Timeshift EPG

I have problems with the time shift in the EPG which is quite annoying. I have read there are issues with this, but nowhere I have found a proper solution.

I’m using for Dutch TV, Ziggo http://d52255a1.static.ziggozakelijk.nl/xmltv.xml

The problem causing it is the XMLTV guide data which provides no time zone information for the start and stop times of the program. There are suggestions on the web to parse the data and shift the time, but this goes too far (for my knowledge and effort I must conduct).

Does anybody know a proper and easy solution?

Or is there any other source which includes for The Netherlands a proper time schedule for EPG, recording etc…? I suppose only a rare part of the users is exactly at the time zone CET +0:00

Server Version#: 1.19.3.2764
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Tuner Make/Model: HD-Homerun 4
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No-one has the same problem??? It looks like this problem exists from the very beginning as I see people writing about it since 2017…

I have the same issue.
Reviewing the XMLTV content I noted the start / stop times to be ok however after loading the XMLTV content into EPG a time shift of 2 hrs occures.
This makes my use of PLex not worth while.
Can somebody give a hand?
Much appreciated !

Hi,
I found a simple solution to resolve the time shift using a php script also referred to as ’ simplexml.php’. The script content is as follows:

The +0200 ensures a timeshift of 2 hrs. Change this entry to meet your need.

I installed this script on my synology ( with php package installed). In DSM Taskplanner I created a task that runs the above script every day once and stores the output in a external reachable location.
This is the command in DSM Taskplanner:

php -f /volume1/web/tv/simplexml.php > /volume1/web/tv/ziggo.xml

The PMS reads the XML via the url https://mydomain/tv/ziggo.xml

Works great!

creating the php script went fine, DSM taskplanner as well. However the file ziggo.xml which has been created is 40.6 Kb big, but has an empty content with 13.871 lines…

do you know what’s going wrong?

Hi
I checked the ziggo.xml file created on my synology and it shows to have a size of 9.7 mb; significantly larger than yours?
Did you open the xml file in excel? If there is content in the file it should be readable in excel.

Just give it a try !

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