WebEPG-conf maximum Grab Days = 14? (1 Viewer)

[tekener]

Hi,

I have noticed that it is not possible to set the maximum grab days in WebEPG-conf to more than 14 days. I can manually change the value in the config file, but when starting the WebEPG-conf after the change, it will crash.

I have successfully loaded EPG data for more than 14 days from the tvinfo.de website for german tv, so webepg does not have a problem with grab days > 14.

My question: Is there a reason for this limitation which I haven't come across yet? Or can I use the higher number of grab days? In that case I would like to ask to remove this limitations from WebEPG-conf.

Thanks for this great program.

Olaf

 

[level20peon]

The reason for this limitation is that there isn't data for more days on the server where EPG is grabbed from.


-level20peon

 

[petsa]

Hi tekener,

Are you sure you can grab for 14 days? I tried to increase the number of days to grab when I tested this weekend and I got a message saying that 10 ays is the most.

/Peter

 

[level20peon]

It depends on the service you grab from. Some providers allow 7 days, some 10, some 14 and so on...


-level20peon

 

[tekener]

level20peon:
I initially thought so too that there isn't data for more days on the server. But I checked that manually on the website of tvinfo.de, and now after running webepg I have an XML-file with data e.g. for "Das Vierte" until 10th December. I forgot to mention that I also changed the value of "availabledays" in the grabber XML-file for tvinfo.de, not only "MaxGrabDays" in the WebEPG.xml.

The downside to this is of course that the grabbing process takes some hours before it finishes.

petsa:
Yes, that of course also depends on the website you're grabbing from. As I wrote, one of the two sites for german TV offers data longer in advance, I don't know for other countries.

Olaf

 

[felo]

Hey!
I Grab every 4 days do to the site not having more than 1 week, and only take 20 mins to finish (grabing and leaving the info in TV Guide).
I do grab at 1:00 am.