[CrossEPG-Config] Crossepg hangs on reading titles - help please

[Rob van der Does]

I've setup my 9200 to download Open-TV on Sky-UK & IT.
I have only tuner A enabled, with a fixed LNB for 28.2E and a motor for 13E.
The process is rather slow: reading titles and descriptions take a considerable amount of time. So I think this confirms your report.

The import started on 28.2E: that took some 8 minutes to complete.
The subsequent 13.E import took another 9 minutes.
The complete import & parsing process took around 18 minutes.

Once done I had no EPG data available on any UK and IT service.

So I can confirm that there is something not quite right.

 

[sunday96]

I've setup my 9200 to download Open-TV on Sky-UK & IT.
I have only tuner A enabled, with a fixed LNB for 28.2E and a motor for 13E.
The process is rather slow: reading titles and descriptions take a considerable amount of time. So I think this confirms your report.

The import started on 28.2E: that took some 8 minutes to complete.
The subsequent 13.E import took another 9 minutes.
The complete import & parsing process took around 18 minutes.

Once done I had no EPG data available on any UK and IT service.

So I can confirm that there is something not quite right.

Something is definitely wrong with 9200 epg

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[sunday96]

What's the best avenue to make this issue known to the dev team?

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[Rob van der Does]

What's the best avenue to make this issue known to the dev team?

I did.
But given the fact that you noticed the same behaviour using other images, and that my other boxes are fine in this respect, I doubt if we can do anything about it.
It looks like a driver related issue (as it is box-dependant), but I'm not sure what the role of the drivers is in this case.

 

[sunday96]

I did.
But given the fact that you noticed the same behaviour using other images, and that my other boxes are fine in this respect, I doubt if we can do anything about it.
It looks like a driver related issue (as it is box-dependant), but I'm not sure what the role of the drivers is in this case.

I completely agree with you but considering the fact that other boxes experienced the same issue on 775, there might be a way forward....touch wood

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[manikm]

Maybe your usals location

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[sunday96]

Don't think so. Other boxes on the same settings and same dish works without any issue. And ET9200 was also working fine before the 775 image

 

[sunday96]

Below is some logs:

Woking EPG Download:

08/11/2013 10:25:34 SIFTeam CrossEPG Downloader 0.7.01 (c) 2009-2012 Sandro Cavazzoni (https://github.com/oe-alliance/e2openplugin-CrossEPG)
08/11/2013 10:25:34 This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
08/11/2013 10:25:34 Interactive: OPEN cmd received
08/11/2013 10:25:34 EPGDB opened (root=/media/usb/crossepg)
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Clearing old aliases...
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Loaded 0 aliases
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Adding new aliases...
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Completed
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Interactive: DEMUXER cmd received
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Interactive: FRONTEND cmd received
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Interactive: DOWNLOAD cmd received
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Started OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Reading dictionary '/usr/crossepg/providers/skyuk_astra2_28.2.dict' ...
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Completed. Read 512 values
08/11/2013 10:25:35 Reading channels...
08/11/2013 10:25:45 Read 912 channels
08/11/2013 10:25:45 Reading titles...
08/11/2013 10:25:51 Read 3.59 MB
08/11/2013 10:25:51 Parsing titles...
08/11/2013 10:25:57 Titles parsed
08/11/2013 10:25:57 Reading summaries...
08/11/2013 10:26:07 Read 13.63 MB
08/11/2013 10:26:07 Parsing summaries...
08/11/2013 10:26:20 Summaries parsed
08/11/2013 10:26:20 Ended OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 10:26:20 Interactive: SAVE cmd received
08/11/2013 10:26:24 Interactive: CLOSE cmd received
08/11/2013 10:26:24 EPGDB closed
08/11/2013 10:26:24 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 10:26:24 Interactive: QUIT cmd received

Not working EPG DOwnload:

