Grabber config error message

Hello folks,

OS: Win10, 64bit
XLMTV version: 0.5.70, 32bit

I know this isn't the best group to contact but I subscribed and emailed
the user group about three days and haven't heard anything back. Is this
group still being monitored?

I'm hoping I can get some assistance here or given a new point of contact
to reach out to.

I am fairly new to this but have configured EPGs before however I am new to
XMLTV. I am trying to get na_dvt working in FreeGuide. I had no issues
installing FreeGuide but it only seemed to have UK grabbers as part of the
install package. I tried configuring na_dvt but was getting a bunch of
mkdir errors. I googled this and realized I had to install to a folder
outside of program files. I did this and made further progress but no such
luck.

I wasn't sure if this was a FreeGuide issue in general because I know it
hasn't been updated in awhile so I tried the UK (uk_bleb I think) and it
worked fine.

When I try na_dvt I get this message:
Running command: "C:\FreeGuide\xmltv\xmltv.exe" tv_grab_na_dtv --configure
--gui tk --config-file "C:\Users\karen\.freeguide\xmltv-configs\na_dtv.conf"
Timezone is -0400
malformed JSON string, neither array, object, number, string or atom, at
character offset 0 (before "LWP will support htt...") at
/<C:\FreeGuide\xmltv\xmltv.exe*>grab/na_dtv/tv_grab_na_dtv line 456*.
Result code = 1

I tried contacting the FreeGuide user group as well but there seems to be
only one guy monitoring it and it's not the developer. He wasn't sure
what's wrong. He has FreeGuide working but with na_dd.

What I don't understand is the JSON error (I couldn't find any files
calling JSON in the local install but admittedly I only did a quick search.
What's weirder though is the part I highlighted in red. I don't have this
folder structure in the local install. I did however notice this structure
exists on the XMLTV github site.

My question is does XMLTV go to github to get grabbers if they aren't
installed locally or am I getting this error because I don't have this
folder structure (and of course the file) in my local install. I also
noticed the file in the github folder does reference JSON at line 456.

I really couldn't find anything about this when I googled hence I'm
contacting you. Is there a problem with that file that needs to be fixed or
am I supposed to download that directory and install it locally? Also... if
I have to download it do I have to have it in the same folder structure
(grab\na_dvt)? The UK grabbers that have been installed aren't in this
folder structure.

Maybe this is a lost cause but I figure I'd try all possible help groups
before I give up. :-)

Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers.


Karen

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