EPG - No information displays in guide

[Leetxjd]

Since Matrix - the EPG displays “no information” even though addon shows EPG data is updating. Scheduled recordings do appear in the guide.

This occurs on latest AndroidTV. Devices are a Sony Tv (running AndroidTV ) and a Nvidia Shield TV.

[phunkyfish]

@AlwinEsch do you still have a media portal setup so we can check this?

[Leetxjd]

Just another quick note on this - I can roll back to Leia and the EPG works fine. If I permit the upgrade to Matrix (or load Nexus) the “Leia” data is displayed, but the EPG will not display data “obtained” or “loaded” under Matrix or Nexus. The addon does indicate it is obtaining the data on startup. It just never appears in the guide.

[phunkyfish]

There were a number of changes to the PVR API. Specially with this addon the tcp connectivity was updated and the cause of this bug could be there.

[Leetxjd]

Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. I turned on the logging for the pvr addon on both the shield and TV. I'll look around for the logfiles. Another user on the Kodi Mediaportal forum posted the following:

ERROR : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: TVServerKodi error: [ERROR]: No TV channels found ERROR : GetChannels: Add-on 'MediaPortal TV-server (DESKTOP):127.0.0.1:9596' returned an error: server error ERROR : PVR::CPVRClients::GetChannels: PVR client 'MediaPortal TV-server (DESKTOP):127.0.0.1:9596' returned an error: server error ERROR : GetChannelGroups: Add-on 'MediaPortal TV-server (DESKTOP):127.0.0.1:9596' returned an error: server error ERROR : PVR::CPVRClients::GetChannelGroups: PVR client 'MediaPortal TV-server (DESKTOP):127.0.0.1:9596' returned an error: server error INFO : PVR Manager: Started ERROR : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: Exception 'invalid stoi argument' during parse EPG data string. INFO : Skipped 14772 duplicate messages..

[phunkyfish]

Could you generate a debug log? Instructions: https://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy

[Leetxjd]

kodi.log

I have created the log and it should be attached.

-LeeTXJD

[phunkyfish]

Strange, no error on the channels like above in your log.

2021-11-26 12:43:43.489 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Load: Loading all TV channel groups
2021-11-26 12:43:43.490 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Get: Group 'All channels' loaded from PVR database
2021-11-26 12:43:43.491 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Get: Group 'Broadcast' loaded from PVR database
2021-11-26 12:43:43.491 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Get: Group 'Sat' loaded from PVR database
2021-11-26 12:43:43.492 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Get: Group 'Movies' loaded from PVR database
2021-11-26 12:43:43.493 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Get: Group 'Emby' loaded from PVR database
2021-11-26 12:43:43.493 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Load: 5 TV groups fetched from the database
2021-11-26 12:43:43.501 T:8990    DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Init (DialogExtendedProgressBar.xml) ------
2021-11-26 12:43:43.501 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Load: 382 channels loaded from the database for group 'All channels'
2021-11-26 12:43:43.502 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: GetChannels(tv) all channels
2021-11-26 12:43:43.742 T:8990    DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Deinit (DialogConfirm.xml) ------
2021-11-26 12:43:44.154 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: AddAndUpdateChannels: Updated TV channel '529 Starz Edge HD' from PVR client
2021-11-26 12:43:44.154 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: AddAndUpdateChannels: Updated TV channel '675 Fox Sports Southwest (Zone 4) HD' from PVR client
…

2021-11-26 12:43:46.013 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: AddAndUpdateChannels: Updated TV channel '703 NFL RedZone HD' in group 'Emby'
2021-11-26 12:43:46.014 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: PersistAll: Persisting all channel group changes
2021-11-26 12:43:46.014 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Persist: Persisting channel group 'All channels' with 382 channels
2021-11-26 12:43:46.242 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Load: 5 TV channel groups loaded
2021-11-26 12:43:46.242 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Load: Loading all radio channel groups
2021-11-26 12:43:46.243 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Load: 1 radio groups fetched from the database
2021-11-26 12:43:46.243 T:9056    DEBUG <general>: Load: 0 channels loaded from the database for group 'All channels'

Then I see all the epg data loaded in the log. Very strange. We may need to wait until @AlwinEsch has time to take a look.

[Leetxjd]

That’s good. Like I said, I am willing to help.

Way deep in the log - there are these entries (I guess they aren’t an issue?):

2021-11-26 12:43:58.148 T:9060 DEBUG : UpdateFromScraper: Updating EPG for channel 'COZI' from client '1103839795' 2021-11-26 12:43:58.177 T:9060 DEBUG : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: Found 284 EPG items for channel 565

2021-11-26 12:43:58.178 T:9060 ERROR : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: Exception 'stoi: no conversion' during parse EPG data string. 2021-11-26 12:43:58.297 T:9060 DEBUG : Skipped 283 duplicate messages.. 2021-11-26 12:43:58.297 T:9060 DEBUG : UpdateFromScraper: Updating EPG for channel 'ION' from client '1103839795' 2021-11-26 12:43:58.343 T:9060 DEBUG : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: Found 219 EPG items for channel 566

2021-11-26 12:43:58.344 T:9060 ERROR : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: Exception 'stoi: no conversion' during parse EPG data string. 2021-11-26 12:43:58.438 T:9060 DEBUG : Skipped 218 duplicate messages.. 2021-11-26 12:43:58.438 T:9060 DEBUG : UpdateFromScraper: Updating EPG for channel '40-5 KXLKCD5 (KXLK-CD5)' from client '1103839795' 2021-11-26 12:43:58.466 T:9060 DEBUG : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: Found 302 EPG items for channel 642

2021-11-26 12:43:58.466 T:9060 ERROR : AddOnLog: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver: Exception 'stoi: no conversion' during parse EPG data string.

[phunkyfish]

I think the stoi no conversion error could be the cause

[phunkyfish]

Can you try with these testbuilds?

https://jenkins.kodi.tv/blue/organizations/jenkins/kodi-pvr%2Fpvr.mediaportal.tvserver/detail/PR-155/1/artifacts

[Leetxjd]

Yes, I'll do it this weekend for sure.

[Leetxjd]

I can report that the testbuilds work on both the Sony TV and the Nvidia Shield.

Full guide data. All other functionality seems to be present as well.

[mshoemaker]

This is awesome news. Now I just need a build for raspberry pi.

On Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 16:51 Leetxjd @.***> wrote:

I can report that the testbuilds work on both the Sony TV and the Nvidia Shield.

Full guide data. All other functionality seems to be present as well.

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[Leetxjd]

I'm sure the authors will accommodate and incorporate their changes into all versions. Since I have never run Kodi and Pi, I don't have insight.

[phunkyfish]

This is awesome news. Now I just need a build for raspberry pi. …

Once this change is merged the next version for the different platforms will also incorporate it.

If the platform ships the addons with kodi you would need to wait for the next release. If they have their own binary addon repo it will be much quicker.

[phunkyfish]

Fix released for both Matrix and Nexus branches.