UltraXMLTV Enhancer Version 2 - Beta

[zehd]

The Original Airdate is all part of the New Show Detection that is still being worked on...

[TomR]

Correct.

I haven't testing getting the xml file (via mc2xml) at home due to a slow dial up connection. Also I haven't done much testing running Ultra at home either due to the same slow connection...

Well I just tried running UltraXMLTV at home using a dial up connection (28.8 Kbps today). I copied over the XML_Cache folder hoping that it would speed thing up for me and maybe make it usable for me at home.

Well, I was wrong. After about 55 minutes, I was on record 26791 of 171048. It was showing that it was processing 14 recs/sec. By my calculations it would take approx. 6 hours to run.

For me, I don't want to wait 6 hours just for the enhancements. Maybe if I had a better connect and was able to get closed to 56K I might find it better.

I think I will be sticking to running UltraXMLTV at work and making use of the highspeed connection there. It usually takes less than 20 minutes.

I have not tried running it from a USB stick yet but at this point just about anything would be better than the 6 hours it would take me at home. I'll try the USB stick approach next week at work.

[zehd]

Well I just tried running UltraXMLTV at home using a dial up connection (28.8 Kbps today). I copied over the XML_Cache folder hoping that it would speed thing up for me and maybe make it usable for me at home.

Well, I was wrong. After about 55 minutes, I was on record 26791 of 171048. It was showing that it was processing 14 recs/sec. By my calculations it would take approx. 6 hours to run.

For me, I don't want to wait 6 hours just for the enhancements. Maybe if I had a better connect and was able to get closed to 56K I might find it better.

I think I will be sticking to running UltraXMLTV at work and making use of the highspeed connection there. It usually takes less than 20 minutes.

I have not tried running it from a USB stick yet but at this point just about anything would be better than the 6 hours it would take me at home. I'll try the USB stick approach next week at work.

I would suggest running from Stick would be quite worth the test. On 27000 records, after the very first check, really there's only a few fetches per day, of course on 110000 records, it would be a few more...

But When the cache is set with the correct file creation and modification dates, then Ultra does not pull new copies unless it needs to...

[TomR]

I just tried running from a USB stick and I received the attached error. Below are the details from the error(2.0.3355.4266-1). Once I clicked 'Continue', I was taken to the main tab in Ultra. When I tried to exit the program I was presented with an error (2.0.3355.4266-2) and was not able to exit the program. I had to end process to exit.

I then tried launch UltraXMLTV from the stick a second time. This time I received a different error (2.0.3355.4266-3) and when I clicked 'Continue' I was taken to the registration screen.

The third time produced the same results as the second time.

This was a new copy to the USB stick and ran on a PC that never had UltraXMLTV ran on it.

I also noticed that the Tool Tips were not working on this PC either (that's 2 now).

Is it possible to make it so the the application does not write anything to the hard drive/registry when run from USB stick? This would make it a more USB friendly application. Just a thought.

[TomR]

While I was working in Zehd's Picks some more, I wasn't really happy with how the Movie Titles were being displayed:

Code:

Lethal Weapon(1987)[3*]

Any suggestions? Of course my goal is to be fairly customizable, (although currently Movie titles only have a format [Title][Year][StarRating])

I wonder of some spaces or hyphens would make it more readable...

Some spacing or hyphens would probably make it more readable.

Lethal Weapon (1987) [3*]
Lethal Weapon (1987) 3*
Lethal Weapon (1987 - 3*)

Is this something that can be left customizable for the end user? Possibly by allowing them to do something like the Tags tab?

[TomR]

Error trying to load Zehd's Picks on the Tags tab when run from a USB stick..

