DVB-S EPG not working w/ Haupauge Nova-S

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Both of you try temporarily creating the following registry setting:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Devnz\LogPsiProcessing=2 (DWORD)

The do an Update EPG in the config app. The zip and attach the config.exe.log, config.exe-native.log and c:\psi.log. After this, delete that registry setting - it generates huge files otherwise.

[newyankee]

Logs are attached. The psi.log grows and then falls back to 0 during the process. I have tried to catch three of various sizes during the process.

Hope they are of any use.
Guido

[swissueli]

Sub, as I said before with the new switch everything is working fine for me. But just incase here are the requested files.

[sub]

These are probably the hardest types of bugs resolve, and not being situated in front of the machine makes it even harder. For these types of problems I'd typically need a lot of info to work out what is happening.

From the few details I've got here so far, I suspect your both seeing different problems. I'm wondering whether we should have two threads for these, so we dont confuse issues between the two?

newyankee, given your indication that it seems to work after view a channel makes me think your problem is tuning related. Wheras swissueli is sounding like a parsing problem to me.

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So you know the general procedure, when GB-PVR is doing the DVB EPG update, it works its way through each of the transponders, tuning to that transponder, waiting for 60 seconds or so to give the parser a chance to parse any EPG records that go by. It then returns a big XML string of those listings, which is saved to c:\dvbepg.xml if <SaveDvbEpgXML> is set to in config.xml. These listings are then processed and saved in the database, before beginning the process again with the next transponder.

One of the things that makes it hard to debug from my end is that these files are overwritten for each transponder.

To help me get to the bottom of it, we might need to narrow the scope to on transponder temporarily, allowing me to get a good set of log files. To do this, you'd be best to backup your database (gbpvr.db3), then delete the database file, start the config app and create a new capture source, but only map channels from one transponder. Then do the update EPG, saving the config.exe.log, config.exe-native.log, c:\psi.log and c:\dvbepg.xml. Also let me know whether this resulted in any listings.

A lot of work I know, but this is really the sort of things I need to do to work through the problem.

[newyankee]

I did as suggested

start the config app and create a new capture source, but only map channels from one transponder. Then do the update EPG, saving the config.exe.log, config.exe-native.log, c:\psi.log and c:\dvbepg.xml. Also let me know whether this resulted in any listings.

Not too much work, if it helps in the end.

1) New capture source with a single transponder
2) Update EPG -> Works - generates large psi.log, and an xmltv file and listings, logs are here (attachment upload failed)
3) Restart machine -> Config -> Empty EPG -> Update EPG -> Tiny psi-log, no xmltv file, no listings, logs are attached.
4) Tune to the first channel of the single transponder in config -> then update EPG -> same as 2)

It seems the tuner is not properly initialized.

Guido

[sub]

It seems the tuner is not properly initialized.

There is no initialization that needs to be done, but it does indeed look like your device is ignoring some of the tuning requests submitted. I'm not sure why.

Can you apply the attached patch, add <BDASubmitTuningRequestTwiceOnDVBEPG>true</BDASubmitTuningRequestTwiceOnDVBEPG> to config.xml, then repeat step 3 above?

[newyankee]

The patch together with the config edit works.
I get reliable EPG updates on all transponders. I will observe automatic updates for 2 days and report again.

Still, there is a second problem with the tv guide.
Opening the tv guide after starting gbpvr takes 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Both on the pc or mvp. Moving left or right in the guide is almost impossible, I have to hold the button or press repeatedly.

99.12 with blue skin or mce2 - regardless. I have created a new gbpvr.db3 from scratch (new capture sources, fresh epg, current size is 37 mb)

Logs are attached.

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Still, there is a second problem with the tv guide.
Opening the tv guide after starting gbpvr takes 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Both on the pc or mvp. Moving left or right in the guide is almost impossible, I have to hold the button or press repeatedly.

Approximately how many channels and days of listings have you got? I'm guessing a lot?

Zip and email your gbpvr.db3 file to me at support@devnz.com and I'll take a look, and try to speed it up.

[newyankee]

Hm, that is essential information.

41 channels, 7 days of EPG.
Moving left and right works fine on the XMLTV channels' EPG but not for the DVB-EPG channels.

The behaviour is new since 99.12. This post sounds very similar.

I have e-mailed you a download link for the gbpvr.db3

Thanks!
Guido