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SamM
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2022-06-10, 02:44 PM
I wonder if anyone has a solution to this (minor) problem. I use zap2it and run a batch file to update my xmltv.xml file which is used to update my EPG in nvpr. But sometimes, the epg comes up not the same as what appears in the zap2it listing. See the pics.

This time it appears like there is a special program (in this case the Jan. 6 investigation on PBS), which is changed from the daily default. The listing shows the change, but the data downloaded into xmltv does not. I can't use the "record series" because I don't know how the next episode of the program will show up next time, or even if it's the same day and time. It's so terribly inconvenient, that I may not record other episodes at all.

Likewise, in the case of other movies I want to record, occasionally the listing will show the title of the movie and the time, but the EPG just shows "movie" at standard times. Occasionally I also lose a movie because it actually starts earlier than the standard "movie" time (like losing the first 30 min. of it). So whenever the EPG shows up as "movie," I have to record 3 movies in succession just to make sure I get the whole thing.

So, the bottom line question is this: does anyone have a solution for this difference between the zap2it listing and the downloaded xmltv data?

For your ref., my batch file command:
zap2xml -d 17 -F -j -D -I -u email@provider.com -p password


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2022-06-10, 07:28 PM
I do see this issue with the SD JSON service for all PBS so I opened a ticket with SD. I suspect your issue is the zap2xml cache since you are just scraping the same web site.

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2022-06-10, 09:24 PM
I see the issue with other channels, not just PBS. It doesn't happen all the time, maybe a dozen times in the past 2 years, which is the reason I haven't addressed it before.
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