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On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:45:47 +0000, John Cooper wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I’m currently trying to use xmltv to obtain me an EPG xml document using the Atlas grabber software for the service of the same name. However it isn’t grabbing all of the epg data for the channels (some of this may be due  to invalid data returned during a grab).
> 
> There is also the possibility that the grabber is using the wrong data from Atlas supplied by Metabroadcast. I have currently configured the grabber for Freeview (in Standard Definition) and East Anglia region.
> 
> Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
> 
> Thanks,
> John


The grabber will not automatically detect changes to your lineup. When Atlas add or move channels around (e.g. Freeview or Sky re-organise their channel numbers) you must rerun the "configure" option to be able to see the new channels.

John,

When I differed the results of each FreeSAT and Freeview options, I found
there were about 31 channels present on the atlas Freeview channel list
that were missing from the freeSat one. So I manually added those missing
channels onto the default Freesat config file that atlas --configure had
already generated. By using some convoluted chain of unix diff, sort and
uniq cmds. It was not very pleasant. And region-specific.

I also asked on dev mailing list for better ways (or atlas grabber). There
are not any it seems - the uk atlas one not have any built-in feature to
combine sources without the duplication of channels. The configure script
only permits you to select either free view or freest, not both of them.

Anyway, before that, I set up my atlas API account to take specifically
from PressAssociation data source only (in atlas website --> my account
pages). As that is the one you are supposed to be using for UK tv listings
data (AFIAK, last time i checked).

The subsequent grabs generally seem to work ok. But actually i do not
bother to check up on it. The listings appear after a while (within 24
hours) in tvheadend. Perhaps not all channels on Freeview/FreeSat. But
indeed the major ones are (BBC, iTV etc).


On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:45 PM, John Cooper <joh...@li...> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> I’m currently trying to use xmltv to obtain me an EPG xml document using
> the Atlas grabber software for the service of the same name. However it
> isn’t grabbing all of the epg data for the channels (some of this may be
> due  to invalid data returned during a grab).
>
> There is also the possibility that the grabber is using the wrong data
> from Atlas supplied by Metabroadcast. I have currently configured the
> grabber for Freeview (in Standard Definition) and East Anglia region.
>
> Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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Hi,




I’m currently trying to use xmltv to obtain me an EPG xml document using the Atlas grabber software for the service of the same name. However it isn’t grabbing all of the epg data for the channels (some of this may be due  to invalid data returned during a grab).




There is also the possibility that the grabber is using the wrong data from Atlas supplied by Metabroadcast. I have currently configured the grabber for Freeview (in Standard Definition) and East Anglia region.




Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.




Thanks,




John






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On 4/16/2015 11:26 AM, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 16 April 2015 at 10:11, Brian <Bri...@t-...> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am using the following version of the UK RT grabber:
>> ====================================================
>> + tv_grab_uk_rt
>> Channel selection: Lineup
>>
>> Program/library version information:
>>
>> XMLTV library version: 0.5.63
>> tv_grab_uk_rt version: 1.28, 2012/06/13 08:06:58
>>     libwww-perl version: 6.05
> <snip>
>
>> Its currently grabbing far more channels than I need. How can I reduce
>> the channels grabbed? A friendly pointer
>> to where it is documented would also do fine. I tried editing various
>> files, but it didn't work.
>>
>> Using the older version I knew how to do it, but I'm somewhat lost in
>> this version.
> Brian,
>
> tv_grab_uk_rt --configure
>
> When asked to configure channels automatically, choose no.
> Then manually go through every channel and answer yes/no.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
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Hi Nick,

OK works perfectly. Thanks.

Cheers Brian

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On 16 April 2015 at 10:11, Brian <Bri...@t-...> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using the following version of the UK RT grabber:
> ====================================================
> + tv_grab_uk_rt
> Channel selection: Lineup
>
> Program/library version information:
>
> XMLTV library version: 0.5.63
> tv_grab_uk_rt version: 1.28, 2012/06/13 08:06:58
>    libwww-perl version: 6.05

<snip>

> Its currently grabbing far more channels than I need. How can I reduce
> the channels grabbed? A friendly pointer
> to where it is documented would also do fine. I tried editing various
> files, but it didn't work.
>
> Using the older version I knew how to do it, but I'm somewhat lost in
> this version.

Brian,

tv_grab_uk_rt --configure

When asked to configure channels automatically, choose no.
Then manually go through every channel and answer yes/no.

Cheers,
Nick

Hi,
I am using the following version of the UK RT grabber:
====================================================
+ tv_grab_uk_rt
Channel selection: Lineup

Program/library version information:

XMLTV library version: 0.5.63
tv_grab_uk_rt version: 1.28, 2012/06/13 08:06:58
   libwww-perl version: 6.05


Source data last updated on: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:30:01 GMT

Retrieving channels: 100% 
[==============================================================================================]D 
0h00m00s


The Radio Times has usable data available for 335 channels which we
can use to generate TV listings for regular and some timeshifted
channels. The tv_grab_uk_rt software also has support for an additional
77 timeshifted, 8 part-time, and 5 part-time timeshifted channels
based on the Radio Times data.

In total, tv_grab_uk_rt currently supports 471 channels.

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

Its currently grabbing far more channels than I need. How can I reduce 
the channels grabbed? A friendly pointer
to where it is documented would also do fine. I tried editing various 
files, but it didn't work.

Using the older version I knew how to do it, but I'm somewhat lost in 
this version.

Cheers Brian




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On 4/15/2015 9:03 PM, John Doppke wrote:
> I'm running xmltv on a Rpi (raspbian).  Recently the grabber
> (tv_grab_na_dd) started generating a segmentation fault when it runs.
> Any function (download,configure) will seg fault. It seems to be
> occuring in the xml parse.  I don't do periodic updates so nothing has
> been changed as far as the software.  I have tried downloading &
> building the latest xmltv but it still seg faults.
>
> Can anyone give me some ideas on what might be causing this?
I'm not familiar with the Rasberry Pi...

I assume you're running native perl and some module is generating an 
exception.   This is really a perl issue.

Does the stack trace offer any clues?  Is there a core dump?  Maybe 
someone on the raspbian can offer clues how to analyze the core dump.  
The only thing that has changed recently on the SD-DD server is the 
"acknowledge" function to suggest a new time.  You can leave off 
--list-times and that isn't even called.

Have you tried http://schedulesdirect.org/getdata to make sure your 
account is working fine?  (or tv_grab_na_dd on another box)

I'm running xmltv on a Rpi (raspbian).  Recently the grabber
(tv_grab_na_dd) started generating a segmentation fault when it runs.
Any function (download,configure) will seg fault. It seems to be
occuring in the xml parse.  I don't do periodic updates so nothing has
been changed as far as the software.  I have tried downloading &
building the latest xmltv but it still seg faults.

Can anyone give me some ideas on what might be causing this?

-John