EPG Zap2it

[stamanf]

Hi, the site tvlistings.gracenote.com has just changed its IP address to 35.82.197.238, so you need to modify the HOST file to properly redirect Zap2it to the replacement site.

Make a change in the HOST file.

54.148.50.239 tvlistings.zap2it.com ( old )    ---> By    35.82.197.238 tvlistings.zap2it.com

I was happy this worked for a bit (Thanks!!!), until it didn't.
The host "tvlistings.gracenote.com" changed again, I had to update my hostfile to: 52.33.99.5

To find the IP address they use, as they seem to change frequently, use this url: https://www.nslookup.io/domains/tvlistin...ebservers/

[elstaci]

When I first noticed that my Website NPVR TV Guide was blank and found out that Zap2it website was shut down. Went to Github and downloaded the latest Zap2xml.PL file for the new TV guide website Grace Notes. But it didn't work.

So I came here to NVPR Forums and started following other Users and the Moderator's advice. First I downloaded portable Strawberry Perl and copied pasted both Zap2xml.exe and Zap2xml.PL file into the main directory of Strawberry Perl and ran the command line for Perl from a previous reply from another User. It ran but with some errors. But EPG.xml file still was updated by only witn non-XMLTV channels. 

I thought that I had accidentally deleted my previous Active State Perl since I couldn't locate the program anywhere. But found it strange that Zap2xml was still working but not correctly.

So I downloaded Strawberry Perl entire program and installed it on my computer. Again copied and pasted Zap2xml.exe and Zap2xml.PL files in the same Main directory of Strawberry Perl. Again ran the same command line for Perl to reconfigure the PL file to be accepted by Zap2xml.exe.  This time there was a few seconds and then Perl came back with no errors. Cut both Zap2xml files back to the NPVR-Data Script folder. Ran the UpdateEPG.bat. It showed that it scanned several thousand TV programs but Zero updated for the EPG.XML file. I even re-installed NPVR again with the same exact error. Then the Moderator mentioned about Re-mapping the channels. I remapped the channel correctly again and bingo. Ran the UpdateEPG.bat (without any modifications) and it updated the EPG.XML files with 14 days worth of TV shows.

Since then I has been running flawlessly without any issue as before when Zap2it TV Guide website was being used. 

The reason why I am posting this is I also tried the  DNS fix on my Windows Hosts file but didn't work beside the Moderator mentioned that Grace Notes DNS kept changing making this method unreliable. 

Also found out that I didn't uninstall Active State Perl. I just forgot that I hid the Main program folder in my C:\ Root directory. I then used Revo Uninstaller to get rid of all traces of Active State Perl in case it might cause some conflict with the newly installed Strawberry Perl program.

I have no experience in programing in Perl. Just followed the suggestion on how to use the Perl Command line to reconfigure the updated Zap2xml.PL file from Github. Besides Re-mapping the channels in NPVR and using the same Bat. file as before. The Moderator mentioned I didn't need to modify my .BAT file at all and I didn't.

NOTE: I did download and tried to configure a different equivalent scraper but the instructions was not very clear on configuring the scraper. so deleted it.

The point I am trying to make is you don't need to know Perl programming. Just copy and paste the Perl command line from this thread from another User inside of Strawberry Perl and remap your channel again. This may need to be done more than once if you installed NVPR again or re-scanned the device for channels.

From NPVR instructions in the past, you do need to have Perl program installed for NVPR to work correctly.

[elstaci]

I am still using Zap2xml to download TV Guide data from Grace Notes without any issues and still using the same EPG.bat file before Zap2it became discontinued.

The only changes I made was downloading the latest Github file for Zap2xml and installed Strawberry PERL and using the command line from a previous User's reply and configured all my TV channels again making sure they were all are in XMLTV format.

I haven't seen any disruptions in NextPVR TV Guide webpage or in Kodi TV Guide.

Hopefully Grace Notes won't also be discontinued like Zip2it website.

[fla]

Yes the Grace Notes solution discussed in this thread still works perfectly.

The epgtechtalk post above looks like a promotional bot see also here and here.

New account, one post. Sentences that contribute nothing really thoughtful to the topic being discussed... Moderators should at least keep an eye on that account...

[mvallevand]

Yes I am monitoring his post for spam click bait.

Martin.

[sub]

Agreed, sounds like it is.

[koijh65]

Zap2xml no longer works. I tried all of the current IP addresses. They all create the following error.

[Attempt 1] <html>
<head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center>
</body>
</html>

[mvallevand]

For zap2xml it looks like there is challenge/response cookie for aws now. You can start by reading up on this https://sdk.amazonaws.com/cpp/api/LATEST...ction.html or move to SchedulesDirect

I expect perl uses to come knocking soon.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Good news for some, it seems they changed their logic today and only require a User-Agent header. Perhaps some grabbers already do this.

Martin

[renojim]

With the clue about what to look for, it's a pretty easy fix.

Change:

Code:

$ua->agent('Mozilla/4.0');

To: 

Code:

$ua->agent('Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:130.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/130.0');