I'm not getting the error message from tv_sort, but it's still not
fixing the entries with no stop date. Could it be broken? I haven't
had time to do more than a cursory look at the code at this point.
Peter
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 02:19, Charles wrote:
> > Configuration: New RH 9 install & Freevo 1.3.1
> > tv_sort,v 1.21 2003/04/03 07:23:49
> >
> > When I tv_sort my xml listing per the docs for
> North
> > America, I get this error:
> >
> > parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line
> 16
> > Name "Log::TraceMessages::On" used only once:
> > possible
> > typo at /usr/bin/tv_sort line 149.
> >
> > Both the original and the sorted files report as
> > corrupted by freevo.
> >
> > I have only ONE channel setup in the local.conf.py
> > file
> >
> > I searched the freevo-users for this, did not find
> a
> > match.
> >
> > Thanks for an interesting project !
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > __________________________________
>
> After some more experimentation, I have some tips on
> troubleshooting the TV Guide corrupt problem. (This
> does raise some other issues.)
>
> 1). Here is a valid TV_CHANNELS entry from my
> local_conf.py
> TV_CHANNELS = [('2 KASA','KASA 2','2'),
> ('4 KOB', 'KOB 4', '4')]
> The first entry '2 KASA' is critial and must match
> the
> entry
> in the listings_<date>.xml or TV.xml file ! The
> second
> 'KASA 2' is what you want freevo to display on the
> grid as the channel name, and of course the last
> entry
> is the real channel number to address your tuner
> card.
> Don't forget the left and right []'s
>
> 2). I also edited out all but 2 of the channels in
> the
> .xmltv/tv_grab_na.conf file, and here is a portion:
>
> # config file: tv_grab_na 2.20030426
> #
> # this file is generated by running tv_grab_na
> --configure
> # the only change you should make is prefixing
> 'channel:' lines
> # with a '#' to signal that they should be ignored
> during the
> # grab step
> #
> retry limit: 2
> retry delay: 30
> zip code: 87105
> provider: 70796 # "Source" - "City"
> channel: 2 KASA
> #channel: 3 QVC
> channel: 4 KOB
> #channel: 5 KNME
> #channel: 6 KWBQ
> <snip>
>
> After working with a download of ONE or TWO
> channels,
> and still getting TV Guide corrupt messages, I found
> if I deleted any program that had a start time but
> no
> end time, the Guide was no longer considered
> corrupt.
> This program was usually the last program of the
> day,
> usually starting at 23:??
>
> To manually delete the "offending program", you must
> delete all lines in TV.xml or listings_<date>.xml
> file
> between a program's <programe start... and the
> </programme> that does not have both a start time
> and
> an end time.
>
> Here's an example of a single program listing (with
> a
> stop time):
>
> <programme start="20030610010000 MDT"
> stop="20030610020000 MDT" channel="2 KASA">
> <title>KASA Fox 2 News at 9</title>
> <category>News</category>
> <subtitles type="teletext" />
> </programme>
>
> Most programs have more lines, news programs tend to
> have the fewest.
>
> I tried using the tv_sort, but this did not prevent
> the TV guide corrupt messages and indeed posts an
> internal error message about a possible typo in
> tv_sort itself at line 149.
>
> I do not know how to fix this in an automated way,
> but I think it would involve working with the next
> days listings as you approach midnight.
>
> I also did some compares/troubleshooting with a Java
> app called Freeguide, which I loaded on a windows
> platform with Java 1.4.0. This app also downloads
> the
> very same xmltv data and displays it on a grid
> something like freevo. You could use Freeguide to
> learn from or even assist in downloading data for
> freevo !
>
> Freeguide does not process the downloaded listings
> and
> as you pass midnight, it just opens the next day's
> xml
> file and you could at least pinpoint the end time of
> the current program by using the start time of the
> next program on the same channel. Admittedly
> Freeguide
> does not cross midnight seamlessly, something that
> freevo probably needs to be able to do.
>
> I think the use of a single TV.xml file will not be
> practical for freevo for a couple of reasons: not
> knowing the stop time of a program that crosses
> midnight, and attempting to record a program farther
> in the future than today.
>
> Hope this info is of assistance.
>
> Charles
>
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