EPG mainly empty, logs say bad char - can't find it!

[martint123]

Much of my EPG is empty with "no show details". Looking at the log I have the following :-

Code:

2014-02-15 16:00:50.026 [INFO][6] EPG update thread starting... 2014-02-15 16:00:50.072 [DEBUG][6] Updating EPG... 2014-02-15 16:00:50.076 [DEBUG][6] About to run C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\UpdateEPG.bat 2014-02-15 16:10:41.339 [DEBUG][1] ActivatePopup: FixedImage 2014-02-15 16:10:41.368 [DEBUG][1] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\ScreenSaverStart.bat file found 2014-02-15 16:10:55.135 [DEBUG][6] C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\UpdateEPG.bat has completed 2014-02-15 16:10:55.152 [DEBUG][6] Will process xmltv file: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\skyguide.xml 2014-02-15 16:10:55.155 [DEBUG][6] Loading XMLTV from: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\skyguide.xml 2014-02-15 16:10:55.770 [ERROR][6] Error reading xmltv file: System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 185349, position 59. at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read() at NShared.XmltvEPGSource.UpdateEPG(List`1 channels) 2014-02-15 16:10:55.770 [DEBUG][6] channelEventLists.Count=45

However, I can't find anything odd at the line or offset??? Does NPVR quote the real line number of the xml file of is it parsed a bit first'???

trying to attach zip file, may be big, so possible edit with dropbox link. Damn epgbadchar.zip - Your file of 3.44 MB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 2.29 MB for this filetype.

This should be a dropbox link to the zip file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/241cjmdm2kzbgq...adchar.zip

[mvallevand]

Yep it looks like it is a bad character alright

Code:

<sub-title lang="en">What Loss Your Honour May SustainÂ</sub-title>

Martin

[martint123]

Many thanks for that Martin - I was using editpadlite (out of habit and knowing it has a 'goto line' option.) it is not displaying that character ;(

I'm assuming it is an invalid character in an XML EPG, so will pass it up to the epg provider....

[johnsonx42]

@martint123 - try http://notepad-plus-plus.org/