Automatic EPG updates not working

[boringgit]

So this is a bit of a slow burner - I dont watch so much TV, so when I switch on XBMC and find nothing much in the recordings I tend not to think about it much...

Unfortunately this doesnt seem to have worked - I went on this afternoon and there were no listings... I manually refreshed and all was good - but just now I looked at the logs and it seems like it ran an update this morning which looks like it worked... This is confusing!

And jcjefferies, your solution sounds a bit more complicated than I would like - although, if it's reliable might be worth a try. Perhaps your son would consider offering it under an open source license? It may just be a script, so the idea of licensing it may seem a bit grand, but if he has put time and effort into it, he may as well get some credit if others use it / create derivative scripts etc... Just a thought!

[mvallevand]

This explains it, the pc woke ok but then ...

2013-08-07 02:11:18.318 [DEBUG][8] EPG Updates Disabled

I thought there was a patch for this but sub didn't check in on this thread http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...te-whoopsy I'd check those config.xml settings and if you don't see a logic flaw copy them into a message.

Martin

Martin

[servalan]

An update:

$ cat /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/NPVR/epgupdate.bat
NextPvr -updateepgonly

run once a day from task sched has fixed the epg update hassles here.

I think later versions of NPVR should come with a warning that the built in epg update mechanism has been known to be unreliable & that it is advisable to create a task sched job. instead.

Still happy to help with the debugging if it helps - the inbuilt epg update is still failing with monotonous regularity - I haven't switched it off yet, the task sched epg update runs about 5 minutes after the built in one finishes.

[thisheat]

Okay, I think I can confirm that the problem is the auto updater is broken/unreliable, at least for me. From NRecord log:

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2013-08-12 02:15:24.749 [DEBUG][8] EPG Updates Disabled
2013-08-12 02:15:24.749 [DEBUG][8] Cancelling wake up request for for 'EPGWAKEUP'
2013-08-12 02:15:24.749 [DEBUG][8] Wakeup time has changed...
2013-08-12 02:15:24.749 [DEBUG][8] Requesting wake up for 'EPGWAKEUP' at 8/13/2013 2:15 AM
2013-08-12 02:15:24.749 [DEBUG][8] Next EPG update time: 8/13/2013 2:15 AM
2013-08-12 02:15:24.865 [DEBUG][7] Reloading recording schedule
2013-08-12 02:15:24.874 [DEBUG][7] CancelAllWakeupRequests
2013-08-12 02:15:24.874 [DEBUG][7] Cancelling wake up request for for 'RecordingOID949'
2013-08-12 02:15:24.874 [DEBUG][7] Cancelling wake up request for for 'RecordingOID950'
2013-08-12 02:35:00.296 [DEBUG][7] Stopping recording (950 on 20). Past end time of recording. 6
2013-08-12 02:35:00.360 [INFO][7] HDPVRRecorder.StopStream(6)
2013-08-12 02:35:00.360 [INFO][7] HDPVR/Colossus stream count now 0
2013-08-12 02:35:00.360 [DEBUG][7] Graph stopping...
2013-08-12 02:35:03.577 [DEBUG][7] Graph stopped
2013-08-12 02:35:03.578 [DEBUG][7] Removing filter NPVR Writer2
2013-08-12 02:35:03.578 [DEBUG][7] Removing filter NPVR Writer
2013-08-12 02:35:03.778 [DEBUG][7] Removing filter Infinite Pin Tee Filter
2013-08-12 02:35:03.779 [DEBUG][7] Removing filter Hauppauge HD PVR Encoder
2013-08-12 02:35:03.780 [DEBUG][7] Removing filter Hauppauge HD PVR Capture Device
2013-08-12 02:35:03.781 [DEBUG][7] Removing filter Hauppauge HD PVR Crossbar
2013-08-12 02:35:03.787 [DEBUG][7] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\PostProcessing.bat
2013-08-12 18:11:13.538 [DEBUG][7] PurgeOldDeletes()
2013-08-13 02:15:26.314 [DEBUG][8] EPG Updates Disabled
2013-08-13 02:15:26.314 [DEBUG][8] Cancelling wake up request for for 'EPGWAKEUP'
2013-08-13 02:15:26.314 [DEBUG][8] Wakeup time has changed...
2013-08-13 02:15:26.314 [DEBUG][8] Requesting wake up for 'EPGWAKEUP' at 8/14/2013 2:15 AM
2013-08-13 02:15:26.314 [DEBUG][8] Next EPG update time: 8/14/2013 2:15 AM
2013-08-13 02:15:26.399 [DEBUG][7] Reloading recording schedule
2013-08-13 02:15:26.401 [DEBUG][7] CancelAllWakeupRequests
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I am 100% sure that the box in Settings->Misc2 was not ticked on the 12th and was ticked on the 13th. Also, the config file reads:

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<EPGUpdateHour>2</EPGUpdateHour>
<EPGUpdateTime>02:15:00</EPGUpdateTime>
<EPGUpdateEnabled>true</EPGUpdateEnabled>
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I too am happy to help with debugging, as long as no one minds that when I say "a day or two", I occasionally mean "a week or two". :/ FWIW, this issue would be a lot less annoying if the updater didn't delete the old data before deciding not to download the new data. Don't know if that's an easier fix.

@Martin: Thanks for the link on managing sleep times. Unfortunately, the computer in question never sleeps, so that isn't the issue. A good read though, and I can see it being useful for others in the house.

[mvallevand]

If you updated config.xml you need to restart the recording service to make any changes take effect.

Martin

[thisheat]

Do you mean if I edited the xml file directly? What I did was tick the box in settings, then check the xml file to see if the value was updated, not edit w/ Notepad or similar. Do I still need to restart the service?

[mvallevand]

Yes you do,

Martin

[thisheat]

Well now I feel silly. Done. Next EPG update in half an hour, so we'll see.

I wonder if others might have the same problem. I mean, tick a box, click okay... there's nothing to tell you that you need to go to the taskbar and restart the service. Or maybe I'm just dense.

edit: It worked! Hopefully all is well from here on out....