Here are the details from the error:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidCastException: Conversion from string "" to type 'Date' is not valid.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToDate(String Value)
at UltraXMLTV_Enhancer.frmMain.FillSamples()
at UltraXMLTV_Enhancer.frmMain.LoadTagControls()
at UltraXMLTV_Enhancer.frmMain.btnSaveTag_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.PerformClick()
at UltraXMLTV_Enhancer.frmMain.btnZehdsPicks_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(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)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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UltraXMLTV_Enhancer
Assembly Version: 2.0.3355.4266
Win32 Version: 2.0.3355.4266
CodeBase: file:///F:/XML/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer/2.0.3355.4266/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer.exe
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
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Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.1433
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.dll
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_64/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
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Assembly Version: 2.0.3355.4266
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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Assembly Version: 2.0.3355.4266
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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XmlTv
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.2
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.2
CodeBase: file:///F:/XML/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer/2.0.3355.4266/XmlTv.DLL
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IsoCodes
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///F:/XML/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer/2.0.3355.4266/IsoCodes.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

[LewE]

OK Tom. I just spent the weekend driving zehd crazy.

Now, it's your turn while I take a rest.

[TomR]

OK Tom. I just spent the weekend driving zehd crazy.

Now, it's your turn while I take a rest.

Sounds like a plan... I'll try to keep him busy.

[zehd]

Sounds like a plan... I'll try to keep him busy.

TomR is is on his way. :confused:

OK. Here's my problem. I need you guys to understand the methodology of my installation and initialization process. We can't try different things. Once we are are clear, then I document so new people can get the same result everytime.

So Here are a few steps I need you to do each time you sit down and play.

Always download the very latest version. If you notice that I'm in the middle of a lot of tweaking with someone else, you either have the option of waiting or grabbing the very latest, EVERY 5 MINUTES (I always update the attachment file to the wiki before I update the text, before I update on the forum...)

I need to know each time whether you started from scratch or not. In fact, I want to assume that every time You have, but that does not mean creating a new directory. That means backing up the old one, deleting the contents of the main one and then unzipping.

If you are starting from scratch with an empty folder, you can MOVE the xml_cache folder into that UltraXMLTV folder. That keeps the FileCreation and Modification dates...

A few constants while troubleshooting:

C:\EPG\
C:\EPG\Grabbers\...etc...
C:\EPG\UltraXMLTV
C:\EPG\UltraXMLTV\XML_Cache

Your xmltv file name and path should be the same every time If I say xmltv.xml, it means your file. Some of us have different filenames and there's renaming etc, but basically it's the one that pointing to GB-PVR EPG.

I would really like it if you try on same computer every time. I would really like it if you have GB-PVR installed. But if your work computer can't have it installed, then only test a new version of Ultra with your same computer. At least be consistent

Each time you try a new version, BUT ONLY if you have first run problems, run RemoveSettings.reg. (Should point out that for every machine you install, you will need to register, but if successful, even removesettings.reg won't make you need to re-register

During First Run, I'm interested if there are errors starting:

I'm looking for trouble registering - it's really one of the first things that happens along with writing to a log file. If you can set a registry key, or write 2 a log, then I suspect there's security issues on your computer

If you can't register, or write 2 log. Stop. Please check security, permissions etc. Its very very standard to be able to write to registry, I'm using very public keys. I will alwasy be checking and reading and writing registry keys, Ultra will need to be setup on any machine you want. It needs Internet access to register (even Dialup is fine to register)

If it is successful registering, check your log file. It should be _app.log, and should have a few items already. Don't care what's there, just care it is IS there...

If you have successfully got to the main screen, click browse, find your xmltv file. Click Go. Do the records start flying? if no, stop Don't know what the problem is, but we need to fix this somewhere...

Only after a few records, you can stop. Click the Tags tab and click Zehd's Picks. It should percolate with no errors. If error then stop.

On the main tab, click Go again.(commit or not) Does the program complete?

OK. If you follow these steps and you have problems, don't try USB stick, running on Dialup, different machine, different directory etc.

I need to assume that you can always get to the end of these steps, whenever you start testing other aspects of the program...

---

Now from what I have gathered from your situation Tomr, is you have Dialup at home, so you would prefer getting your cache loaded at the office. and your office computer does not have GB-PVR installed.

