Failed to download and process series descriptions?

[StinkyImp]

Since the 4th I've been getting daily "failures" for series descriptions.

How do I find out exactly which series these are?

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EPG123 Log Parser (and Report Generator) - v 1.7.6 (64 bit)
Report Created on 09/14/2023 at 10:07:38
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[7/7/2023 10:39:37 AM] [WARNG] Failed to download and process 1250 program descriptions.
[9/4/2023 12:10:38 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 67 series descriptions.
[9/5/2023 12:07:30 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 83 series descriptions.
[9/6/2023 12:07:33 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 92 series descriptions.
[9/7/2023 12:07:31 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 105 series descriptions.
[9/8/2023 12:07:38 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 119 series descriptions.
[9/9/2023 12:07:38 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 150 series descriptions.
[9/10/2023 12:07:29 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 157 series descriptions.
[9/11/2023 12:07:32 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 163 series descriptions.
[9/12/2023 12:07:32 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 2 series descriptions.
[9/13/2023 12:07:33 AM] [ INFO] Failed to download and process 2 series descriptions.

===== QUERY INFORMATION (Custom) ===============================
Logs used:		trace.log and trace20230720_000700.log
Search String:		Failed to download and process
Date Range:		03/25/2023 thru 09/14/2023 (174 days)
Total results found:	11
Query time:		09 seconds

===== GENERAL INFORMATION ======================================
Log Path:		C:\ProgramData\GaRyan2\epg123\
Logfile timespan:	3/25/2023 thru 9/14/2023 (174 days)
Total lines processed:	16005

===== SYSTEM INFORMATION =======================================
Operating System:	Windows 7 Professional (64 bit)
Processor:		Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Total RAM:		8.00 GB
ehshell version:	6.1.7601.23434
EPG123 version:		1.7.3.0
Last boot time:		May 19, 2023 - 3:26 PM
System Uptime:		03 Months 25 Days 18 Hours 41 Minutes

[garyan2]

What version of EPG123 are you running? There were some API changes that caused EPG123 to misidentify movies as a series. The failed to download/process series message was actually trying to get generic series information for movies which, of course, doesn't exist. I put code in place in 1.8.2.0 to address this specifically, but I need to scrub all my code that could be affected by all the API changes... not just movies.

[StinkyImp]

It appears that SD and EPG123 know some details about these failed series descriptions.

How can I see which series (or movies) are affected?

Example -> On September 13th EPG123 complained about two series.

Which two series (or movies) are these specifically?

[randman]

I was getting this error earlier this month too. I upgraded to the latest stable version and that resolved the issue.

[garyan2]

How can I see which series (or movies) are affected?

You can't unless you use something like Fiddler to capture the requests and response and then find the series info responses to the bad requests.

For generic series descriptions, the only place that is visible is when you do a Search and select a series that has multiple showings in the results. The generic description will then be in the Synopsis of the search results. The data is not stored/used anywhere else. You will be able to see all the generic descriptions if you use ModernMedia UI+ but I'm not sure how many folks actually use it. I think there are not too many that even use Tweak WMC in the client program to adjust the grid geometries let alone MMUI+. That is why any failure retrieving generic series descriptions in INFO only... no warnings or errors.

Are you running at least 1.8.2.0 and still getting the messages?

[StinkyImp]

Thanks Gary! That's the answer to my question!

I'm using v1.7.3.0 as shown in the code block in my initial post. Updating EPG123 wouldn't really answer my question but you did. Now my curiosity's been satisfied and I'm grateful.

No one has ever answered the question I asked here -> viewtopic.php?f=99&t=9753&start=1780#p151609