EPG update using the DVB stream and some other EPG issues

[akiller]

My usually rock-solid DSL decided tonight would be a good time to disconnect and not auto reconnect, should be up again now.

[sub]

I think the 80MB or so I got has given me enough to see what is happening. I can see some of the DVB sections are being dropped because they're not supplying as many bytes as their length field indicates. I've been looking at it for the last hour or so, but dont know why yet. I'll keep looking at it.

[akiller]

Ah ok. From my FTP log it looks like you finished the transfer off in the end. Have you had any luck yet? Let me know if you want any streams.

[sub]

I'm trying the download again now. Its at 113MB, so almost there.

[BillM]

I'm coming back to this late, as I've not been at my machine today, but you guys seem to be dealing with the problem. I don't want to send duplicate files if they're not necessary, but, my config.exe log is still showing the following errors after an epg update :-
02/11/2006 17:25:14.203 ERROR [4] Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="NormalButtonImage"]
02/11/2006 17:25:14.203 ERROR [4] Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="SelectedButtonImage"]
02/11/2006 17:26:25.781 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Input string was not in a correct format.
02/11/2006 17:26:25.796 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Input string was not in a correct format.
02/11/2006 17:26:25.812 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Input string was not in a correct format.
02/11/2006 17:26:25.828 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Hour, Minute, and Second parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.
02/11/2006 17:26:25.843 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Input string was not in a correct format.
02/11/2006 17:26:25.843 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Input string was not in a correct format.
02/11/2006 17:26:25.843 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Year, Month, and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.
02/11/2006 17:26:25.843 ERROR [5] Unabled to load DVB EPG programme: Hour, Minute, and Second parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.

These seem to be different from those reported by akiller, so do I need to send anything else to help your analysis ?

[tilllt]

so here is a bit of the psi.log from watching live tv

[sub]

Please try the attached patch. It should resolve the issues with gaps in your listings.

[BillM]

Thanks Sub,

I've run the patch with 98.13 with no apparent side effects.

Update EPG filled in most of the gaps at the first pass, and I'm not getting format errors in the config.exe log any more.

Seems to be a complete fix, thanks again.

[sub]

Thanks Sub,

I've run the patch with 98.13 with no apparent side effects.

Update EPG filled in most of the gaps at the first pass, and I'm not getting format errors in the config.exe log any more.

Seems to be a complete fix, thanks again.

If you're game, I'd be interested to know how well it does with an 'empty EPG' followed by a 'update EPG'.

[tilllt]

So, finally i decided to start from scratch:
I installed an update of the drivers for my Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS (BDA Driver 4.6.0817.2 --- the .2 at the end is new
The funny guys at terratec seem to have fun changing the filter names in each driver update, so here is the new correct naming (from filtergraph)...

[Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS DVB-T]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER=Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS Digital Tuner
FILTER_CAPTURE=Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS Digital Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

I updated the respective files from your last patch, scanned all the stations, updated the EPG. Aaaaand: Everything is working fine. Incredible. Eurosport and CNN are missing EPG Infos but i bet theyre not transmitting it. Thanks a lot for the patience...

One last suggestion: the long epg infos are just cut off at some point, maybe it would be possible to scroll them, if there is too much too fit in the assigned space... and again, the german umlaute äüöß are displayed wrong...

Cheers,
Till