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UltraXMLTV Enhancer 2.2 stopped working

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 18:52:49 +0000

I'm getting an error every time I try to run UltraXMLTV for the past several weeks. I realize it has been a while since there was support for this utility, so I understand if no fix is possible, but thought I would post just to see. It appears something has changed with the formatting of the xmltv file my scraper downloads (coming from TVguide.com). I'll post the logs below and attache the file I was trying to enhance. Any suggestions?

Below is the text of the app log:

9/2/2017 1:37:39 PM :1> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
9/2/2017 1:37:39 PM :1> UltraXMLTV Enhancer starting....

9/2/2017 1:37:39 PM :1> checking for file exist
9/2/2017 1:37:39 PM :1> Checking EPGtools.com...
9/2/2017 1:37:39 PM :1> EPGtools.com is online.
9/2/2017 1:37:39 PM :1> Auto-download Master SeriesID list: True
9/2/2017 1:37:39 PM :1> Checking version of Master Series ID list...

This is the text copied from the unhandled exception error window popup:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidCastException: Conversion from string "" to type 'Long' is not valid. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ParseDecimal(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToLong(String Value)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToLong(String Value)
at ZT.UltraXMLTV.CheckMasterList()
at UltraXMLTV_Enhancer2_2.frmUltra.btnXMLTV_Go_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8669 (QFE.050727-8600)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
UltraXMLTV_Enhancer2_2
Assembly Version: 2.2.4555.39738
Win32 Version: 2.2.4555.39738
CodeBase: file:///E:/EPG/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer/ultraxmltv_enhancer.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.8007 (FX35W81RTMGDR.050727-8000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8759 (QFE.050727-8700)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8015 (FX35W81RTMGDR.050727-8000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8019 (FX35W81RTMGDR.050727-8000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
ZT
Assembly Version: 1.0.4555.39738
Win32 Version: 1.0.4555.39738
CodeBase: file:///E:/EPG/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer/ZT.DLL
----------------------------------------
XmlTv
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.2
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.2
CodeBase: file:///E:/EPG/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer/XmlTv.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8751 (QFE.050727-8700)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8018 (FX35W81RTMGDR.050727-8000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8007 (FX35W81RTMGDR.050727-8000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
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Assembly Version: 1.0.4555.39738
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8759 (QFE.050727-8700)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
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Assembly Version: 1.0.4555.39738
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8759 (QFE.050727-8700)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
IsoCodes
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.1
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.1
CodeBase: file:///E:/EPG/UltraXMLTV_Enhancer/IsoCodes.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Web
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8015 (FX35W81RTMGDR.050727-8000)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Web/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Web.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

ZTools and UltraXMLTV is done. RIP

Sat, 07 Sep 2013 02:56:47 +0000

OK. Well here it is... I'm making it official.

ZTools, ZProcess, ZTranscode has been done for a very long time now. Many new people might be going "ZEE-What???" and that's cool.

But for the handful of users still using UltraXMLTV I have to say, I'm giving up.

I really only ever coded anything, because I wanted a functionality that I didn't think existed. Or it was to streamline something that existed, but I thought was far too convoluted. Or I wanted to make it more fun...

I haven't been using ZTools for ever, Though I manually transcode a file here or there.

Ultra has been faithfully plowing away for me every night for that last few years, with only the couple of hiccups that anyone could tolerate. But I haven't been really using it. I haven't been recording TV off broadcast in over a couple of years, and haven't needed to look at my Guide.

Only recently did it dawn on me, that the 'season and episode number' feature wasn't working for me at all. And I didn't know where it broke...

And as I was stumbling through my old code, looking, I thought.. well... what was this all about anyway...

Well, It all started when I wanted to catch three shows that were being broadcast at the same time, I wanted to catch them all, and had only one VCR. I heard about this thing called GBPVR and well I was hooked.. Asking so many questions -- I knew full well people answering me were holding back snarls; Learning enough so I could answer a few of others' questions; and started writing documentation.

Fast forward almost 7 years, and I must say that I had a fabulous time. This forum truly is the absolutely safest place to be a newbie, and a wonderful community to share ideas. I learned a lot. and much time was passed...

I will not be removing any pages for documentation or my software. Do with it as you will.

WHurlston has been gracious enough to have given me space on his site EPGtools. That site is referenced by some of my software. But for the moments when it acts like a Neutrino (gone for a second, and then back into existence :-) ), Ultra should still work for those that it works for. For those that can't get it installed, well good luck (I would only reference my own docs and reiterate them).

I will not be cancelling my account. I was called back recently to answer a few questions easily enough. However, I'm not sure I will be of much use.

To all, new and old, the best of futures and/or alternate realities... Peace !

PS... Thanks Sub... it was fun

UltraXMLTV NEWS!

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:44:34 +0000

I have been called out from my hiding spot to try and fix an issue that Ultra has been having....