08/11/2013 00:40:23 SIFTeam CrossEPG Downloader 0.7.01 (c) 2009-2012 Sandro Cavazzoni (https://github.com/oe-alliance/e2openplugin-CrossEPG)
08/11/2013 00:40:23 This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
08/11/2013 00:40:23 Interactive: OPEN cmd received
08/11/2013 00:40:23 EPGDB opened (root=/media/usb/crossepg)
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Clearing old aliases...
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Loaded 0 aliases
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Adding new aliases...
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Completed
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Interactive: DEMUXER cmd received
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Interactive: FRONTEND cmd received
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Interactive: DOWNLOAD cmd received
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Started OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Reading dictionary '/usr/crossepg/providers/skyuk_astra2_28.2.dict' ...
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Completed. Read 512 values
08/11/2013 00:40:24 Reading channels...
08/11/2013 00:40:34 Read 912 channels
08/11/2013 00:40:34 Reading titles...
08/11/2013 00:43:51 Maximum loop exceded
08/11/2013 00:43:51 Read 510 KB
08/11/2013 00:43:51 Parsing titles...
08/11/2013 00:43:51 Titles parsed
08/11/2013 00:43:51 Reading summaries...
08/11/2013 00:49:25 Maximum loop exceded
08/11/2013 00:49:25 Read 1.90 MB
08/11/2013 00:49:25 Parsing summaries...
08/11/2013 00:49:27 Summaries parsed
08/11/2013 00:49:27 Ended OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 00:49:27 Interactive: SAVE cmd received
08/11/2013 00:49:29 Interactive: CLOSE cmd received
08/11/2013 00:49:29 EPGDB closed
08/11/2013 00:49:29 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 00:49:29 Interactive: QUIT cmd received
08/11/2013 04:00:04 SIFTeam CrossEPG Downloader 0.7.01 (c) 2009-2012 Sandro Cavazzoni (https://github.com/oe-alliance/e2openplugin-CrossEPG)
08/11/2013 04:00:04 This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
08/11/2013 04:00:04 Interactive: OPEN cmd received
08/11/2013 04:00:04 EPGDB opened (root=/media/usb/crossepg)
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Clearing old aliases...
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Loaded 0 aliases
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Adding new aliases...
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Completed
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Interactive: DEMUXER cmd received
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Interactive: FRONTEND cmd received
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Interactive: DOWNLOAD cmd received
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Started OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Reading dictionary '/usr/crossepg/providers/skyuk_astra2_28.2.dict' ...
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Completed. Read 512 values
08/11/2013 04:00:05 Reading channels...
08/11/2013 04:00:15 Read 912 channels
08/11/2013 04:00:15 Reading titles...
08/11/2013 04:03:32 Maximum loop exceded
08/11/2013 04:03:32 Read 510 KB
08/11/2013 04:03:32 Parsing titles...
08/11/2013 04:03:32 Titles parsed
08/11/2013 04:03:32 Reading summaries...
08/11/2013 04:09:06 Maximum loop exceded
08/11/2013 04:09:06 Read 1.90 MB
08/11/2013 04:09:06 Parsing summaries...
08/11/2013 04:09:08 Summaries parsed
08/11/2013 04:09:08 Ended OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 04:09:08 Interactive: SAVE cmd received
08/11/2013 04:09:10 Interactive: CLOSE cmd received
08/11/2013 04:09:10 EPGDB closed
08/11/2013 04:09:10 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 04:09:10 Interactive: QUIT cmd received

 

[sunday96]

Ok, this is what I did to resolve the issue.

Removed the default 0.7.1 that came with the image and install the 0.6.2 instead. It now works superb.

See new EPG log below:


08/11/2013 13:53:19 SIFTeam CrossEPG Downloader 0.6.2) (c) 2009-2011 Sandro Cavazzoni (http://code.google.com/p/crossepg/)
08/11/2013 13:53:19 This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
08/11/2013 13:53:20 Interactive: OPEN cmd received
08/11/2013 13:53:20 EPGDB opened (root=/media/usb//crossepg)
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Clearing old aliases...
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Loaded 0 aliases
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Adding new aliases...
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Completed
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Interactive: WAIT cmd received
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Interactive: DOWNLOAD cmd received
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Started OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Reading dictionary '/usr/crossepg/providers/skyuk_astra2_28.2.dict' ...
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Completed. Read 512 values
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Reading channels...
08/11/2013 13:53:31 Read 912 channels
08/11/2013 13:53:31 Reading titles...
08/11/2013 13:53:37 Read 3.60 MB
08/11/2013 13:53:37 Parsing titles...
08/11/2013 13:53:41 Titles parsed
08/11/2013 13:53:41 Reading summaries...
08/11/2013 13:53:51 Read 13.68 MB
08/11/2013 13:53:51 Parsing summaries...
08/11/2013 13:54:03 Summaries parsed
08/11/2013 13:54:03 Ended OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 13:54:03 Interactive: SAVE cmd received
08/11/2013 13:54:07 Interactive: CLOSE cmd received
08/11/2013 13:54:07 EPGDB closed
08/11/2013 13:54:07 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 13:54:07 Interactive: QUIT cmd received

 

[manikm]

But does that use the spare tuner? Surely thats just the old crossepg. Thanks tho

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[sunday96]

It doesn't use the spare tuner but I am happy with it as it takes less than 2 minutes to complete as against the 0.7.1 that takes forever and never gets the epg populated. I will stay with this old version until the issue is resolved.