Whenever I test my new build for your part of the TShooting, I will Disable (effectively uninstall GB-PVR) and delete all registry and user files settings)...

Once we know that it's working at the office we can move on.

And Tooltips is probably a security issue also.

[LewE]

TomR is is on his way. :confused:

OK. Here's my problem. I need you guys to understand the methodology of my installation and initialization process. We can't try different things. Once we are are clear, then I document so new people can get the same result everytime.

So Here are a few steps I need you to do each time you sit down and play.

Always download the very latest version. If you notice that I'm in the middle of a lot of tweaking with someone else, you either have the option of waiting or grabbing the very latest, EVERY 5 MINUTES (I always update the attachment file to the wiki before I update the text, before I update on the forum...)

I need to know each time whether you started from scratch or not. In fact, I want to assume that every time You have, but that does not mean creating a new directory. That means backing up the old one, deleting the contents of the main one and then unzipping.

If you are starting from scratch with an empty folder, you can MOVE the xml_cache folder into that UltraXMLTV folder. That keeps the FileCreation and Modification dates...

A few constants while troubleshooting:

C:\EPG\
C:\EPG\Grabbers\...etc...
C:\EPG\UltraXMLTV
C:\EPG\UltraXMLTV\XML_Cache

Your xmltv file name and path should be the same every time If I say xmltv.xml, it means your file. Some of us have different filenames and there's renaming etc, but basically it's the one that pointing to GB-PVR EPG.

I would really like it if you try on same computer every time. I would really like it if you have GB-PVR installed. But if your work computer can't have it installed, then only test a new version of Ultra with your same computer. At least be consistent

Each time you try a new version, BUT ONLY if you have first run problems, run RemoveSettings.reg. (Should point out that for every machine you install, you will need to register, but if successful, even removesettings.reg won't make you need to re-register

During First Run, I'm interested if there are errors starting:

I'm looking for trouble registering - it's really one of the first things that happens along with writing to a log file. If you can set a registry key, or write 2 a log, then I suspect there's security issues on your computer

If you can't register, or write 2 log. Stop. Please check security, permissions etc. Its very very standard to be able to write to registry, I'm using very public keys. I will alwasy be checking and reading and writing registry keys, Ultra will need to be setup on any machine you want. It needs Internet access to register (even Dialup is fine to register)

If it is successful registering, check your log file. It should be _app.log, and should have a few items already. Don't care what's there, just care it is IS there...

If you have successfully got to the main screen, click browse, find your xmltv file. Click Go. Do the records start flying? if no, stop Don't know what the problem is, but we need to fix this somewhere...

Only after a few records, you can stop. Click the Tags tab and click Zehd's Picks. It should percolate with no errors. If error then stop.

On the main tab, click Go again.(commit or not) Does the program complete?

OK. If you follow these steps and you have problems, don't try USB stick, running on Dialup, different machine, different directory etc.

I need to assume that you can always get to the end of these steps, whenever you start testing other aspects of the program...

---

Now from what I have gathered from your situation Tomr, is you have Dialup at home, so you would prefer getting your cache loaded at the office. and your office computer does not have GB-PVR installed.

Whenever I test my new build for your part of the TShooting, I will Disable (effectively uninstall GB-PVR) and delete all registry and user files settings)...

Once we know that it's working at the office we can move on.

And Tooltips is probably a security issue also.

OK

I'll try to follow those instructions as closely as I can.

Do I understand correctly that you want us to have to go through the long initial run (the painfully long one which populates the XML_cache, etc ) each time we try a new version of Ultra? An alternate approach might be for us to keep the cache and probably a couple other files from the first run intact except for specific times when you ask that we go back to a complete reinstallation. Would that be acceptable? Right now, trying out a new version only takes approximately 15 minutes or less for the enahncing of a restored XML file and updating the EPG. Wiping the Slate Clean installs take a lot longer to test.