tvheadend not grabbing program information from my tv_grab_file.xmltv

Darcy Wronkiewicz

I am using mc2xml to create a program listing. It is sitting on my raspberry pi where I am running tvheadend. When tvheadend parses the file I get this:
2014-07-20 09:01:34.673 [ INFO] /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: grab took 6 seconds
2014-07-20 09:01:36.110 [ INFO] /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: parse took 0 seconds
2014-07-20 09:01:36.112 [ INFO] /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: channels tot= 153 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-07-20 09:01:36.115 [ INFO] /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: brands tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-07-20 09:01:36.118 [ INFO] /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: seasons tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-07-20 09:01:36.121 [ INFO] /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: episodes tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

2014-07-20 09:01:36.123 [ INFO] /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: broadcasts tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

As you can see, it sees and parses all of the channels, but none of the program information. I have looked at the file and there does appear to be program information in the file. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!

Paul Nolan

same here ... xmltv grabber retrieves all programs, but none are parsed by tvheadend...

/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt --version
XMLTV module version 0.5.63

This is tv_grab_uk_rt version 1.28, 2012/06/13 08:06:58

2014-08-25 19:12:51.808 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: grab /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt
2014-08-25 19:13:36.432 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: grab took 45 seconds
2014-08-25 19:13:36.499 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: parse took 0 seconds
2014-08-25 19:13:36.499 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: channels tot= 43 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-08-25 19:13:36.499 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: brands tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-08-25 19:13:36.499 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: seasons tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-08-25 19:13:36.499 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: episodes tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

2014-08-25 19:13:36.499 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt: broadcasts tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

can anyone tell me debug / trace options can be used to invetigate?

K Shea

Same thing for me, would sure like to know the answer to this one!

2014-08-28 05:38:06.744 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: grab /usr/bin/tv_grab_file
2014-08-28 05:38:10.589 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: grab took 4 seconds
2014-08-28 05:38:11.015 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: parse took 0 seconds
2014-08-28 05:38:11.019 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: channels tot= 42 new= 42 mod= 42
2014-08-28 05:38:11.019 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: brands tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-08-28 05:38:11.019 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: seasons tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2014-08-28 05:38:11.019 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: episodes tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

2014-08-28 05:38:11.019 /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: broadcasts tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

EDIT: The day after I posted this the channels started showing up in the dropdown on the edit screen, and once I mapped them then it started working. Don't know why it took so long.

Eric Fossum

I had the same issues and you started to figure out the issue. After some playing around I found out the parser will only parse episodes from the channels you have. This means if you have no channels setup, you will not get any EPG data.