New XMLTV Import Tool

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by Jabroni

This would be good for people like me that still want to use the builtin sagetv epg for some tuners/channels.

There is no need as you can already mix up XMLTV and native guide data. You have first to setup the lineups using native guide data, then install the XMLTV Importer to use XMLTV. Then you change this line:

epg_data_sources/XXXXX/disable_plugin=false

into

epg_data_sources/XXXXX/disable_plugin=true

To disable the XMLTV plugin on EPG source that needs native guide data.

Also, I do not recommend that native guide data and XMLTV guide data be mixed up. The EPGID will not be the same on each guide data source. As a result the "Watched" flag will not be accurate.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[Jabroni]

But I cant have 2 EPG sources on the same source lineup.. could I ??

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by Jabroni

But I cant have 2 EPG sources on the same source lineup.. could I ??

No you cannot in SageTV (you can with the XMLTV Importer though)

[Jabroni]

Originally Posted by StephaneM

No you cannot in SageTV (you can with the XMLTV Importer though)

Well if you use the socket method it can be possible.. ie.. right now I have the DN lineup on the tunner which downloads the data from the built in sage epg.. and then I just replace the channels from the lineup with no data (ie 481-484). So now I have 1 lineup, built in epg + data that DVBDream sends to sagetv via socket. On my case this is usefull, since I live on the border from US and Mexico, so I have channels like FOX, NBC, etc plus the mexican networks, and as you say, since the showid is different from sagetv source and the one generated, it would be nice to use the most channels with built in epg, and just add the channels requiered via external parser/inserted via socket

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by Jabroni

On my case this is usefull, since I live on the border from US and Mexico, so I have channels like FOX, NBC, etc plus the mexican networks

In this case, you may be able to add your tuner a second time and choose a different lineup for each instance of the tuner.

Mixing the EPG guide data source is already not a good idea, but allowing override within a SageTV lineup in the XMLTV Importer would add confusion to it (the Importer is lineup / source oriented => one source = one lineup). This design is perfectly adapted even in your case, you have two sources : one US video feed / one Mexican video feed, seems logical to build two lineups and having two sources.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[stryker]

Hi, I'm running the latest donor version and latest sage 6.4. When I click to "add channels from sagetv" I get this message in a popup box
<quote>xmltv importer for sagetv has encountered a problem and needs to close. we are sorry for the invonvenience.</quote>

Here is my gui_trace, any ideas?
<quote>
20080923 21:21:42.015 - Info - Current System Language: en-US
20080923 21:21:42.375 - Info - Selected Language File: C:\Program Files\LM Gestion\XMLTV Importer for SageTV\Lang\en-US.xml
20080923 21:21:46.546 - Info - XMLTV Importer GUI started
20080923 21:27:25.187 - Info - Current System Language: en-US
20080923 21:27:25.187 - Info - Selected Language File: C:\Program Files\LM Gestion\XMLTV Importer for SageTV\Lang\en-US.xml
20080923 21:27:28.734 - Info - XMLTV Importer GUI started
20080923 21:35:30.171 - Error - Unexpected error : An exception occurred during the operation, making the result invalid. Check InnerException for exception details.
at System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs.RaiseExceptionIfNecessary()
at System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs.get_Result()
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Tasks.Channels.channelSourceLoader_RunWorkerCompleted(Object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnRunWorkerCompleted(RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.AsyncOperationCompleted(Object arg)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
20080923 21:35:30.250 - Error - Unexpected error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\jonathan\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Xmltv.XmltvLineups.GetSageTVFrqFiles()
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Xmltv.XmltvChannelSources.LoadFromSageTV()
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Tasks.Channels.stvChannelSourceLoader_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)
20080923 21:35:40.312 - Info - XMLTV Importer GUI closed
20080923 21:36:17.515 - Info - Current System Language: en-US
20080923 21:36:17.515 - Info - Selected Language File: C:\Program Files\LM Gestion\XMLTV Importer for SageTV\Lang\en-US.xml
20080923 21:36:17.625 - Info - XMLTV Importer GUI started
20080923 21:37:14.343 - Error - Unexpected error : An exception occurred during the operation, making the result invalid. Check InnerException for exception details.
at System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs.RaiseExceptionIfNecessary()
at System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs.get_Result()
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Tasks.Channels.channelSourceLoader_RunWorkerCompleted(Object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnRunWorkerCompleted(RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.AsyncOperationCompleted(Object arg)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
20080923 21:37:14.359 - Error - Unexpected error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\jonathan\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Xmltv.XmltvLineups.GetSageTVFrqFiles()
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Xmltv.XmltvChannelSources.LoadFromSageTV()
at LMGestion.XMLTVImporter.Tasks.Channels.stvChannelSourceLoader_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)

</quote>

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by stryker

When I click to "add channels from sagetv" I get this message in a popup box

This is a bug for some XP systems in version 3.5. It is fixed in version 3.6 that you can download now.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[stryker]

Many thanks, it works now.

