TV Guide for Aussies (4 Viewers)

[beags]

Hi BKCH
I was running xmltv tv_grab_au, but this seems to have stopped working.
When I try & download the above grabber
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/xmltv/tv_grab_au_tuhs
I get a text file, is this correct

Kind Regards
beags

 

[voxmortis]

Beags,

Save this text as type .py

It's a Python script.

Follow BKCH's instructions.

If you're not a programmer, then it might be a bit beyond you - no offence!

I am, and still can't get it working.

 

[beags]

Thanks Voxmortis
No offence taken. im not a programmer, but i can usually get things working. I wonder if the compiled version of xmltv.exe will work grabbing the info from tvguide.org.
I had problems in the past using pearl & a nice person on the promixis forums pointed me to this site
http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?t=8409
after following the instructions, worked a treat until a few days ago

Thanks again for your reply

Beags

 

[robcinoz]

TV guide for Aussies using TVxb and yahoo

"eBroadcast (ourguide.com.au) recently made changes to this site to deter the use of grabbers such as TVxb. If you look at the schedule html - you will see that is has been "encypted" and a javascript is needed to unlock the coding. So TVxb is not able to process this site." - (thanks to Bill from TVxb Support for the heads-ups about yahoo)

The following is the TVxb.ini file for Sydney channels using yahoo.
(I also have an ini file for Bathurst)

NOTE: I had to experiment with the time zone a bit. Finally setting it to +0000 and then compensating in MP setup by 24hrs.


___________________________________________________________
! TVxb Version 1.0080

!----------------------------------------------------
! Channel Definitions for Sydney Listings
!
!
! Last updated: 15/11/2005
!
!
!----------------------------------------------------
!

!--main parameters--
minversion=1.0080
xmltvoutput="D:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\xmltv\tvguide.xml"
xmlencoding=utf-8
lang=en
auto=yes
days=8,+1
!--end of main parameters--

! Other Information on Main Parameters:
!
!mcechanneloutput="D:\Program Files\TVxb\xml\ChannelInfo.XML"
!
!special=utctime
timezone=+0000
!timezone=+1100
!timezone=+1000
!
!summerend=200603260300
!summerstart=200510300200
!
!days=8,+1

! Insert channel schedule information below this line
!----------------------------------------------------
[abc]
name=ABC
url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/venueresults.html?dt=[day=yyyy-mm-dd]&vn=18294
special=fulldescriptions
extractelement=from=description,to=category,position=1,start=Genre: ,end=:
start=1
title=2
descriptionhtmlstart=

descriptionhtmlend=<a href="http://au.rd.yahoo.com/tv/calendar
descriptionhours=1800-2300

[sbs]
name=SBS
url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/venueresults.html?dt=[day=yyyy-mm-dd]&vn=259105
special=fulldescriptions
extractelement=from=description,to=category,position=1,start=Genre: ,end=:
start=1
title=2
descriptionhtmlstart=

descriptionhtmlend=<a href="http://au.rd.yahoo.com/tv/calendar
descriptionhours=1800-2300

[seven]
name=SEVEN
url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/venueresults.html?dt=[day=yyyy-mm-dd]&vn=18891
special=fulldescriptions
extractelement=from=description,to=category,position=1,start=Genre: ,end=:
start=1
title=2
descriptionhtmlstart=

descriptionhtmlend=<a href="http://au.rd.yahoo.com/tv/calendar
descriptionhours=1800-2300

[nine]
name=NINE
url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/venueresults.html?dt=[day=yyyy-mm-dd]&vn=18671
special=fulldescriptions
extractelement=from=description,to=category,position=1,start=Genre: ,end=:
start=1
title=2
descriptionhtmlstart=

descriptionhtmlend=<a href="http://au.rd.yahoo.com/tv/calendar
descriptionhours=1800-2300

[ten]
name=TEN
url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/venueresults.html?dt=[day=yyyy-mm-dd]&vn=85459
special=fulldescriptions
extractelement=from=description,to=category,position=1,start=Genre: ,end=:
start=1
title=2
descriptionhtmlstart=

descriptionhtmlend=<a href="http://au.rd.yahoo.com/tv/calendar
descriptionhours=1800-2300

_____________________________________________________________

 

[beags]

Thanks robcinoz
It would be cool to get the Foxtel channels as well.
It looks like getting the data from http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/view/TVGuide/
would be the long term solution.

Regards
Beags

 

[yankinoz]

dunno why, but MP stopped recognising the tvguide data from BRP last night. The file looks the same as before and after spending about an hour trying to figure out what went wrong I gave up and have moved to the Australian Community-driven guide at http://tvguide.org.au

 

[BigBuddha]

MP Won't import "Showtime 2" (SHW2) channel from tvguide.xml obtained from http://tvguide.org.au. The data is there in the tvguide.xml but Media Portal simply won't acknowledge it's existence

The other problem is that I am not getting any data in the download for "Movie One Take Two" channel from http://tvguide.org.au which strikes me as being a tad strange since the Showtime 2 (SHW2) channel data is there.

I've checked and rechecked my python script and config and can't spot a problem.

Has anyone else come across either of these problems?

 

[mickb]

Hi, I have been using D1xmltvgrabber since I first started using MP with no problems, until now. Has anyone else experienced problems downloading data from D1 recently? The error I get says dataset cannot be null. Its as if they no longer post the data or have changed the location.

Any help is appreciated

 

[samuel337]

Hi, I have been using D1xmltvgrabber since I first started using MP with no problems, until now. Has anyone else experienced problems downloading data from D1 recently? The error I get says dataset cannot be null. Its as if they no longer post the data or have changed the location.

Any help is appreciated

Some more info would be nice...what region, which provider(s) ?

EDIT: It looks like D1 have disabled or killed off their XMLTV service - their web service is no longer returning any data. It may be temporary, as this means their media centres don't work either unless they have an alternative service somewhere.

Its probably easier and more reliable to move onto the tvguide.org.au data given the recent troubles with D1. I'll most likely knock together a .NET-based grabber for that for those who want to avoid the python-based solution, otherwise, just try the solution posted above.

Sam

 

[Bigmaxy]

Cool, anything you can provide would be excellent.