XMLTV Guide doesn't work

[dbarker0814]

I can’t setup an alternative TV guide because it won’t map the Guide channels.

This is caused by the error:
EPG[tv.plex.providers.epg.xmltv]: malformed data detected in XMLTV file /config/Library/Guide/tvguide_data.xml

I’m using Schedules Direct, and downloading the XML file using
tv_grab_na_dd to download the XML to the folder, which is both accessible, and readable to Plex.

I am using the --dropbadchar flag to filter out bad characters, and it makes no difference.

How do I determine what the problem is if the file appears to be valid XML?

Server Version#: 1.21.1.3830
Player Version#: 4.47.3
Tuner Make/Model: HD HR Extend
Guide/Lineup name: My Guide
Using XMLTV?: Trying to… that’s the problem.

[tom80H]

can you run the xml file through some XML validator to see what particular aspect is malformed?

[dbarker0814]

It is valid:
$ xmllint --noout tv_guide_data.xml && echo ok || echo problem
ok

[Alucard1]

What are you using to get the XMLTV data? I had that issue using EPG123, not including the channel number fixed the issue. To get the channel numbers and combine a couple of services I use xTeve and pass that to Plex.

[dbarker0814]

I’m using:
XMLTV module version 0.5.70 in Ubuntu
I’ve attempted to use these two grabbers unsuccessfully
tv_grab_na_dd
tv_grab_zz_sdjson

[Alucard1]

Sorry but I am not well versed in Linux. But see if you have a configuration option not to include the channel numbers and see if it will work then. I had to do this in order to import the data from Schedules Direct.