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/