Updateepg.bat not running automatically

[Lao Pan]

First off Do Not Use DVBGuide096Beta it uses xml 1.1 which is not compatible with NPVR use 0.95 instead

Next put all the dvbguide files in C:\DVBGuide.

Your updateepg.bat should then contain:

Code:

@echo off
rem
rem     Batch file to capture the UK Freesat EPG as an XMLTV format file
rem
rem    Change to working directory
rem

C:
CD \DVBGuide
rem
rem    Get rid of old .xml files
rem
del /Q *.xml
rem
rem    Now collect all epg from Freesat EPG
rem    
DVBGuide -as -c11427830 -ph -mQPSK -s27500000 -y3002 -z3003 -t -o freesat.xml

Then point your xmltv mapping in settings to:

C:\DVBGuide/freesat.xml

and it should all work - - maybe :confused:

[Graham_Shepherd]

I've tweaked the privileges and tried different accounts for running the recording service, without success.

I've also granted full permissions on all accounts for running DVBGuide.exe, and combined both updateepg.bat & freesatepg.bat.

So far no luck..

I'm fitting this in around work commitments so my efforts are a bit fragmented!

Hopefully I can find a result soon.

As always, it all works perfectly when I double click the updateepg.bat file from the scripts folder.

Will report back on attempts over the weekend.

[johnsonx42]

I suggest you leave NRecord running as local system; other accounts can be problematic.

please post your updateepg.bat again, now that you've added in the commands from freesatepg.bat

[Reddwarf]

I suggest you leave NRecord running as local system; other accounts can be problematic.

please post your updateepg.bat again, now that you've added in the commands from freesatepg.bat

There is no problem running the recording service as an administrative account, it will automatically be granted the rights to run a service.

[Graham]

As always, it all works perfectly when I double click the updateepg.bat file from the scripts folder.

That suggests that it is likely to be a permissions thing. I would expect that it also works okay when you click Update EPG in Settings --> Channels http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...n.Channels. I minimised the problems by creating a C:\EPG folder that contains all of the programs that I use during updateEPG.bat and stores all of the data files used and created during updateEPG.bat.

[johnsonx42]

There is no problem running the recording service as an administrative account, it will automatically be granted the rights to run a service.

hence why I said "CAN BE". It's been awhile since I tried it, but I found various odd behavior when running the recording service as a regular admin user, and I've seen other people report similar issues. At the same time, I know others (including you I gather) have had no problems running that way.

[Reddwarf]

hence why I said "CAN BE". It's been awhile since I tried it, but I found various odd behavior when running the recording service as a regular admin user, and I've seen other people report similar issues. At the same time, I know others (including you I gather) have had no problems running that way.

I'm pretty sure that all who had problems had tried to run it using an account without admin. priv. A user with admin. priv. is in fact allowed to do more than the local system account.

[Graham_Shepherd]

I reverted back to running the recording service as 'local system', as changing this made no difference.

In answer to Graham, no it doesn't work when I click Update EPG in Settings --> Channels http://www.gbpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.ph...ation.Channels!

Here is my combined batch file;

@echo on
rem
cd c:\users\public\npvr\dvbguide\
DVBGuide -as -c11427830 -ph -mQPSK -s27500000 -y3002 -z3003 -o c:\users\public\npvr\dvbguide\freesat_epg.xml
rem cmd

It does the job, but just not via nPVR either manually or automatically.

For the moment I have cheated and achieved a work around by running the batch file daily using Windows Task Scheduler just prior to nPVR running its EPG update.

Work keeps getting in the way of fiddling too much at the moment...

[johnsonx42]

you could try putting in some logging, like:

Code:

echo Now running UpdateEPG.bat >> c:\epg.log

I assume Windows is installed on the C: drive?

[Lao Pan]

Is anyone running DVBGuide from the users\public\npvr folder successfully?
I have mine in C:\DVBGuide for a reason, but it is so long since I started using it that I can't remember the reason for putting it there - possibly character limit?

Also in my own batch file that has the full path to the output file there is no space between the -o and the c:

Also which version of DVBGuide are you using - the latest will not work with NPVR