Re: XMLTV "cannot parse date" error from MythTV
Nick Morrott <[email protected]>
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On 11 March 2012 20:24, Nick Morrott <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 March 2012 11:47, Joe Nyland <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> I've noticed that my MythTV backend encountered some issues gathering data using XMLTV last night. >> >> When running mythfilldatabase manually now, I get the following error: >> >>> 2012-03-11 11:34:35.906 XMLTV config file is: /home/joe/.mythtv/RadioTimes.xmltv >>> 2012-03-11 11:34:35.906 New DB connection, total: 4 >>> 2012-03-11 11:34:35.906 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost >>> http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/2050.dat: cannot parse date '2012032500:50 BST' at /usr/share/perl/5.10/Memoize.pm line 247 >>> 2012-03-11 11:36:40.206 FillData, Error: xmltv returned error code 65280 >>> 2012-03-11 11:36:40.838 Error in 76330:15: unexpected end of file >> >> >> Is this a problem with XMLTV, or should I look to mythtv-users for help? > > This is a GMT->BST transition issue (which occurs in two weeks, so > today is the first day BST dates will start to appear regularly in the > listings. I'll look into it later or tomorrow. At first glance, that > is an invalid date/time - so something has clearly gone wrong during > processing. A quick follow up - checking the raw listings for this specific programme, the entry it is failing on above is incorrectly flagged as starting during BST when in fact is starts during GMT. I'll check for issue with other flagged programmes and contact the upstream data providers (who have changed since the last BST transition). Cheers, Nick -- Nick Morrott MythTV Official wiki: http://mythtv.org/wiki/ MythTV users list archive: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/