EPG support for Australia???

[callagga]

Hi,

Is there any support for Australian EPG guides?

An example is "ice tv" at http://www.icetv.com.au/

Thanks

[betlit]

the latest alpha of xmltv has support for australia.

download the latest version of xmltv: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xmltv...p?download

replace the xmltv.exe with the the latest alpha-release: http://alpha-exe.xmltv.org/

download the latest tarball: http://snapshot.xmltv.org/ you need one file from this archive: \au\channel_ids.
in the \share\xmltv subdirectory, create another folder 'tv_grab_au' and place the channel_ids file in it.

[callagga]

Thanks - got this working quite quickly with your instructions [still don't have a tuner card yet :-) ].

I did get a parsing error when sucking the XML into GB-PVR but it skipped over this and kept going. Do you know what the reliability of the data is? Looking at the perl code base it seems to be coming from http://www.d1.com.au/ ?

I wonder how the reliability of this would compare to the frequently talked about 'ice tv' subscription service?

[GLO]

Callagga, are you refering to the HDTV cards?

Also, i have a PVR350 that i want to be able to import or access the Australian Foxtel Digital menu. The PVR350 would only record the decoded signal via the Svideo and audio input. Any tips?

[betlit]

I did get a parsing error when sucking the XML into GB-PVR but it skipped over this and kept going. Do you know what the reliability of the data is? Looking at the perl code base it seems to be coming from http://www.d1.com.au/ ?

hmm... what error? do you have anything in the logs? what area are you in? i just tried grabbing some channels (sidney) and loading them into gbpvr without problems.

i can't tell you how reliable the data source is, 'cause i am from switzerland (northern hemisphere [aka the top of the world] ) and have no relation to australia *g* if you can't tell who d1.com.au is and where they get their data, i certainly can't either.

[callagga]

got an "XMLTV: error reading xml: This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'EndElement'. Line 3351, position 5.

Actually this was the last line in the XML file, so the xmltv grabber must not have closed off the XML file properly I would assume. If I see it again I'll try to track down the appropriate place (maybe the xmltv sourceforge site, or the AUSTRALIAN xmltv plugin code perhaps) to lodge it.
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<programme start="20050910023000 +1000" stop="20050910030000 +1000" channel="freesd.Brisbane.SBS.d1.com.au">
<title lang="en">Station Close</title>
</programme>
EOF

[betlit]

hmm... there should be a </tv> at the end of the file. it seems that xmltv crashed or encountered an error during grabbing.

did you notice any error-msgs on the console output during grabbing?

[callagga]

Hi,

Here's console out. There was a couple of hiccups.

F:\xmltv\xmltv-0.5.40a-win32>xmltv tv_grab_au > test.xml
Timezone is +1000
adding '--share=F:/xmltv/xmltv-0.5.40a-win32/share/xmltv'
tv_grab_au - (version 0.6.2 - release 2005-05-31)

using config filename ./.xmltv/tv_grab_au.conf
grabing channels: ##################################################
ERROR! - no channel icon found for freesd.Brisbane.9!
ERROR! - no channel icon found for freesd.Brisbane.9-EPG!
grabing listings: #
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital 2 - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital 2 - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Digital - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Digital - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS DIGITAL 1 - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS DIGITAL 1 - 2005-09-12

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-06

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-07
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-08

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-09

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-10
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-12
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-06

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-07

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-08
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-09

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-10

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Guide - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Digital 3 - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Digital 3 - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV Brisbane - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV Brisbane - 2005-09-12
#http://www.d1.com.au/d1xmltv.asmx/GetPro...005-09-06: Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /Perl
App/XMLTV.pm line 2077.
http://www.d1.com.au/d1xmltv.asmx/GetPro...005-09-06: not writing empty content for title at /PerlApp/XMLTV.pm li
ne 2078.
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Digital - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Digital - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital 3 - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital 3 - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV 3 - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV 3 - 2005-09-12
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS EPG - 2005-09-06

ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS EPG - 2005-09-07

ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS EPG - 2005-09-08
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS EPG - 2005-09-09

ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS EPG - 2005-09-10

ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS EPG - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS EPG - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital 1 - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for TEN Digital 1 - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV 2 - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV 2 - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Digital 2 - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Digital 2 - 2005-09-12
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-06

ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-07

ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-08
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-09

ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-10

ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for Nine Guide - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV 4 - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for ABC TV 4 - 2005-09-12
##
ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Olympic Extra - 2005-09-11
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for 7 Olympic Extra - 2005-09-12
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS DIGITAL 2 - 2005-09-10
#
ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS DIGITAL 2 - 2005-09-11

ERROR: can't find DataSet for SBS DIGITAL 2 - 2005-09-12
#
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[bearwood]

I can't comment on the perl errors but the "Can't find channel x dada date thingy is a problem with D1.com.au, they only update there listing every few days but I haven't figured out which days.
I found another grabber which uses tvguide.ninemsn.com.au on the knoppmyth forums(I use mythtv but look at other options from time to time). I have a copy which I am happy to share but I will be out of town for 3 weeks so if anyone wants it send me a email and I'll send it when I get home, otherwise do a search in knoppmyth forums.

[zehd]

Resurrecting a very old thread...

Is the tv_grab_au not working with the latest xmltv.exe ?

tv_cat tv_grab_fi tv_grab_re
tv_check tv_grab_fr tv_grab_se_swedb
tv_extractinfo_en tv_grab_hr tv_grab_uk_bleb
tv_find_grabbers tv_grab_huro tv_grab_uk_rt
tv_grab_ar tv_grab_il tv_grab_za
tv_grab_be tv_grab_is tv_grep
tv_grab_br tv_grab_it tv_imdb
tv_grab_br_net tv_grab_na_dd tv_remove_some_overlapping
tv_grab_ch_search tv_grab_na_icons tv_sort
tv_grab_combiner tv_grab_nc tv_split
tv_grab_dk tv_grab_nl tv_to_latex
tv_grab_dtv_la tv_grab_nl_wolf tv_to_potatoe
tv_grab_ee tv_grab_no tv_to_text
tv_grab_es tv_grab_no_gfeed tv_validate_file
tv_grab_es_laguiatv tv_grab_pt tv_validate_grabber

I only have these commands. Whe I try to add tv_grab_au, nothing seems to happen.