Scheduled EPG Update - TV Guide not always updating from XMLTV

[Graham_Shepherd]

Hi

I've been successfully using DVBGuide to generate DVB-S XMLTV data - see my earlier post.

But....

n-PVR is not always updating the data when scheduled to do so.

My channel mapping sets two epg data sources;

DVB EPG for my DVB-T card

&

XMLTV for my DVB-S cards

If I manually update the EPG Data from the settings - channels page I get all the right show info.

When n-PVR updates at a scheduled time I get DVB EPG data but all show info from XMLTV sources is blank with no show data.

Seems odd when the scheduled setting is using the same XMLTV data and settings as the manual update?

Any ideas please??

[BigMoose]

I have the exact same setup (except Irish DVB-T and UK DVB-S) and the exact same problem... which doesn't help you at all, but does show it's not just you!

[Graham_Shepherd]

Quick Bump...

Hi Sub

This is an ongoing problem with the latest beta version still. Do you have any ideas on the cause or a solution please?

[Reddwarf]

Quick Bump...

Hi Sub

This is an ongoing problem with the latest beta version still. Do you have any ideas on the cause or a solution please?

I'm having the same problem as well. The temporary solution is to manually push the "Update EPG" button once a day

[sub]

What is the easiest way to reproduce it?

If you set you EPG update hour to be the current hour, then restart the recording service (to force it to start the EPG update), then wait a few minutes, then start NPVR and view the TV Guide, has the problem recurred?

[Reddwarf]

What is the easiest way to reproduce it?

If you set you EPG update hour to be the current hour, then restart the recording service (to force it to start the EPG update), then wait a few minutes, then start NPVR and view the TV Guide, has the problem recurred?

Hard to tell without leaving npvr for a couple of days so the epg gets a bit outdated...
I'v attached a log you might find interesting, the first part shows the auto-epgupdate.

[Reddwarf]

Here's the log from last night's automatic epg-update. Looking at the Guide I can see that the channels that have DVB-EPG is updated to one week of data, but the channels relying on xmltv has not got no new shows since last time I updated manually, even the xmltv-file was updated (from EPGCollector) a couple of hours earøier and contains the same data as the DVB-channels has got.

[Graham_Shepherd]

What is the easiest way to reproduce it?

If you set you EPG update hour to be the current hour, then restart the recording service (to force it to start the EPG update), then wait a few minutes, then start NPVR and view the TV Guide, has the problem recurred?

Hi Sub

I have checked again and can see that my XMLTV data is only updating when I do a manual update. When a scheduled daily EPG update takes place my DVB-S show data is blank. If I then do a manual update everything is fine, until the next scheduled update when the TV Guide is again blank except for the DVB-T EPG listings.

Silly question, but is the scheduled update looking for an XMLTV file in a different location than that specified when we do a manual scan?

[sub]

Do you guys possibly have the xmltv file in a directory that the NextPVR.exe (running as the logged in user) can access, but isnt accessible from NRecord.exe (running as a service under a different user account)? ie, like in your user directory?

[sub]

Hi Sub

I have checked again and can see that my XMLTV data is only updating when I do a manual update. When a scheduled daily EPG update takes place my DVB-S show data is blank. If I then do a manual update everything is fine, until the next scheduled update when the TV Guide is again blank except for the DVB-T EPG listings.

Silly question, but is the scheduled update looking for an XMLTV file in a different location than that specified when we do a manual scan?

The manual update epg function, and the automated one, both call the same function, so should behave identically.