The latest version that tend to uses the spare tuner is of no use if you only have a single tuner box though as I found out on my TM single....it just freezes the channel when downloading epg data.

 

[manikm]

yeah, i didnt think of that mate - im on an old image for now, seems fine.
updates are a pain in the arse unless something groundbreaking is released.

 

[manikm]

any update on this issue? clearly not an image issue, more of a crossepg 0.7 issue on xtrend 9200's - has it been passed to the crossepg devs?

 

[Larry-G]

Ok, this is what I did to resolve the issue.

Removed the default 0.7.1 that came with the image and install the 0.6.2 instead. It now works superb.

See new EPG log below:


08/11/2013 13:53:19 SIFTeam CrossEPG Downloader 0.6.2) (c) 2009-2011 Sandro Cavazzoni (http://code.google.com/p/crossepg/)
08/11/2013 13:53:19 This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
08/11/2013 13:53:20 Interactive: OPEN cmd received
08/11/2013 13:53:20 EPGDB opened (root=/media/usb//crossepg)
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Clearing old aliases...
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Loaded 0 aliases
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Adding new aliases...
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Completed
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Interactive: WAIT cmd received
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Interactive: DOWNLOAD cmd received
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Started OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Reading dictionary '/usr/crossepg/providers/skyuk_astra2_28.2.dict' ...
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Completed. Read 512 values
08/11/2013 13:53:21 Reading channels...
08/11/2013 13:53:31 Read 912 channels
08/11/2013 13:53:31 Reading titles...
08/11/2013 13:53:37 Read 3.60 MB
08/11/2013 13:53:37 Parsing titles...
08/11/2013 13:53:41 Titles parsed
08/11/2013 13:53:41 Reading summaries...
08/11/2013 13:53:51 Read 13.68 MB
08/11/2013 13:53:51 Parsing summaries...
08/11/2013 13:54:03 Summaries parsed
08/11/2013 13:54:03 Ended OpenTV events download
08/11/2013 13:54:03 Interactive: SAVE cmd received
08/11/2013 13:54:07 Interactive: CLOSE cmd received
08/11/2013 13:54:07 EPGDB closed
08/11/2013 13:54:07 Interactive: OK action sent
08/11/2013 13:54:07 Interactive: QUIT cmd received

yes but that does not solve the problem with whats going on with the ET receivers and the newer builds of CrossEPG as all you did was downgrade to a older version of CrossEPG.

As rob says it's beginning to look like this may be driver related for the Extrends which is why no one else can replicate it on any other boxes. For the record it works perfectly on all of my receivers in build 778 as it did in 775 with the boxes below.

Vu+ Solo2
Vu+ Uno
Vu+ Duo LE
Vu+ Ulitmo
TM-Nano-OE
TM-Twin-OE
TM-2T-OE

and no i dont have any Extrend receivers to check with.

Also while i'm here let me just reiterate what my colleagues have already said.

When submitting Bug reports and Debug logs it is vital that you give us as much data as possible about your setup, even if you think it's not important. There are so many variables to each individual setup that it is practically impossible for us to work towards replicating your bug reports, Threads like this one need have been less than two pages rather than the nine were in now and it would be a lot less stressful for all involved.

We really appreciate you taking the time to submit logs and bug reports but it has to be done properly to be of any real use to us.

 

[Larry-G]

yes, correct.

i have 2 feeds from sky LNB, one goes to upstairs azbox (when r u going to support them!).

There are no plans to offer ViX support for this receiver although i believe other OE-Alliance teams do.

 

[manikm]

Thanks. So is the action on vix guys or the crossepg guys

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[Larry-G]

Thanks. So is the action on vix guys or the crossepg guys

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There are no CrossEPG guys, CrossEPG has not been updated by it's author for a long long time, infact it has been abandoned all together. Andy is updating CrossEPG for the OE-Alliance him self and it's a ongoing work in progress but we need people to submit accurate and detailed reports when they find faults so that we can at least try to replicate and at best fix those issues.

 

[twol]

To be honest, I have always found this package a pain, so I use XMLTV which has always worked for me without the need to recreate corrupted DB's every so often. ... and works perfectly on both ET boxes (ET9200/ET5000)

 

[Larry-G]

To be honest, I have always found this package a pain, so I use XMLTV which has always worked for me without the need to recreate corrupted DB's every so often. ... and works perfectly on both ET boxes (ET9200/ET5000)

as has CrossEPG for me, I have it running on a Ultimo that has been in constant use since the day i got it and CrossEPG / OpenTV has never once failed me, believe me if it had i would have had it in the neck because this is the primary family receiver.

 

[manikm]

does it work with xmltv then on latest image? if so, i'll just use that instead of opentv