Apparently, new registrations have been failing... I've discovered that during the Ultra registration process, an internet resource it relies on has moved..

So to fix it.. I've been FORCED to look at my code that is close to two years old and release an update.

Unfortunately and fortunately, I've been FORCED to clean up some code, remember what the hell I was doing two years ago... and roll out my update to 2.2. (coming soon - stay tuned)

UltraXMLTV does not complete from UpdateEPG.bat

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:19:45 +0000

Zedh,

I have troubles getting my UltraXMLTV enhancement to work from the UpdateEPG.bat file. The program starts and gets stuck requiring it to be killed from Task Manager. Running it from Windows or CMD prompt works just fine.

Logs attached where the stuck process were killed at 2011-11-01 07:41:54.341,

Let me know if you need any more info.

\\Anders

UltraXMLTV 2.1 - Movie ratings not being added description

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:08:41 +0000

I've got UltraXMLTV_Enhancer version 2.1.4022.22256.

I think that I have it configured properly to include the movie rating in the Description field (see image), but it doesn't seem to be doing that.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]31550[/ATTACH]

UltraXMLTV 2.1 - Episode numbers

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:30:11 +0000

Why do some episode numbers for a show show as S06E10 and others show up for the same show as 610?

I've noticed that some shows are showing the episode numbers as expected while others either have the wrong format or seem to be missing.

I have looked at the XML file for the shows in question and they seem to have the correct information in the correct tags but the results seem to be in consistent.

Two shows that I'm currently looking at are Bones and Criminal Minds. For Bones, the episode for Jan. 22 is showing the episode number as S06E10 but the show listed for Jan. 28 is showing it as 610 (even though the xml says it's the 11th episode). Criminal Minds does not seem to be displaying any episode information for the show on Jan. 27.

Is it a problem with the XML files or with UltraXMLTV 2.1?

Let me know if you need the XML files or any other information.

Updated UltraXMLTV - now won't work

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:21:03 +0000

For a while, now, many of my listings blocks have contained the "Update UltraXMLTV" message, so I finally loaded it and upgraded when prompted. Now, when I update the EPG in PVRX2, UltraXMLTV hangs and does not complete.

Naturally, I would like to fix this and would appreciate any advice as to how.

UltraXMLTV - New Beta

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:46:07 +0000

New version of UltraXMLTV Enhancer version 2.1.xxxx.xxxx

The new version uses a filename of UltraXMLTV_Enhancer2_1.exe. The previous stable 2.0 version is included in this zip file...

This is a drop in replacement designed to continue using your current previous settings. Please copy all files from the zip and overwrite.

-Fixed the 2 GB limit for tracking byte usage
-Does NOT auto-download Master list (see note below)
-Keeps a separate list of shows that YOU have but are not on the Master list. Ultra auto uploads this much smaller list now
-Checks for online/offline status of EPGtools.com and theTVdb.com ONCE per session. If either fail Ultra carries on the best it can do without new updated information (see below)
-the Master SeriesID list (that is downloaded) was updated with shows that many of you had shared over the last year and a half

-Has an online update feature. Beta testers can be sure they have the latest program exe. Previous versions are backed up so you can always restore if necessary...

-Added ability to discern between Beta or Stable versions of the application. It can upgrade itself. (Manually)

Tested on three different systems for three days now...all looks good.

Make sure your production machine has its UpdateEPG.bat pointing to the stable release version... UltraXMLTV_Enhancer.exe

---

After copying the files over, run Ultra.

There is a new tab 'Admin' (if you don't have it, you will need to become a 'beta tester' (see below) ... Click the Upgrade Beta Button... If there is a new version available, allow the upgrade. Ultra will auto restart.

Next, on the Main tab, click Download Master Series ID button.

Set up for a regular Enhance. Click Go...

If you'd like, click on the 'main' tab... you'll see if either epgtools or thetvdb are offline.. You'll see Ultra skip over those files (see below)

UltraXMLTV - problem with downloaded series file

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:44:26 +0000

I'm trying to do a new install of UltrXMLTV and when I go to run the app and it download the seriesID file it seems to be corrupt. I'm getting a garbage entry on line 16 of both the TempSeriesID.txt file and the _SeriesID.txt files.

Code:
!sobrevivÃ­!=No Data

"no problem!" with shawn=No Data

$#*! my dad says=164951

$..! my dad says=No Data

$100 makeover=No Data

$2 bill=No Data

$40-a-day=No Data

$5 cover=No Data

Â¡hÃ¡zme reir! y serÃ¡s millonario=No Data

Â¡mucha lucha=No Data

Â¡mucha lucha!=No Data

Â¡no te lo pongas!=No Data

Â¿conspiraciÃ³n?=No Data

Â¿quÃ© es exo?=No Data

Â¿quÃ© pasa con las cosas?=No Data

[color=red][/color]

1 litre of tears=83111

1,000 places to see before you die=83346

1,000 ways to die=No Data

Can anyone else confirm that this is happening for them as well?

