Bug #210

XMLTV grabber works but 0 events gets injected into epg database

Added by Alan - about 3 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

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Description

I have set up xmltv succesfully. XMLTV grabbing works ok. I get the following output:

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Apr 25 12:47:28 xmltv: Channel "Comedy Central" automapped to xmltv-channel "Comedy Central" (name matches)

Apr 25 12:47:28 xmltv: /usr/bin/tv_grab_huro: Parsing completed. XML contained 88 channels, 0 events, 0 new events injected in EP

It seems that tvheadend does not use the data grabbed from xmltv.
Is it maybe because the channels mostly also have their own satelite epg ? I would like to use xmltv's epg instead of the broadcasted one because it has better and more precise descriptions there.

Thanks for the great work!

History

#1 Updated by Hein Rigolo about 3 years ago

how often do you run the grabber?
how often does your grabber get new epg details?
Did the grabber already run earlier?
How many events where updated then?

#2 Updated by Alan - about 3 years ago

Thanks for the attention Rigolo !

I only ran the grabber once yet. It is set to run in every 12 hours.
A lot of channels got mapped but no new events get injected into the database. The epg database stays unchanged (the previously - from dvb source - grabbed epg data)

Maybe the problem is that tvheadend does not overwrite an already existing epg data with xmltv grabbed one.

#3 Updated by Hein Rigolo about 3 years ago

Did you provide a channel to XMLTV ID mapping on the channels configuration screen?

#4 Updated by Alan - about 3 years ago

Yes there are several channels that has an XMLTV source.

#5 Updated by Andreas Öman almost 3 years ago

I tried the grabber myself but it seems broken.

andoma@norion:~$ tv_grab_huro
using config filename /home/andoma/.xmltv/tv_grab_huro.conf
getting list of channels: could not fetch http://www.port.hu/pls/tv/tv.prog, error: 500 Can't connect to www.port.hu:80 (connect: Connection refused), aborting

How did you configure it?

#6 Updated by Andreas Öman almost 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Accepted

#7 Updated by stif - almost 3 years ago

I do have the same Issue:
I am using TVheadend 2.11 on a Ubuntu 10.04 Server 64 bit and a PVR-350 as Analog Video Input.
XMLTV is configured fine, and produces a file like expected with "tv_grab_ch_search --output FILE"
In the Web-surface some Channels (i do not have a XMLTV source for all Channels) also have a mapped XMLTV Channel.
But it do not Display any EPG Data in The Homescreen:

Aug 18 15:09:59 xmltv: Grabbing "Switzerland (tv.search.ch)" using command "/usr/bin/tv_grab_ch_search"
Aug 18 15:27:38 xmltv: /usr/bin/tv_grab_ch_search: Parsing completed. XML contained 28 channels, 15896 events, 0 new events injected in EPG

Any Ideas? What info can i provide?

Cheers,
stif

PS: Everything but the EPG is functioning impressively well. Thanks for the great work!

#8 Updated by stif - over 2 years ago

  • Status changed from Accepted to Fixed
  • Found in version set to duplicate

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