EPGExtra utility - support

[ubu]

Please use this thread for any support issues regarding EPGExtra.

Other relevant threads can be found here and here (or just do a search for "EPGExtra").

Other useful info can be found on the EPGExtra wiki page

[ubu]

Hey there, just trying to use your tool but it states that it runs the update process on "C:\zap2it.xml" or something like that. I don't have a C: and just get an err saying the file doesn't exist. Any info on how to fix that issue?

EPGExtra does assume that you have a drive C: and that zap2it.xml has been placed there by the GB-PVR EPG update process. If you don't have a C: drive, you could try mappping the folder where zap2it.xml exists on your system as drive C: (Map Network Drive under Tools in Windows Explorer). I haven't tried it but it should work.

[reets]

Now I have a different problem, not related to the first one. This is what I get when I run EPGExtra for the first time. Looks like it is not searching the full path for the config.xml and have no idea why.


C:\Program Files (x86)\devnz\gbpvr>EPGExtra.exe

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\config.xml'.
File name: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\config.xml'
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOpti
ons options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boo
lean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks)
at EPGExtra.EPGTweakEngine.setZap2itSave(String gbpvrHomeDir)
at EPGExtra.EPGTweakEngine..ctor(EPGExtraOptions execOptions)
at EPGExtra.EPGExtra.Main(String[] args)

[reets]

Also, not sure if this is made in VB.net or something else but you should have a:

if IO.FileExists(filename) = false then <output an err instead of crash>

[ubu]

Now I have a different problem, not related to the first one. This is what I get when I run EPGExtra for the first time. Looks like it is not searching the full path for the config.xml and have no idea why.

C:\Program Files (x86)\devnz\gbpvr>EPGExtra.exe

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\config.xml'.

The EPGExtra code retrieves the gbpvr installation directory from the Windows registry. (If it doesn't find it, it will default to "..\..\" but that's just so I can debug it on a machine where GB-PVR is not installed). So if you have used the standard GB-PVR install program, the registry entry should be there and should be pointing to the correct location of your gbpvr directory.

However, a few months ago, I added code to my UbuStream plugin to handle the registry entries for people running 64 bit Windows (different registry key). I never got around to updating EPGExtra to do the same thing.

So I'd guess, either you are running x64 Windows or you have moved the gbpvr directory since you installed GB-PVR.

Workarounds:

• Use regedit to add an "ersatz" registry key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\devnz GBPR InstallDir=...)
  
• Run EPGExtra from a directory two levels up from your gbpvr directory (so ..\..\ resolves to "gbpvr").

Also, not sure if this is made in VB.net or something else but you should have a:

if IO.FileExists(filename) = false then <output an err instead of crash>

Typically, I will check for a file being present before using it and generate a "friendly" message if it's not found. However, if the missing file indicates a serious problem with your basic setup (as in this case) I let it just throw an exception because a) I want to get your attention and b) because the exception message contains lots of useful info for diagnosing the problem (if I caught the exception, I'd just have to print out the same info so, why bother?).

[reets]

Good news is, we are getting somewhere w00t! Bad news is, new err message I tried EPGExtra from the gbpvr folder and from 2 levels up and same err message (shown below). I copied the SQLite DLL file to both folders also to make sure. To me it looks like it can't find the DLL or something and the 2nd err is just caused by that. Do I need to do any special regsrv32 stuff?

Code:

Start time: 9:00:07 AM
Reading program data from Zap2it.xml.....
Programs read: 11659
Updating GBPVR database program descriptions.....

Unhandled Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.30.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken
=db937bc2d44ff139' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
File name: 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.30.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139'
   at EPGExtra.GbpvrDb..ctor(String gbpvrHomeDir)
   at EPGExtra.EPGTweakEngine.updateEPG(EPGExtraOptions execOptions, ZapData zapData)
   at EPGExtra.EPGTweakEngine.epgTweak(EPGExtraOptions execOptions)
   at EPGExtra.EPGExtra.Main(String[] args)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].


Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at EPGExtra.EPGTweakEngine.updateEPG(EPGExtraOptions execOptions, ZapData zapData)
   at EPGExtra.EPGTweakEngine.epgTweak(EPGExtraOptions execOptions)
   at EPGExtra.EPGExtra.Main(String[] args)

C:\Program Files (x86)\devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\EPGExtra>

[ubu]

Good news is, we are getting somewhere w00t! Bad news is, new err message I tried EPGExtra from the gbpvr folder and from 2 levels up and same err message (shown below). I copied the SQLite DLL file to both folders also to make sure. To me it looks like it can't find the DLL or something and the 2nd err is just caused by that. Do I need to do any special regsrv32 stuff?

Again, it's using the gbpvr directory location that it should have retrieved from the registry. (The gbpvr installer puts the sqllite dll in the gbpvr directory). Here's a version of EPGExtra that should work with Windows x64: [ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

Let me know if this solves your problems. If so, I'll update the wiki version.

BTW - just out of curiosity, what is the system you're using for gbpvr? Why no C: drive? Is this a diskless, boot from the network situation?

[reets]

I fixed the C: thing, I now have a C:. I just formatted and put on Win XP 64 since my XP 32 was not acting right. I'll report back in a bit about the success of the new EPG thanx for compiling a new version.

[reets]

Exact same err messages as the other version. Tried it once again from the main gbpvr folder and a folder 2 levels up and same thing. Not sure why it would say the file is missing when it's in both locations.

[ubu]

Exact same err messages as the other version. Tried it once again from the main gbpvr folder and a folder 2 levels up and same thing. Not sure why it would say the file is missing when it's in both locations.

Did you reinstall GB-PVR since you installed Win XP 64? If not, it won't have updated the x64 registry entry.

EPGExtra is intended to be run from the gbpvr directory but it shouldn't really matter because it's getting the gbpvr install dir from the registry (or should be).

It's looking for the "GBPVR InstallDir" value in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\devnz

or, if it doesn't find it there, it looks for the x64 equivalent:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\devnz

If it doesn't find it in either, it probably won't work. Have you tried using regedit to check if either of these entries are there? If you can't find them, GB-PVR is not installed correctly.