EPG not updating from Schedules Direct

[DSzenina]

I recently switched my EPG from using the MSN_XMLTV scraper 6.5 to Schedules Direct because the scraper was getting an http 404 error every night. I selected SchedulesDirect as my EPG source in config.exe. When I click on UpdateEPG it requests the listings and runs fine. I have set the automatic EPG update time as 2:00AM. However, the updateEPG.bat contains the command line for the MSN_XMLTV_scraper_V.65.exe scraper. I assume the updateEPG.bat batch file is my problem. How do I setup the updateEPG.bat for Schedules Direct or did I do something incorrectly in setting up config.exe for Schedules Direct? I saw references in the the Schedules Direct wiki to native mode and using updateEPG but I don't understand the difference in configurations. Thanks.

Don

[whurlston]

If you have the EPG source in Config set to Schedules Direct, that would be the native mode and you don't need anything in UpdateEPG.bat.

Make sure you remove the entries in UpdateEPG.bat for your old scraper.

[DSzenina]

I removed the single command line from the updateEPG.bat batch file so it's now an empty file. Thanks for the response.

Don

[markbb1]

I recently switched my EPG from using the MSN_XMLTV scraper 6.5 to Schedules Direct because the scraper was getting an http 404 error every night.

There is a workaround for the 404 error: add a line to your hosts file to point to a different ip address than DNS servers provide for the URL hard-coded into the MSN Scraper. I added the line to my hosts file and tested the MSN Scraper and it seemed to work.
Not to take anything away from Schedules Direct, but wouldn't mc2xml work for your location/provider(s)?