XMLTV TV_GRAB_UK_RT - Has something changed these days?

[falvious]

yup done that and finally the xmltv appeared, however trying to import the data it seems to just sit there doing nothing ............

[ukmgranger]

Make sure that you give Sage plenty of time to import the new data. I thought my system was hanging at this point, but I was just being impatient. I think it can take a good few minutes for it to import on my system. I always keep my eye on the hard drive light on the case.

[maxheadroom]

Also, make sure that the xml produced is called epgdata.xml and not just data.xml and that it's in the root of your sage directory

[ukmgranger]

Also, make sure that the xml produced is called epgdata.xml and not just data.xml and that it's in the root of your sage directory

this is actually dependent on which xml import plugin you use with Sage. I use the multi tuner plugin by nielm. for this plugin you have to have the xml data in the root of the Sage directory, however the data must be named '1.xml' and '2.xml' to correspond with the import settings in Sage.

[leejsmith]

I have used alans RT grabber for some time and it's fantastic. He even added some features i asked for very quickley.

Radio times are good sports for providing the information but it's still not as good as digiguide. This is ok on the main channles but once you get to things like toonami any program details go you just get the same old description every time. Even thinks like sky 1 stargate no episode details or even what are repeats. This is nothing to do with alans grabber as i checked the RT website too.

I just renewed my subscription to digiguide again just to see what episodes of stargate are showing and yugioh , dragonball z ect.

It's a shame as the RT grabber works very well.

[Lucas]

You are right, I notice 2-3 times a week that the same episode aired at different days and times may have slightly different titles or description, triggering SageTV to think it is a new episode and recording it.

The best example that comes to mind is 24 on Sky one where the latest episof is both titled 11am to 12pm and 11am to 12noon.

But hey, before this arrangement with RT there was chaos!

[leejsmith]

yes the RT deal is great but sage tv is needs a good epg to work well.
Your example of 24. If the epg was as it should be all you need to do is set 24 as a fav with new episodes only and it will record the series with a single touch. My experiance of stargate Series 8 was i didnt no it was series 8 and missed half of the series. Then when i came to record the new episodes i had to search and select when i wanted to record as RT did not tell me what series was showing and which episodes are repeats/new episodes. This is easy enough as new episodes are show at the same time/day of each week but i still have to search every week for every series i want to record instead of sagetv just recording for me.

[leejsmith]

Also yu-gi-oh on sky one had several multipart episodes with the same title nothing told me that is was part 1 ect so i missed a couple thinking they are the same program.

[Lucas]

Same trouble here.... so I let Sage TV record everything (Favourites) unless I am 100% that it is something I watch in the past and the go and preview them after they were recorded.....

But as I said comparatively to how it was....

You know there is a parametric grabber TVxb (www.tvxb.com) that I use for some other channels. This is very configurable and if one has time, I am sure it can be configured to grab data for Sky from other sites.....

Just a thought.....

Honestly, at the moment I can't justify spending the time.