How to setup Tv Guide

[treasuredphotos]

I have not had a chance to check until today if bat file was updating everyday. I did not have any programs listed soI tried to manually run the bat file again, it did not update. I deleted the cash directory I see it is now downloading a lot of information. So Think it is doing it correctly. However it never updated, matter of fact after midnight I lost all the downloads.. Now I am supposed to using the TV Guide from NPVR, is this correct or is there something else I need to download? I also see it say: Optionally set up a cron job/task scheduler task to run it every day. What is a cron job/task scheduler?

[Graham]

For completeness and to get it all into one place ... There are two ways to get EPG data into NextPVR.

The easiest way is to pay Schedules Direct (SD) and to configure NextPVR to read data from SD. NextPVR connects directly to SD and copies the EPG data from SD into the NextPVR database.

The less easy way is to use one of several free programs that operate in a dodgy way to obtain EPG data from sources that are intended for other purposes. The various free programs were previously described at http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post490031

NextPVR is able to read an xml file that is in xmltv format. The xmltv format is used by NextPVR and by most other TV software. The free programs obtain TV listing data from somewhere and create an xml file in a folder on your computer. NextPVR is then able to read that file. I cannot help you with the configuration of the free programs because I don't use them and there are other folk who know these programs better than I do.

You can look at the content of the xml file to see if the content appears to be correct. A double click on the xml file should open the file in a web browser. You should see lines in the format

<channel id="UK_RT_117">
<display-name lang="en">BBC2 West</display-name>

with the lines repeated for each channel.

You should also see lines in the format

<programme start="20150803060000 +0100" stop="20150803091500 +0100" channel="UK_RT_104">
<title lang="en">Breakfast</title>
<sub-title>
</sub-title>
<desc>__SD: Round-up of national and international news, plus the latest from the money markets __OR: Round-up of national and international news, plus the latest from the money markets.
</desc>
<category lang="en">News</category>
<video>
<aspect>16:9</aspect>
</video>
<subtitles type="teletext">
<language lang="en">English</language>
</subtitles>
</programme>

with the lines repeated for each show.

NextPVR does not know and does not care how the xml file is created. NextPVR needs to be told the location of the file as shown in the Channel Details dialog box toward the bottom of ... http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...n.Channels

In summary, there are two processes that are required to get EPG data into NextPVR free of charge. The first is to run a program that creates an xml file in a folder on the computer. The second is to get NextPVR to read the xml file. For testing, these two processes can be run manually. The command to create the xml file can be typed at the command line or can be in a batch file and the name of the batch file can be typed at the command line. NextPVR will read the xml file when the Update EPG button is clicked ... http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...n.Channels

The two process can both be automated. A time can be set at EPG Update Hour in Settings --> Misc2 ... http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...tion.Misc2 . NextPVR will read the xml file at this time each day.

Before NextPVR reads the xml, NextPVR looks for a file called updateepg.bat in the Scripts folder ... http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...BatchFiles . This batch file is run by NextPVR before NextPVR reads the xml file. Typically, the updateepg.bat file contains the command that causes a program to create the xml file that contains the EPG data.

Good Luck.

[treasuredphotos]

I think I found part of my problem, there were more channels than I had setup in zap2it for the xml file. Now I am not sure about it updating this time I will see tomorrow if it did.


Is there a way to make the TV Guide go ahead in time to see what is coming on later than what the guide shows. I may want to record something in the evening, but need to set this up in the morning. How can I do this other than go to Zap2it.com?

[sub]

Is there a way to make the TV Guide go ahead in time to see what is coming on later than what the guide shows.

Yes, just use the arrow keys to scroll around the NextPVR TV Guide. You can also press the skip keys to jump forward/back a day (ctrl-RightArrow / ctrl-LeftArrow)

[mvallevand]

FF & RW and F1 are handy in the guide too.

Martin

[treasuredphotos]

I had the program download work however I realized that when a channel had (4)-.1,.2,or .3 it was giving me the same information for different channel. So I thought I must have group the channels together. So I tried to fix this now I cannot even get the UpdateEPG.bat to run manually. I am not sure what I did. I deleted the channels and rescanned them. I thought that was the original problem. However I think I believe you should run the UpdateEPG file manually before you even set up this program. I cannot get the bat file to run and it did work before, I am not sure what happen.

[sub]

Normally NextPVR would have no UpdateEPG.bat. It will run this batch file if you have it though. So....if you end up creating this batch file, it's up to you to make sure whatever you put in there runs (ie, it's your own custom stuff, not NextPVR standard stuff).

[treasuredphotos]

I ran the bat program from a dos prompt and I think I have found the problem. There was a file in the temp dir that must have been corrupt. I move the file and from the dos prompt I started running the baat file. it is running now, so I think I have found the problem. It is not done yet so it has not created epg.xml file yet.

[Graham]

Be warned ... When NextPVR runs the .bat file automatically, the.bat file is run in the context of the NextPVR Recording Service so all of the file paths in the .bat need to be full paths ... For example, C:\EPG\xmltv.xml rather than just xmltv.xml.

[GeoLaw]

I am in a similar situation. Windows Legacy using mc2xml no longer works for me. I have now attempted to use Zap2it listings. I copied the above 'UpdateEPG.bat' file script exactly but inserted my new user name (email) and password for Zap2it. I then downloaded and installed the zap2xml-install and placed both files in the scripts folder. But when I click on the UpdateEPG.bat file, it quickly runs, disappears but no epg.xml is created. I can not map the channels to the epg as there is none. Why is it not creating the epg.xml file?