xmltv.xml file corrupts my gbpvr.db3

[sub]

Can you zip and email me your gbpvr.db3 file? I'll look whats in it.

I'll PM you my email address.

[curt1s]

hey sub,

did you get my db3 file in email? I havent heard back from you!

Thanks!

[curt1s]

bump.



sub you alive?? I emailed you twice with no reply! I sent ya my db3 file..

Can you please respond????

Thanks!!!

[sub]

Sorry, I got you email reminder today, and I was intending to check it out today and get back to you, but I havnt found time yet.

Can you also send an copy of your xmltv file? I might as well get an updated gbpvr.db3 ifle too.

[curt1s]

hey sub,

ok it might be a few days.. I just got everything fixed again and have a list of shows to record. I will e-mail you those files in a few days.

I am also looking into other xml scrapers to see if I can get one to work.

Thanks!
Curtis

[zehd]

hey sub,

ok it might be a few days.. I just got everything fixed again and have a list of shows to record. I will e-mail you those files in a few days.

I am also looking into other xml scrapers to see if I can get one to work.

Thanks!
Curtis

From my experience GB-PVR and mc2xml don't have too much trouble with each other. It's usually something else that is processing the xml before it gets imported into GB-PVR. Are you using an Enhancer, TV Listings2 (xmltvextras), UltraXMLTV?

I would be very interested in seeing your original xmltv file that you get fresh from mc2xml. Please email me with me zipped xmltv file...

[curt1s]

ok I will e-mail it to you also. The thing is, if I delete the capture source and then recreate it and then update the EPG the xmltv.xml works fine.. its when I overwrite the xmltv.xml file by running mc2xml again, and then updating the EPG again that it corrupts my db3 file.

zehd can you pm me your email address?

Thanks

[zehd]

So far what I've seen is nothing other than that message the mc2xml guy sent you.

In fact I do suspect that xmltvextras is causing the problem. THis is what I suspect

UpdateEPG.bat runs:
mc2xml download listings < OK
GB-PVR imports listings < OK

PostUpdateEPG.bat runs
xmltvextra.exe runs

What this program does: it reads the xmltv file created just prior again, and compares info to the actual database listings that GB-PVR has just created during the import process. Then it fills in extra information into its own 'satelite' db3. (I say satelite as for each entry in the main Programme table in GB-PVR there is a corresponding enter in the satelite)

When you view listings in TV Listings, the TV Listings digs info from the main Programme table and the satelite table.

I believe that it is this database interaction that is corrupting your GB-PVR database.

I suggest removing xmltvextras.exe from the mix for a while until you get it sorted...

Make sure that your UpdateEPG.bat has a reference to mc2xml and only that (unless you are using some enhancer like UltraXMLTV Enhancer - but I don't want to confuse the issue!) and that your PostUpdateEPG.bat is disabled (renamed or deleted)

TV Listings will still work fine, though a couple of indicators won't be showing (like New!, 16:9, Dolby etc)

Let me know how you make out. I'm looking at adding compatibility to Ultra v2...

[curt1s]

Hello,

I am not using xmltvextras. I tried it and it produced an error on that file.

I do all my EPG updates manually.

[zehd]

Hello,

I am not using xmltvextras. I tried it and it produced an error on that file.

I do all my EPG updates manually.

Well we all know that the mc2xml/gb-pvr combination works fine, so it's a matter of looking into how you're doing it.

Can I see how you launch mc2xml, and where you launch it? What's your command line (PM if private zip code etc)

For example, you might have mc2xml in a separate batch file: run.bat, and that batch file is being called in the UpdateEPG.bat

Are you using a task scheduler? And Enhancer?

I'm just trying to see what is getting in the way...

If your UpdateEPG.bat looks something like this:

cd\
cd ..\EPG\Grabbers\mc2xml

mc2xml -D 1.dat -c ca -g T0X0X0 -L -o mc1.xml

Echo Copying the new xmltv.xml to EPG directory
echo on

copy mc1.xml ..\..\mc1.xml

Batch file:
[INDENT]Switched to mc2xml folder
runs mc2xml with parameters (Fake Postal Code, change to suit)
copies resulting xmltv folder to my main EPG folder[/INDENT]

Now my Capture Source in GB-PVR is pointed to c:\epg\mc1.xml

And that's it. Unless mc2xml specifically targets you with bad data, this is all you need...