[buttonsni]

Got it. I think.
So (again, for me) - ''ALL EPG Collector.ini' is an ini file for anything that's not Freeview, Sky uk or Sky Italy?
And you want to run all 4 .ini's once a day each?

Just to test things are working, can you:
1. Take a snapshot of the whole 'EPG Collector' folder so you can revert any changes.
2. Copy 'sky uk EPG Collector.ini' to anywhere, re-name it to 'EPG Collector.ini' and paste it back into the folder (so you now have 5 .ini's in the folder).
3. Open notepad, and paste the following* text (not the 'quote though) into it:

@echo OFF
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Geekzone\EPG Collector\EPGCollector.exe"
exit

Now save this as 'EPG Collector.bat' - the name doesn't matter, but make sure you save it as 'all files', not 'text file'.

Double-click EPG Collector.bat - does it collect your sky-uk data?


*Edit: check the address in the .bat file is the same as yours - it's wherever EPGCollector.exe is installed, mine is in the default place on Windows7 x64.

this is the outcome
15:02:18:305 Started on 08/02/2015 max file size 8Mb
15:02:18:305
15:02:18:305 ============================ EPG Collector (Version 4.2 FP 5) ==============================
15:02:18:305
15:02:18:305 OS version: 6.2.9200.0 64-bit
15:02:18:305
15:02:18:305 Executable build: 4.2.5513.21037
15:02:18:305 DirectShow build: 4.2.5511.26547
15:02:18:321 DomainObjects build: 4.2.5511.26545
15:02:18:321 DVBServices build: 4.2.5513.21036
15:02:18:321 Lookups build: 4.2.5511.26546
15:02:18:321 ChannelUpdate build: 4.2.5511.26546
15:02:18:321 XmltvParser build: 4.2.5511.26546
15:02:18:321
15:02:18:321 Privilege level: User
15:02:18:321
15:02:18:321 Base directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Geekzone\EPG Collector
15:02:18:336 Data directory: C:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\Geekzone\EPG Collector
15:02:18:336
15:02:18:336 Loading collection parameter file from C:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\Geekzone\EPG Collector\EPG Collector.ini
15:02:18:352 Failed to open C:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\Geekzone\EPG Collector\EPG Collector.ini
15:02:18:352 <e> Configuration incorrect
15:02:18:352 <e> Exiting with code = 2

[trogggy]

Arse!

How do you normally run the files?
Do you normally open EPGCentre.exe, load each file and run from there?

What happens if you try to run the new file (EPG Collector.ini) the same way as normal?
Does it work?

[buttonsni]

Arse!

How do you normally run the files?
Do you normally open EPGCentre.exe, load each file and run from there?

yes this is how i do it

What happens if you try to run the new file (EPG Collector.ini) the same way as normal?

Does it work?yes it works

[trogggy]

Does it work automatically if you just open EPGCollector.exe?
If not what does the log say?

[buttonsni]

no , i have always had to in the program press "run"
then point to the ini file

[trogggy]

Okay, that's not at all how it works on my setup.
Are you using the latest version of EPG Collector?

[buttonsni]

yes i have the EPG Collector v4.2 Fixpak 5 included

[trogggy]

I've been playing around with my setup and I think something's not quite right at your end.
Can you confirm...
There's definitely a file in C:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\Geekzone\EPG Collector\ called (exactly) 'EPG Collector.ini'?
And that file will run from EPGCentre but not from EPGCollector.exe?

Because that's exactly how mine's set up and it just works when I start EPGCollector.exe. That's the intended behaviour as far as I can see. We need to get that working first.

[buttonsni]

I've been playing around with my setup and I think something's not quite right at your end.
Can you confirm...
There's definitely a file in C:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\Geekzone\EPG Collector\ called (exactly) 'EPG Collector.ini'?
And that file will run from EPGCentre but not from EPGCollector.exe?

Because that's exactly how mine's set up and it just works when I start EPGCollector.exe. That's the intended behaviour as far as I can see. We need to get that working first.

yes this is correct.

it only works with the EPGCentre and dosnt work with the EPGCollector.exe

[buttonsni]

ok i got this to work

the problem was i had the file named "EPG Collector.ini"
it should be "EPG Collector"

[trogggy]

It's not nice, but that really made me laugh.

Anyway that's great - can you try running the batch file again?


Edit: I guess you don't see file extensions in windows, so you had EPG Collector.ini.ini - been there, done that.

[buttonsni]

yes the batch file works


but there is one other thing springs to mind as to why i could never combine it all into 1 ini file.

where i am in the UK required a specific setting and could only ever be run on its own
if i combined everything then the specific setting needed for the UK could not be set..which obviously was no good
it was the location parameter....you can not have 2 different location parameters in the same ini file...it wont work

any ways...if you can show me how to run it all as separates i would be very happy

[trogggy]

Now that's working it should be doable.
I'm having a quick mess with a batch file to try.

[buttonsni]

ok im now recreating one ini file with no set location parameters.
im running it now..if this works then only the scheduled task might be enough to grab all i need.

will let you know how it goes

[buttonsni]

20:30:47:499 Importing data to DVBViewer Recording Service
20:30:47:499 Recording Service address is http://127.0.0.1:7777
20:30:47:499 DVBViewer Recording Service import starting
20:30:49:804 DVBViewer Recording Service import finished - entries imported = 203301
20:30:49:807 <C> Finished - created 203630 EPG entries
20:30:49:814 <e> Exiting with code = 10


it worked as far as it imported the entries but i dont know what code 10 is