MceEpg2XmlTv

[zehd]

How about an option to create the XMLTV file in ISO-8859-1 encoding instead of UTF-8? When I run tv-cat to combine the MceEpg2Xmltv-created file with a file created with another grabber that outputs an ISO-8859-1 encoded file, tv_cat errs out saying that it can't combine the utf-8 file with the ISO-8859-1 file.

Besides that, when I am checking xmltv files for errors and stuff, being on a windows box I open them in notepad so I can see illegal characters that wordpad would not display. utf-8 file lines run on in notepad because it does not recognize the newline character as an end-of-line.

What do you think?

It should be doing that now. I believe whurlston wrote the patch and I added to the current download.... (it's the xmltv.dll)

If you're combining with an RT xmltv, you may have some trouble. I had to add a binary replace to the all xmltv from RT so that it would have thew correct CRLF instead of the NewLine code...

[whurlston]

As Frank said, the xmltv.dll was patched to output ISO-8859-1 encoding instead of UTF-8. Download the MceEpg2XmlTv package from the wiki and replace your current xmltv.dll with the new one. Nothing else has changed in the package.

[markbb1]

It should be doing that now. I believe whurlston wrote the patch and I added to the current download.... (it's the xmltv.dll)

If you're combining with an RT xmltv, you may have some trouble. I had to add a binary replace to the all xmltv from RT so that it would have thew correct CRLF instead of the NewLine code...

Using Alan Birtles' XMLTV GUI the data produced is ISO-8859-1. At least as far as I can tell.

[markbb1]

As Frank said, the xmltv.dll was patched to output ISO-8859-1 encoding instead of UTF-8. Download the MceEpg2XmlTv package from the wiki and replace your current xmltv.dll with the new one. Nothing else has changed in the package.

That fixed it. The first line of the file now says encoding ="iso-8859-1".

[Dirkleton]

Hello,

I am having difficulties running this program. When I execute the command to download the information for my Headend ID, the program crashes and Windows pops one of it's error windows up asking me if I'd like to close the program or see if there are any solutions on the web. I hit debug and the following came up:

"Unhandled Exception: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.NativeMethods.PerformCRLDownloadProxy()
at Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.CrlDownload.Run()
at Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.EhepgdatSingleton.RunImp(Object state)
at System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.WaitCallback_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitcallback.PerformWaitCallback(Object state)"

There might have been more to this message however even during the debugging process Windows came up with another error message asking me if I wanted to close the program or check online.

Thanks for any assistance you can offer,

-Dirkleton

[whurlston]

Those functions named in the error are part of the MS code. Is your EPG set up and working in Media Center?

[Dirkleton]

It was working during the time that it had programing information. I could navigate the guide and set recordings of shows in advance or series. My only problem is that I can't download the latest EPG information.

When WMC tries to automatically download the EPG information, which it does almost 24/7 now that there is no more information, the logo in the task bar says it's trying to connect to the internet to acquire the program guide. It never goes away, and it never seems to be able to connect and download.

[whurlston]

It was working during the time that it had programing information. I could navigate the guide and set recordings of shows in advance or series. My only problem is that I can't download the latest EPG information.

When WMC tries to automatically download the EPG information, which it does almost 24/7 now that there is no more information, the logo in the task bar says it's trying to connect to the internet to acquire the program guide. It never goes away, and it never seems to be able to connect and download.

If it's not working in Media Center, it definitely won't work with MceEpgDownloader since it's using the Media Center APIs. Try running through the guide setup in MCE again.

[Dirkleton]

If it's not working in Media Center, it definitely won't work with MceEpgDownloader since it's using the Media Center APIs. Try running through the guide setup in MCE again.

When I ran/run the Guide Setup I receive the following error:

"Details: Unknown discovery service error. Code: 14"

[whurlston]

According to Microsoft, that error means that the machine is having trouble making a HTTPS connection. The usual real cause however is that the time on the machine is set wrong.