2.0.3 ATSC EPG times off by 6 hours

[blaster556]

Here is my SD EPG xml file.

QAM is correct, ATSC is off by 6 hrs...ie, the 7am news is showing up on the schedule at 1pm.

[blaster556]

I re-installed 2.0.3 on a VMWare guest and the ATSC channels are now fine. I guess something was corrupted from the earlier ATSC EPG bug I suffered from.

It would really be nice if there was a way to import/export channel mappings via a CSV file. This is kind of a pain to keep re-mapping things every time there is a corruption.

[blaster556]

Sigh...I spoke too soon. The problem is back. This time it's with the other tuner on my HDHR. The difference? I added them in a different order.

So it seems like the problem follows the second tuner that is added.

This has to be an NPVR bug.

[sub]

The PC time zone is correct. QAM EPG data is correct. ATSC schedules are off by 6 hours.

So you get both QAM and ATSC channel listings from Schedules Direct, and only the ATSC listings are out by 6 hours? Thats got to be a problem with the source data being supplied by Schedules Direct. If it was an NPVR problem, we'd be hearing about it from other users too.

If I were you I'd load up the SchedulesDirect.xml and find some shows that should be on at the same time on a QAM channel and a ATSC, and post those few lines so we can compare.

[sub]

Here is my SD EPG xml file.

QAM is correct, ATSC is off by 6 hrs...ie, the 7am news is showing up on the schedule at 1pm.

Remember this file is the exact data sent by Schedules Direct. NPVR hasnt touched it at all, so if you're seeing incorrect data for ATSC in the file, then Schedules Direct is supplying incorrect data.

[blaster556]

So you get both QAM and ATSC channel listings from Schedules Direct, and only the ATSC listings are out by 6 hours?

That was the case. When I reloaded NPVR on another server, I configured the two tuners in different order.

The first time I installed, I configured QAM then ATSC. The QAM was correct, but ATSC was off. When I re-installed, I configured ATSC first, then QAM. Now ATSC is correct, but QAM is now wrong. So it seems like it's the second tuner that's added that is displaying incorrectly.

Even right now, with my two installs of NPVR on two separate Windows 7 systems,
The first install is showing QAM correct and ATSC off by 6 hours (QAM is first tuner)
the second install is showing ATSC correct and QAM off by 6 hours (ATSC is first tuner)

If I go look at http://schedulesdirect.org/getdata and look for a common channel between the two lineups, the data is showing the same show on both channel IDs at the same time.

Thats got to be a problem with the source data being supplied by Schedules Direct. If it was an NPVR problem, we'd be hearing about it from other users too.

If I were you I'd load up the SchedulesDirect.xml and find some shows that should be on at the same time on a QAM channel and a ATSC, and post those few lines so we can compare.

Where is the schedules direct XML file? There's one in the c:\users\public\npvr directory, but the file seems to get created the first time I update the EPG, and it's never updated again. Even removing the file, doesn't re-create it, yet the data in the NPVR TV GUIDE does seem to update.

The SD support person sent me listing data for my two lineups, and the data he sent me was correct for both line ups.

[sub]

Where is the schedules direct XML file? There's one in the c:\users\public\npvr directory, but the file seems to get created the first time I update the EPG, and it's never updated again. Even removing the file, doesn't re-create it, yet the data in the NPVR TV GUIDE does seem to update.

Set <DumpSchedulesDirectData>true</DumpSchedulesDirectData> in config.xml's <General> section, then 'update epg' and it'll create a c:\users\public\npvr\sd.xml.

[blaster556]

If I were you I'd load up the SchedulesDirect.xml and find some shows that should be on at the same time on a QAM channel and a ATSC, and post those few lines so we can compare.

sub,

I was able to use your instructions to generate a sd.xml file. I looked at the file, and the data appears to be correct for QAM and ATSC. The times in the sd.xml are ZULU time, which you are already aware of I'm sure. The times in ZULU are the same times that the incorrect listings are showing up, so this does appear to be a TZ calculation issue with the second tuner in both of my NPVR installs:

Here's Desperate Housewive's as an example:

Station entry for QAM:
<map station='21236' channel='805' from='2006-07-12'/>
Sation entry for ATSC:
<map station='21236' channel='5' channelMinor='1'/>

program entry:
<program id='EP006723180150'>
<title>Desperate Housewives</title>

And the only entry for it in the schedule:
<schedule program='EP006723180150' station='21236' time='2011-03-14T01:00:00Z' duration='PT01H01M' tvRating='TV-PG' stereo='true'

There are no other schedule entries for any other episodes of Desperate Housewives.

This show should be on at 8PM Central time. This shows up at 8pm CT on the first tuner, but 1am on the incorrect tuner.

[sub]

I'm still not convinced this is a NPVR problem, but if you zip and attach your NPVR.db3, and PM me your schedules direct username/password, I'll take a look.

[blaster556]

Here's my DB. I'll PM my SD pass.