Error "The MXF file imported is 30,744.34 hours old" when installing version 1.8.011

[SunnyR]

Trace log portion pertaining to running 1.8.011 setup.exe
The ERROR is line 4 from the bottom.
[7/13/2023 12:20:18 AM] [ INFO] epg123 is not up to date. Latest released version is 1.8.0.11 and can be downloaded from https://github.com/garyan2/epg123/releases/tag/1.8.0.11.
[7/13/2023 12:20:18 AM] [ INFO] Successfully downloaded configuration file from http://localhost:9009/epg123/epg123.cfg.
[7/13/2023 12:20:18 AM] [ INFO] Successfully queried the Task Scheduler for status. Running. Last Run 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM. Exit: 0x00041301
[7/13/2023 12:20:18 AM] [ INFO] Token request successful. serverID: ASUS_TV , datetime: 2023-07-13T05:18:46Z
[7/13/2023 12:20:19 AM] [ INFO] Status request successful. account expires: 2023-10-14T06:17:10Z , lineups: 1/4 , lastDataUpdate: 2023-07-13T06:00:25Z
[7/13/2023 12:20:19 AM] [ INFO] System status: Online , message: No known issues.
[7/13/2023 12:20:19 AM] [ INFO] Successfully requested listing of subscribed lineups from Schedules Direct.
[7/13/2023 12:20:19 AM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved the station mapping for lineup USA-OTA-94805. (188 stations; 188 channels)
[7/13/2023 12:27:05 AM] Entering ImportMxfFile() for file "epg123.mxf".
[7/13/2023 12:27:30 AM] [ INFO] Successfully imported .mxf file into Media Center database. Exit code: 0
[7/13/2023 12:27:30 AM] Exiting ImportMxfFile(). SUCCESS.
[7/13/2023 12:27:30 AM] Entering VerifyLoad()
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] [ INFO] Checked 33658 entries and corrected 0 of them.
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] Exiting VerifyLoad()
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] [ INFO] Completed channel cleanup as needed after MXF file import.
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] [ INFO] Completed the automatic mapping of lineup stations to tuner channels.
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] [ INFO] Completed lineup refresh.
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] Entering RunWmcIndexTask(PvrScheduleTask)
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] [ INFO] SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task "Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\PvrScheduleTask".
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] [ INFO] Successfully started the PvrScheduleTask task. Exit code: 0
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] Exiting RunWmcIndexTask(PvrScheduleTask). SUCCESS.
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] Entering RunWmcIndexTask(ReindexSearchRoot)
[7/13/2023 12:27:46 AM] [ INFO] SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task "Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\ReindexSearchRoot".
[7/13/2023 12:27:47 AM] [ INFO] Successfully started the ReindexSearchRoot task. Exit code: 0
[7/13/2023 12:27:47 AM] Exiting RunWmcIndexTask(ReindexSearchRoot). SUCCESS.
[7/13/2023 12:27:47 AM] [ INFO] MXF file was created on 1/9/2020 12:07:08 AM
[7/13/2023 12:27:47 AM] [ERROR] The MXF file imported is 30,744.34 hours old.
[7/13/2023 12:27:47 AM] [ INFO] Completed EPG123 client execution.
[7/13/2023 12:27:47 AM] [ INFO] EPG123 client execution time was 00:27:22.5559286.
[7/13/2023 12:27:47 AM] [ INFO] File "C:\epg123\notifier.json" does not exist.

Backstory -
I was running version 1.8.0.9 and noticed that the last 2 days of my guide (July 22 and 23) have various empty entries on various channels. (Not "No data". Just an empty slot on some programming slots, while adjacent time slots have programming info. I got a screen shot of the WMC guide, but I don't know how to insert it into this message.)

My SchedulesDirect subscription is up to date. This prompted me to download 1.8.011, and when installing, I got the error "The MXF file imported is 30,744.34 hours old". The Guide slots that are empty are still empty - I don't know if this is a symptom of the MXF error, or if it's another issue altogether.

Would appreciate help. Thanks!!

[Space]

If I had to guess, the MXF file that is being created is not the same one that is being loaded in to WMC. You can see that the date/time on the one that is being loaded is 1/9/2020 12:07:08AM. This is most likely because you installed a version of EPG123 in the past in one place and then another version in another place and didn't update the task to load from the new location.

You can probably fix this by deleting your scheduled task, and then recreating it using the EPG123 config GUI. While you're at it, before recreating the task, change the time that the task runs to something other than midnight (00:00) as this is probably the most busy time for updating the guide (and may be why it is taking 20 minutes to update). I'd change it so that the minutes are something like "22" or "48", just make it an odd time that is less likely that many others have picked, like "4:22".

[garyan2]

According to the log, you were not running 1.8.0.11, but doesn't matter in this case.

Space is right and you need to delete your task and create a new one. You are importing c:\epg123\epg123.mxf but should be importing c:\epg123\output\epg123.mxf. I stopped automatically correcting the location change that happened a long time ago. I would give warnings that the location was not correct, but I can't force anyone to pay attention to those warnings.

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[SunnyR]

Thanks, Space and Gary.

I deleted the scheduled task and recreated another one. Oddly, the "Scheduled update time" is grayed out, so I can't specify a different time. After executing it, the previous randomly blanked out programmed slots (on July 22, 23) are now populated.

In the trace log, the last 2 lines says "[INFO] file "C:\epg123\notifier.jason" does not exist", but no "ERROR". Not sure if the missing .jason file needs to be addressed or not?

Oh, the EPG that's running is 1.8.0.11 now.

[garyan2]

Nothing needed to do for the missing notifier.json file. That file is only created/used if you setup email notifications or recorder storage limits.

[SunnyR]

Thanks, Gary!

[Space]

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I deleted the scheduled task and recreated another one. Oddly, the "Scheduled update time" is grayed out, so I can't specify a different time.
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If you delete the task, the scheduled update time should become available to change, only after changing the time do you then recreate the task. If the update time remained greyed out after you deleted the task, then maybe there is a bug? Perhaps delete the task, then exit EPG123 and restart it and see if it is still greyed out?

[SunnyR]

Aha, Space, you got it!
The time is to be changed BEFORE creating the newly scheduled task, not afterwards. I have rescheduled to a non-conventional time other than midnight as you suggested. Thanks very much!