Search Guide issues + Duplicates in Pending

[dennit]

To be honest, I cant remember for sure, but I think all the info supplied is imported, but all the built in screens only try to show channel data for enabled channels.

I'll check the Search Guide screen to make sure it also only shows enabled channels.

Thanks, I have to admit I can't remember if I saw this only in SearchWiz or also in the default search. It looks like the best practice is to not have any data in the xml EPG file from channels that I can't receive. If I'd realized I could exclude them, I would have. Now that I know it's possible, I'll go back and do it, then I can feel free to clear the EPG and reimport if I need to. It took me forever to uncheck the hundreds of scrambled digital channels from the two sources in config :o.

[whurlston]

The "Exclude" option is no longer used in MceEpg2XmlTv 2.0.0.5 (latest build). MceEpg2XmlTv will not output data for channels (channel info or programs) that you deselected in the GUI. Basically just a different inplementation of the exclude option.

I recommend using seperate configurations for QAM and analog.

[dennit]

I recommend using seperate configurations for QAM and analog.

OK, I've reconfigured to use separate configs. Thanks for the suggestion!

[whurlston]

If you are using the same MCE lineup for both configurations, you do not need to run the downloader twice. If that is the only MCE lineup you use for all your configurations, you actually don't need to run the downloader at all. MCE will handle the internal EPG updates on it's own. Just run the converter for each configuration.

[dennit]

If you are using the same MCE lineup for both configurations, you do not need to run the downloader twice. If that is the only MCE lineup you use for all your configurations, you actually don't need to run the downloader at all. MCE will handle the internal EPG updates on it's own. Just run the converter for each configuration.

I ended up deleting both sources in gbpvr and reinstalling them.

I've got it set up now in UpdateEPG.bat with a single run of the downloader pulling in all channels. Two MceEpg2XmlTv.exe runs with two different configs - one for qam and one for analog - eat the same data and spit two xmltv format files for gbpvr. I've got MCE auto download turned off (I understood MCE's download could cause problems in some situations, but perhaps that only happened if the downloader was running and conflicted).

This setup has simplified working with channels in gbpvr's config, and solved the search guide issue. It's a lot easier to have only the channels I receive in gbpvr, and the MceEpg2XmlTv configs are text files that I can easily edit. I was getting really tired of using check boxes to mark received vs not received channels.

The other issue (duplicate recurring recordings) disappeared with the disappearance of the original two sources. Thanks for the help.

[whurlston]

I've got MCE auto download turned off (I understood MCE's download could cause problems in some situations, but perhaps that only happened if the downloader was running and conflicted).

Yup. That's why I suggested not using the downloader and letting MCE handle it. You did the reverse which is fine and accomplishes the same thing. Your method ensures that the download occurs before the conversion so it's actually better.

As for editing the configuration files manually, I highly recommend Notepad++ if you don't have a notepad alternative yet.

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/

[dennit]

As for editing the configuration files manually, I highly recommend Notepad++ if you don't have a notepad alternative yet.

I love UltraEdit for text.

I just saw your post on UltraXMLTV in the MceEpg2XmlTv thread, and thought I'd look into that once I've got all the GBPVR issues nailed down. Right now I've got some very minor leftover channel numbering issues, probably as the result of recordings made previously that still reference old channels in the gbpvr.db3 database.

After you've set things up multiple times, you finally figure out how you should have done it the first time

[dennit]

Thanks to all who helped me. Both of these issues are fixed. The duplicate pending recordings disappeared while fixing the guide issue problem and haven't reappeared. I assume the duplicates were stuck in the gbpvr.db3 database somehow. I ended up exporting my recordings and deleting the db. I also deleted my two sources from config, then added them again.

On the guide search issue, it was important to make sure that the xml guide data only includes channels that are actually received. It's possible to remove them in gbpvr after the data is imported, but for several reasons (guide data searches in SearchWiz at least and when emptying and reloading guide data via config), that's much less desirable.

[JavaWiz]

Thanks to all who helped me. Both of these issues are fixed. The duplicate pending recordings disappeared while fixing the guide issue problem and haven't reappeared. I assume the duplicates were stuck in the gbpvr.db3 database somehow. I ended up exporting my recordings and deleting the db. I also deleted my two sources from config, then added them again.

On the guide search issue, it was important to make sure that the xml guide data only includes channels that are actually received. It's possible to remove them in gbpvr after the data is imported, but for several reasons (guide data searches in SearchWiz at least and when emptying and reloading guide data via config), that's much less desirable.

So, does SearchWiz work correctly now for your searches, or do the queries need to be modified to address only channels that are mapped?

[dennit]

So, does SearchWiz work correctly now for your searches, or do the queries need to be modified to address only channels that are mapped?

Searchwiz works great now. I've modified my epg data sources so that they only provide data for channels that I actually receive. I cleaned out my database to make sure that only that data was in there, so now there is no "wrong" data for Searchwiz to find.