xml file grabbed from a web server?

[Me_]

I wish I could get my xml file from a website that compiles. I have a direct link in the form of a URL (http://www.kazer.org/tvguide.xml?u=rjut36o2u07n).

That should be possible based on this text that I found in the wiki, but I can't figure out how to make npvr look there. The wording suggests that I can actually point NPVR to a web address, but my options on the Import screen for EPG Source are just None, XMLTV, DVB/ATSC EPG and Schedules Direct.

You will need an XMLTV grabber to download your EPG data into a file, and then point NextPVR to that file which can be stored anywhere on your system. NPVR can also link directly to an XMLTV file on a web server. Configure your grabber according to any given instructions. Once you've set the options correctly and executed the grabber it will produce a data.xml file (the name may vary but the extension will always be ****.xml).

Thanks for any help!

[mvallevand]

Just use a command line tool like wget or curl to copy the file in your batch file.

Martin

[Me_]

Thank you Martin but I use windows. How to automate the download of this file in this case.
I understood that we could configure it for NPVR download it directly ...

[mvallevand]

Thank you Martin but I use windows. How to automate the download of this file in this case.

I understood that we could configure it for NPVR download it directly ...

NextPVR doesn't download anything automatically except files from SchedulesDirect. Users are on their own for XMLTV files

It's easy though, just get the win32 version of one of those files.

http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

ie for silient mode wget

Code:

wget "http://www.kazer.org/tvguide.xml?u=rjut36o2u07n" -o NUL -O tvguide.xml 2>NUL

Martin

[johnsonx42]

the text in the wiki saying you can link directly to a file on a web server is left-over from the old GB-PVR wiki. NPVR does not have that ability.

[Me_]

NextPVR doesn't download anything automatically except files from SchedulesDirect. Users are on their own for XMLTV files

It's easy though, just get the win32 version of one of those files.

http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

ie for silient mode wget

Code:

wget "http://www.kazer.org/tvguide.xml?u=rjut36o2u07n" -o NUL -O tvguide.xml 2>NUL

Martin

Thank you. I'll try that.

[jksmurf]

Or try TVxB. I use it with great success.

[Me_]

NextPVR doesn't download anything automatically except files from SchedulesDirect. Users are on their own for XMLTV files

It's easy though, just get the win32 version of one of those files.

http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

ie for silient mode wget

Code:

wget "http://www.kazer.org/tvguide.xml?u=rjut36o2u07n" -o NUL -O tvguide.xml 2>NUL

Martin

It works! Thank you

[Me_]

Correction! :mad::mad::mad:

Only UpdateEPG.bat file works.

When I ask NPVR to update the EPG (Settings -> Channels -> Update EPG), it displays that execute the UpdateEPG.bat file ("Running UpdateEPG.bat") but it is not downloaded.

If I run UpdateEPG.bat by hand, it works!

:confused:

[whurlston]

It's probably working but your working directory when running the UpdateEPG.bat is [NPVR Folder]\Scripts whereas when you run the update inside NPVR, your working directory is [NPVR folder]. You need to specify a complete path in your bat file:

Code:

wget "http://www.kazer.org/tvguide.xml?u=rjut36o2u07n" -o NUL -O [color=#FF0000]"C:\[Path To]\tvguide.xml"[/color] 2>NUL