Yahoo Go TV to XMLTV (via API)

[-Rick-]

What zip/provider. I haven't been able to find one with duplicates so I didn't know how to handle it.

You may already be working on a way to handle this, but if not:

ZIP = 48240
Provider = Bright House Networks - Detroit
(not digital)

I get 2 channel 016's in the list and the EPG update fails.
If I remove one of them from the .xml file the update works.

Thanks very much for making this program, I really appreciate it.

[Gridlock Joe]

Yea, not sure why this problem is occuring. I am definitely working on it though and expect a fix in the next release which should be Tuesday at the latest. But I'm glad you figured out that -R thing because i was using my own -X for digital acknowledgement but now that I know they're using it I'll change the code accordingly.

This is what I discovered when I looked at tv.excite.com:

X is digital
R is cable-ready
D is rebuild
L is digital rebuild

[Bondja]

I am new to all of this. Can anyone help me with the issue of "no show details" in the TV Guide. Thank you.

[gexi]

What zip/provider. I haven't been able to find one with duplicates so I didn't know how to handle it.

Sure, you can try 78745/Time Warner Cable Analog. Thanks for looking into this.

[-Oz-]

I am new to all of this. Can anyone help me with the issue of "no show details" in the TV Guide. Thank you.

what zip code and provider are you using?

[dennit]

Just dropped in to express my gratitude for this program. I previously used DataDirect via XMLTV for simple TV manual recording reminders and some other minor tasks, and couldn't justify the cost of Schedules Direct as a replacement for a minor convenience. This app perfectly fills the bill for me.

As an aside, I have to process the output XML file with Perl for my system:

1) I use the data on a Unix system, so I do a dos2unix fixup for end of lines, and
2) I use an XMLTV option called --old-chan-id to get data in an older DD format. Basically, it changes

<channel id="047">
<display-name lang="en">(AETV) A &amp; E Network</display-name>

to

<channel id="C47aetv.zap2it.com">
<display-name lang="en">(AETV) A &amp; E Network</display-name>

IOW, I need to strip the leading 0s off the channel ID, insert a "C" in front, cat on the "AETV" from the display name (in lower case) and cat on the ".zap2it.com".

Since I already do extensive Perl processing of the XML file after I get it, I just added those details to my processing of the output of your app, but there might be someone else who would like the --old-chan-id format. It looks easy to add to the options for format.

I presume no one else would ever want Unix style end of line output, and, yes, I know it's odd to get the data in Windows and send to a *nix system, but I run multiple systems anyway, and this was an easy fix.

Thanks.

[-Oz-]

Just dropped in to express my gratitude for this program. I previously used DataDirect via XMLTV for simple TV manual recording reminders and some other minor tasks, and couldn't justify the cost of Schedules Direct as a replacement for a minor convenience. This app perfectly fills the bill for me.

2) I use an XMLTV option called --old-chan-id to get data in an older DD format. Basically, it changes

<channel id="047">
<display-name lang="en">(AETV) A &amp; E Network</display-name>

to

<channel id="C47aetv.zap2it.com">
<display-name lang="en">(AETV) A &amp; E Network</display-name>

IOW, I need to strip the leading 0s off the channel ID, insert a "C" in front, cat on the "AETV" from the display name (in lower case) and cat on the ".zap2it.com".

I presume no one else would ever want Unix style end of line output, and, yes, I know it's odd to get the data in Windows and send to a *nix system, but I run multiple systems anyway, and this was an easy fix.

Glad you expressed gratitude, makes me feel good. Just wait for the new version, it is much much better in my opinion.

Anyway, I don't want to include the old style format (although it would be easy) because i don't want to confuse people down the road. Although if another person requests it I'll probably include it.

This is what I discovered when I looked at tv.excite.com:

X is digital
R is cable-ready
D is rebuild
L is digital rebuild

Handled in the new version, thanks for the info, helped a lot.

You could be getting the cached file. See this:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/in...tofile.htm

Using that code definitely fixed the issues where all the channels would download. I, and everyone else, appeciate it.

[-Oz-]

Program renamed to YApi2XML

New version: 1.1.0 released

All information moved to the wiki for ease of use.

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/YApi2XML

Just a quick blurb: all the errors listed in this thread have been fixed. Many of the features have been added.

If you have new errors or features you want please use this new thread since this current one is really long and hard to keep track of. New thread: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=28861

Anyone with ixmltv installed for Whulston's app that could test it out with my feed that'd be great. It is designed to work but hasn't been tested.

[dennit]

Glad you expressed gratitude, makes me feel good. Just wait for the new version, it is much much better in my opinion.

My last post in this thread. The new version looks REALLY nice - again my thanks for your efforts. I certainly understand why adding XMLTV's DataDirect --old-chan-id format might cause more problems than benefits, particularly since I'm the only one who has mentioned it and I'm already processing the XML output to fit my needs.

[Jeff]

I tried running it an get a runtime error 53, file not found. I copied all the files from the zip file into gbpvr\Third Party\yapi2xml.

Jeff