New XMLTV Import Tool

[reeven]

How much is an donation for this guide? I use free version but sometimes is better for coders to pay their services.

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by reeven

How much is an donation for this guide? I use free version but sometimes is better for coders to pay their services.

10 €.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[dooferlad]

For those using the XMLTV GUI to import Digiguide data and are getting no new guide data there has been (at least for me!) some errors in the XMLTV data generated, so the XMLTV importer is failing.

The problem I have seen is the sequence &2; in a program listing, which isn't valid XML. To get around this I have thrown together a python script that fixes the XML (I think!) and a bat file that calls the grabber, then the python patch up script. These are attached. You will need to install python first from http://python.org/download/ of course.

There are a few assumptions in the batch file about file locations - just fix up to be appropriate to your system. There are only two lines so hopefully it is simple enough.

To call from the XMLTV importer replace your grabber with grab_and_fix.bat and for the argument give it the location of your XMLTV file in quotes if there are spaces in the file path.

[rickgillyon]

Nice solution! I use ALTER in my batch script, had to add &T and &2 in the past week.

Details here.

[dooferlad]

Originally Posted by rickgillyon

Nice solution! I use ALTER in my batch script, had to add &T and &2 in the past week.

Details here.

I should probably dig into the XMLTV GUI source and see if I can fix it, but I needed a quick hack. Hopefully what I have got will catch everything. If not I should hear about it soon enough having set up the importer to email me with errors - a feature I didn't know about until this came up and is now deemed very useful indeed.

[frodelil]

hi
I am having problem with the episode description. I think the problem is that my xml data provide both the "xmltv_ns" and the "onscreen" system for episode data. Like this:

<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">2006 . 6/13 .</episode-num>
<episode-num system="onscreen">Del 7 av 13 sesong 2007</episode-num>

In SageTV the result are the following:

<ss-epititle>S2007 - E7 - EDel 7 av 13 sesong 2007</ss-epititle>

As you can see I set seson=S, Episode=E and Part=Del in your xmltv program.

Is it possible to set the xmltv program to only use the "xmltv_ns" or the "onscreen" system, or to only use one and choose witch one to prefer?

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by frodelil

Is it possible to set the xmltv program to only use the "xmltv_ns" or the "onscreen" system, or to only use one and choose witch one to prefer?

Currently this is not possible. I'll add an option in a future release.

However, you should also inform the grabber author that he/she's not using the "onscreen" system in the intended way:

onscreen, is to simply copy what the
programme makers write in the credits - 'Episode #FFEE' would
translate to '#FFEE'.

So this system is not to be used as a display string of the episode numbers, but rather as a way to include the production episode number.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[frodelil]

thank you for wanting to add this option in a future release. I will send a message to the grabber author and refer to your comment.

[lecureuil]

@stephaneM
salut, Peut tu me confirmer que le grabber pour "telepoche" ne fonctionne toujours pas?

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by lecureuil

@stephaneM
salut, Peut tu me confirmer que le grabber pour "telepoche" ne fonctionne toujours pas?

Oui. Il faut utiliser un autre grabber pour la france (http://www.kazer.org par exemple ou voir http://www.lahiette.com/biboobox/for...wforum.php?f=4).

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Yes, default grabber for France included in the current XMLTV release (as Nov. 2009) is not working (see http://www.lahiette.com/biboobox/for...wforum.php?f=4 for other solutions for France)

Regards,
Stéphane.

[lecureuil]

ok,
as-tu une solution pour automatiser l'import de kazer vers "XMLTV Importer for SageTV"?

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by lecureuil

as-tu une solution pour automatiser l'import de kazer vers "XMLTV Importer for SageTV"?

A priori voir cette solution de fichier Bat, ou bien utiliser MC2XML.

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You can use this bat file to automate the download, or use MC2XML.

Regards,
Stéphane.

[lecureuil]

Merci StephaneM,
j'ai utilisé mc2xml et çà marche.

[michaeldjcox]

I get this:

20091128 04:02:07.464 - Info - The following categories could not be mapped to one of your categories:
                               Interests
                               Entertainment
                               Education
                               Documentary
                               Business
                               Cookery
                               Talk show
                               No Genre
                               Drama
                               Consumer
                               Religion
                               Health
                               Film
                               Travel
                               Animation
                               Science
                               Comedy
                               Gardening
                               Youth
                               Game show
                               Sitcom
                               Current affairs
                               Soap

From the importer when importing Radiotimes EPG data for freeview.

Bit unsure what I need to do to get the category in SageTV to say more than just "Other" for category.

Michael

[StephaneM]

Hi Michael,

Originally Posted by michaeldjcox

Bit unsure what I need to do to get the category in SageTV to say more than just "Other" for category.

In the Importer go to "Categories & Ratings" -> "Edit categories..."

Then for each categories in the tree assign keywords (based on the categories the Importer couldn't map)

Regards,
Stéphane.

[zzmystique]

Is there a reason why StephaneM's 'XMLTV Importer for SageTV' scheduled task is set to only run when a user is logged in?

Will it still work properly if I change the setting and log off the Sagetv server?

Cheers
Anne

[StephaneM]

Hi Anne,

Originally Posted by zzmystique

Is there a reason why StephaneM's xmlimporter scheduled task is set to only run when a user is logged in?

Yes : this is a design decision (I don't want to ask users for a username / password)

Will it still work properly if I change the setting and log off the Sagetv server?

It will work properly if you change the scheduled task to run when no user is logged on (this will requires a valid username and password)

Regards,
Stéphane.

[zzmystique]

It will work properly if you change the scheduled task to run when no user is logged on (this will requires a valid username and password)

Excellent - good to know I won't break anything.
Thanks for the quick response.
Anne

[zzmystique]

Hi

I'm trying to install the StepaneM's xml importer for sagetv (donater edition) on a windows 7 x32 pc, the install fails with a strange message.

error 1001: The access control is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be controled.

Any one seen this before and know how to fix it?

Cheers

[StephaneM]

Originally Posted by zzmystique

error 1001: The access control is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be controled.

This basically means that you have some security descriptors problems on the folder C:\ProgramData\LM Gestion\SageTV XMLTV Importer

Try to reset the permission on this folder, usually they are like this:

* CREATOR OWNER / Special Permissions
* SYSTEM / Full Control
* Administrators / Full Control
* Users / Read & Execute + List Folder + Read + Special Permissions

All of these are inherited from the parent folder.

During setup, I add "Authenticated users" / "Full Control" permission to this folder.

Regards,
Stéphane.