Timezone compensation in TV Guide (EPG Buddy)

[Mel]

Sorry again, every file I've generated with EPG Buddy "works" (is readable by NextPVR) it's just that without manually changing that offset the Guide is out of whack by the 7 hours. I will do as you requested and upload the new log zip.

[Mel]

Alright! I've reset everything from scratch and rescanned, reselected, and generated a new unmodified xml file via EPG Buddy. Everything ran as expected, TV Guide listings are 7 hours off. Have attached the log file and here's the link the the xml file: https://www16.zippyshare.com/v/z3gpPgJO/file.html

[mvallevand]

Is the timezone set correctly on your PC?

Martin

[Mel]

Yes, I double checked and compared auto time zone vs. manual setting, both work correctly.

[sub]

It appears that in Media Portal 2 there is a setting (Plugins/XmlTv) "Apply time compensation when loading tvguide.xml" to account for this. Is there something like this that could be added to NextPVR? Or, am I missing something that functions similarly that's already there?

There isn't currently any setting for this. It currently expects your xmltv files to be for your timezone.

[Mel]

So for now, what you're saying is that I need to manually edit the xml file as there's no way on the NextPVR side of things to adjust for this. Fair enough, that's really all I was posting about. If this is a feature that could be added in the future, it would be appreciated! EPG Buddy has simplified (relatively speaking) the xml file generation and it'd be great if there was a workflow/solution that accommodated that tool.

[mvallevand]

I set up SD to get guide data from San Francisco. When I see Dr Phil tomorrow at 10am in my view it seems right factoring in DST

Code:

<programme start="20200902130000 -0400" stop="20200902140000 -0400" channel="I4.1.19573.schedulesdirect.org">
                <title lang="en">Dr. Phil</title>
                <sub-title lang="en">Torn Between Two FiancΘs</sub-title>
                <desc lang="en">Linda thinks her daughter's two online fiances are in it for the green cards; one of the                <credits>
                        <presenter>Dr. Phil McGraw</presenter>
                </credits>
                <date>20191104</date>
                <category lang="en">Series</category>
                <category lang="en">Talk</category>
                <episode-num system="onscreen">18033</episode-num>
                <episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00517851.3108</episode-num>
                <video>
                        <aspect>16:9</aspect>
                        <quality>HDTV</quality>
                </video>
                <audio>
                        <stereo>stereo</stereo>
                </audio>
                <previously-shown start="20191104000000" />
                <subtitles type="teletext" />
                <rating system="VCHIP">
                        <value>TV-14</value>
                </rating>
        </programme>

when I see this in your guide is does not factor in DST

Code:

<programme start="20200902170000 -0700" stop="20200902180000 -0700" channel="KRONHD-17638">
    <title>Dr. Phil</title>
    <sub-title>Torn Between Two Fiancés</sub-title>
    <desc>Holly is engaged to two men she met online, but her mom believes they are in it for the green card.</desc>
    <length units="minutes">60</length>
    <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">17.38.</episode-num>
  </programme>

It seems the time is off but only by DST.

Martin

[Mel]

If DST is the cause it should only be 1 hour off, no? And I'm quite sure that if I imported that SD xml file into my NextPVR guide things would be 4 hours off rather than 7. As I wrote earlier, removing that -0700 entry from the xml file makes the TV Guide in NextPVR display correctly.

[Mel]

Looking at it, the -0400 you're getting is the 3 hours offset between PDT and EDT.

[Mel]

In my NextPVR TV Guide, using the attached xml file from EPG Buddy (via TvGuide.com) shows are 7 hours late. A show that should start at 12PM starts at 7PM. That's where the 7 hours comes from and that's why if I delete the -0700 from the xml file entries everything works in the NextPVR TV Guide.

I'm sorry we're having such difficulty getting this straightened out. I really thought this was straightforward problem.