A suggestion, when picking which channels to have in the lineup, can you have a check/uncheck all button please? I have 500 channels which I don't want and had to un-tick every one.

Great program, most useful. I originaly donated for the older style program, think I'll donate again now as the new interface is superb!

Jon

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by stryker

when picking which channels to have in the lineup, can you have a check/uncheck all button please?

I will think about it for an upcoming version.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[korben]

Hi

Thanks a million for your pluging, great work! If I get it up and running I'll certainly donate.

However, I've got a small problem. I've set up your importer according to instructions, and it finds all the channels, but despite my XML file (which I create with Alan Birtle's UK XMLTV GUI grabber) containing all the programme data, SageTV hang when I try to import it the first time after running your importer.

I checked the gui_trace log, and it gives me an error message for each channel saying there are no programmes for the channel.

Is the XML file from my grabber not compatible with yours?

I've attached my tracelog, and a sample (the original file is too large to upload here, so I copied a bit of it into a sample file).

Thanks,
N

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by korben

I checked the gui_trace log, and it gives me an error message for each channel saying there are no programmes for the channel.

The gui_tracexxxx.log only contains log entries for the GUI part of the Importer and not the import process.

Anyway, if the tracexxxx.log says that channels contains no programs, it must be because you have not selected any XMLTV data for the channels when you created your lineup.

I can check all your settings if you send me the whole content of the Config & Log folder zipped as well as your XMLTV file at lmgestion@hotmail.com

Regards,
Stéphane.

[korben]

Thanks for your reply Stephane, I've emailed you the files.

cheers,
k

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by korben

Thanks for your reply Stephane, I've emailed you the files.

Your config is fine. The only problem is that your XMLTV file is not up to date, it only contains out of air shows, that's why the Importer has nothing to import.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[sigiloso]

Hi I'm lost right now. I used the TVxb to generate the xml file (channel data is for Ecuador) and your importer. Each process is right.
I get the end process right but got no information on Sagetv...
I don't now what else to set... Do I need to tweak something on sage to upload and see the channel linup an program data?
Thanks..

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by sigiloso

Do I need to tweak something on sage to upload and see the channel linup an program data?

Yes you need to configure your video source to choose the lineups you created in the XMLTV Importer.

If you already done this but you changed the lineup / updated the guide data, SageTV will reload the guide data every 24h (starting from the moment you assigned the new lineup). To update the guide data right after the import, you either need to disable and enable a channel in the SageTV lineup, or use the Web Server plugin.

You can also review the log file in the GuideData subfolder to see if anything went wrong during the SageTV guide update.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[bjkiller]

Hello Stephane,

I try to import (http://www.teleguide.info/download/new3/xmltv.xml.gz) xmltv data, but getting following error:



download batch file inside...

del telegid.xml.gz
"c:\program files\utility\wget" --output-file=telegid.log --output-document=telegid.xml.gz http://www.teleguide.info/download/new3/xmltv.xml.gz
"c:\Program Files\utility\gzip.exe" -df telegid.xml.gz

please advice.

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by bjkiller

I try to import (http://www.teleguide.info/download/new3/xmltv.xml.gz) xmltv data, but getting following error

The XMLTV file is not well formed. You have a "<br>" HTML tag in the "<desc></desc>" node. The "<br>" should either be removed, or written as "<br />" (It should be removed and replaced by a line feed / carriage return)

Regards,
Stéphane.

[bjkiller]

Originally Posted by StephaneM

The XMLTV file is not well formed. You have a "<br>" HTML tag in the "<desc></desc>" node. The "<br>" should either be removed, or written as "<br />" (It should be removed and replaced by a line feed / carriage return)

Regards,
Stéphane.

Thank you, i emailed the company that provide this xmltv listing to fix following problems.

[bjkiller]

After I manualy removed all <br> tags. There another problem.




Please advice.

[Lightarrow]

Hi, I am using the donators edition of the software with the mc2xml grabber. I am having weird problems with my recordings. This only happends for older recording that were recorded before i upgrade the guide data. Some recording change names after being recorded. They record fine in the first place but as soon as i upgrade the guide data (auto or manually) some recording change names. For example, now House is named SexTv for some reason (my gf was like WTF is this lol).

Is this the right place to talk about this kind of problem.. ?

I am using sagetv 6.4.8 with hd-pvr. Also using Sagemc.

Thanks