EPG

[homepc]

I seem to be having trouble getting the EPG from XLTV plugin to work. I can use XMLTV outside of xlobby to download program data. I run it from Start:Run with the command:

c:\program files\xlobby\xmltvexe\xmltv.exe tv_grab_na_dd

This seems to run just fine and it creates an 8.39mb file.

But when I try and setup the same xmltv.exe progrm in the EPG section of the xltv plugin, it doesn't work. All I get is a blank dos window that just sits there doing nothing and it never creates the file.

Am I missing something?

thanks
ray

[homepc]

Anyone have some ideas? I would really love to get the EPG to work. Everything else works great!! Does anyone have the EPG in their xlobby working? Care to share how you did it? Please?

Thanks!!

ray

[badubo]

can you post the content of the EPG.ini found in the xmltv directory of xltv

[homepc]

Thanks for you reply. Here is what my epg.ini looks like....


[epg]
args=tv_grab_na_dd
command=C:\Program Files\xlobby\xmltvexe\xmltv.exe
countdown=99
download=
last=20070327174151
stdout=
uncompress=0
workdir=


I created the directory xmltvexe which has the xmltv.exe in it.

Thanks for any help.

Ray

[badubo]

I think that your problem is quite logic
there are two mistakes in your settings :
first, as the workingdir is not set, xmltv.exe doesn't work as expected and didn't find the data so, nothing happen
Second, even if you change that, your data will remain in the xmltvexe directory and will not be transfered in xltv/xmltv

So I propose to create a batch file (ie. xmltv2xltv.bat) in the same directory as xmltv.exe containing :

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cd "c:\program files\xlobby\xmltvexe\"
xmltv.exe tv_grab_na_dd
copy "c:\program files\xlobby\xmltvexe\xmltv.xml" "c:\program files\xlobby\plugins\xltv\xmltv\xmltv.xml"


then edit epg.ini and correct the line :

command=C:\Program Files\xlobby\xmltvexe\xmltv2xltv.bat

I consider that your file is called xmltv.xml and is stored in the same directory as xmltv.exe, correct if needed
This should call xmltv.exe and copy the result in the directory for further process

[homepc]

badubo, thanks for the reply. I understand your suggestions. I have created the .bat job and have tested it successfully outside of xlobby. But when I edit the epg.ini file as you suggested to execute the .bat job, again all I get is a blank dos box that appers to do nothing.

Is there a differant or better way for me to get my listings and configured with xlobby? Or should I continue down this path?

thanks ray