opdenkamp/xbmc — Issue #277: EPG information is hidden after a restart in certain timezones
Author: fiveisalive
Created: 2011-10-21 04:55:59+00:00
State: open

As I've described in the forum, the EPG guide data gets lost if the timezone isn't close to UTC.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=917030&postcount=162

see also the other posts on the same thread starting around here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=110694&page=17

To reproduce with (note I am building tsp/xbmc fork with cmyth-mythtv add-on, but was requested to file a bug here).

1. go to Appearance / International settings
2. switch to using timezone region: United States and timezone: America/New_York (i.e East Coast US time)
3. go to "EPG options" in "Live TV". Set the values to: "15 minutes" for update and just choose "1 day" for the amount of data.
4. Then click "Reset database". EPG is populated as expected. I see information in the channel selector and timeline etc.
5. quit XBMC

here is the log at that point: http://fpaste.org/nvmv/

6. restart XBMC
7. go to EPG, note that no EPG information is shown, either in channel view or in timeline
8. quit XBMC

here is the log at this point: http://fpaste.org/TtwJ/

9. restart XBMC
10. go to System settings and switch timezone to London/Europe
11. "Reset database" as above
12. go to TV, note EPG data is present
13. restart XBMC
14 again go TV, note EPG is present
15. quit XBMC

here is the log here: http://fpaste.org/bFMJ/

Note that the mythbackend is supplying data in the America/New_York timezone, and that the "Epg5.db" database appears to be populated with the correct EPG data at all times, it's the display that isn't working.