Object state)
6/17/2006 12:13:40 AM Rolling back the transaction

If anyone could help me get this plugin working, I would really appreciate it -- the plugin sounds great!

 

[bradsjm]

I have cleared my guide and removed all external channels from the Tv Channel list. When I start MP the epg client adds all of the channels in my Zap2It lineup. Unfortunately, all of the channel numbers in Configuration.exe-->Television-->TV Channels are mapped to 250000/0. They should instead be mapped to 250000/origChanNum. 300 HBO for instance should be mapped to 250000/300.

Thanks -- Steve

Found this bug, will be fixed in the next build. If you can't wait, PM me and I'll get you a pre-release.

 

[bradsjm]

Re: zap2it plugin fails with System.Net.Sockets.SocketExcept

Since no one else seems to be having this fundamental problem, I've probably just done something wrong in my environment, but I have been unable to get the plugin to connect to zap2it -- it always fails with the error listed below (with my system config info listed first):
...
If anyone could help me get this plugin working, I would really appreciate it -- the plugin sounds great!

Wow, this is a bizarre error. I assume you are NOT running any firewall software? Looking on google, I saw one person solve this by uninstall .NET Framework 1.1 (you NEED 2.0 though!) so it might be worth trying that.

 

[z3gator]

Re: zap2it plugin fails with System.Net.Sockets.SocketExcept

Since no one else seems to be having this fundamental problem, I've probably just done something wrong in my environment, but I have been unable to get the plugin to connect to zap2it -- it always fails with the error listed below (with my system config info listed first):
...
If anyone could help me get this plugin working, I would really appreciate it -- the plugin sounds great!

Wow, this is a bizarre error. I assume you are NOT running any firewall software? Looking on google, I saw one person solve this by uninstall .NET Framework 1.1 (you NEED 2.0 though!) so it might be worth trying that.

I do have firewall software (McAfee) running, and I don't recall whether I ever left it disabled long enough to cover an attempted connection to zap2it, so I'll do that next. I did just uninstall 1.1 .NET, but that made no difference, unfortunately. I also have MediaPortal configured as a privileged program for the firewall (and other plugins do successfully connect over the internet), so I wouldn't expect that to be the problem, but maybe. Are there specific ports I could allow for incoming and/or outgoing connections?

 

[z3gator]

Re: zap2it plugin fails with System.Net.Sockets.SocketExcept

Since no one else seems to be having this fundamental problem, I've probably just done something wrong in my environment, but I have been unable to get the plugin to connect to zap2it -- it always fails with the error listed below (with my system config info listed first):
...
If anyone could help me get this plugin working, I would really appreciate it -- the plugin sounds great!

Wow, this is a bizarre error. I assume you are NOT running any firewall software? Looking on google, I saw one person solve this by uninstall .NET Framework 1.1 (you NEED 2.0 though!) so it might be worth trying that.

I do have firewall software (McAfee) running, and I don't recall whether I ever left it disabled long enough to cover an attempted connection to zap2it, so I'll do that next. I did just uninstall 1.1 .NET, but that made no difference, unfortunately. I also have MediaPortal configured as a privileged program for the firewall (and other plugins do successfully connect over the internet), so I wouldn't expect that to be the problem, but maybe. Are there specific ports I could allow for incoming and/or outgoing connections?

Disabling the firewall didn't help. Google turned up another article that suggested that winsock might be corrupted (although that also seemed like an unlikely possibility since so many other programs making tcp connections work), but netdiag didn't return any errors, either. I'm out of ideas again