UltraXMLTV Enhancer Version 2 - Beta

[TomR]

1) Good news! I have over 400 New Series ID and I was able to fetch 28 more. Let me know what I need to send to you.

2) Bad news! Then I hit an error. At approx. 66967 out of 117001 records (and it sat there apparently looping for awhile). When I click debug, it closes the application and does not update any of the logs.

[zehd]

1) Good news! I have over 400 New Series ID and I was able to fetch 28 more. Let me know what I need to send to you.

2) Bad news! Then I hit an error. At approx. 66967 out of 117001 records (and it sat there apparently looping for awhile). When I click debug, it closes the application and does not update any of the logs.

So long as you get that error, I can't use your results, because it sounds very very wrong. I'm running through new data based on your Postal code and lineup too and I only get a handful.

Time to reset. Close Ultra. Delete all underscore files.

Open Ultra (Does the new SeriesIDS get downloaded? I think it does (unless your proxy)

Next, click Zehd's Picks.

[INDENT]There are always two manual tweaks I need to do to Zehd's Picks, in order to get 'Zehd's Picks' It's not crucial you do it, but here are the tweaks... On the Tags tab, I send the [[Sub_title]] tag to the bottom and [[Description]] one down so it is second place behind Date[/INDENT]

Make sure you have a fresh XMLTV file from mc2xml (it will not matter whether you followed the instruction on using the include file, but I'm testing as if you haddn't)

Next on the Main tab, click Go....

And you should be on your way

I'm at 112,000 records on your file, 17 fetches and only 15 new found Seried IDs...

[LewE]

I'm at 112,000 records on your file, 17 fetches and only 15 new found Seried IDs...

I have a suggestion. Since the concept of sharing the _SeriesIDs.txt file will be somewhat obscure to most users, maybe you could add to Ultra that when Ultra runs and it comes up with a non-zero value for New Series IDs, it could put a message just below the number, in red so it stands out, asking the user to please share the new IDs with others and pointh them to the Cache Tab to select the Upload Series IDs for Sharing button.

Frankly, I think most users will be pretty much afraid to mess around with any of the stuff on the last four tabs in Ultra because of not understanding the underlying processes and implications of clicking/entering anything.

This proposal would guide the less technically inclined to participate in sharing their newly found series' IDs.

[zehd]

I have a suggestion. Since the concept of sharing the _SeriesIDs.txt file will be somewhat obscure to most users, maybe you could add to Ultra that when Ultra runs and it comes up with a non-zero value for New Series IDs, it could put a message just below the number, in red so it stands out, asking the user to please share the new IDs with others and pointh them to the Cache Tab to select the Upload Series IDs for Sharing button.

Frankly, I think most users will be pretty much afraid to mess around with any of the stuff on the last four tabs in Ultra because of not understanding the underlying processes and implications of clicking/entering anything.

This proposal would guide the less technically inclined to participate in sharing their newly found series' IDs.

And that's why I added a couple of functions... (hahah beat you to it)

Checks to Automatically Download and Merge, Upload at 'Done' and also a cosmetic, watch the total bandwidth to date.

I'm still leery about making the auto upload 'on' by default.

But I suppose I could have a clearer general policy, or a "Do you understand and agree?' thing. But then how many people read those things

[TomR]

So long as you get that error, I can't use your results, because it sounds very very wrong. I'm running through new data based on your Postal code and lineup too and I only get a handful.

Time to reset. Close Ultra. Delete all underscore files.

Open Ultra (Does the new SeriesIDS get downloaded? I think it does (unless your proxy)

Next, click Zehd's Picks.

[INDENT]There are always two manual tweaks I need to do to Zehd's Picks, in order to get 'Zehd's Picks' It's not crucial you do it, but here are the tweaks... On the Tags tab, I send the [[Sub_title]] tag to the bottom and [[Description]] one down so it is second place behind Date[/INDENT]

Make sure you have a fresh XMLTV file from mc2xml (it will not matter whether you followed the instruction on using the include file, but I'm testing as if you haddn't)

Next on the Main tab, click Go....

And you should be on your way

I'm at 112,000 records on your file, 17 fetches and only 15 new found Seried IDs...

I was trying this with the reduced number of channels in the XML file. I agree it should not matter.

I followed the same steps you outlined above (with a new copy of the complete XML file). This time no issues. 27 fetches. Let me know if you want them.

I'm going to try it again with a reduced XML file and see if I can make it through again. Before doing so, I'll make a back up of all of the files in case you want anything for the fetches from my last try.

I'll keep you posted.

[zehd]

I was trying this with the reduced number of channels in the XML file. I agree it should not matter.

I followed the same steps you outlined above (with a new copy of the complete XML file). This time no issues. 27 fetches. Let me know if you want them.

I'm going to try it again with a reduced XML file and see if I can make it through again. Before doing so, I'll make a back up of all of the files in case you want anything for the fetches from my last try.

I'll keep you posted.

You should only require a back up of the _Title and _tag file (that way you don't have to run Zehd's Picks again)

[zehd]

Release: 2.0.3359.21584

A few design changes (moving some stuff around)

By default Ultra will download at start and upload at finish

That should be fine for a while. I'll get your guys stuff and keep uploading a merged Master...

[zehd]

I was trying this with the reduced number of channels in the XML file. I agree it should not matter.

I followed the same steps you outlined above (with a new copy of the complete XML file). This time no issues. 27 fetches. Let me know if you want them.

I'm going to try it again with a reduced XML file and see if I can make it through again. Before doing so, I'll make a back up of all of the files in case you want anything for the fetches from my last try.

I'll keep you posted.

As far as letting me know.... In the latest release your findings if > 0 will upload by default. I'll scan the files before I merge into Master

[TomR]

I was trying this with the reduced number of channels in the XML file. I agree it should not matter.

I followed the same steps you outlined above (with a new copy of the complete XML file). This time no issues. 27 fetches. Let me know if you want them.

I'm going to try it again with a reduced XML file and see if I can make it through again. Before doing so, I'll make a back up of all of the files in case you want anything for the fetches from my last try.

I'll keep you posted.

(for version 2.0.3358.32113)
I just ran it through with a reduced XML file and no issues. I don't know what happened with it crashing but I'm not worrying about it since I can't reproduce.

It seems with every new version and all of you hard work, this is getting better and faster all the time. Thanks for all your work!

On to your next version! I'm sure it will be better/fast than the last!

[zehd]

(for version 2.0.3358.32113)
I just ran it through with a reduced XML file and no issues. I don't know what happened with it crashing but I'm not worrying about it since I can't reproduce.

It seems with every new version and all of you hard work, this is getting better and faster all the time. Thanks for all your work!

On to your next version! I'm sure it will be better/fast than the last!

Just remember to check the forum, and see if there's a new release. You can always check while your running your file through. If there is something new. Just kill the program, upgrade, and start again

I'm thinking of adding an auto update to the program, but that might actually be better suited to a new general Updater tool that I'm working on