Update EPG Not working properly with XLMTV

[Bobbybear]

Having just made the switch from v4 to v5 I find I am having a problem with Update EPG.
I have been using XMLTV GUI Grabber from birtles.org.uk to obtain the guide data as an .xml file from DigiGuide for years.
All has been well up to this point with v4 which when it called update.bat it downloaded all the Channel data.
But with v5 when Update EPG runs it calls the update batch file in scripts which in turns starts XmltvConsole.exe.
When this runs it finishes after grabbing about a third of the channel data and then writes an .xml file of about 14,000 Kb.
If I run the XmltvConsole.exe manually or run the update.bat manually it grabs all the channel data and returns an .xml file of about 58,000 Kb.
I cannot find out why this happens unless there is some kind of timeout in v5.
I have found a fudge to fix this by removing the update.bat from scripts and creating a Windows Schedule task to run XmltvConsole.exe at 07:00 and then set NPVR v5 to Update the EPG at 07:10.
This then reads the fully downloaded .xml and updates the EPG.
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this so NPVR v5 runs the Update without the extra step of running a schedule task as well as Update.


Log file attached;

[mvallevand]

Your logs show an incredible amount of output from your screen which you will eventually want to redirect to > NUL

I would consider running UpdateEPG.bat > filename.txt and zipping the file and sending it here if you can't figure it out.

I do see it stopping so it is not a timeout on the batch file, but internal timeouts are under your control

Code:

08:18:54 -    Finished Combining Grabber Programs                          
08:18:54 - Writing XML                                                    
08:18:55 -    XML Written                                                  Download Speed: 0 B/s   17,871 KB Downloaded  
00:00:00 Remaining

There is also this error in you scripts from v4 days.

Code:

2021-10-19 08:19:13.584    [DEBUG][44]    Starting: C:\Users\Public\NPVR-Data\scripts\PostUpdateEPG.bat
2021-10-19 08:19:13.624    [DEBUG][150]    >
2021-10-19 08:19:13.624    [DEBUG][150]    > C:\Users\Public\NPVR-Data\scripts>XmltvExtras.exe
2021-10-19 08:19:13.656    [DEBUG][150]    > Cannot find NPVR directory, assuming 'C:\Users\Public\NPVR'
2021-10-19 08:19:13.656    [DEBUG][150]    >
2021-10-19 08:19:13.656    [DEBUG][150]    > Error connecting to database: NPVR data dir not found
2021-10-19 08:19:13.656    [DEBUG][150]    > Exiting.

There is an error that sub needs to look at and explain.

Code:

2021-10-19 08:19:00.250    [ERROR][44]    Error sticking show names

Martin

[Bobbybear]

Martin thanks for looking at this.

1. Could you explain in laymans what you mean by "I would consider running UpdateEPG.bat > filename.txt and zipping the file and sending it here if you can't figure it out."
If it's the output I can zip the .xml file or if explained I can try to achieve what you need to see.
2. How are internal timeouts under my control? I don't understand really why when the batch file runs the Console it can run fully, but when v5 runs the Console from the .bat file it finishes partly complete.
3. The Error from v4 is that XmltvExtras.exe must be programmed to look for v4 Data folder, it is an old v4 plugin that appears not to work with v5 I have removed the script and plugin.

Regards
Bob

[mvallevand]

1. Instead of running the programs I want you to turn the batch file that NextPVR runs

> filename.txt

redirects the screen output to a file

Then zip filename.txt and upload that file to see if there are errors earlier then capture. There might be a config file that is read that could be the problem.

2. The batch file itself doesn't timeout so that is not a problem. We might see it.

Martin

[Bobbybear]

Martin
Still not sure I quite understand what you would like to see, but I will attach the batch file and a snapshot of what the .bat calls which not on the c:/ drive with the OS and programs.

Bob

[Bobbybear]

Not sure the .bat got uploaded
Try again

[mvallevand]

You have to zip up the attachments.

I want you to run this from the command line

Code:

c:\users\public\npvr-data\scripts\updateepg.bat > filename.txt

then zip up filename.txt and post it.

Martin

[Bobbybear]

OK I got that.
The .xml file is only 12904 Kb
filename.zip attached.
Bob

[sub]

There is an error that sub needs to look at and explain.

Code:

2021-10-19 08:19:00.250 [ERROR][44] Error sticking show names

Martin

Some xmltv files only have half of the show name in the title node, then continue it in the description field, then have the real description following that. This error is from logic that attempts to clean this up.

Bobbybear, if you want to supply your xmltv file, I'll check why this is happening with your file.

[mvallevand]

OK I got that.
The .xml file is only 12904 Kb
filename.zip attached.
Bob

No errors, could you do the same with the v4 updateepg.bat

Also that small XML file confirms the batch file is the issue not NextPVR or a timeout.

Martin