[mythtv-users] "xmltv returned error code 65280" with UK RT grabber

[Andy B]

If it's any help it seems to be the filmfour channel 
(filmfour.channel4.com) that causes the problem.  Commenting that line 
out in the config file works-around the problem.

Andy


Andy B wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> 
> Just tried running the xmltv nightly snapshot dated Oct 28th.  Still 
> getting the same problem.  Here's an extract:
> 
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.645 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.681 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.699 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.712 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.714 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.716 Updating source #1 (NTL) with grabber tv_grab_uk_rt
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.718 Found 15 channels for source 1 which use grabber
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.754 Grabber has capabilities: baseline manualconfig 
> cache share preferredmethod
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.790 Grabber prefers method: allatonce
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.793 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.794 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.799 Grabber Command: nice tv_grab_uk_rt 
> --config-file '/home/balki/.mythtv/NTL.xmltv' --output /tmp/mythyFDmLJ
> 2007-10-28 08:52:42.799 ----------------- Start of XMLTV output 
> -----------------
> 
> All data is the copyright of the Radio Times website
> <http://www.radiotimes.com> and the use of this data
> is restricted to personal use only.
> 
> Radio Times reports available listings for 268 channels.
> 
> Retrieving channels
> RT channel 'National Geographic Wild' (22) flagged as bad, skipping
> RT channel 'Dave' (2050) unknown in XMLTV channel_ids file
> RT channel 'Dave +1' (2051) unknown in XMLTV channel_ids file
> 
> 
> XMLTV channel 'plus-1.g2.uktv.flextech.telewest.co.uk' (1871) not seen 
> on RT site
> XMLTV channel 'uk-gold-2.flextech.telewest.co.uk' (289) not seen on RT site
> Downloading listings for 18 configured channels
> 
> Retrieving listings
> http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/160.dat: Code point \u0000 is not a 
> valid character in XML at /usr/share/perl5/XMLTV.pm line 1757
> 2007-10-28 08:54:50.998 ------------------ End of XMLTV output 
> ------------------
> 2007-10-28 08:54:51.025 FAILED:  xmltv returned error code 65280.
> Error in 24897:21: unexpected end of file
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.270 Updating icons for sourceid: 1
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.456 New DB connection, total: 4
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.458 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.461 No programs found in data.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.522 New DB connection, total: 5
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.523 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.539 Failed to fetch some program info
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.540 Adjusting program database end times.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.542     0 replacements made
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.543 Marking generic episodes.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.545     Found 0
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.546 Marking repeats.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.551     Found 0
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.552 Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.553     Found 0
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.554 Marking episode first showings.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.555     Found 0
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.556 Marking episode last showings.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.557     Found 0
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.568
> ===============================================================
> | Attempting to contact the master backend for rescheduling.  |
> | If the master is not running, rescheduling will happen when |
> | the master backend is restarted.                            |
> ===============================================================
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.586 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 
> (try 1 of 5)
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.589 Using protocol version 31
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.681 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-10-28 08:54:53.711 DataDirect: Deleting temporary files
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Nick Morrott wrote:
>> What version of the grabber are you running? I recently committed an
>> update to the uk_rt grabber (still only in current CVS, will be in
>> release of XMLTV after 0.5.49) that should fix this problem
>> completely.
>>
>> I've also been in contact with the RT developers who will hopefully
>> get around to fixing the problem before the bad output reaches the
>> source data.
>>
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