zap2xml - a free zap2it scraper

[dalokgawd]

I messed with scheduler to run a .bat file, so it deletes the cache, runs the scraper, get's the info, then updates the EPG. So far it's working as good as zap2it ever did, with no manual input from me. Another WAF success.
The info I'm getting in TV Guide is slightly less informative, but I'm going to get the plugin going later today to fix that (the one with ratings, etc.).

I don't know how to create a batch file from scratch... can you possible post what you did with yours to get it to run the scraper and update the EPG? Thanks!

[bigC]

I don't know how to create a batch file from scratch... can you possible post what you did with yours to get it to run the scraper and update the EPG? Thanks!

I just got my working with this code,

Code:

"c:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\zap2xml\zap2xml.exe" -u xxx@yyy.com -p password update

This works but for some reason the xml file is created in the main gbpvr folder & not the zap2xml folder I created. Anyone know how to change that?

[TomH]

...for some reason the xml file is created in the main gbpvr folder & not the zap2xml folder I created. Anyone know how to change that?

Try the -o option to specify the output file, something like

Code:

"c:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\zap2xml\zap2xml.exe" -u xxx@yyy.com -p password -o "c:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\zap2xml\zap2xml.xml"  update

NOT tested

HTH,TomH

[fla]

You can add this line in your batch file before the line you already have.

Code:

cd "c:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\zap2xml"

[pvruser]

ok here are 2 versions of UpdateEPG.bat:

cd "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\"
zap2xml\zap2xml.exe -u xxx@xxx.com -p xxx -d 12 -o zap2xml\epgfile.xml -c zap2xml\cache

this assumes that you set up a directory called zap2xml inside the gbpvr directory (thats why we CD and then use relative paths).


second version of UpdateEPG.bat:

cd "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\"
zap2xml\zap2xml.exe -C zap2xml\zap2xmlrc

and then create the config file zap2xmlrc inside the directory zap2xml:

start=0
days=12
user=xxx@xxx.com
pass=xxx
cache=zap2xml\cache
icon=media\ChannelLogos
outfile=zap2xml\epgfile.xml


either way works and will pull 12 days of programming.


then of course you need to set up the XMLTV plugin to load the XML file C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\zap2xml\epgfile.xml (i used the full path not the relative one)

also see my instructions on the previous page of this post http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...stcount=30

[dalokgawd]

Cool I think I got this thing set with the updateEPG.bat file set to run every mightnight through Windows Task Scheduler and then the config set to update the EPG automatically at 1:00 AM every night.

I wish stupid Zap2it hadn't sold out and made me go through this though. :p

[pvruser]

Cool I think I got this thing set with the updateEPG.bat file set to run every mightnight through Windows Task Scheduler and then the config set to update the EPG automatically at 1:00 AM every night.

I wish stupid Zap2it hadn't sold out and made me go through this though. :p

UpdateEPG.bat will be executed by GBPVR in place of the normal program guide update if it's found in the main directory. so i dont think you need to schedule any tasks...

[JavaWiz]

I've got the zap2xml program running thanks to all the helpful info in this thread (especially to pvruser). Unfortunately, I am unable to feed the resulting xml file into i-xmltv without getting an error 62

Code:

Enhancing EPG: TEMP-EPG.XML >> I-xmltv.XML
Error= 62  Error codes are located in ReadMe-NOW.txt

According to the documentation, "62 Input past end of file".

I suspect it must have something to do with the generated xml, but I have checked the file, it is valid.

Any ideas?

[gangaskan]

is this better than the Y! scrapper? (do i get listing information ie episode descriptions?)

[TomH]

I've got the zap2xml program running thanks to all the helpful info in this thread (especially to pvruser). Unfortunately, I am unable to feed the resulting xml file into i-xmltv without getting an error 62

Code:

Enhancing EPG: TEMP-EPG.XML >> I-xmltv.XML
Error= 62  Error codes are located in ReadMe-NOW.txt

According to the documentation, "62 Input past end of file".

I suspect it must have something to do with the generated xml, but I have checked the file, it is valid.

Any ideas?

I'm also running zap2xml and pushing it through I-xmltv -- and have experienced no errors or problems.
I would try killing (or renaming) all the old .xml's then running UpdateEPG.bat directly from it's subdir -- just to insure that I-xmltv.exe is processing the file that you expect.