Big Screen EPG (0.1 beta) - Discussion/Support thread. (Closed)

[MP4me]

If you add this as a source in BSE instead of a downloaded XML file

http://www.icetv.com.au/cgi-bin/epg2/iceguide.cgi?op=xmlguide&desc_length=0&user=xxxxx&pass=yyyy

BSE will grab the xml for you. You don't need to schedule WebGet then. Obviously you need to add your username/password combo into the URL.

Thanks for that, I was struggling to remember the url and switches, then got sidetracked with posts on the icetv forum.

edit: All done, quicker set up than mine.

[dgaust]

- IceTV XMLTV feeds seem to be missing data for some users (one tester was receiving no data for Southern Cross TEN HD and ABC HDTV). If channels aren't coming up in Media Center at all - check the source xmltv file and confirm shows actually exist for that station.

Just received feedback from IceTV. Apparently as there is no content for ABC HD & SC 10 HD this week as there is no actual HD content being broadcast.

I'm not sure 100% how accurate that is, as there is occasionally some stuff on the HD channel (NCIS that I am sure of). In any event SC 10 have already stated that they will be broadcasting the new One channel at the end of March (so no more HD loop!).

[Niall]

Hi -

FYI - new version v0.2 update/download links has just been emailed to every on the beta.

Most of the outstanding issues for european users will be fixed with this release - plus some more goodies (in form of enhancements) - like switch to toggle the epg logos in the grid.

Also - icetv have just advised that they are publishing some enhanced metadata in their xmltv feeds (so we can easily indentify the same shows accross sd/hd channels and different timeslots). Support for this will be provided in the next beta update. (plus a similar function for other users who have better xmltv data).

(See below for Release Notes)

thanks
Niall



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v0.2 Update : 9/Feb/2009 Notes

Fixed in v0.2 :

- Fixed bug in parsing program start/stop times which did not have timezones. (If you omit timezone now -
it will be treated as local time).

- Fixed parsing issue for scenario where Channels were being duplicated inside xmltv file.


New Features in v0.2 :

- 'Toggle Ignore Inband Schedules' feature allows you to quickly set which channels have this Ignore switch
activated. If you have EIT data being transmitted - and you don't want it to override your custom epg
data - ensure you set this to 'Ignore' for all relevant channels.

This will also save you the effort of disabling/enabling Inband through the Media Center UI.

- 'Enable/Disable Channel Logos in Grid' feature now allows you to toggle the switch to show channel logos
on the epg grid (instead of callsigns) - or underneath with the description. If you have them on the grid
- then in future you will be able to also see the series/program artwork (in bottom area).

- Auto Channel Logo Import (new setting per provider) - this allows you to read the xmltv <icon src=".."/>
logo url - and apply it to your channels. Please note that if you are using local files (and pointing to
them in your xmltv files - you need to have the correct file:// prefix at the start of the src). This is
disabled by default for providers (as they may not be delivering optimal/valid channel logs for 7MC).

- Time Zone Adjustments (new setting per provider) - this allows you to shift xmltv data for that provider
forward or backwards by a set amount of minutes. This is useful if you have no timezone information in
program start/stop times - but it's not specified in your local timezone.

For example - to shift all program times (per provider) backwards by 2 hours (120 mins)- set this to '-120'.

[Niall]

Hi, i got the same issue with my xmltv. I can see all channels in the Channels Tab..
But when i test MXF gneration it gives me "0 shows found". I dont know if it is my xml..
but i can leave here m yxml for u check if it is ok..
http://zon.xmltv.tekever.eu/epg.xml

Thanks for everything

Hi - I just had a look at that feed - it appears your xmltv files dont contain 'stop' times for the programmes (only start times).. I could probably add some smarts to calculate the duration in a future version (but would be a lot more accurate if you had correct info in there - and would work straight away).

Niall

[MAYANKEL]

Hi Niall,

First of all, cograts for this great soft, i think is the bigest step in MCE for many years.

