How to setup Tv Guide

[GeoLaw]

just download the -install.exe and run it to extract the zap2xml.exe. [the other one requires perl, another thing to install, the -install.exe has this built-in]
place it in npvrdata\scripts dir.
also make batch file as in above post [UpdateEPG.bat] and place also in scripts dir..
then run batch file manually once to create guide epg.xml, then go into npvr settings and map channels to the epg..
done

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?

[sub]

But when I click on the UpdateEPG.bat file, it quickly runs, disappears but no epg.xml is created

Might be worth running it from a command prompt, so it doesn't disappear, allowing you to read any error message from zap2xml.

[GeoLaw]

Might be worth running it from a command prompt, so it doesn't disappear, allowing you to read any error message from zap2xml.

Here is what script displays using command prompt (my username and password is in actual bat file).

c:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>zap2xml.exe -o epg.xml -u username -p password -d 15 -S 1 -D -A "new live" -E "amp apos quot lt gt" -F
Can't locate URI.pm in @INC (@INC contains: CODE(0x2b65e64) D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc\lib D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc CODE(0x287d624) CODE(0x2
87d924)) at (eval 18) line 2.
Compilation failed in require at HTTP/Request.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at LWP/UserAgent.pm line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at LWP/UserAgent.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at script/zap2xml.pl line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/zap2xml.pl line 11.

[ww4397]

Here is what script displays using command prompt (my username and password is in actual bat file).

c:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>zap2xml.exe -o epg.xml -u username -p password -d 15 -S 1 -D -A "new live" -E "amp apos quot lt gt" -F
Can't locate URI.pm in @INC (@INC contains: CODE(0x2b65e64) D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc\lib D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc CODE(0x287d624) CODE(0x2
87d924)) at (eval 18) line 2.
Compilation failed in require at HTTP/Request.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at LWP/UserAgent.pm line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at LWP/UserAgent.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at script/zap2xml.pl line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/zap2xml.pl line 11.

I don't know if this will help, but I see this note on the zap2xml site regarding a URI.pm error:

[INDENT]Note: "Can't locate URI.pm" error usually means something (virus scanner?)
deleted that standard perl file when it was extracted to your
C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Temp\par-### folder
Delete that temp cache dir and retry (ensure URI.pm isn't deleted again)[/INDENT]

[sub]

Here is what script displays using command prompt (my username and password is in actual bat file).

c:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts>zap2xml.exe -o epg.xml -u username -p password -d 15 -S 1 -D -A "new live" -E "amp apos quot lt gt" -F
Can't locate URI.pm in @INC (@INC contains: CODE(0x2b65e64) D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc\lib D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc CODE(0x287d624) CODE(0x2
87d924)) at (eval 18) line 2.
Compilation failed in require at HTTP/Request.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at LWP/UserAgent.pm line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at LWP/UserAgent.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at script/zap2xml.pl line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/zap2xml.pl line 11.

I can't directly help you with this, since it's not a NextPVR error, and I've never used zap2xml. Hopefully someone who is using it will be able to help you out though.

[treasuredphotos]

I had a similar error: Can't locate URI.pm in @INC (@INC contains: CODE(0x2b65e64) D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc\lib D:\Temp\par-47656f72
6765\cache-709d80414085c53abfd80ec559ac37c4061ccf1b\inc CODE(0x287d624) CODE(0x2
87d924)) at (eval 18) line 2. I followed the path D:\Temp\par-47656f72... then put that file on the desktop. Then I ran the bat file from the dos prompt, when I did it did run, so I am guessing that file was corrupt and when it does run it either makes a different file or it did not need it.

[GeoLaw]

I don't know if this will help, but I see this note on the zap2xml site regarding a URI.pm error:

[INDENT]Note: "Can't locate URI.pm" error usually means something (virus scanner?)
deleted that standard perl file when it was extracted to your
C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Temp\par-### folder
Delete that temp cache dir and retry (ensure URI.pm isn't deleted again)[/INDENT]

Thank you. Deleting the temp cache dir did the trick. Works good so far. My only issue now is this initial download and parsing of the listing took over an hour for what should have been about 24 OTA channels and about 15 days of listings despite a fast internet. Wish I knew that was normal. I kept wondering if something was wrong even though it appeared to be doing what was intended but would expect it to do it much faster.

Now that I am up to date, if I go a couple days without updating, do another update, will it redo the entire 15 days or simply update the missing couple of days? I hope to create a schedule in Windows that simply automatically runs the bat file once a day to keep me updated. If it only updates the single day it is missing, it should go much quicker. If it must redo the entire schedule, I will likely update late at night when I am not using pc.

[rkulagow]

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There's a 7 day free trial, and then either 2 months for $6, or a year for $25.

[GeoLaw]

just download the -install.exe and run it to extract the zap2xml.exe. [the other one requires perl, another thing to install, the -install.exe has this built-in]
place it in npvrdata\scripts dir.
also make batch file as in above post [UpdateEPG.bat] and place also in scripts dir..
then run batch file manually once to create guide epg.xml, then go into npvr settings and map channels to the epg..
done

Once the epg.xml guide is created, what process keeps it updated? Is it the same a mc2xml? There is an automatic update setup at the top of the Settings\Misc2 tab in NextPVR. But does that update work when using zap2xml.exe the same as when using mc2xml or must it be automatically updated in another way?

[camaroguy99]

So I'm having a similar issue as GeoLaw. When I click update EPG, it runs the bat file and the xml file gets created, but nothing imports into NextPVR. Has anyone experienced this?