Auto Update of EPG does not work

[Evo_Evz]

Hi

I have all my channels from Sydney Australia scanned and working and configured to use DVB/ATSC EPG in the Channels Settings. I have an EPG Update Hour set in the Misc2 tab and the Auto Update EPG boxed ticked also. However my EPG will not update at this hour or any hour for that matter.

The EPG will update just fine if I manually do it by pushing the Update EPG button on the Channels tab. Currently I am having to remember to manually update the EPG everyday to record my favourite shows.

The install is just a default full install and I haven’t changed anything in the Program or Data Directories although I have noticed there is no UpdateEPG.bat file in the data directory.

I am open to using XMLTV if anyone can point me in the right direction or let me know how to configure this for Sydney, Australia.

I am running 64 bit Windows 10 after upgrading from Windows 7 hence it uninstalling Windows Media Centre.

Attached is my log files. I hope someone can help me out.

Many thanks

Evan

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Your logs show the EPG Update running overnight at 00:53 AM the last two nights.

What do your see in your guide? nothing or very few listings?

[Evo_Evz]

Yes 12:50am was the last time I tried to get it to run but it didn't update the EPG. At the moment I can see all listings because I have recently just done a manual update but from memory when I don't manually update it, it shows very few listings as opposed to none at all. I can confirm in 24 hours.

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Yes 12:50am was the last time I tried to get it to run but it didn't update the EPG.

I can see it doing the EPG update and managing to pull in listings, but it's not getting as many as a full update. I think I know why, and it's resolved for the next release.

In the meantime, as a work around, you could do this:
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post495305

(or set your machine to reboot sometime before the EPG update each night)

[Evo_Evz]

Ok thanks I'll give that a go. Congrats with the rugby. I'm actually a Kiwi myself from Wellington also. Great to be a Kiwi in Australia at the moment!

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lol I can imagine.

[Evo_Evz]

Ok so I created a wakeup.bat file in the C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts directory and added "taskkill.exe /f /im NDigitalHost.exe" in the batch file. I then emptied the EPG on the channel tab. Then I set the EPG Update Hour to a few minutes from the current time on the Misc2 tab. I then ran the .bat file manually simulating the PC waking from a sleep. Once the EPG Update time rolled around I expected to see my EPG auto update after 5 or so minutes. This has not happened, I still have an empty EPG. When the EPG Update Hour time rolls around nothing at all happens on screen. There is no notification or any indication that anything is happening.

Upon further investigation I wanted to make sure that the batch file actually kills NDigitalHost.exe. Opening Task Manager I could see NDigitalHost.exe running in the Processes Tab but running the .bat file does not end or kill it. So I ended it using the GUI from within Task Manager and again set the Auto Update Hour to a few minutes into the future. When this time rolled around and after I left it for 5 or so minutes my EPG is still empty. Any ides why the batch file does not work and more to the point why the EPG still does not update?

Many thanks.

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Ok so I created a wakeup.bat file in the C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts directory and added "taskkill.exe /f /im NDigitalHost.exe" in the batch file. I then emptied the EPG on the channel tab. Then I set the EPG Update Hour to a few minutes from the current time on the Misc2 tab. I then ran the .bat file manually simulating the PC waking from a sleep. Once the EPG Update time rolled around I expected to see my EPG auto update after 5 or so minutes. This has not happened, I still have an empty EPG. When the EPG Update Hour time rolls around nothing at all happens on screen. There is no notification or any indication that anything is happening.

Did you restart the recording service? Set it for a few minutes into the future, restart the recording service, then wait until 10 minutes or so after that, then zip and attach your logs and I'll check.

Your EPG was definitely happening before (but bug was causing it to now load up many listings). Given it was running the job before, I have no reason to think it's not running the job now. I should be able to tell from your logs.

Upon further investigation I wanted to make sure that the batch file actually kills NDigitalHost.exe. Opening Task Manager I could see NDigitalHost.exe running in the Processes Tab but running the .bat file does not end or kill it.

They're running as different user accounts, so your probably wouldn't work if you manually ran the batch file.

[Evo_Evz]

Ok so running wakeup.bat file manually as Administrator kills NDigitalHost.exe. My question here is when the PC actually wakes from sleep and NextPVR runs this .bat file automatically will it need to be run as administrator because if so it wont work unless I add my credentials to the .bat file however I am using Windows 10 and signing in using my Hotmail address so is this account a domain account or a local account.

About the EPG. I killed NDigitalHost.exe then set the Auto Update EPG for a few minutes into the future then restarted the recording service then waited 10 minutes. Still no EPG. The whole thing is still empty.

Attached is my new log files. Many thanks.

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Ok so running wakeup.bat file manually as Administrator kills NDigitalHost.exe. My question here is when the PC actually wakes from sleep and NextPVR runs this .bat file automatically will it need to be run as administrator because if so it wont work

It's run by the recording service, which runs as "localsystem" service account. This is the same process that created NDigitalHost.exe, so it has the permission to kill these.