TV Listings 2 - Support Thread

[alibert]

Hi,

short question: Are some of you still using reminders with the tv listings plugin? As pvrx2 no longer supports the reminder window, I'd like to remove the remind/don't remind buttons for the next release.

So, if someone still wants them to be included, please tell.

-alibert

[roy]

short question: Are some of you still using reminders with the tv listings plugin?

short answer: no

[gazoo]

I may have been in the wrong tv listings thread before, but here is my problem:

Doing a new install on Vista of TV Listings and I get this error when selecting tv listings from the main menu:


************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at TVListings.TVListings.ClosePopups()
at TVListings.TVListings.Deactivate()
at GBPVRX2.MenuTask.x0be92cb4e3ac1817.returnToMenu()
at GBPVRX2.xdd215986d9a64c86.ReturnToMainMenu()
at GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.O nMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[alibert]

Hi,

I installed tv listings and xmltvextras and wiz image grabber, they all seem to work but I can't get images to show up in the guide, theres allot of images in media/art but nothing shows up, my xmltvextras I have in my PostUpdateEPG like so XmltvExtras.exe "C:\epg\xmltv.exe\xmltv.xml" but when thats ran I get hundreds of "not found in gbpvr database" I know sqlite is recommended but I don't know how to use sqlite, I downloaded sqlite-3_6_1, where do I put it and how does gbpvr use it ?

Thanks

there's no need to install sqlite to run xmltvextras, it's just the database driver gbpvr uses and so it is already there. Some time ago sub moved from an access database to sqlite, and the xmltvextras utility was only tested against this new database format. So, unless your gbpvr install is older than about two years and the file gbpvr.mdb is significantly larger than the file gbpvr.db3 in your installation directory, you should be using sqlite as your gbpvr database.

Regarding your problem, there seems to be a misunderstanding. The XmltvExtras utility is able to add additional information for programmes from your xmltv epg source that is not imported by gbpvr during the normal epg update process. It is only useful if your xmltv source includes such additional elements, please check the wiki page of the utility (http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/XmltvExtras) for details. In any case, it is not responsibly for putting images into the "media\art" folder you're talking about.
If enabled in the configuration form of the tv listings plugin, this folder is used by the tv listings plugin to display some kind of default images for programmes with a specific name, e.g. if you put an image named "the simpsons.jpg" into that folder, and then open the details popup for a programme named "the simpsons" from within the tv listings plugin, this image will be displayed there.
So please check the following:
Open the configuration form of the plugin an ensure that the path entered at "Directory for programme images" is valid. Put an image file that into this folder and change the filename to the title of a programme that is present in your guide. Open the tv listings plugin, locate this show and open the details popup. Then the image should appear. If this doesn't work, then please zip and attach your logs subdirectory and I'll see if I find any suspicious there.

-alibert

[alibert]

Hi,

Doing a new install and I get this error when selecting tv listings from the main menu:


************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at TVListings.TVListings.ClosePopups()
at TVListings.TVListings.Deactivate()
at GBPVRX2.MenuTask.x0be92cb4e3ac1817.returnToMenu()
at GBPVRX2.xdd215986d9a64c86.ReturnToMainMenu()
at GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

bump*

I may have been in the wrong tv listings thread before, but here is my problem:

Doing a new install on Vista of TV Listings and I get this error when selecting tv listings from the main menu:


************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at TVListings.TVListings.ClosePopups()
at TVListings.TVListings.Deactivate()
at GBPVRX2.MenuTask.x0be92cb4e3ac1817.returnToMenu()
at GBPVRX2.xdd215986d9a64c86.ReturnToMainMenu()
at GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.O nMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

sorry that I wasn't able to respond to your problem earlier - I've been busy at work the last days. Please keep in mind that gbpvr and it's plugins are free software without 24/7 support, and sub and the plugin developers are doing this in their free time.
Anyway, to help you, I would need the following information: Which version of the plugin are you using? Which skin in which version are you using? If you're not using the default blue skin, are you getting the same error when changing the skin to "blue" temporarily? If not, this seems to be a skin problem, so please have a look if the skin you're using supports the plugin. If yes, please zip and attach your logs subdirectory and I'll have a look.

-alibert

[gazoo]

No problem. It was a skin issue and I figured that part out so I got the correct skins from the community skin area. I didn't mean to be so impatient.:p

[wheelo]

Hi,
I get the message below when trying to run xmltvextras.
I'm using ultraxmltv to get the data from Schedules Direct.
I have two lineups in Schedules Direct (Satellite, Antenna) but only data from one.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

--------------------------------------------------------------
C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>XmltvExtras.exe C:\EPG\xmltv.xml
Reading C:\EPG\xmltv.xml...
OK

Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added.
at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource resource)
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add)
at XmltvExtras.GbpvrDatabase.GetChannels(channel[] xmltvChannels)
at XmltvExtras.GbpvrDatabase..ctor(channel[] xmltvChannels)
at XmltvExtras.XmltvExtras.Main(String[] args)

I am getting this error, and have attached my database.
Let me know if I can provide any more information.

[alibert]

Hi,

I am getting this error, and have attached my database.
Let me know if I can provide any more information.

okay, thanks for the report (and for directly attaching your database that I was able to debug).

I think I found the problem, could you please try the attached version of the utility and tell me if it works now?

-alibert

[wheelo]

Hi,


okay, thanks for the report (and for directly attaching your database that I was able to debug).

I think I found the problem, could you please try the attached version of the utility and tell me if it works now?

-alibert

I installed it and forced a EPG Update that ran to completion with no error.
Woo Hoo!

I'll keep watching to see if the overnight updates cause an error anymore or not.
Thanks for getting to this so fast.

[AmericanSlon]

Hi,

For some reason my channel order got screwed up after one of the EPG updates (or at least that's what I think was the cause since that machine is not used for anything besides gbpvr). The order of the channels in the default GBPVR guide is correct. What regulates the order of the channels and what can i do to fix this? I am using schedules direct (no xmltv )
Thank you,