Xteve - xmltv

Edwin_Perez · June 4, 2021, 4:40pm

I use XTEVE in Plex and have no problem with it handling Law and Order .. using XMLTV from schedules Direct. The XMLTV from Channels DVR just is not consistent with what Plex and EMBY are looking for.

Edwin_Perez · June 4, 2021, 4:53pm

This is what the XMLTV from schedules direct feeding XTEVE looks like....

<programme start="20210617230000 +0000" stop="20210618000000 +0000" channel="EPG123.59296.schedulesdirect.org">
<title>Law &amp; Order: Criminal Intent</title>
<sub-title>Amends</sub-title>
<desc>When her late husband's partner is killed on the job, Eames must re-examine her husband's murder.</desc>
<credits>
  <director>Jesús Salvador Trevino</director>
  <actor role="Detective Robert Goren">Vincent D'Onofrio</actor>
  <actor role="Detective Alexandra Eames">Kathryn Erbe</actor>
  <actor role="Capt. Danny Ross">Eric Bogosian</actor>
  <writer>Siobhan Byrne O'Connor</writer>
  <writer>Warren Leight</writer>
  <producer>Dick Wolf</producer>
  <producer>Rene Balcer</producer>
  <guest>Mike Pniewski</guest>
  <guest>Leslie Hendrix</guest>
  <guest>Holt McCallany</guest>
  <guest>Felix Solis</guest>
  <guest>Rafael Sardina</guest>
  <guest>Gio Perez</guest>
  <guest>Florencia Lozano</guest>
  <guest>Steven Randazzo</guest>
  <guest>Seth Gilliam</guest>
  <guest>Emilio Delgado</guest>
  <guest>Gerald McCullouch</guest>
  <guest>Shirley Roeca</guest>
  <guest>Miles Williams</guest>
  <guest>Tom Ligon</guest>
</credits>
<date>20071004</date>
<category>Series</category>
<category>Crime drama</category>
<category>Docudrama</category>
<language>en</language>
<icon src="https://schedulesdirect-api20141201.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/assets/p184724_b_v5_au.jpg" width="240" height="360" />
<icon src="https://schedulesdirect-api20141201.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/assets/p184724_b_v3_au.jpg" width="270" height="360" />
<icon src="https://schedulesdirect-api20141201.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/assets/p184724_b_h3_au.jpg" width="360" height="270" />
<icon src="https://schedulesdirect-api20141201.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/assets/p184724_b_h13_ah.jpg" width="480" height="270" />
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00446173.0140</episode-num>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">6.0.0/1</episode-num>
<video>
  <quality>HDTV</quality>
</video>
<audio>
  <stereo>stereo</stereo>
</audio>
<previously-shown></previously-shown>
<subtitles type="teletext" />
<rating system="advisory">
  <value>Language</value>
</rating>
<rating system="advisory">
  <value>Violence</value>
</rating>
<rating system="USA Parental Rating">
  <value>TV14</value>
</rating>
<rating system="VCHIP">
  <value>TV-14</value>
</rating>

Matthew_Crommert · June 4, 2021, 5:11pm

E:\xmltv-1.0.0-win32\xmltv-1.0.0-win32>xmltv.exe tv_validate_file xmltv_2.xml
Timezone is -0400
The file is not valid according to the xmltv dtd:
xmltv_2.xml:3: validity error : Element tv content does not follow the DTD, expecting (channel* , programme*), got (channel programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme channel programme programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme programme channel programme programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme channel programme programme channel programme programme channel programme channel 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programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme channel programme channel programme channel programme channel programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme channel channel channel channel channel channel channel channel channel channel channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme programme channel channel programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme programme programme programme channel programme programme channel programme channel programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme channel programme programme programme programme programme programme channel programme channel programme programme programme programme channel programme ...
xmltv_2.xml:4: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:5: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:9: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title desc icon series-id episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:13: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:13: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:16: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:17: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:21: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:26: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:26: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:30: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:35: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:35: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:39: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:44: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:44: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:48: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:49: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:53: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:58: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:58: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:62: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:67: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:67: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:71: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:76: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:76: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:80: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:81: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:85: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:90: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:90: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:94: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:95: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:99: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:104: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:104: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:108: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:113: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:113: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:117: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:122: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:122: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:126: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:131: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:131: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:135: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:136: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:140: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:145: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:145: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:149: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:154: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:154: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:158: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:159: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:163: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title desc icon series-id episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:167: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:167: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:170: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:171: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:175: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:180: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:180: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:184: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:189: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:189: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:193: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:194: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:198: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:203: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:203: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:207: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:212: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:212: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:216: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:221: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:221: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:225: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:230: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:230: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:234: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:235: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:239: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:244: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:244: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:248: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:253: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:253: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:257: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:258: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:262: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:267: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:267: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:271: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )
xmltv_2.xml:276: validity error : No declaration for element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:276: validity error : No declaration for attribute system of element series-id
xmltv_2.xml:280: validity error : Element channel content does not follow the DTD, expecting (display-name+ , icon* , url*), got (lcn display-name icon )
xmltv_2.xml:281: validity error : No declaration for element lcn
xmltv_2.xml:285: validity error : Element programme content does not follow the DTD, expecting (title+ , sub-title* , desc* , credits? , date? , category* , keyword* , language? , orig-language? , length? , icon* , url* , country* , episode-num* , video? , audio? , previously-shown? , premiere? , last-chance? , new? , subtitles* , rating* , star-rating* , review*), got (title sub-title desc icon series-id episode-num episode-num )

The file did not validate as well-formed XML, so no further
processing was performed.

