XMLTV Problems

[duchard]

Hello there, i was wondering if anyone out there could let me know why I cant seem to get my xmltv data to come up in Sage.

Heres my spec, P4 2.4, 384RAM, PVR250, Geforce4MX. Sage 2.0, Broadband connection.

I am trying to set this up to receive UK channels.

I have tried several attempts with epgdata.xml files which I have downloaded from several sources. When I go to the setup wizard in Sage and select my source for the Hauppapge 250 I do have the XML plugin installed and it asks me to configure the XMLTV lineup. But when I select this it appears to just hang on the screen displaying "please wait while the channel line up is downloaded for XMLTV lineup.

I have looked at several forums but no clues as to why I can not display the listings xml file. Does anyone know of a reliable source for TV listings? The last I knew the radio times have stopped people downloading from their host?

Any advise would be great on this as I've spent nearly 2 days now trying to get a UK listings guide into Sage.

[duchard]

OK, I've managed to figure out why the EPG data was not being listed. I installed another plugin for XMLTV and this is now pulling the info from my ecpdata file. woohoo!!

All I need now is an up to date source for UK listings to download which is up to about a weeks listings

Anyone?

[Lucas]

Download the latest alpha version XMLTV here : alpha xmltv .

Then follow the instuctions in the current active thread about the UK-RT grabber not working.

The new UK grabber is tv_grab_uk_bleb which gives 5-6 days of data.

[duchard]

Ok cheers for the link, I've just grabbed an updated list and it works. Thanks again!!

[falvious]

what other plugin did you install to get it working, im also getting the screen where it says channel lineup is being downloaded and it just sits there

thx
falvious

nm got it working fine, thx all

[robd]

I'm having the same problem.

I've managed to get XMLTV to appear as a listings provider but when I select it, it just sits on "please wait" (and I have waited for a considerable time).
Trouble is that there doesn't seem to be any kind of error log - there's no indication what is going wrong.

Does anyone know what the alternative plugin is that duchard is talking about?

Also, someone (somewhere) mentioned a plugin tester, anyone know what that is?

Cheers ...