I'm testing the v.01 and the results are fantastics, after some hours paring categories and rattings i have a great EPG in Seven. Don't have any bug to report, but just a pair of questions:

My XMLTV EPG (Kubycguía from Spain) seemss like this:

<programme start="20090212033000 +0100" stop="20090212052000 +0100" channel="canalplus">
    <title lang="es">El ilusionista</title>
    <date>2006</date>
    <desc>En la Viena de principios del siglo XX, un prestigioso ilusionista llamado Eisenheim...</desc>
    <credits>
      <director>Neil Burger</director>
      <actor>Edward Norton</actor>
      <actor>Paul Giamatti</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Biel</actor>
    </credits>
    <category lang="es">Cine / Drama</category>
    <rating system="MPAA">
      <value>7</value>
    </rating>
  </programme>

The first one is in order to get the Metadata for the movies. If i get two "title" tags one in Spanish and a secondari in English should the metadata download works from AMG? It would be something like:

<programme start="20090212033000 +0100" stop="20090212052000 +0100" channel="canalplus">
    <title lang="es">El ilusionista</title>
    <title lang="en">The Illusionist</title>
    <date>2006</date>

The second one is with the tag "categories". As you can see in my xmltv we get in one tag the category and the sub-categorie. That makes the pairing in your program really long. I can make that it cames separated like this:

<programme start="20090212033000 +0100" stop="20090212052000 +0100" channel="canalplus">
    <title lang="es">El ilusionista</title>
    <date>2006</date>
    <desc>En la Viena de principios del siglo XX, un prestigioso ilusionista llamado Eisenheim...</desc>
    <credits>
      <director>Neil Burger</director>
      <actor>Edward Norton</actor>
      <actor>Paul Giamatti</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Biel</actor>
    </credits> 
    <category lang="es">Cine</category>
    <category lang="es">Drama</category>
    <rating system="MPAA">
      <value>7</value>
    </rating>
  </programme>

But im not sure that this will work in your pairing because i have Drama category also for series and other categories. So what is the best format to pairing categories with your program?

Today i will try the v.02 and i'll report the news on it.

Thanks again and best Regards

Mayankel
Valencia - Spain

[Shawnf]

Good job on the app. it worked fine for me with IceTV although ABC HD had me stumped for a while.

Just received feedback from IceTV. Apparently as there is no content for ABC HD & SC 10 HD this week as there is no actual HD content being broadcast.

It wasn't until I did a ghost restore and tried again that I looked in the XML from IceTV and found no program details for ABC HD (channel 81). Once I worked that out it was all good.

[davidlewis]

in V0.2 There's another small bug in the date processing.

It ignores records with "UTC" as a time zone. "+0000" means the same thing and works OK.

I think there are other valid codes like CET EST ...

[Astrotoy7]

just chiming in to say awesome work Niall. Following with keen interest, but not ready to test myself yet as Ive got too much else on w7 testing wise!

btw, when its all done and ready to roll (with w7RTM), make sure you get some remuneration for your hard efforts

The "do it now and for free" crowd need to be respect the knowledge and patience that has gone into such an effort.

keep up the super work!

astro

[royco71]

Looks great,

i would like to join the beta program so i have send you a pm.

[krauli]

Hi - I just had a look at that feed - it appears your xmltv files dont contain 'stop' times for the programmes (only start times).. I could probably add some smarts to calculate the duration in a future version (but would be a lot more accurate if you had correct info in there - and would work straight away).

Niall

Hello there.. well i was tryring to use the new version but i have the same result.
no shows..
this is a auto genrated file.. that is why imusing it.. :S
can u do what u were talking about? estimating the finishing time?
if not he best graber is tvxb??
Ty for help..

[saxnix]

I changed from V1 to V2 and rescanned my channels (without canging the default numbers). This time the logos for ABC1 and 10HD worked, but 7HD and 9HD didn't? I had inband turned on (was just setting it that way for the night so I had correctish data so I could record), but then major problems started...MC stopped and closed any time I tried to bring up the guide or change the channel. This morning when I rebooted I was able to change the channel, but still got the closing problem when calling the guide.

I am going to do a fresh install and try again with nothing on the system except updates and drivers and give it a go again.

[jerinicd]

v0.2 is working great, thank you for your effort Niall !