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#259517 29-Sep-2009 21:30

Hi Muzzholt, glad to see you have joined Geekzone. Welcome!

There have been issues reported about the prime listing, its appears to be a day light savings issue on Primes end, expect it to fix its self in due course.

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#259598 30-Sep-2009 08:03

Thanks very much for the reply, and thank you for the work you do - it is much appreciated by many.

Cheers
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#266258 22-Oct-2009 23:30

mentalinc: Version 2.0 has arrived!

Added support for additional epg files. -freeviewWebXML will download an EPG file that contains CTV8.

Hi Mentalinc,

Thanks for providing this great tool.

I try to use -freeviewWebXML from command line and it gve me the following output.

C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR>freeviewNZ-EPG.exe -freeviewWebXML
Checking for newer version
You already have the latest version

Finding install paths
C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\
MEDIAPORTAL not installed
MEDIAPORTALTVSERVER not installed
DVBVIEWER not installed

EPG file to download: http://epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg/freeview-web.xml.gz
Freeview Product Detection Complete. Now downloading XML file
epgXMLLocation
System.ArgumentException: The path is not of a legal form.
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
   at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
   at System.IO.FileInfo..ctor(String fileName)
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.Main(String[] args)

Do you have some idea why? Thanks.

mentalinc

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#266507 24-Oct-2009 06:15

Hi jeffhu

You do not need to use my program to dowload the epg with GB-PVR just enter the url
http://epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg/freeview-web.xml.gz
into the epg box and it should work. let me know if this no longer works and can look at fixing my app.

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#308919 18-Mar-2010 21:09

Just a reminder that you can use the switch -xml "urlForEPG"
this will let you select a gzip epg from any website.

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#309889 22-Mar-2010 18:46

Hi Menatlinc, My EPG downloader has suddenly stopped working.

Seems to have stopped since Thursday/Friday last wwek

this is the error I'm getting:

=============================

Checking for newer version
You already have the latest version

Finding install paths
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.findInstallPaths()
EPG file to download: http://epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg/listings-freeview.xml.gz
EPG file location: tvguide.xml
Freeview Product Detection Complete. Now downloading XML file
epgXMLLocation tvguide.xml
Download location: C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\listings-freeview.xml.gz

Folder to create: C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server
Error the EPG download folder does not exist!
Folder now created: C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server
Checking xmltv.dtd is in the correct folder
xmltv.dtd found.

System.Net.WebException: The remote name could not be resolved: 'epg.pvr.geek.nz'
   at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)
   at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(String address, String fileName)
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.Main(String[] args)

=============================

This is happening on both my XP and Windows 7 machines, both running Mediaportal 1.0.2. And both are stand-alone with their own TV-Server

Any idea what may be causing this?

Please let me know if you require more info

BTW, have been using your EPG downloader for almost 2 years and has been aweseme - thanks alot

cheers
Shane

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#309916 22-Mar-2010 19:49

Hi Shane

Are you wanting Freeview or Sky EPG data?

Sky has gone hostile and issues C&D letters to the users hosting the files.

Have a look at the threads in the HTPC forum.

There is an app by another user that grabs in the info from the freeview website if that is what you're after.; for sky have a look at xmltv.

When i get some time I may look at fixing the issues you note (the file has been removed) until then a reminder that you can use the switch -xml "urlForEPG" this will let you select a gzip epg from any website (there maybe some listed in the threads in the HTPC forum

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#309946 22-Mar-2010 20:57

mentalinc: Hi Shane

Are you wanting Freeview or Sky EPG data?

Sky has gone hostile and issues C&D letters to the users hosting the files.

Have a look at the threads in the HTPC forum.

There is an app by another user that grabs in the info from the freeview website if that is what you're after.; for sky have a look at xmltv.

When i get some time I may look at fixing the issues you note (the file has been removed) until then a reminder that you can use the switch -xml "urlForEPG" this will let you select a gzip epg from any website (there maybe some listed in the threads in the HTPC forum

Thanks for the fast reply Mentalinc, I'm using Freeview. Will try your suggestions and let ya know how I get on

cheers
Shane

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#309989 22-Mar-2010 22:20

Hi Mentalinc, I'm still not having much luck...

Not sure if I'm getting this right but here's what I've tried:

"C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\freeviewNZ-EPG.exe" -mediaportalTVServer -xml "http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz"

not sure if I've got the syntax correct, ot if I'm getting it completely wrong... but I'm getting this error:

==============================

Checking for newer version
You already have the latest version

Finding install paths
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.findInstallPaths()
EPG file to download: http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz
EPG file location: tvguide.xml
Freeview Product Detection Complete. Now downloading XML file
epgXMLLocation tvguide.xml
Using alternative XML source
epg location tvguide.xml
Download location: tvguide.xml

Folder to create: C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server
Error the EPG download folder does not exist!
Folder now created: C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
   at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.checkDTDExists(String saveLoction)
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.Main(String[] args)

==============================

also tried this:

"C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\freeviewNZ-EPG.exe" -xml "http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz"

and got this:

=================================

Checking for newer version
You already have the latest version

Finding install paths
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.findInstallPaths()
EPG file to download: http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz
Freeview Product Detection Complete. Now downloading XML file
epgXMLLocation
Using alternative XML source
epg location
System.ArgumentException: The path is not of a legal form.
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
   at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
   at System.IO.FileInfo..ctor(String fileName)
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.checkDownloadPathExists(String downloadFilePath)
   at freeviewNZ_EPG.Program.Main(String[] args)

=================================

I have manually downloaded and checked the nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz and seems to be fine

Any more pointers?

mentalinc

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#310039 23-Mar-2010 07:30

what version of media portal are you using? It appears my detection engine is not finding the install path.

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#310049 23-Mar-2010 08:03

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#318597 15-Apr-2010 07:18

Hi all

Thank you for using my application. With the recent legal action from Sky who have requested the people hosting the xml files cease and desist it makes my tool a lot hard to keep working.

Due to this and the amazing work being done by SJB and giggles I suggest people look at using the following tool (epg collector) which uses the broadcast data to create a xml file.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=83&topicid=58935&page_no=1

I am going to hand over my code to them to use as they please. Hopefully the update notification and task scehduling.

Thanks for every ones support over the last 2 years. Wow can't beleive it's been that long.

mentalinc

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#318615 15-Apr-2010 08:24

Mentalinc

Thanks for all your hard work. Your application was a godsend. I also appreciate the link to the new project which I will now test out.

R

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#318655 15-Apr-2010 09:50

rjh4242: Mentalinc

Thanks for all your hard work. Your application was a godsend. I also appreciate the link to the new project which I will now test out.

R

You're welcome. It was a great tool when I first released it and it made my life easier thats for sure. Going forward with epgcollector it has made my application redundant as no Internet connection is required to keep getting EPG info.

Direct link to EPG collector for download. it appears freitsam is working on ablog post on marking it work. but it is almost double click and you're away.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/

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#318821 15-Apr-2010 14:40

Yeah. A big thanks from me to. Your application really made my media centre work over the past 15 months.
Cheers!

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