XmltvExtras and I-Xmltv

[tjb]

I have been attempting to get the TV Listings plugin working correctly with Schedules Direct. I was not able to get the Xmltv utility to work correctly - it would generate what appeared to be a valid xmltv.xml file, but when I imported the file into GBPvr, I would get no program listings in the TV Guide. Since then I switched to the I-Xmltv utility, and the listings get imported into the EPG correctly.

However, now when I try to run XmltvExtras.exe on the resultant xmltv.xml file, I get the following error:

Error reading C:\epg\xmltv.xml: There is an error in XML document (2, 11).

Anyone have any idea what this error means? I have attached the xmltv.xml file in case this helps.

[zehd]

I have been attempting to get the TV Listings plugin working correctly with Schedules Direct. I was not able to get the Xmltv utility to work correctly - it would generate what appeared to be a valid xmltv.xml file, but when I imported the file into GBPvr, I would get no program listings in the TV Guide. Since then I switched to the I-Xmltv utility, and the listings get imported into the EPG correctly.

However, now when I try to run XmltvExtras.exe on the resultant xmltv.xml file, I get the following error:

Error reading C:\epg\xmltv.xml: There is an error in XML document (2, 11).

Anyone have any idea what this error means? I have attached the xmltv.xml file in case this helps.

I-XMLTV is a downloader (using the generic xmltv.exe) and then it reformats the information. xmltvextras requires certain fields left alone to work. I don't know how to configure I-XMLTV to leave those fields alone.

I would suggest revisiting installing and using the generic xmltv, to get your listings, and use UltraXMLTV to reformat your listings as you like, and then use the xmltvextras afterwards.

I do this all the time, and if you need further help, I'll be around...

[tjb]

I-XMLTV is a downloader (using the generic xmltv.exe) and then it reformats the information. xmltvextras requires certain fields left alone to work. I don't know how to configure I-XMLTV to leave those fields alone.

I would suggest revisiting installing and using the generic xmltv, to get your listings, and use UltraXMLTV to reformat your listings as you like, and then use the xmltvextras afterwards.

I do this all the time, and if you need further help, I'll be around...

That's actually what I am trying to do right now. I generated an xmltv.xml file using the generic xmltv.exe (which will not load into GBPvr, by the way) and then tried to run UltraXMLTV_enhancer on this file. When I select go, it starts processing records but hangs after reading 3475 of 4314 records. My hope is that I will be able to use xmltv.exe along with UltraXMLTV Enhancer, and that this file will then be able to be imported into GBPvr.

[tjb]

Hi Frank,

I have a little more information. I changed the number of days to retrieve listings from 14 to 7 which cut the xmltv.xml in half. Then when I ran the Enhancer, it worked okay. I then tried to import the output file file into GBPvr and I still get "(no show details)" for all timeslots in the TV Guide. Do you have any idea how to troubleshoot the resultant XML file?

[tjb]

In case anyone else has the same difficulties, I finally resolved the problems I was having with xmltv on Schedules Direct. I found that the problems had to do with the version of xmltv.exe that I was running. Version 0.5.48 returns different channel names from Schedules Direct than version 0.5.50.

For example:

Version 0.5.48 returns:

Code:

<tv source-info-url="http://www.schedulesdirect.org/" source-info-name="Schedules Direct" generator-info-name="XMLTV/$Id: tv_grab_na_dd.in,v 1.54 2007/08/20 21:35:05 rmeden Exp $" generator-info-url="http://www.xmltv.org/">
  <channel id="I19594.labs.zap2it.com">
    <display-name>19 WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>19 WXIXDT PC:45069</display-name>
    <display-name>19</display-name>
    <display-name>29 WXIXDT fcc</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT (WXIX-DT)</display-name>
    <display-name>Fox Affiliate</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="I19605.labs.zap2it.com">

and Version 0.5.50 returns the following for the same channel:

Code:

<tv source-info-url="http://www.schedulesdirect.org/" source-info-name="Schedules Direct" generator-info-name="XMLTV/$Id: tv_grab_na_dd.in,v 1.68 2007/10/12 04:21:23 rmeden Exp $" generator-info-url="http://www.xmltv.org/">
  <channel id="I19594.labs.zap2it.com">
    <display-name>19-1 WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>19-1 WXIXDT PC:45069</display-name>
    <display-name>19-1</display-name>
    <display-name>29 WXIXDT fcc</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT (WXIX-DT)</display-name>
    <display-name>Fox Affiliate</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="I19605.labs.zap2it.com">

When you configure GBPvr to use Schedules Direct for the EPG , it populates the database (during channel mapping) with channel names similar to those obtained with version 0.5.48 of xmltv. I-XMLTV4SD appears to use this version, so I was able to use this utility to import epg data into GBPvr.

When I tried to switch to the generic XMLTV utility that is available on the wiki, it turns out that it uses version 0.5.50, which was retrieving channel names that did not line up with the configured names in my database.

[zehd]

In case anyone else has the same difficulties, I finally resolved the problems I was having with xmltv on Schedules Direct. I found that the problems had to do with the version of xmltv.exe that I was running. Version 0.5.48 returns different channel names from Schedules Direct than version 0.5.50.

For example:

Version 0.5.48 returns:

Code:

<tv source-info-url="http://www.schedulesdirect.org/" source-info-name="Schedules Direct" generator-info-name="XMLTV/$Id: tv_grab_na_dd.in,v 1.54 2007/08/20 21:35:05 rmeden Exp $" generator-info-url="http://www.xmltv.org/">
  <channel id="I19594.labs.zap2it.com">
    <display-name>19 WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>19 WXIXDT PC:45069</display-name>
    <display-name>19</display-name>
    <display-name>29 WXIXDT fcc</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT (WXIX-DT)</display-name>
    <display-name>Fox Affiliate</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="I19605.labs.zap2it.com">

and Version 0.5.50 returns the following for the same channel:

Code:

<tv source-info-url="http://www.schedulesdirect.org/" source-info-name="Schedules Direct" generator-info-name="XMLTV/$Id: tv_grab_na_dd.in,v 1.68 2007/10/12 04:21:23 rmeden Exp $" generator-info-url="http://www.xmltv.org/">
  <channel id="I19594.labs.zap2it.com">
    <display-name>19-1 WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>19-1 WXIXDT PC:45069</display-name>
    <display-name>19-1</display-name>
    <display-name>29 WXIXDT fcc</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT</display-name>
    <display-name>WXIXDT (WXIX-DT)</display-name>
    <display-name>Fox Affiliate</display-name>
  </channel>
  <channel id="I19605.labs.zap2it.com">

When you configure GBPvr to use Schedules Direct for the EPG , it populates the database (during channel mapping) with channel names similar to those obtained with version 0.5.48 of xmltv. I-XMLTV4SD appears to use this version, so I was able to use this utility to import epg data into GBPvr.

When I tried to switch to the generic XMLTV utility that is available on the wiki, it turns out that it uses version 0.5.50, which was retrieving channel names that did not line up with the configured names in my database.

I'm glad you got it. I was about to say to make sure that you are using the latest xmltv.exe and also try Fix Channels, which would have also taken care of your issue.

For anyopne else, to be clear... If you are moving from Native Schedules Direct to using the Generic XMLTV (getting Schedules Direct) you should consider it like changing listing providers or channel lineups, which can be fixed with the Fix Channel technique.

Currently it is not immediately obvious that this will Fix Channels, but it does. I have also built the fix channel routines into the New UltraXMLTV Manager...