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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1120070" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>For the last two weeks I have been trying a slightly-modified TV Server configuration. This modified configuration <em>does</em> seem to reduce the occurrence of <em>missing EPG highlighting</em>. However, before we get onto that, I want to describe a different anomaly which I noticed a couple of days ago, and which recurred this morning, namely <em>vanishing EPG highlighting</em>. Note: I was using my previous TV Server configuration (i.e. the one that encounters the missing highlights).</p><p></p><p>I was listening to a DVB-T radio recording which was in the form of a DVR-MS file (recorded by WMC). Such recordings playback with a completely-blank screen (no visualisations here! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />), so I displayed the EPG. There was a recording scheduled on "BBC One HD", and the EPG cell was highlighted (correct). But suddenly, the highlighting vanished, without me pressing any buttons on the remote control. I made a note of the time (08:13), and later looked in the TV Server log to see what was happening at 08:13. As I suspected, the EPG Grabber was in fact updating the EPG for "BBC One HD" at the time that the highlighting vanished (see log extract below).</p><p></p><p>I don't know anything about the internals of TV Server or MP, but the evidence suggests that the part of MP that is responsible for highlighting the EPG cells becomes confused when the EPG Grabber updates the EPG for a channel that should have one or more highlighted cells. Here is the log extract (I have included only EPG-related lines); it shows that during the one minute starting at 08:13 the EPG Grabber was updating various EPG channels, including "BBC One HD":</p><p></p><p>[code][2015-01-14 08:02:05,825] [EPG ] [DVB EPG timer] [INFO ] - EpgGrabbing: Start</p><p>...</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:12:57,323] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: BBC TWO HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:06:56</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:04,162] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 187 epg entries for channel BBC TWO HD</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:04,167] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: BBC ONE HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:02</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:11,511] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 207 epg entries for channel BBC ONE HD</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:11,516] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: ITV HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:09</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:18,250] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 216 epg entries for channel ITV HD</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:18,256] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: Channel 4 HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:18</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:25,649] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 252 epg entries for channel Channel 4 HD</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:25,656] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: BBC THREE HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:22</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:29,427] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 137 epg entries for channel BBC THREE HD</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:29,487] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: CBBC HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:32</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:39,060] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 276 epg entries for channel CBBC HD</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:39,217] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: Sky News lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:46</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:52,859] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 384 epg entries for channel Sky News</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:13:52,864] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: Pick lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:12:50</p><p>[2015-01-14 08:14:02,003] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 258 epg entries for channel Pick</p><p>...[/code]</p><p></p><p>Although this might be the cause of <em>vanishing highlighting</em>, it is not obvious that it would also cause <em>missing highlighting</em>, since it requires the EPG Grabber to update the EPG for a channel at precisely the same time as the user is viewing that channel in the EPG. So I am inclined to think that there is probably another problem that causes the missing highlighting.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1120070, member: 141969"] For the last two weeks I have been trying a slightly-modified TV Server configuration. This modified configuration [i]does[/i] seem to reduce the occurrence of [i]missing EPG highlighting[/i]. However, before we get onto that, I want to describe a different anomaly which I noticed a couple of days ago, and which recurred this morning, namely [i]vanishing EPG highlighting[/i]. Note: I was using my previous TV Server configuration (i.e. the one that encounters the missing highlights). I was listening to a DVB-T radio recording which was in the form of a DVR-MS file (recorded by WMC). Such recordings playback with a completely-blank screen (no visualisations here! :(), so I displayed the EPG. There was a recording scheduled on "BBC One HD", and the EPG cell was highlighted (correct). But suddenly, the highlighting vanished, without me pressing any buttons on the remote control. I made a note of the time (08:13), and later looked in the TV Server log to see what was happening at 08:13. As I suspected, the EPG Grabber was in fact updating the EPG for "BBC One HD" at the time that the highlighting vanished (see log extract below). I don't know anything about the internals of TV Server or MP, but the evidence suggests that the part of MP that is responsible for highlighting the EPG cells becomes confused when the EPG Grabber updates the EPG for a channel that should have one or more highlighted cells. Here is the log extract (I have included only EPG-related lines); it shows that during the one minute starting at 08:13 the EPG Grabber was updating various EPG channels, including "BBC One HD": [code][2015-01-14 08:02:05,825] [EPG ] [DVB EPG timer] [INFO ] - EpgGrabbing: Start ... [2015-01-14 08:12:57,323] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: BBC TWO HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:06:56 [2015-01-14 08:13:04,162] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 187 epg entries for channel BBC TWO HD [2015-01-14 08:13:04,167] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: BBC ONE HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:02 [2015-01-14 08:13:11,511] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 207 epg entries for channel BBC ONE HD [2015-01-14 08:13:11,516] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: ITV HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:09 [2015-01-14 08:13:18,250] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 216 epg entries for channel ITV HD [2015-01-14 08:13:18,256] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: Channel 4 HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:18 [2015-01-14 08:13:25,649] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 252 epg entries for channel Channel 4 HD [2015-01-14 08:13:25,656] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: BBC THREE HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:22 [2015-01-14 08:13:29,427] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 137 epg entries for channel BBC THREE HD [2015-01-14 08:13:29,487] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: CBBC HD lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:32 [2015-01-14 08:13:39,060] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 276 epg entries for channel CBBC HD [2015-01-14 08:13:39,217] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: Sky News lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:07:46 [2015-01-14 08:13:52,859] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 384 epg entries for channel Sky News [2015-01-14 08:13:52,864] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - IdleEpgGrabber: Pick lastUpdate:14/01/2015 04:12:50 [2015-01-14 08:14:02,003] [EPG ] [EPG Update thread] [INFO ] - - Inserted 258 epg entries for channel Pick ...[/code] Although this might be the cause of [i]vanishing highlighting[/i], it is not obvious that it would also cause [i]missing highlighting[/i], since it requires the EPG Grabber to update the EPG for a channel at precisely the same time as the user is viewing that channel in the EPG. So I am inclined to think that there is probably another problem that causes the missing highlighting. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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