I have deleted both the TempSeriesIDs.txt file and all files that begin with and underscore but this did not solve my problem. Any suggestion of how I can get UltraXMLTV to run?

Thanks,
Tom

UltraXMLTV - Error uploading _SeriesID.txt

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:11:24 +0000

Lately I'm been getting an error when trying to upload the _SeriesID.txt file. The error is (403) Forbidden which seems to imply that the application is not allowed to upload the file.

This has been working previously (since the product was in Beta) but seem to have stopped working in the last week or so.

While you can set the application not to share/upload the _SeriesID.txt file this defeats the purpose of sharing IDs.

Has something change with the server that this file is being uploaded to? Or is the solution to stop uploading/sharing this file?

Error: Writing Registry Value

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:39:24 +0000

Recently I started getting the following error when UltraXML was completing its process (during the "Writing out lists..." step.

[INDENT]Error: Writing Registry Value
The type of the value object did not match the specified RegistryValueKind or the object could not be properly converted.[/INDENT]

I think this error comes from value being written to the registry being too large. I forget the value in my registry, but it was over 2147483648 (2 GB).

In order to correct this error set the following registry value to 0. This will set your "to Date" counter to 0.

[INDENT]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\UltraXMLTV\UltraXMLTV_Enhancer\BytesToDate[/INDENT]

UltraXMLTV - Errors with _SeriesIDs.txt file

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:34:14 +0000

Today when I ran UltraXMLTV I'm getting error.

I'm getting a message that indicates a process is using the _SeriesIDs.txt file. When I click OK and then click GO to manually run the process I get an error indicating that the argument 'Length' must be greater or equal to zero.

When I open the _SeriesIDs.txt file it contains incorrect data. It is a XML file that when I load into an editor it tells me the domain registration expired Aug. 9, 2010.

I have deleted _SeriesIDs.txt file and re-downloaded the file and I have also deleted my installation of UltraXMLTV and reinstalled. But this has not corrected the problem.

Any suggestions on how to correct the problem? Or is it really a problem with the domain registration expiring?

UltraXML never finishing

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:50:53 +0000

For the last couple weeks, UltraXML has not been finishing up during my nightly update, which causes my listings to never get updated.

I have manually had to kill the UltraXML task myself, so my GBPVR listings can be updated. In the _app.log file, here is the last couple entries. Seems like it is always getting stuck on "Writing out lists...":

Code:
7/6/2010 3:26:52 AM :1> Writing File...

7/6/2010 3:26:57 AM :1> Complete Parsing XMLTV file.

7/6/2010 3:26:57 AM :1> Committed.  Deleting original and moving new in place...

7/6/2010 3:26:57 AM :1> Writing out lists...

Also, the titles for my movies has been adding an extra ".". For example, here is the original XMLTV listing:

Code:
The Silence of the Lambs

And here is the enhanced:

Code:
The Silence of the Lambs.(4*)

I don't know how, and I don't even see anyplace where I can manually add an extra period for this situation. And it started on its own, as I never touched my settings.

problems installing zprocess on windows 7 64 bit

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:36:18 +0000

So, after resolving all of my zprocess problems six months ago, I have purchased a new computer with windows 7 (64 bit) and I am so far unable to get zprocess working on this machine. I followed the instructions on the wiki, and attempted to install the vb6 runtime files. Perhaps this was a mistake, as the microsoft page doesn't list 7 as a supported OS. Initially, when I tried to run zprocess, I was getting errors that certain .osx files weren't found. I found a suggestion on the web to copy them from the system32 folder to the sysWOW64 folder and run regsvr to register them. This seemed to work as the error no longer occurred and I was able to install zprocess. Any attempt to transcode a file, however, leads to a "runtime error 53, file not found" error. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no luck. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

zProcess and Windows Home Server

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:48:59 +0000

I've had zProcess working well for quite awhile now, no real complaints except the odd restart required. I've recently set up a Windows Home Server on a computer separate from my GBPVR machine. When I moved my divX files over to the WHS shared Videos folder, and updated my GBPVR config with the path, my mediaMVP wasn't able to find the shared Video folder. After scouring the forums, I found the suggestion that I had to set the service to log on as the same account and password as the WHS machine, and that seemingly fixed it, I was now able to find the folder and view all the video files. But now the videos won't play through the mediaMVP. Changing the service to use a different login, means that it is no longer set to interact with the desktop, which I think zProcess needs.

My immediate thought is I will have to merge these two machines together into one, install GBPVR on the WHS computer, and move the TV card there, but I'm not sure I want to do that yet, although I've noticed folks have had success doing this.

Any suggestions for allowing mediaMVP and zProcess on the GBPVR computer work with WHS shared folders, that are on another computer on the network?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Doug