Edwin_Perez · June 4, 2021, 5:13pm

What the heck is that ?? that does not even look like an XML from Channels DVR.

racameron · June 4, 2021, 5:13pm

I just ran a test, and the XMLTV output from Channels properly escapes all needed characters (<, &, >) in the title, sub-title and other elements where PCDATA is specified. So, that wouldn't be the problem in this regard.

However, without any details about the problem XML, everything is just a bunch of WAGs.

Matthew_Crommert · June 4, 2021, 5:16pm

its a validation of the file using xmltv.exe

racameron · June 4, 2021, 5:50pm

Well, it does indeed look like the XML is malformed. There are 3 problems being pointed out:

Element ordering – When elements are defined with commas (<!ELEMENT tv (channel*, programme*)>), they MUST occur in that order. Therefore, to be well–formed, all of the channel elements MUST preceed the programme elements.
lcn element – Channels includes a lcn element as the first child of the channel element. (I assume this is a local channel number being specified.) However, the XMLTV DTD does not include this element. (Most other XMLTV generators put the channel number as one of the display-name elements to get around this limitation of the spec.)
series-id element – Channels includes its own series-id identifier in the output XMLTV as a child of the programme element. Again, this element is not defined in the DTD, and therefore the resulting file is malformed.

So, while xTeVe may be correct, I'm not sure this is really something that the developers ought to spend a lot of time fixing. (Especially since most XML parsers will not have a problem ingesting the content. Outside of those three violations, the XML is correct.) Also, the two additional elements that Channels is adding to the output are beneficial. (Perhaps a PR ought to be done to add those elements.)

You might have better luck getting xTeVe to relax their XMLTV consumption than getting Channels to strictly follow the DTD. Perhaps an override option to allow for complete but malformed content?

(As an aside, the XMLTV spec is really random. Some portions use a 0–based index for counting, while others start with 1. Add to that the issue over the new element, which is not well–defined, and additional issues crop up. There really ought to be a better way to specify all of this content/metadata than what we have now.)

tmm1 · June 4, 2021, 5:55pm

Wasn't this fixed in DVR XMLTV generation issue ?

mike_here · June 4, 2021, 5:59pm

Yes, the "&" was fixed but I've not tested with xteve.

Matthew_Crommert · June 4, 2021, 6:29pm

i'm getting around by just doing the version of xteve without xmltv - then importing the xmltv into plex directly

Not sure what changed recently

tmm1 · June 4, 2021, 6:33pm

Is there an error message in the xteve logs? What does it not like or think is malformed?

racameron · June 4, 2021, 6:36pm

The logs were posted above, and I iterated what the errors were. The first one about element ordering can be fixed by changing how Channels outputs the data. The second two can be fixed by using different elements: in the case lcn, use another display-name element; for series-id, the recommended method in the DTD is to use another episode-num element with a different system attribute to explain the content.

tmm1 · June 4, 2021, 6:41pm

Those logs are from an xml linter, not xteve. I don't care what the linter says.

Matthew_Crommert · June 4, 2021, 7:54pm

this is the startup error

2021/06/04 15:52:59 [xTeVe] Download: http://192.168.1.239:8093/m3u
2021/06/04 15:52:59 [xTeVe] Check File: http://192.168.1.239:8093/m3u
2021/06/04 15:52:59 [xTeVe] Save File: http://192.168.1.239:8093/m3u [ID: MQMHDV28M4AID4B5TK69]
2021/06/04 15:52:59 [xTeVe] Download: http://192.168.1.239:8089/devices/TVE-Verizon/guide/xmltv?duration=86400
2021/06/04 15:53:00 [xTeVe] Check File: http://192.168.1.239:8089/devices/TVE-Verizon/guide/xmltv?duration=86400
2021/06/04 15:53:00 [xTeVe] Save File: http://192.168.1.239:8089/devices/TVE-Verizon/guide/xmltv?duration=86400 [ID: XNPO9G62E8WECT3M7K6O]
2021/06/04 15:53:00 [xTeVe] Download: http://192.168.1.239:8093/epg
2021/06/04 15:53:01 [xTeVe] Check File: http://192.168.1.239:8093/epg
2021/06/04 15:53:01 [xTeVe] Save File: http://192.168.1.239:8093/epg [ID: XVKVIVSK7B6L9L6ZNZQ6]
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: DEN-CBSNEWS - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: PHI-CBSNEWS - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: AS-AQUATEENHUNGER - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: AS-SAMURAIJACK - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: AS-INFOMERCIALS - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: NY-CBSNEWS - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: SF-CBSNEWS - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: PIT-CBSNEWS - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 Channel: DAL-CBSNEWS - tvc-guide-stationid =
2021/06/04 15:53:01 [xTeVe] All streams: 283
2021/06/04 15:53:01 [xTeVe] Active streams: 283
2021/06/04 15:53:01 [xTeVe] Filter: 0
2021/06/04 15:53:01 [xTeVe] XEPG: Parse XMLTV file: mlb
2021/06/04 15:53:01 [xTeVe] XEPG: Parse XMLTV file: XMLTV
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* * * * * FATAL ERROR * * * * *

