Help for problem sit.ini ''guidatv.sky.it''

first your comparing apples to oranges.
not all ini's are created equal.
doglover creates files geared towards the dreambox community.
this means he skips grabbing anything thats a dreambox doesnt use and usually uses only the index page.
that means his data data has no..
credits(director,actor,ect)
year
age rating
country of origin
this data exits on a separate webgrab so mats8861 files grabs a extra webpage per show where doglovers skips it.
if you dont used the above data then doglovers files is faster for this reason.
grabbing this extra page will make webgrab slower for the obvious reason.
imho i think both are broken regarding the amount of data thats available.
i didnt test either doglovers or mat8861 file but i have my own version and i tried canal 5.
i get 7 days or epg data,not 1 or 1.5 or 4 and its relatively fast i think as it does get the extra data above.
[  Info  ] (   1/1   ) GUIDATV.SKY.IT -- chan. (xmltv_id=Canale 5 HD  105) -- mode Force
[  Info  ] 0.40 sec/update
[  Debug ] 
[  Debug ] 226 shows in 1 channels
[  Debug ] 0 updated shows
[  Debug ] 226 new shows added
[  Info  ] 
[  Info  ] 
[        ] Job finished at 11/04/2026 17:54:44 done in 1m 40s
1 min 40 secs i think is pretty good for 7 days epg...
another example
rete 4
doglovers and mat8861 logs both show no shows,mine...
[  Info  ] (   1/1   ) GUIDATV.SKY.IT -- chan. (xmltv_id=Rete 4 HD  104) -- mode Force
[  Info  ] 0.40 sec/update
[  Debug ] 
[  Debug ] 160 shows in 1 channels
[  Debug ] 0 updated shows
[  Debug ] 160 new shows added
[  Info  ] 
[  Info  ] 
[        ] Job finished at 11/04/2026 18:11:40 done in 1m 14s

as i said i think both are broken and need fixing.

your better off to ask the webgrab guys to fix the version in the pack.
look at my guide.xml
i use V2.1.11
its acient but i dont need a license.
much has changed from that version to V5.5
your better off getting them to update it for the latest version.

yeah,old files have been removed but its out there if you look around.
btw it would make absolutely no sense for you to downgrade to it.
99% of the files wont work with it.
many updated ini files use features not available in V2.1.11 or are encrypted.
none of these will work so unless u can maintain your own files your wasting your time imho.

Marcusio26 wrote:

Hello everyone,

I’m asking for your help regarding the ini file in question: guidatv.sky.it.ini. The situation is a bit complex.

I’m using the latest version of WebGrab+Plus 5.5 on Windows 11.

I’m attaching the reference files because the issue involves two different files: the one from matt8861 and the one from DogLover.

Regarding matt8861’s file, I noticed that channel grabbing set for 4 days takes a very long time—over an hour.

On the other hand, when using DogLover’s file, the grabbing process is very fast (just a few minutes), but the issue is that, despite being set for 4 days, it automatically grabs only 1 day, or at most 1.5 days.

This does not happen when using much older versions of WebGrab, as also suggested by DogLover.

Until recently, I was also using a much older version of WebGrab (sorry, I don’t remember which one), and all days were fully grabbed with very short processing times (around ten minutes).

My question is: is there any possibility to update matt8861’s file (I’m referring to the author) so that the grabbing process becomes significantly faster?

Also, I would like to ask if anyone has experienced IPTV Extreme automatically showing only certain EPGs while ignoring others, even though the guide is correctly loaded.

Thank you all in advance for your great support.

Best regards

1. do not post config with license data.

2. you have very old channels in your config (this make wg++ wasting time trying to grab

3. try the new version, it seems faster

Update siteini.pack