| Application Name | epCheck |
| Supported OSes | Windows 7 (Probably works, but not tested on, Windows XP/Vista/8/10) |
| Web Page | Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/fp/?page=epcheck) |
| Download Link | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/epcheck/epCheck.zip) |
| Screencast | Screencast (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/epcheck/sc/epCheck.mp4) |
| Author | Jody Holmes (Skwire Empire) (http://skwire.dcmembers.com) |
Strangely none of those listed in the linked thread made a difference. Same error.-rgdot (January 01, 2014, 01:32 PM)
XP and yes writable folder (often use desktop without issue)-rgdot (December 31, 2013, 02:53 PM)
XP and yes writable folder (often use desktop without issue)-rgdot (December 31, 2013, 02:53 PM)
Not all apps run well from the desktop. Try moving it to somewhere else. I have learned from experience that the desktop is best for storing shortcuts to apps and not the apps themselves. ;)-app103 (January 01, 2014, 07:59 PM)
Strangely none of those listed in the linked thread made a difference. Same error.
However it works fine on 7, if you want to pursue the XP issue further, I will try other things. However, if there are no other similar reports then it's no problem, who knows what's up with my XP (if all goes as planned I will say goodbye to it in April anyway)-rgdot (January 01, 2014, 01:32 PM)
Working well on my XP machines...both of them.-app103 (January 02, 2014, 06:49 AM)
Maybe it's not the downloading... it's the copying of the information?-wraith808 (January 02, 2014, 12:03 PM)
:up: Now it works! Downloaded info about 7 TV series.-Windjammer (January 03, 2014, 10:15 AM)
Now that it works I found a thing you might want to consider changing. The "Move 'The' to the end..." option does not work if you already downloaded a series starting with 'The' without the option checked.-Windjammer (January 03, 2014, 10:15 AM)
Thanks for the amazingly quick response.-Windjammer (January 03, 2014, 10:15 AM)
OK, didn't see those options under Edit nor right-click so I just deleted the series and downloaded it again, with the option checked this time... //M-Windjammer (January 03, 2014, 10:28 AM)
Works on XP now, thanks :up:-rgdot (January 03, 2014, 10:56 AM)
hey! this is cool!-superboyac (January 04, 2014, 10:20 PM)
Can you add option to see series from PREVIOUS and NEXT week? Also, I would prefer if it can use option "week starts on Monday", if possible.-ZoNi.011 (January 06, 2014, 05:32 AM)
Until today, I have used EpGuides.com Watcher, and it has "previous/next" buttons, but overall I think epCheck is better.-ZoNi.011 (January 06, 2014, 05:32 AM)
Thank you for your answer! :) I have set 10 days previous and 10 in future, that should be enough.-ZoNi.011 (January 06, 2014, 12:17 PM)
I Love EpCheck as it is but have a few suggestions.
1)The website TVDB.COM mentions the Air Day, Air Time, Network on the first page for each series example = TVDB.COM Almost Human (http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=267702&lid=7) This data could be retrieved and displayed hopefully in the Weekly Tab and in the Series Tab. The second Column in the Weekly tab appears to be unused and could hold the data Air Day, Air Time, Network, of course the Weekly Tab only needs Air Time, and Network. The area just after the Air Date column is blank space/ empty column.
2) Series Tab could highlight current episode, or similar to Weekly Tab it could highlight Past, Present, & Future thus all previous episodes, seasons could be ignored since all would be red.
3) Currently EpCheck opens in the Series Tab, an option to open in the Weekly Tab would be great.
4) Minimize until update complete would also be a great option, as would start Minimized.
5) Default color code could change to RED = Past Green = Today Blue = Future this follows the light spectrum roughly, and green = go of course. (I have changed using options already, just a thought.)-kalvanotherwhen (January 06, 2014, 05:10 PM)
Thank you for your wonderful software.-kalvanotherwhen (January 06, 2014, 05:10 PM)
Re 3 yes and the change never worked it always opens in the Series Tab for me.-kalvanotherwhen (January 06, 2014, 05:24 PM)
re 5 the option worked fine though with version 1.03 it took a while and a restart of the program to display anything I believe it crashed.
