Data for 7-8 channels missing from EPG

[gabeweisz]

I've had a problem with 7-8 channels not having any data in the EPG. I'm using the Zap2It plugin. I have used XMLTV to download the listings from Zap2It and verified that there is data for those channels in what is returned. I've tried deleting the capture sources and recreating them, and switching to the XMLTV plugin, but neither has helped. What else can I do to get the EPG data to show up? It does not appear that there is anything interesting in any of the logs.

[sub]

Check those same channels arent listed twice in the XMLTV file, which can cause problems.

[gabeweisz]

Thanks for the suggestion. Each of the channels only comes in once in the xmltv output file, although many of them have multiple DisplayNames. Should I be using the Zap2t plugin or the XMLTV plugin? I switched into the XMLTV plugin, and now have listings for all of the channels except HBO, and have a number of repeats at the end of the set of listings that have no data. I have two capture sources, which are identical except that one has HBO and one does not. There are many more overlapping channels that did not have problems than there are channels that did. I opened up GBPVR.mdb in access to take a look at what was going on, and the Channel table had repeat entries for almost every channel, including many that did not have problems, and I could not delete the duplicates due to integrity constraints. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

[storrnyc]

Was this resolved? Im having the same issues. What file should i be looking at to check what im downloading from zap2it?

[Hanno]

I had the same problems. Checked the channels in the Config->Capturee Sources->edit.
It appeared there where indeed two identical frequencies in the table. Unchecked one of them and all was fine.

[sub]

I'd offer to check it out, but I'm out of town on a laptop at the moment, so its not easy for me to check.

If you have the same channel listed twiced in your channel lineup (which does sometimes happen with zap2it), then the first of these will be listed as blank.