Over-the-air channels with Yahoo/API

[jldet5]

Thanks; that makes sense!


Next problem. The time offset is stuck on -06:00. I'm not sure if GBPVR expects no offset at all and then compensates based on the time zone as set by the computer of if it needs to be done manually.

Should the offset be set to +0000 or UTC ?

[whurlston]

Thanks; that makes sense!


Next problem. The time offset is stuck on -06:00. I'm not sure if GBPVR expects no offset at all and then compensates based on the time zone as set by the computer of if it needs to be done manually.

Should the offset be set to +0000 or UTC ?

I was using "UTC" but for some reason it resulted in the guide being an hour off. Switching it to "+0000" makes it work correctly.

[jldet5]

Looks like the offset is not being written to the XML file. This will be a problem for getting the EPG guide data on the right time along with DST changes?

[whurlston]

I convert the times to UTC from the database then add the offset.
Here's the c# code I use. (The offset is a variable because I allow it to be overridden from the command line.)

Code:

string offset = "+0000";
DateTime progStartTime = program.StartTime.ToUniversalTime();
DateTime progStopTime = program.EndTime.ToUniversalTime();
progStart.Value = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0:yyyyMMddHHmmss} {1}", progStartTime, offset);
progStop.Value = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0:yyyyMMddHHmmss} {1}", progStopTime, offset);

I can't remember if the times in the zip files are UTC or not since I am actually puling the data from the Go 4 TV database, so you may not have to perform the ToUniversalTime().

[Squid]

Big thanks from me, this is exactly what I needed, and I don't think it could work any better.

Thanks!

Squid

Edit:

Hey, the times are off an hour! I figured since I was CST I would be okay. Guess not.

[whurlston]

Looks like the offset is not being written to the XML file. This will be a problem for getting the EPG guide data on the right time along with DST changes?

You can have GB-PVR offset the epg for you in this case. In the config where you specify the XML file, there is an option to adjustthe offset.

[Squid]

I don't know if the output results are acceptable to gbpvr or not ( I'll test it when I get home tonight ). Attached is a little perl script that moves the stop and start times forward 1 hour. At least it looks like it does to me. If this actually works ( and anybody wants me to ) then I'll make the hardcoded filenames and +10000 command line arguments and make an executable.

---
#!perl
use XML::Simple;

my $tvlist = XMLin('OverTheAir.xml');

foreach my $prog (@{$tvlist->{'programme'}}) {
$prog->{'stop'} = $prog->{'stop'} + 10000;
$prog->{'start'} = $prog->{'start'} + 10000;
}

open OUTFILE,(">outfile.xml");
print OUTFILE XMLout($tvlist);
---

Before:
--
<programme start="20070715180000" stop="20070715190000" channel="5">
<title>Nature</title>
<sub-title>Kalahari: The Flooded Desert</sub-title>
<desc>The Kalahari Desert's Okavango Delta from the point of view of crocodiles and eagles.</desc>
<category>Anthology</category>
<category>Nature</category>
<category>Series</category>
<rating system="VCHIP"><value>TVG</value></rating>
</programme>
--
After
--
<programme channel="5" desc="The Kalahari Desert's Okavango Delta from the point of view of crocodiles and eagles." start="20070715190000" stop="20070715200000" sub-title="Kalahari: The Flooded Desert" title="Nature">
<category>Anthology</category>
<category>Nature</category>
<category>Series</category>
<rating system="VCHIP" value="TVG" />
</programme>
--


Squid

[Squid]

You can have GB-PVR offset the epg for you in this case. In the config where you specify the XML file, there is an option to adjustthe offset.

Tried that, it appeared to ignore my setting. Tried the empty button, then the reload button.

I tried + and - numbers, it didn't have any effect.

Squid

[whurlston]

Instead of moving the times ahead one hour, I would simply try adding the "+0000" to the start and stop times.

[jldet5]

Tried that, it appeared to ignore my setting. Tried the empty button, then the reload button.

I tried + and - numbers, it didn't have any effect.

Squid

Same for me.