Re 3 This has never worked and unchecking and rechecking etc it never worked for me.-kalvanotherwhen (January 06, 2014, 05:49 PM)
Yes, you are correct about that data, and I haven't added it (yet) for two reasons: 1) I haven't decided WHERE to put that data. 2) If I add the network time, it stands to reason that folks will want that time converted to their timezone. To see why I'm hesitant about that, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY&feature=player_detailpage-skwire (January 06, 2014, 05:39 PM)
Yes, you are correct about that data, and I haven't added it (yet) for two reasons: 1) I haven't decided WHERE to put that data. 2) If I add the network time, it stands to reason that folks will want that time converted to their timezone. To see why I'm hesitant about that, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY&feature=player_detailpage-skwire (January 06, 2014, 05:39 PM)
OMG! That's an awesome video! ;D-app103 (January 07, 2014, 07:13 AM)
WOW....fantastic! I will never miss a show again. I have been using TVRage to keep track of my favorites but this program is much better.-subtech (January 11, 2014, 10:50 AM)
Possible to get epCheck to record watched shows? It would be nice if you clicked on the episode number it could change it to a color the user sets to indicate seen.-nickodemos (January 14, 2014, 11:35 AM)
Also I noticed that when I have it in maxed view that there is a large blank column after the 'Air Date'. Possible that instead of being blanked out that you could add the episodes summary there? Would be a nice way to see all episodes summaries at a glance in case your trying to find a specific show for another to watch.-nickodemos (January 14, 2014, 11:35 AM)
Not a programmer but I think I can see your point on adding the keeping track of seen shows.-nickodemos (January 14, 2014, 10:12 PM)
I have a small request, it's possible to not make the "Downloading data for: ${show}" dialog be always on top of other windows? It gets in the way of doing other things.-ReX (January 15, 2014, 06:50 AM)
Thank you for fulfilling my request. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/MOL.GIF)-ReX (January 15, 2014, 12:14 PM)
Is there a way I can mark the episodes I already watched?-joby_toss (January 18, 2014, 01:20 PM)
I must say a truly excellent application.. I am not much of an average television watcher. To be honest I despise commercials, so I record all of my series. I have been keeping track writing everything down in a notebook and crossing it off as I finish with each episode. This great little app lets me do all that and more. Keep up the absolutely fantastic work. 8)-ramothgold (January 20, 2014, 12:57 AM)
Thanks for this great program! I have one question(found a little bug in the weekly overview only), when I double click an episode title, the program start the browser (in my case opera)-wjamoe (January 20, 2014, 12:57 PM)
Another nice writeup: http://www.blogsdna.com/24266/epcheck-view-the-weekly-schedule-of-your-favorite-tv-shows.htm-mouser (January 24, 2014, 10:59 PM)
One request though. Possible to have in the options the ability to download only one image file? I, and others might be as well, am pretty simple when it comes to the image. I am fine with what ever one downloads, just that I went through and deleted all but one image per folder and it reduced the data folder by 90 percent.-nickodemos (January 25, 2014, 11:25 AM)
I just seen that what is watched is in the config.ini. My idea still stands on reverse recording and it can stay in the config.ini.-nickodemos (January 26, 2014, 02:15 PM)
Great program! I just downloaded it tonight and tried it out. What little I entered so far is looking pretty good! :D-J-Mac (January 27, 2014, 12:00 AM)
One issue I encountered: Gotta be real careful when resizing the window.-J-Mac (January 27, 2014, 12:00 AM)
I'm using it with no issues so far. :)-msteph (January 30, 2014, 07:51 PM)
I noticed that on a few occasions that it would take a long time to launch. I am assuming that it is gathering information at this time from the web and updating information about the shows.-nickodemos (January 30, 2014, 08:17 PM)
If you change the setting for 'The' to be at the end it will not update the ones you had added before.-nickodemos (January 31, 2014, 10:19 PM)
Is there a way to add either a second tab for series or maybe have it so that if you right click on the series tab it will switch from "current/ongoing" to a "canceled/catch when I can" tab.-nickodemos (February 01, 2014, 08:35 AM)
Another thought. If people keep using your program to keep track of shows new and canceled it might be nice to have a search functions on the story line.-nickodemos (February 01, 2014, 08:35 AM)
Another edit. Just was looking and thgought about maybe having the # and episode column set to a default minimum so as to be able to always have that information visible. Seen that many times when # hits three digits things get covered.-nickodemos (February 01, 2014, 08:35 AM)
I really appreciate your enthusiasm for epCheck so I hope you're not too disappointed when I tell that most of your requests are somewhat out of scope for what I intended for epCheck. I'll go through your requests...-skwire (February 02, 2014, 04:17 PM)
Noticed that the save to CSV only does one series at a time. If we could highlight what we liked one could select all and then search a CSV file.-nickodemos (February 02, 2014, 05:02 PM)
Thank you very much for the new features!
P.S. I have updated the screenshot for the TPFC entry (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2564), hope you're OK with it (animated .gif with 4 frames and 5 seconds delay).-joby_toss (February 05, 2014, 01:01 PM)
I found a small bug when adding a series and refreshing one series. Both actions result in the following unzip error:-wjamoe (February 05, 2014, 03:49 PM)
I replaced the 2014-01-15 epcheck.exe version by the 2014-02-04 version..
then I added a new series: Burn notice and refreshed Castle (2009)
both gave the same unzip error, does that help?-wjamoe (February 07, 2014, 02:50 PM)
Good piece of software...-elbooker (February 07, 2014, 04:33 PM)
But, since version 1.1.0.37 I found bug... Try ''500 nations'' series, and I can't see episodes. I think that bug is because that is no air date in culumn ''air date''. Also, in new version 1.1.1 some banner images is not downloaded in my local folder. When I try manualy to put banners image from site, epCheck delete all pictures on new automatic refresh.-elbooker (February 07, 2014, 04:33 PM)
Thank, Skwire.