OS: linux
Arch: amd64
Err: runtime error: index out of range [0] with length 0


panic.go:965 runtime.gopanic
panic.go:88 runtime.goPanicIndex
xepg.go:216 xteve/src.createXEPGMapping.func1
xepg.go:259 xteve/src.createXEPGMapping
xepg.go:108 xteve/src.buildXEPG
config.go:261 xteve/src.StartSystem
xteve.go:197 main.main
proc.go:234 runtime.main
asm_amd64.s:1372 runtime.goexit

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Not sure how to pull better logs from xteve

Matthew_Crommert · June 4, 2021, 7:58pm

It crashes xteve on boot - i realized that sometime in the last 2 days it crashed and it won't run again - i rebuilt it and as soon as i push channel xmltv it crashes again

As i said i have a different solution now but this may come up

dschaper · February 16, 2022, 9:41pm

There's a mention in a GH Issue that the XML generated by Channels can be problematic for Xteve.

github.com/xteve-project/xTeVe

ChannelsDVR M3u8 (or M3u) and XMLTV files not parsing correctly - Auto Channel Mapping Broken

opened 03:33AM - 25 Aug 21 UTC

nmercuro

**Describe the bug** I'm feeding a Channels DVR M3u8 file directly into Xteve u…sing the channels DVR link. All channels pull into xteve fine as available streams, but the channels *will not* map automatically when I try to tie it to the XMLTV File that Channels generates (Also using the link). I'm not sure why this is? When I look at the XMLTV and M3u8 files, they appear to have a corresponding Channel ID and tvg-name but no channels will map. I can manually go through every single channel and map it, which is what I did initially, but I have over 400 streams now, and this process takes hours. Similarly, when I "scan" for channels in plex, all these new channels that have been mapped in xteve *do* show up, but *most* of them don't map correctly to the XMLTV file there either. Some of the channels that do map are incorrect (discovery channel maps as history channel, MTV as ITV, etc). I [crossposted over on the Channels DVR forum](https://community.getchannels.com/t/channels-dvr-xmltv-file-not-mapping-in-xteve/28585/8) and it seems that other people are also reporting that automapping functionality is broken, though it did work in the past. I can confirm that for me, it has *never* worked with Channels DVR, though using a few public test M3u/m3u8 playlists, I was able to get *a lot* of channels to automap to the corresponding xmltv files (Not all). **Server (please complete the following information):** - OS: Windows 10 - AMD64 - 2.2.0 **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Add XMLTV link 2. Add Playlist link 3. Existing group filter for "HD" which is the group that all ChannelsDVR content ends up in 4. XEPG Channels remain unchanged **Expected behavior** XEPG Channels should automatically map based on channelID matching in both XMLTV and m3u8 file. **Screenshots** <img width="1011" alt="Screen Shot 2021-08-24 at 6 54 11 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/32778769/130721113-3e638af1-4d92-4992-870d-1d1e66be02df.png"> **Desktop (please complete the following information):** - OS: Windows 10 - Browser: Chrome - Version 92.0.4515.159 **Additional context** I've added quite a few large M3u playlists and corresponding XMLTV files into xteve and the mapping wasn't spot on, but it did automap some channels. I can't get it to map even a *single* channel using the XMLTV/M3u8 links from Channels DVR without manually going through 400+ channels and linking them one by one to the correct channel ID in the XMLTV file.

What I've seen is either a crash in Xteve (linux) when parsing the XML or the mapper in Xteve creating duplicates of all the ChannelsDVR imported channels when things do actually import.

Using the suggested sed solution in the Issue fixes things so I've had to just export the XML from Channels via curl and then sed it to finally import as a local file in to Xteve. Works but if the lineup ever changes in Channels then I'll need to manually curl and update the local file again.

tmm1 · February 16, 2022, 10:07pm

I'll add tvg-id for the next prerelease if that's all that is required.

tmm1 · February 16, 2022, 11:21pm

Done

Matthew_Crommert · February 17, 2022, 12:28am

Thank you for resurrecting this and thanks for giving tmm1 the info…thanks tmm1 for the fix…I will be testing

DemonLourde · March 30, 2022, 2:28am

edit the settings.json file in notepad to remove the xml text and i removed the channels m3u also and it booted up.took me a few to figure out to do it correct.so make a backup of the file so you can trial and error till you have it working.