I am getting an ERROR: unexpected tag while reading EPG data: ..... error message on every start up of VDR.
So I tried the following:
* compile plain vanilla VDR 1.3.34. No patches, no plugins.
* remove /video/epg.data.
* start up VDR using a copy of my config directory.
Here is what I get:
Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: VDR version 1.3.34 started Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//setup.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unknown config parameter: SourceCaps = 1 S19.2E Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unknown config parameter: SourceCaps = 2 S19.2E Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unknown config parameter: SourceCaps = 3 S13.0E Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//sources.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//diseqc.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//channels.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//timers.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//commands.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//reccmds.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//svdrphosts.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//ca.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//remote.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//keymacros.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: video directory scanner thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1211290704) Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unexpected tag while reading EPG data: USA 1992 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: tuner on device 1 thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1219683408) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: section handler thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1228076112) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: tuner on device 2 thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1236468816) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: section handler thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1244861520) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: tuner on device 3 thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1253254224) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: section handler thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1261646928) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: found 3 video devices Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: setting primary device to 1 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: SVDRP listening on port 2001 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//themes/sttng-default.theme Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//themes/sttng-default.theme Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: remote control KBD - learning keys Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: KBD remote control thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1270039632) Oct 4 23:09:43 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unexpected tag while reading EPG data: USA 2003
Where does it read the EPG data from (remember: there is no /video/epg.data file)? Why does it complain about something that looks like the production date of a movie?
Carsten.
Carsten Koch wrote:
Well, apparently it doesn't actively read an epg.data file, otherwise your log would list a line like
Oct 4 18:00:13 video vdr[29192]: reading EPG data from /video/epg.data
Why does it complain about something that looks like the production date of a movie?
I guess it's some broken info.vdr file. The function that reads that data is exactly the same as is used for reading the EPG data, hence the EPG related message.
Klaus
I had exactly the same problem. not the info.vdr was the cause, but a old summary.vdr, which I forgot to delete after converting to the new format.
The problem disapered after deleting all summary.vdr files.
- Mike -
Mike Koch wrote:
Strange... If there is an info.vdr file, VDR shouldn't even read any leftover summary.vdr.
Could it be that the info.vdr in question didn't contain a title line (tagged with 'T')?
Klaus
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