XMLTV Error (1 Viewer)

[Khris]

I keep getting this error message when trying to download listings via XMLTV.

MESSAGE: The endTime you specified was invalid and has been corrected to 2006-02-15T10:02:38Z.

XMLTV won't download any listings after this time.

Any suggestions?

 

[druden]

MESSAGE: The endTime you specified was invalid and has been corrected to 2006-02-15T10:02:38Z.

Hi Khris, I guess you're asking for more days of TV listings than provided - seems other people has had the same experience http://www.planetreplay.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11692&start=30&

Did you try grabbing just 1 day of TV listings?

If you post your XMLTV config I'll have a look at it...

 

[Khris]

Tried just one day yes....same thing.

tv_grab_na_dd.conf

username: **********
password: *******
timezone: -0500
lineup: 0005604:-
channel: 29 ARTSC
channel: 50 BET
channel: 12 CBEFT
channel: 10 CBET
channel: 17 CBNEW
channel: 63 CFMT
channel: 57 CFTM
channel: 20 TFO
channel: 59 CHCH
channel: 2 CICA
channel: 61 CITY
channel: 13 CKCO
channel: 3 CIII
channel: 40 CNBC
channel: 30 CNN
channel: 31 CNNH
channel: 18 CWEA
channel: 14 MUCHMUSIC
channel: 52 TFC
channel: 36 TLC
channel: 24 TSN
channel: 78 TV5
channel: 19 VISION
channel: 5 WDIV
channel: 15 WWJ
channel: 7 WJBK
channel: 60 WKBD
channel: 71 WTOL
channel: 72 WTVG
channel: 67 WTVS
channel: 62 WDWB
channel: 8 WXYZ
channel: 16 YTV
channel: 33 TLN
channel: 53 GOLF
channel: 27 W
channel: 37 CMT
channel: 34 SHCASEC
channel: 35 TDCC
channel: 38 BRAVOC
channel: 26 LIFENET
channel: 73 RDI
channel: 58 TSC
channel: 6 CHWI
channel: 11 LOCAL
channel: 76 APTN
channel: 45 TOONC
channel: 43 HISTC
channel: 44 COMEDC
channel: 70 CPAC
channel: 51 SPACEC
channel: 56 OLCC
channel: 21 NEWSNET
channel: 39 HGTVC
channel: 23 TREEC
channel: 55 PRIMETV
channel: 49 SPCCAN
channel: 54 RSO
channel: 32 MOMUSIC
channel: 47 WTBS
channel: 68 SCR
channel: 69 OLA
channel: 42 STAR
channel: 64 CLT
channel: 9 REAL
channel: 48 FOODC
channel: 28 SPIKEC
channel: 4 TVGCAN

 

[druden]

Tried just one day yes....same thing.

Looks like a glitch in XMLTV - I found this (look at the second posting on this page) http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/67435

You might be able to patch XMLTV like he did to fix the problem, or maybe it's fixed in the most recent version of XMLTV, current Window$ version is 0.5.42: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046

 

[Khris]

I've already got 5.42a installed, and sorry but the other page you gave me really means nothing.

 

[druden]

the other page you gave me really means nothing.

What he did was patch XMLTV

$dd_data->print($soap->download("<startTime>$dd_start</startTime><endTime>$dd_stop</endTime>"));

Printing the contents of $dd_stop revealed a perfectly formed stop time,
so there's some problem in the module that handles the transmission.
However, just for grins, I changed that line to read:

$dd_data->print($soap->download("<startTime>$dd_start</startTime><endTime>2004$dd_stop</endTime>"));

I guess you would need to download the XMLTV source code, patch it and then compile it yourself. Even better would be to report the bug and have the official source updated for good - try either support requests or feature requests here: http://membled.com/work/apps/xmltv/

Did you try with a configuration including only one channel and one day, it might be the problem relates only to one of those channels you are grabbing?

 

[Khris]

I tried it with just one day.....but not one channel.

I get listings up until the end of Monday so I'm hoping that Tuesday morning I'll be able to run the grabber again and it will work.

 

[wishywashy]

Are you running the grabber through MP? I can't run it either, I have the same error. To fix it, I just made the batch file:
xmltv.exe tv_grab_na_dd --days 7 --output tvguide.xml

Then used the windows scheduler to run this batch every 6 days.

Oh, check your user account to, did it expire?

 

[Khris]

I'll try the batch file idea.

My subscription hasn't expired yet.

 

[gtirebuyer]

zap2it has limited ALL request to the next 66 hours. There is nothing wrong with your set up. They say its temporary to fix there bandwith issues. See the zap2it forums