XMLTV error

[liteswap]

Just upgraded t 2.1.4 - thank you sub!. However, it's thrown an error on trying to parse XMLTV's XML file, which didn't happen before. [ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

Has anything changed here? Thanks

[mvallevand]

Can you open your file with Internet Explorer? The error looks like it is an invalid XML file.

Martin

[liteswap]

Took a while but, yes, it opens in IE. However, it does display an error - which I shall track down....

Edit: Have looked at the XML file in my favourite editor and there's no error that is visible to me at the line number where both NPVR and IE report: 97253, position 394. Anyone care to take a look? Thanks

[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

[mvallevand]

The xml is using &133; for the ellipsis when it should start with &# or just use three dots. A global search & replace in your editor should fix it.

Martin

[liteswap]

Thanks - I'm not an XML expert! Although since this is a file that is automatically updated daily, it's a bit of a problem if it's reproduced for the next update...

[steeb]

Thanks - I'm not an XML expert! Although since this is a file that is automatically updated daily, it's a bit of a problem if it's reproduced for the next update...

Hiya liteswap,

I 'think' this may solve the problem, a later v of XMLTVGUI?

http://www.birtles.org.uk/phpbb3/viewtop...?f=5&t=393

cheers

steeb

[forzaKGB]

Otherwise (i.e. if that does not solve the error) you can use ssed and replace the faulty part when the file updates (I guess you have a batch file and/or a scheduler running the update).

example:
ssed -i~ "s/\&133\;/\.\.\./g" data.xml

I am not an expert on sed but I think that might work (the -i~ will create a backup-file of the data with ~ appended after the file-extension).

[liteswap]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try the new rev of XMLTV, see how that goes....

[martint123]

I came across this the other day - Alan B generated a new xmltvgui executable, but never set it up as "update available".
The new exe certainly fixes the error - ISTR it was in an ITV show with sextuplets in the description??

It messed up my holiday recordings up as there was no obvious error message anywhere as normally happens (I get xmlyvgui logs mailed to me) and the TV guide starts off OK, but degenerated into "no data" early on ;(

get the updated exe from https://www.birtles.org.uk/svn/xmltv/com...ltvGUI.exe and userid/password from http://www.birtles.org.uk/phpbb3/viewtop...?f=5&t=193
Just dump the exe over the original.

[liteswap]

Fab! That's fixed it - thank you Martin. And yes, it was that ITV show that threw the error....

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