EPG Source Problems

[phillfri]

My first attempt at installing GB-PVR. Get the following msg on initial config.

"Your EPG source does not appear to be configured correctly", with a lot more error msg text following it (maybe 15 llines). The Config.exe.log shows the following error every time I try to access Zap2it. My account is okay. I created it tonight and I can go there and log in without any problems. I have it set up just for antenna recepyion for the moment. I use an HDHomerun dual tuner that is working just fine. I can view my channels with the HDHomerun GUI and Videolan.

Anyone have any ideas what I haver to do to fix this?

2007-06-26 12:31:05.562 VERBOSE [5] getValue cached value: /settings/SaveZap2itXML : false
2007-06-26 12:31:05.562 VERBOSE [5] Notify(Requesting listing information from Zap2it.com)
2007-06-26 12:31:05.562 VERBOSE [5] About to parse listings
2007-06-26 12:31:05.562 VERBOSE [5] zap2it: Your subscription will expire: 2007-09-26T02:23:36Z
2007-06-26 12:31:05.687 ERROR [5] Error UpdateEPG()'ing: System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 7901, position 29.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.Zap2itEpgReader.x7174d5399cba81ee(IEpgUpdateProgressCallback x421ce789b9741187, DateTime xdc88f59e43b65f7f, DateTime x33db96d2cea26583)
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.Zap2itEpgReader.LoadChannels(IEpgUpdateProgressCallback callback)
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xbdfb880686f2538b.x52e8ddd0b9bc8c68(xda34526142ca690b x347261624b519e9a, IEpgUpdateProgressCallback x421ce789b9741187)
at Config.xca74b9c9b310df0b.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2007-06-26 12:31:06.187 VERBOSE [1] labelAction.Text = Parsing Zap2it listings
2007-06-26 12:31:06.187 VERBOSE [1] labelAction.Text = Parsing Zap2it listings
2007-06-26 12:31:06.796 VERBOSE [1] labelAction.Text = Parsing Zap2it listings

[ColumbusGEEK]

I have the same, if not very similar problem. I have been using my settings for a week or so with no problems. I changed a LOT of things today and had to do a update and this happened. I even tried to use the alternate utility that uses batch files outside of GBPVR and it errored out.

I saw your thread and was hoping it was something that just broke today with Zap2It.

[phillfri]

Yep. That's the screen error msg I get also. Frustrating :>(

[sub]

I can only guess there is some garbage data at the lines specified in those messages. If you have <SaveZap2itXML>true</SaveZap2itXML> in config.xml, then you could look at the c:\zap2it.xml, at the specified line to see what data it is exactly.

Unfortunately I'm not in a position to provide any patch to filter out whatever duff data it might be. My build is no longer compatible with v0.99.12.

Strange this problem would just start happening now, as they're about to switch of the zap2it service.

[phillfri]

I don't find any zap2it.xml file anywhere on my hard drive.

[whurlston]

I don't find any zap2it.xml file anywhere on my hard drive.

Did you change the setting in your config.xml?

[phillfri]

I figured that out :>) Here's what I found at line number 7901.

<description>The family tries to hide Sondra and Elvin&apos;s news from Cliff.</description>


I know nothing about this file format, but that "&pos;" looks suspicious to me enclosed in <description> tags as it is.

Even if I could clean this (the file is full of this version of the apostrophie), would I be able to load this data manually?

[whurlston]

I figured that out :>) Here's what I found at line number 7901.

<description>The family tries to hide Sondra and Elvin&apos;s news from Cliff.</description>


I know nothing about this file format, but that "&pos;" looks suspicious to me enclosed in <description> tags as it is.

Even if I could clean this, would I be able to load this data manually?

&apos; means apostrophy. It just tells the program to display "...Sondra and Elvin's news...". Try changing it to an actual apostrophy.

[whurlston]

Even if I could clean this (the file is full of this version of the apostrophie), would I be able to load this data manually?

Open the file in notepad and do a "find/replace all".

[phillfri]

Well, the read chokes at the 1st appearance of the apostrophie, so if that's the correct expression for it, then it must be something in the GB-PVR script that is coughing this error msg up?