EPG Update Log?

smajor · 2007-10-17, 10:41 PM

Which log file has information about the automatic EPG Update?

I'm still having the problem of my Guide not updating from the local xml file.

I've scheduled the update to happen at 7pm nightly when I know the system is on and in use (usually it is in use from 3pm to 10pm on, so I know it's not the wake system issue in the survival guide.)

Thanks!

***sub*** · 2007-10-17, 11:05 PM

The automated EPG update should show up in GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log.

smajor · 2007-10-17, 11:13 PM

sub Wrote:The automated EPG update should show up in GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log.

Thanks, I found this... but I don't use SD. It's an xml file. My two recording for my dual tuner reference it.

2007-10-17 19:02:44.328 VERBOSE [8] received request to reload schedule
2007-10-17 19:02:44.328 VERBOSE [8] Emptying Zap2it/ScedulesDirect channel cache
2007-10-17 19:02:44.328 VERBOSE [8] EPG update complete

Does the EPG update require the presence of a bat file? I don't need it, but could create one that does nothing significant if so...

Thanks!

***sub*** · 2007-10-17, 11:18 PM

Post all your GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log files and I'll take a look.

whurlston · 2007-10-17, 11:32 PM

Do you have a process running to update the xml file before GB-PVR imports it? That is what the UpdateEPG.bat does. If you are not using the batch file, you need to use another method (Scheduled task, etc.) to update the file, otherwise GB-PVR will import the same file with no updated listings.

smajor · 2007-10-17, 11:34 PM

Here they are. Thanks a lot!

***sub*** · 2007-10-17, 11:39 PM

The EPG update seems to have run ok in those log files. The logs indicate it found and loaded tons of listings. If there is no listings in the app, then maybe you've got the app pointing at an xmltv file that only has old listings? (ie, not for the current time period)

Quote:2007-10-17 19:00:16.078 VERBOSE [8] Will run EPG update soon...
2007-10-17 19:00:46.078 VERBOSE [8] Keeping machine awake for pending EPG update...
2007-10-17 19:01:16.078 VERBOSE [8] Keeping machine awake for pending EPG update...
2007-10-17 19:01:46.078 VERBOSE [8] Keeping machine awake for pending EPG update...
2007-10-17 19:02:16.078 VERBOSE [8] Keeping machine awake for pending EPG update...
2007-10-17 19:02:16.078 VERBOSE [8] Initiating EPG update...
2007-10-17 19:02:16.078 VERBOSE [8] exporting backup of recordings data...
2007-10-17 19:02:16.109 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
2007-10-17 19:02:16.109 VERBOSE [8] getValue cached value: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(1)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(2)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(3)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(4)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(5)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(6)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(7)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(8)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.171 VERBOSE [8] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(9)
2007-10-17 19:02:16.218 VERBOSE [8] updating EPG...
2007-10-17 19:02:16.218 INFO [8] Auto-Updating EPG
2007-10-17 19:02:16.234 VERBOSE [8] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/MiscMediaDirectory
2007-10-17 19:02:16.234 VERBOSE [8] getValue: /settings/MiscMediaDirectory : .\media
2007-10-17 19:02:16.250 VERBOSE [8] Loading XMLTV File: C:\Guide\xmltv.xml
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] About to return final XMLTV channel list. Count = 73
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WNYFLP : 219 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TBS : 208 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CBOT : 250 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WPTZ : 211 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WWNY : 192 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WCFE : 224 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TVGN : 229 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel N10NOW : 178 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CJOH : 218 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WPBS : 220 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WWTI : 236 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel FAM : 233 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel USA : 154 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel MTV : 230 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CNN : 126 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CNNH : 120 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel QVC : 124 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel DISN : 363 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel ESPN : 164 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel HSN : 138 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel JWLTV : 44 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CMTV : 198 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TWSYSPO : 241 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel MSGZN2 : 230 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel AMC : 75 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel SNY : 250 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CBMT : 245 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WWTIDT2 : 266 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel DSC : 219 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel SPIKETV : 193 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel NIK : 335 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel EWTN : 263 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TWC : 129 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TNT : 123 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel AETV : 183 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel VH1 : 176 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel ANIMAL : 208 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel LIFE : 239 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel FSNY2 : 224 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CNBC : 184 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel GOLF : 223 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel SOAP : 179 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel COURT : 253 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel HGTV : 332 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel FX : 217 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TLC : 254 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel ESPN2 : 148 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TOON : 296 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel FOOD : 293 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel YES : 178 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel HISTORY : 167 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel FNC : 157 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TCM : 93 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel OXYGEN : 248 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel BRAVO : 171 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel E : 219 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TRAV : 227 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CSPAN : 66 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel MSNBC : 170 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel IONSAT : 290 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel CSPAN2 : 91 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel COMEDY : 234 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel SCIFI : 163 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel LMN : 99 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel WE : 224 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel BET : 167 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel STYLE : 213 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel DHC : 214 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel HALMRK : 183 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel VERSUS : 243 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel FITV : 274 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel TVLAND : 290 shows
2007-10-17 19:02:17.515 VERBOSE [8] - channel SHOPNBC : 142 shows
...

smajor · 2007-10-17, 11:41 PM

whurlston Wrote:Do you have a process running to update the xml file before GB-PVR imports it? That is what the UpdateEPG.bat does. If you are not using the batch file, you need to use another method (Scheduled task, etc.) to update the file, otherwise GB-PVR will import the same file with no updated listings.

Yes, I use the Zap2xml perl script, but on my *nix server. My two GB-PVR devices have a scheduled task that copies that file about 2 hours before the schedule EPG update to the local C: drive of the machines. GB-PVR takes it from there.

I don't use an UpdateEPG.bat because the script runs via a cron job on the server and I don't point directly to the file on the server because the Recording Service doesn't retrieve the schedule from the server properly (probably because it's trying to grab the file as a user other than "my" login/pass to that server.) While I could have the Recording Service run as that user, I prefer to keep my GB-PVR install fairly vanilla to minimize problems and make updates easier.

smajor · 2007-10-17, 11:51 PM

sub Wrote:The EPG seems to have run ok in those log files. The logs indicate it found and loaded tons of listings. If there is no listings in the app, then maybe you've got the app pointing at an xmltv file that only has old listings? (ie, not for the current time period)

See my reply earlier up on how I move the xml file to the local machine.

Here's what happened today:

I came home and GB-PVR was showing "no channel data" for every channel.

I quit out of X2, opened config, for each recording source I ran "Update EPG".

Reopened X2 and all the channel data was there.

Of note, running "Update EPG" from within X2 won't work, I always have to run it from the Config.

My XML file has 7 days of data in it, updated nightly. If the pattern continues as it has the past several weeks, in 7 days I'll again have "no channel data" and have to repeat the above.

So, it's definitely "good" and "current" channel data in my xml. It just doesn't seem to update from that xml file past the initial manual update.

Would "Force Complete EPG Reload" have anything to do with it? It's currently checked. I could try de-selecting that.

***sub*** · 2007-10-17, 11:58 PM

Quote:I came home and GB-PVR was showing "no channel data" for every channel.

When did you last listings in there? yesterday? When was the application last restarted before that?

Quote:Would "Force Complete EPG Reload" have anything to do with it? It's currently checked. I could try de-selecting that.

Best to leave that enabled. Makes no difference for xmltv though.

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