TV Listings 2 - Support Thread

[wildstars]

I have attached the pvrx2.exe.log file zipped up.

[alibert]

Hi,

I am trying to get the TV Listings plugin to display all the extra data, but I am having no luck.

I'm using xmltv.org's grabber version 0.5.56

Its grabbing the data from schedules direct.

The data is pumped into gb-pvr.

The PostUpdateEPG.bat runs, and gives me the following message:

Code:

Reading E:\PROGRA~1\Devnz\GBPVR\xmltv.xml...
Found 2586 programmes containing extra data.
Searching for outdated programme entries...
No outdated programme entries found in TVListings database.
Mapping xmltv programmes to GBPVR programmes...
OK
Adding programme extras from xmltv to TVListings database...
Updated 2586 entries.
Finished.

the TV Listings.db3 file looks small (132k) and doesn't seem to change size.

And when I click on tv listings in gb-pvr, I get the vanilla show data.

I can't find any log files related to tv listings.

Thanks for any help in advance. I've been stumped on this for longer than I'd like to admit.

is the last modified date of the tv listings database changed after running the xmltvextras utility (when the output says that entries were added)?

-alibert

[wildstars]

is the last modified date of the tv listings database changed after running the xmltvextras utility (when the output says that entries were added)?

Thanks for responding. Yes, the TV Listings.db3 file date changes.

Code:

E:\PROGRA~1\Devnz\GBPVR Thu 09/10/2009 13:45:09.81>PVRX2.exe -UpdateEPGOnly

E:\PROGRA~1\Devnz\GBPVR Thu 09/10/2009 13:45:15.53>dir "Plugins\TV Listings\TV Listings.db3"
Volume in drive E is Data
Volume Serial Number is C0A5-8D50

Directory of E:\PROGRA~1\Devnz\GBPVR\Plugins\TV Listings

09/10/2009  01:46 PM           135,168 TV Listings.db3

Thanks for helping out with this!

[alibert]

Hi,

then it seems that actually some extras are put into the tv listings database.

As I don't know what data your xmltv file contains and which of them actually is used as "extra" data (see http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/XmltvExtras for supported xmltv elements), I'd suggest that you look into your xmltv file and search for a programme where you think that it's extra data should be shown by the tv listings plugin, then open the programme in the plugin and compare the results.

-alibert

[wildstars]

Hi,

then it seems that actually some extras are put into the tv listings database.

As I don't know what data your xmltv file contains and which of them actually is used as "extra" data (see http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/XmltvExtras for supported xmltv elements), I'd suggest that you look into your xmltv file and search for a programme where you think that it's extra data should be shown by the tv listings plugin, then open the programme in the plugin and compare the results.

-alibert

I am seeing some 16:9, HDTV, and Dolby icons now. No "new" icons, but that is probably due to the lack of new programming. I'll dig around to verify.

I think I need to use ultraxml to get all the data (episode numbers, original airdates, etc), but need to configure it to not bung up tv listings. I seem to recall seeing post on how to do that somewhere around here.

Thanks for the help.

[wildstars]

It looks like schedules direct doesn't include a 'new' or 'premier' xml tag.

Sooooo, that answers that. XMLExtra's and TV Listings are working correctly. I gotta get something (ultraxml?) to parse out and add a 'new' or 'premier' xml tag.

[Snooze]

It looks like schedules direct doesn't include a 'new' or 'premier' xml tag.

MMaybe you tried it but there wasn't the extra EPG data you are looking for, but MC2XML adds the "*" tag for new or live programs.

[gonzo90017]

Hi,
To display the channel number and the icon in the first column, you'll need to add the number in the "ChannelHeader" composite image of the skin-file.
-alibert

Could you give a little more details as how to do this? I tried editing the file but the name and number kept appearing on top of the icon.

Also how can I change the color of that column? (where the icons and name appear) I want to make it black just like the default blue skin. (the grayish color doesn't look good with my icons)

[LewE]

Could you give a little more details as how to do this? I tried editing the file but the name and number kept appearing on top of the icon.

I did this in what is probably the brute force approach. They may be off a bit technically but they gave me th appearance I wanted.

I modified the ChannelHeader to separately output the channel number and the icon. Note that the key thing to do is place them side by side with the loc part of the DrawText and DrawImage functions.

[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="2"] <CompositeImage name="ChannelHeader" size="14,8.5">
<DrawCommonImage name="TextBackground"/>
<!-- supported parameters are: @icon, @name, @number, @numberName, @noIcon-->
<!-- visible="@noIcon" will only be drawn if there is no icon for the channel available -->
<DrawText text="@number" loc="2,10" size="96,80" textStyle="GeneralTextStyle" align="left" valign="center"/>
<DrawImage filename="@icon" loc="16 ,4" size="92,92" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@name" visible="@noIcon" loc="2,10" size="96,80" textStyle="GeneralTextStyle" align="center" valign="center"/>
</CompositeImage>[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Hope this helps you.

[gonzo90017]

Thanks for the tips. This is as far as i've gotten and i'm all out of ideas:

Code:

<CompositeImage name="ChannelHeader" size="10,5">
      <!-- supported parameters are: @icon, @name, @number, @numberName, @noIcon-->
      <!-- icon and name -->
      <DrawImage filename="@icon" visible="@name" fixedAspectRatio="false" loc="0,5" size="53,90"/>
      <DrawText text="@name" visible="@name" loc="55,35" size="95,50" textStyle="ListingStyle" align="Left" valign="center"/>
    </CompositeImage>