[SOLVED] programme-television.org

Updated thanks to Blackbear199

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback. I also had a similar issue:

(1/93) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=TF1) -- mode Incremental
i
error downloading page: Name or service not known (api-grid.programme-television.org:443)
Unable to update channel TF1
Generic syntax exception:
message:
no index page data received from TF1
unable to update channel, try again later
Existing guide data restored!

So I downloaded the new version 10 of the ini file.

But I'm getting "no shows in indexpage!" errors.

I'm following your posts and hope I can help. Thank you.

I think also channel list has changed, did you update channel lines in your config?

Hello,

Thank you, the channels have indeed changed.

However, I'm experiencing a strange behavior I've never encountered before.
With <timespan>2</timespan>, I do retrieve the 3 days, but only for the first channel in the list. See the logs below.

  <mode>m,n</mode>
  <postprocess grab="y" run="n">mdb</postprocess>
  <user-agent>random</user-agent>
  <logging>off</logging>
  <retry channel-delay="6" index-delay="3" show-delay="3" time-out="10">4</retry>
  <timespan>2</timespan>
  <update>f</update>        

<channel update="i" site="programme-television.org" site_id="tf1##192" xmltv_id="TF1">TF1</channel>
<channel update="i" site="programme-television.org" site_id="france-2##4" xmltv_id="FRANCE 2">FRANCE 2</channel>
<channel update="i" site="programme-television.org" site_id="france-3##80" xmltv_id="FRANCE 3">FRANCE 3</channel>

Group (0) :
update requested for - 94 - out of - 94 - channels for 3 day(s)

(   1/94  ) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=TF1) -- mode Force
piiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
3.16 sec/update

(   2/94  ) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=FRANCE 2) -- mode Force
pinnnnnnnnn^C

#################################################################################
  <mode>m,n</mode>
  <postprocess grab="y" run="n">mdb</postprocess>
  <user-agent>random</user-agent>
  <logging>off</logging>
  <retry channel-delay="6" index-delay="3" show-delay="3" time-out="10">4</retry>
  <timespan>2</timespan>
  <update>f</update>

<!--        <channel update="i" site="programme-television.org" site_id="tf1##192" xmltv_id="TF1">TF1</channel>-->
        <channel update="i" site="programme-television.org" site_id="france-2##4" xmltv_id="FRANCE 2">FRANCE 2</channel>
        <channel update="i" site="programme-television.org" site_id="france-3##80" xmltv_id="FRANCE 3">FRANCE 3</channel>

Group (0) :
update requested for - 93 - out of - 93 - channels for 3 day(s)

(   1/93  ) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=FRANCE 2) -- mode Force
piiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
3.18 sec/update

(   2/93  ) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=FRANCE 3) -- mode Force
pinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn^C

I used:
<update>f</update>   
<update>i</update>
and:
I've used an existing guide.xml file and also tried with an empty one.

Is this a problem with my configuration, or has this behavior already been reported?

Regards.

you have few things wrong in config:

1. set   <retry time-out="80">4</retry>  the one you have set is usually added to siteini site-line, in fact programme-television, already has it, so you are overdelaying and retry time out (10) is too low. It's is also good not to use it in config as it affect all channels/siteini you grab

2. Better to use a specific user agent (not sure how good "random" is), unless it is specified in siteini headers (if encrypted you don't see it) use :                                <user-agent>Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5</user-agent>
3. not in documentation but in mode there is a specific character that bypass site robots, set <mode>!,m,n</mode>  that's why we suggest https://github.com/SilentButeo2/webgrabplus-siteinipack/blob/master/site...

So for the channels you posted:

[  Info  ] update requested for - 3 - out of - 3 - channels for 3 day(s)
[        ] 
[  Info  ] (   1/3   ) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=TF1) -- mode Force
[  Info  ] 
[  Info  ]    Summary for update of       TF1
[  Info  ]      missing shows added       0
[  Info  ]      changed shows updated     0
[  Info  ]      new shows added           115
[  Info  ]      unchanged shows inspected 0
[  Info  ]      total after update        115

[  Info  ]      elapstime / updated show  1.15 seconds
[        ] 
[  Info  ] (   2/3   ) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=FRANCE 2) -- mode Force
[  Info  ] 
[  Info  ]    Summary for update of       FRANCE 2
[  Info  ]      missing shows added       0
[  Info  ]      changed shows updated     0
[  Info  ]      new shows added           85
[  Info  ]      unchanged shows inspected 0
[  Info  ]      total after update        85

[  Info  ]      elapstime / updated show  1.14 seconds
[        ] 
[  Info  ] (   3/3   ) PROGRAMME-TELEVISION.ORG -- chan. (xmltv_id=FRANCE 3) -- mode Force
[  Info  ] 
[  Info  ]    Summary for update of       FRANCE 3
[  Info  ]      missing shows added       0
[  Info  ]      changed shows updated     0
[  Info  ]      new shows added           89
[  Info  ]      unchanged shows inspected 0
[  Info  ]      total after update        89

[  Info  ]      elapstime / updated show  1.15 seconds
[  Debug ] 
[  Debug ] 289 shows in 3 channels
[  Debug ] 0 updated shows
[  Debug ] 289 new shows added
[  Info  ] 
[  Info  ] 
[        ] Job finished at 01/06/2026 16:55:13 done in 5m 42s

Hello,

I installed version WG5.6 with the .ini file (
* @Revision 10 - [19/05/2026] Blackbear199
* - desc fix
)

It correctly indexes the requested number of days.

However, there are day discrepancies and errors in the program chronology.

I've attached the first and second grabs, adding one day.

And I've also attached the log corresponding to the second grab.

Regards.

the site changed the epg schedule and webgrab updated the data on the next run.
all normal.
 

I've been running tests for two days now. I've tried both empty guide.xml files and those already filled in, but the results are still inconsistent.

Here's an excerpt from my guide.xml file (dated June 2nd at 6:11 PM), filtered to show only the program "Koh-Lanta". As you can see, I have multiple occurrences on different dates and on different channels.

Here, "Koh-Lanta" appears on TF1 and France 2.

I don't know what else to try now.

Thank you.

ok,your not crazy.lol
its a webgrab bug.
if your grab epg for today its correct.
grab anymore than 1 day and it puts the last last day epg first.
grab tf1 epg for 2 days
tomorrows epg will be today and todays tomorrow
grab 5 days epg and day 5 will be first then day 1,2,3,4
since the site only has the time HH:mm webgrab doesnt know the difference.
sent mat8861 a workaround.
the site uses a different setup not commonly used to get the data so i think the bug is specific to this specific scenario or there be 100's of broken files.
 

new version in siteini.pack

HI,

For me, version 11 of the ini doesn't seem to fix the timing and string mixing issues. Furthermore, Index-delay doesn't seem to work (add it to cong and in ini).

In any case, thank you for your feedback and explanations.

Hopefully, we'll find a solid grab again.
Let me know if you get good results.

Regards.

yup,its still messed up.
up to the wg guys to figure out.
fix the bug in webgrab or use another solution.
 

I dont understand whats the issue. My ini matches perfectly the programmes on the website even when i scrub multiple days. I tried a few channels and they match perfectly

Revision 12  in siteini.pack