MceEpg2XmlTv

[mvallevand]

Zehd you and I are miles apart but the tech is right the EOL for XP is 2014 so Vista as you know it now will have cycled. The next gen is much more like to be based Vista then XP. I can't imagine that most people reading this will still be on XP in 2014 so what OS do you think they will be using?

It raises the question if people are running XP in 2014 will they still be asking sub to bring back GB-PVR.exe because they can't run PVRX2.exe

Martin

[whurlston]

I can't imagine that most people reading this will still be on XP in 2014 so what OS do you think they will be using?

BeOS (now known as OSX).

[zehd]

Zehd you and I are miles apart but the tech is right the EOL for XP is 2014 so Vista as you know it now will have cycled. The next gen is much more like to be based Vista then XP. I can't imagine that most people reading this will still be on XP in 2014 so what OS do you think they will be using?

It raises the question if people are running XP in 2014 will they still be asking sub to bring back GB-PVR.exe because they can't run PVRX2.exe

Martin

Wait a minute. I thought we were talking about WinME!!!!

Just like the big transition in UI from 3.1 to 95, and WinME to XP, I know that the vista UI will be around for a bit. It's what's under the covers, that I'm hoping will be changed...

I keep thinking about the Mac commercial with PC and Mac...

Mac says, "Hey PC..." A secret service kind of guy standing behind PC says, Mac has just issued a salutation. Do you wish to accept?..."

From the very first time I sat down at a Vista computer, I met that guy. And I hated him. He was very mean to me. He did not respect any experience I had, and wouldn't let me do anything 'advanced' without me having to beg steal or borrow.

It's enough of a huge pain in the ass that I'm learning a brand new (almost brand new) Programming language, but now Gates wants me to do it on a new OS too? And tshooting and user proofing for a few OSes to boot... What next? Canada joins the EU in the mass migration to Linux and MS snubbing? And any of us that have had a chance to get comfortable with something, have some confidence and security with, are shaken and clubbed into submission, to learn something that doesn't even work correctly?

I'm not someone that stayed with 95 and called 98 the devil. I'm not someone that can't learn something new. But I'm just getting sick of MS beta testing their crap on us after they've already called it tested and ready...

Whoops I'm a bit off topic here. [/rant]

[mvallevand]

BeOS (now known as OSX).

I laughed at first but it got me thinking about how much Iike the Be machine I made when it was given away free, it was the best machine for video capture at the time IHMO. The as I went down memory lane of all the OS's I liked (especially OS/2) I realized that I have no special memories of Windows except maybe for Windows 2 on an old Hercules card.

Martin

[whurlston]

I liked BeOS. Almost as much as my Amiga 4000 with the Toaster 4000 installed. Mac hired a couple of the lead BeOS programmers when they went defunct. FrontRow is a direct result of their work.

I realized that I have no special memories of Windows

Don't forget how happy we were when 3.11 WFW came out after the 3.1 network issues. I still say 3.11 WFW was was the most stable (Windows) OS they ever put out.

except maybe for Windows 2 on an old Hercules card.

I think I still have Win 1.0 around somewhere. About all it came with was Notepad and Solitaire.

[stangdaman]

Sorry if I'm just overlooking another duplicate. I just don't see any error on this one. Any ideas?

[whurlston]

There is no error with the EPG file on this one. Something has the database locked though and gbpvr can't access it to update the listings.

Code:

2008-03-27 08:39:37.953    ERROR    [6]    Failure in ChannelFactory::LoadCompleteGenreList(): The database file is locked
database is locked

You could try rebooting the machine or post these logs in the support forum where sub is sure to see it. I'm not sure what could be causing it.

[zehd]

I noticed after rebuilding my MCE 2005 box, that I was having a lot of trouble getting the first download/convert

What I ended up doing was adding this line to the beginning of the batch file. The folder and subfolders are immediately recreated during the download process.

I was wondering if Vista folk wouldn't mind trying this and seeing if it works too. I would then add it to the sample batch files in the zip...


Please add this to your batch file prior to a download or convert

Code:

net stop ehsched
net stop ehrecvr

RD "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\eHome\EPG" /s /q

I've also discovered that the docs aren't quite right for multi headend downloads... So I'll be updating them...

[zehd]

I was a little too quick with the previous post. I hammered on it a bit more and think I discovered a slight difference between my two MCE boxes.. Just can't find what it is. Might be file diffs... anyway

I discovered that removing Directroy (RD) the All Users/EPG folder once, at the beginning of a batch file, and also stopping the esched service That's I'm able to do multi-config download.converts...

Here's the batch that I use, which is similar to the one released with the software....

Code:

@echo off

set HeadEnd1=0008100-
set HeadEnd2=0083224-

set Config1=1.xml
set Config2=2.xml

net stop ehrecvr
net stop ehsched
RD "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\eHome\EPG" /s /q

cls

cd "C:\EPG\Grabbers\MceEpg2Xmltv"

rem sleep 2


rem ******************************************

echo.
echo.
echo Downloading for %HeadEnd1% ....
echo.

MceEpgDownloader.exe %HeadEnd1%

echo.
echo.

echo.
echo.
echo Converting to XMLTV format for %HeadEnd1%
echo.

MceEpg2XmlTv.exe config=%Config1% output=C:\EPG\Grabbers\MceEpg2Xmltv\%HeadEnd1%.output.xml auto

echo Completed!

net stop ehsched


rem exit

rem ******************************************** The first HeadEnd is finished.  I will repeat the steps here

cls

echo.
echo.
echo Downloading for %HeadEnd2% ....
echo.

MceEpgDownloader.exe %HeadEnd2%

echo.
echo.

echo.
echo.
echo Converting to XMLTV format for %HeadEnd2% ....
echo.

MceEpg2XmlTv.exe config=%Config2% output=C:\EPG\Grabbers\MceEpg2Xmltv\%HeadEnd2%.output.xml auto


net stop ehsched

cls


echo Completed!

Edit: I changed the remove directory string to use a system variable...RD "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\eHome\EPG" /s /q

[jjaomni]

getting this error msg with the downloader
3/30/2008 1:30:21 PM - - Downloading.
3/30/2008 1:30:36 PM - - Error.

ERROR STATUS: ERSTATUS_DLFILEERROR
ERROR STRING:

seems to only happen with this headend