Daily Scheduled EPG Update Doesn't Happen

[dennit]

Besides, the tedious method of looking to see how many days of listings you have, you could look in the GBPVR directory and see if the recording-dump.xml file was created. I believe that it and the recording-dump.xml.bak files are updated when the EPG is updated.

I came to this point because the recording-dump.xml file wasn't being created and I was in a situation where I needed it to recover my listings.

Thanks. I think I'll add some logging into my batch file to track each time and date it runs. I'm already doing something like that for Parallel and Post Processing.bat. Then I can go back to check a few weeks. I'm wondering if it's not running, or perhaps hanging on a utility, as suggested by sub. If it runs intermittently, I'd never notice, unless it fails for 6-7 days in a row. That would roughly match my symptoms.

[sub]

If I request Update EPG in the System screen on PVRX2, the guide gets updated and the postEPG batch file runs. I assume that these same bat files get run if the update is requested from the SYstem screen.

The only difference is the automated update runs from the GBPVRRecordingService, which is running as a different user account. This maybe having problems due to the permissions you have on some files, or something similiar. (for example, not being able to access a directory)

[sub]

Do you have a C:\program files dir and a C:\programs dir, if not you have to make the right changes in your updateepg.bat.
You have to check if the path's are right.

Yep, thats a good point.

[dennit]

E.g. When you are in : C:\users\john\downloads you cannot do:
cd c:\programs\xmltv\whatever.
You have to go back to C:\ first with cd\

You can go to c:\programs\xmltv\whatever from C:\users\john\downloads with this command:

cd \programs\xmltv\whatever

I usually do this, just to be certain I'm on the right drive before going to the right directory:

c:
cd \programs\xmltv\whatever

I'm not sure if you were posting to me, but my UpdateEPG seems to run fine manually, so it's not a wrong directory problem.

[LewE]

Do you have a C:\program files dir and a C:\programs dir, if not you have to make the right changes in your updateepg.bat.

Yes. I have a c;\Programs directory. I put EPG and XMLTV and UltraXMLTVEnhancer in subdirectories to it. I did that to make them easier to find than in Program Files directories.

You have to check if the path's are right.
You also have to make sure that the "cd" you use will work. you can only cd to a dir or path that starts from the dir where you are.
E.g. When you are in : C:\users\john\downloads you cannot do:
cd c:\programs\xmltv\whatever.
You have to go back to C:\ first with cd\

I believe you are wrong. As long as the change directory command has a backslash before the first directory in the command it means it is relative to the root directory. If there was no backslash at the beginning of the CD command then it would be relative to the current directory.

[dennit]

LewE, does your UpdateEPG. bat always fail to run automatically or is it intermittent, (as mine appears to be)? I like sub's suggestion of different user account problems with permissions if it always fails automatically, but runs under the System screen and manually.

[LewE]

The only difference is the automated update runs from the GBPVRRecordingService, which is running as a different user account. This maybe having problems due to the permissions you have on some files, or something similiar. (for example, not being able to access a directory)

How can I tell what account the nightly EPG update is running from?

I boot up to and leave the computer on all the time logged in to an account with Administrator privileges (I know it's not good practice.).

[LewE]

LewE, does your UpdateEPG. bat always fail to run automatically or is it intermittent, (as mine appears to be)? I like sub's suggestion of different user account problems with permissions if it always fails automatically, but runs under the System screen and manually.

See my answer to sub below. I don't think it is due to permissions.

Also, I set my firewall (Comodo) to Training mode which basically allows everything so I don't think it's that either.

[sub]

How can I tell what account the nightly EPG update is running from?

I boot up to and leave the computer on all the time logged in to an account with Administrator privileges (I know it's not good practice.).

It doesnt need to logged on, and runs in as a special system account called "localsystem".

[sub]

Also, I set my firewall (Comodo) to Training mode which basically allows everything so I don't think it's that either.

Its probably sitting there in its backgrounds session (which has a different desktop to what you see), with the Comodo training message on its non-visible screen asking you if you want to allow access...

That would explain why the batch file hasnt completed.