Epg guide not loading

[caribchief]

Hi Ilan,

Just for the record...the guide is displaying the correct time according to my system time on the FireStick. However it's the data in the guide that is shifted by one hour. As said before this was corrected when using the EPG Stalker Updater from EPG Ninja that has the guide offset 1 hour option. Since I no longer use this because I now use the custom URL you provided for stalker client...the guide data is off. Is there any sort of file I can modify manually to reflect the 1 hour change?

Tried what you suggested and it didn't work.

Thank You

It should be using your device's/system's time setting. I know you have thought of this, but make sure everything is set to the correct time...device, system/OS, and router, if is adjustable. Beyond that, try disabling TV, clearing data and then rebooting the device, modem and router -- and then enabling TV.

[ilan]

I'll be honest, I'm not sure how to address the issue at this point. I'll do some thinking. If Psycon drops by, he might have another suggestion.

I haven't tried the updater lately, but it was still working last week. The URL just made things easier for most. You could try the updater again to see if it will load the guide and allow for the time adjustment. Make sure to clear the data before you enable it.

[caribchief]

Thanks buddy for trying and your help. It's greatly appreciated. I will be on the lookout for any updates.

I'll be honest, I'm not sure how to address the issue at this point. I'll do some thinking. If Psycon drops by, he might have another suggestion.

I haven't tried the updater lately, but it was still working last week. The URL just made things easier for most. You could try the updater again to see if it will load the guide and allow for the time adjustment. Make sure to clear the data before you enable it.

[Gamer101]

When will the epg guide be back working or can I change to another Pvr
using mediacube on kodi 16.1

[ilan]

Is there any sort of file I can modify manually to reflect the 1 hour change?

Initially, I wasn't going to do this little "primer, but then thought it wouldn't be that tough to create, so...

I won't go through all the steps you'd need to walk-through to change the EPG to suit your needs, but if you can figure out what I'm talking about here, you most likely know enough to accomplish that end.

First, you'll need to download and install something like Notepad++ (see below...it's free, but you can make a donation) to edit the EPG's XML file. Next, download the guide. I'd stick with its default name, guide.xml.

Set-up PVR Stalker client to use Local and then navigate to the guide.xml file you just downloaded. Go to TV > Guide and Clear data so the guide loads. Look within the guide for a few shows, and note the times. (They should be off by one hour as you indicated.) You're going to compare these times to the times in your edited guide, adjusting until you get things right.

Load guide.xml in Notepad++. There are over 150,000 lines of code, so the global search and replace will be your best friend for this task.

What you will be editing is the time offset in the guide. (You won't have to know coding to do this.) The lines Notepad++ will edit look like this:

<programme channel="I2.28460311.microsoft.com" start="20160909233000 +0000" stop="20160910000000 +0000">

Within Notepad++ be at the very top of the file, click Search and then choose Replace from the ensuing drop down menu. In the "Find what" area, enter +0000 (normally, this is the time offset from UTC time). In the "Replace with" area, enter +0100 and click Replace All. Save the edited file.

Now, clear your guide data so it will load the edited version of the guide. Compare the original program times to the edited program times (you should see a change of one hour), and determine which direction you need to go to get things aligned with your local time. If that didn't do it, try another search and replace. (The time offset can be negative, too, like -0100.) I'm thinking +0100 or -0100 will do the trick in your case.

After you've done this a few times, it shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to download, edit, save and load the guide.

Notepad++

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.9.2.html

[caribchief]

Ilan,

Great explanation bro and thank you for taking the time to share it with us. I have a quick question....you mentioned in the above explanation EPG xml and Guide xml. Just want to confirm its the guide xml I am editing? If I am...do you know the exact location of the file?

Also would the guide xml file ever be overwritten once I modify the times?

Thanks Ilan.


If I do find the file before you respond I will edit this post.

[ilan]

If you input the guide's URL in a browser, the guide will load in the browser's window. Just do a save as "guide.xml" from within the browser after the guide is fully loaded.

The guide will not be overwritten, but the data will run out in a short time (as is normal) and you will have a blank guide. In that case, you would download a new copy of the guide and repeat the editing process.

[caribchief]

Hi Ilan,

I found a file in the temp folder called epg_xmltv.xml. This is the path PVR Stalker Client points to when local is chosen. The xml file does contain the times as explained above. But again Ilan if I am using the remote URL (http://nfps.**********) to download the guide data...I would not be able to edit that file wherever it downloads to.

Looking foward to any further explanations.

Ilan,

Great explanation bro and thank you for taking the time to share it with us. I have a quick question....you mentioned in the above explanation EPG xml and Guide xml. Just want to confirm its the guide xml I am editing? If I am...do you know the exact location of the file?

Also would the guide xml file ever be overwritten once I modify the times?

Thanks Ilan.


If I do find the file before you respond I will edit this post.

[caribchief]

Ilan,

Understood. Please ignore the above post as I posted it before reading your addional explanation. From what I understand the solution is not really a permanent one as I will have to edit the xml file every time I manually download the guide. Sounds great for me personally however it may not work out for my customers.
Nevertheless knowledge is power my friend and I am eternally greatfull for your detailed explanation.

Thanks again and I will keep an eye out for updates.

If you input the guide's URL in a browser, the guide will load in the browser's window. Just do a save as "guide.xml" from within the browser after the guide is fully loaded.

The guide will not be overwritten, but the data will run out in a short time (as is normal) and you will have a blank guide. In that case, you would download a new copy of the guide and repeat the editing process.

[olsts]

OK, new problem. Using Mbox, MXII, Kodi 16.1, Bulit-in Stalker client. EPG guide stuck at 7:30 PM(EST) on Sept 11th. Tried clearing data, restarting guide, nothing changes.
Using ilan setup with short url for guide.

This is not the first time this has happened. Once guide does load, it always stops at 7:30 PM the next day