EPG start/end times out by a minute or two

[sub]

I've just double checked the code. There is nothing that adds or subtracts minutes to the show times, with the exception of the value in add_offset column in XMLTV_EPGSOURCE table in the database, but this is always zero and there is no field in the config app to change this. It would also apply the same offset to each and every show, not just a some shows.

[reven]

i just checked the offset in the db and that is set to 0, and this problem only happens on some shows, no more than 2-3 a day per channel...

you've got more important things to worry about now, ill see if it goes away or remind you in the next prerelease...

[reven]

ok i just checked, and it turns out every show is off by a minute or two, its just not always obivious, the "TV Guide" makes some of them look like they are on the right time (only a few pixels difference between 7:01 and 7:00 )

[reven]

well out of curiousity i opened up the gbpvr.mdb database to checkout the time, and well they were all right, no +- 1/2 mins. so its a problem with the "TV Guide" plugin.

heres a couple of rows from the gbpvr.exe

Code:

oid    name    sub_title    description    start_time    end_time    channel_oid    unique_identifier    rating
1070831    Joey        As the star of an action film, Joey over-indulges in his newfound perks and even uses his stuntman, Chuck, to distract angry men while he romances their girlfriends.    1/03/2006 8:00:00 p.m.    1/03/2006 8:30:00 p.m.    41        
1123636    Joey        Joey meets a beautiful woman who is taking a class in English as a second language. To court her, he also enrolls in the class.    15/03/2006 8:00:00 p.m.    15/03/2006 8:30:00 p.m.    41

and the tv guide shows that on 15/03/2006 on Channel 2 (guid 41) Joey starts at 7:58 and finishes at 8:29.

"Recordings" also has it listed to start at 7:58 and 8:29 pm, so hmmm interesting....
and heres the entry from the recordings table

Code:

oid    programme_oid    capture_source_oid    status    filename    recording_type    recording_group    manual_start_time    manual_end_time    manual_channel_oid    quality_level    pre_pad_minutes    post_pad_minutes
1331    1123636    3    0    Joey    0    53    15/03/2006 8:00:00 p.m.    15/03/2006 8:30:00 p.m.    41    1    2    4

so hmmm strange.... might help narrow down the bug though....

[sub]

The TV guide doesnt add or remove any minutes when displaying it. I've not seen any other reports of this either. Very strange.

Nothing has changed in these areas of the code in a very long time either.

[sixgun]

I read a news article on-line somewhere that talked about the TV guides getting published with deliberate overlaps of a couple of minutes.

This was apparently done with the intention of confusing PVR systems because of the increasing trend of people skipping adverts.

Can't remember where i read it though.

[reven]

just an update on the problem,

ive discovered that when gbpvr first loads, the start/end times are correct, eg 7pm, but after its been running for a while (not sure how long it takes, its always running) the times seem to change from eg 7pm to 7:01pm. which well is very very strange.....

[Jim_]

I was doing a search to see why the XMLTV offset wasn’t working with 96.12 when I came across this thread.
One of my systems uses XMLTV, and a few days ago I noticed the guide had shifted a full hour.
I’ve tried everything I can think of without reloading GBPVR.
The XMLTV times are correct, and my other system (that uses Zap2It) is dead on.

[sub]

I was doing a search to see why the XMLTV offset wasn’t working with 96.12 when I came across this thread.
One of my systems uses XMLTV, and a few days ago I noticed the guide had shifted a full hour.
I’ve tried everything I can think of without reloading GBPVR.
The XMLTV times are correct, and my other system (that uses Zap2It) is dead on.

If its out by an hour, it sounds like your timezone is incorrect on your PC.

[HtV]

Could it be the start of "daylight saving" etc? I remember using a XMLTV-grabber where you had to enter the dates for daylight-saving-start and end. Here in The Netherlands daylightsaving started last weekend.