XMLTV - no 2008 listings from Radio Times?

[herbs]

If you want to use your over the air listings on an analogue card then you could try dvb guide it is suppose to output a xmltv listing from captures, i personally haven't used it myself. then point your analogues xmltv folder to the output from the scan, obviously you need a dvb-t card for this to work.

[JEF]

If you want to use your over the air listings on an analogue card then you could try dvb guide it is suppose to output a xmltv listing from captures, i personally haven't used it myself. then point your analogues xmltv folder to the output from the scan, obviously you need a dvb-t card for this to work.

Thanks, it seems to work well.

[martint123]

It's not going to be a quick fix today then :eek:
http://talk.radiotimes.com/thread.jspa?t...=400000433

3) Work has already commenced on reinstating the service. We shall return to this forum on Wednesday 2 January (when we can discuss the matter with the head of the technical team) to confirm the date when it shall be fixed.

Currently doing an EPG update from DVB for the freeview channels at least.

[garyeuph]

Hi,

I have created a temporary version equivalent to the RadioTines data from the MCEEPG utility (including remapping the chael IDs so it simply replaced the Radio Times one in my PVR). I did not do all channel, just the main ones to hopefully tide me over for another week. The channels I did are listed below. I can email the xml file to anyone if they feel it would be helpful (pm me your detals):

BBC ONE
BBC TWO
ITV1
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
Channel 4
Five
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR
Cbeebies
DAVE
VIRGIN1
E4
E4+1
FILM4
FIVE US
FIVE Life
Boomerang

[goelectric]

A workaround while we wait for the RT xmltv feed to come back on line.

I have got xmltv working with the Bleb listings and awked the output so it works without making any changes to my existing GBPVR setup.

I grab the bleb listings:-

xmltv.exe tv_grab_uk_bleb --output uktv_bleb.xml

I then pass the output through an awk script to change the channel names
to the same as the ones the Radio Times xml file has and output it to the file that my GBPVR normally reads in.

nawk.exe bleb2gbpvr.awk uktv_bleb.xml > uktv.xml

It's nowhere near as good as the RT content but it gives me the next 7 days EPG for all the Satellite FTA channels I use while I await the RT xmltv feed to come back on line.

(nawk.exe is a great free windows utility - which you can get here )

If anyone wants copies of my uktv_bleb.xml and bleb2gbpvr.awk awk script please email me.

Here is my bleb2gbpvr.awk awk script:-

/display-name/ {
sub(/BBC 1</,"BBC1 London \\&amp\; South East<");
sub(/BBC 2</,"BBC2 London \\&amp\; South East<");
sub(/BBC 2 Wales</,"BBC2 Wales<");
sub(/BBC 3/,"BBC3");
sub(/BBC 4/,"BBC4");
sub(/Film Four/,"Film4");
sub(/Five Us/,"Five US");
sub(/ITV 1/,"ITV1 Granada");
sub(/ITV 2/,"ITV2");
sub(/ITV 3/,"ITV3");
sub(/ITV 4/,"ITV4");
sub(/Men And Motors</,"Men \\&amp\; Motors<");

}

{print;}

[herbs]

Now we know how it feels when the yanks moaned about losing their tv listings zapit.

[Sam]

I'm pullig the listings off air. Takes 5-10 mins to run. I'm losing 'Film:' 'Documentary:' headers, colours on categories etc. but searches on titles work from SearchWiz2 and I get a full TV listing without missing channels as I do with bleb grabs, so I'll have to make do.

[plsm]

Excuse me if I'm being stupid, but it looks like theres plenty of XML in the RT grab but TV Guide doesn't seem to understand it... It that correct or have I misunderstood?

[martint123]

If you look at the source of the RT data that xmltv grabs at http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/ then you will see that it stopped on the 19th Dec. SO yes, there is plenty of XML data, but it is all in the past.

[fluffykeith]

A workaround while we wait for the RT xmltv feed to come back on line.

nawk.exe bleb2gbpvr.awk uktv_bleb.xml > uktv.xml


(nawk.exe is a great free windows utility - which you can get here )

If anyone wants copies of my uktv_bleb.xml and bleb2gbpvr.awk awk script please email me.

Here is my bleb2gbpvr.awk awk script:-

/display-name/ {
sub(/BBC 1</,"BBC1 London \\&amp\; South East<");
sub(/BBC 2</,"BBC2 London \\&amp\; South East<");
sub(/BBC 2 Wales</,"BBC2 Wales<");
sub(/BBC 3/,"BBC3");
sub(/BBC 4/,"BBC4");
sub(/Film Four/,"Film4");
sub(/Five Us/,"Five US");
sub(/ITV 1/,"ITV1 Granada");
sub(/ITV 2/,"ITV2");
sub(/ITV 3/,"ITV3");
sub(/ITV 4/,"ITV4");
sub(/Men And Motors/,"Men &amp; Motors");

}

{print;}

Ah shucks - you did it before me

I was just creating a python script to do the same thing. I will look at nawk as its easier.

cheers

Keith