Version 1.1.3 working fine.-elbooker (February 08, 2014, 06:15 AM)
I have one sugestion: Favorite series tab, next to Series tab? or: Wached tab and unwatched tab.-elbooker (February 08, 2014, 06:15 AM)
Anyway, epCheck is part of my collection, and wish you many good ideas. Maybe ''MoviesCheck'' from IMDB... :)-elbooker (February 08, 2014, 06:15 AM)
Outstanding proggie :Thmbsup: Simple, yet extremely helpful without lots of unnecessary whistles and bells... works beautifully on my Win7 x64 machine... thanks so much skwire!-shnabors (March 05, 2014, 12:07 PM)
Nice one skwire! I only spotted your prog today and it's a complete variation on the epg's I have and extremely useful.-keithy397 (March 20, 2014, 03:38 AM)
Diolch yn fawr iawn!!!-keithy397 (March 20, 2014, 03:38 AM)
Hopefully this is not user error but sorting option S01E01 does not save for me.-kalvanotherwhen (March 26, 2014, 09:52 PM)
Great work on V1.1.3 lots of excellent features it just keeps getting better.-kalvanotherwhen (March 26, 2014, 09:52 PM)
Re: Search tab options. Add and sorting by columns seem to be the limit of functionality.
Please consider porting the "Web Search" option found in series tab, and weekly tab to search tab results.-kalvanotherwhen (March 26, 2014, 09:52 PM)
Hopefully this is not user error but sorting option S01E01 does not save for me.-kalvanotherwhen (March 26, 2014, 09:52 PM)
Is it possible to set the default to load the newest shows at the top instead of bottom. With the option you have now to scroll to the bottom it is nice but, it would be nice for me if it just defaulted to the top with the older shows on the bottom. A per person choice.-nickodemos (April 02, 2014, 11:41 AM)
With the new one and having profiles are we going to be bale to switch the shows from one list to another? IE once I finished watching a series and it is cancelled will I be able to movie it from the watch list to the cancelled list?-nickodemos (April 02, 2014, 11:41 AM)
I don’t think it's user error; I'm experiencing the same thing here.-J-Mac (April 02, 2014, 10:26 PM)
Otherwise all is well! Looking forward to the next release!-J-Mac (April 02, 2014, 10:26 PM)
My vote is to wait for the Profiles feature, then release. :)-J-Mac (April 03, 2014, 03:14 AM)
Any chance of being able to copy (as well as move) a series from one profile to another, so I can keep an eye on all my selected series?-keithy397 (April 09, 2014, 02:13 AM)
The other may not be so easy but was thinking about a UK version?-keithy397 (April 09, 2014, 02:13 AM)
Thanks for this brilliantantly useful prog.-keithy397 (April 09, 2014, 02:13 AM)
How about placing in the program that the "Weekly" tab only shows the currently chosen profile.-nickodemos (April 09, 2014, 03:53 AM)
Version 1.1.3 build 47 is excellent. No bugs... (Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit)-elbooker (April 09, 2014, 03:06 PM)
One suggestion: Option to remove column (Air time, Air date, Network...)-elbooker (April 09, 2014, 03:06 PM)
I just uploaded beta v1.1.3 build #49 which has the "copy to profile" addition.Nice one! Cheers.-skwire (April 09, 2014, 03:17 PM)
What I meant about a UK version is, The Mentalist for instance is shown as the US channel and time and often ahead of the UK airing.-keithy397 (April 09, 2014, 03:32 PM)
I use the TVDB.com database for epCheck and it typically uses the channel/time of a given series' originating country. In other words, UK-specific data is not there for an American series such as The Mentalist. That is, unless you know how to get UK-specific data out of the TVDB.com. :)Not yet ;)-skwire (April 09, 2014, 03:54 PM)
First of all, thanks for this great app, a big THANK YOU for all of your hard work! :Thmbsup:-vamiz (April 10, 2014, 12:40 PM)
I've got to say that English is not my native language, so please be patient. ::)-vamiz (April 10, 2014, 12:40 PM)
I have Windows 7 32 and I've been testing epcheck latest version 1.1.3 build 49, and so far so good, everything works as it is supposed to.
I've added, moved, copied and removed a lot of series and every other functions seems to work as intended. :D-vamiz (April 10, 2014, 12:40 PM)
1 - A minor question - I went to "epcheck folder\data" and saw that the folders (numbered) containing the retrieved data (banners and xml files) for some series that I've deleted were still there...-vamiz (April 10, 2014, 12:40 PM)
2 - A bigger question :p lol - would it be possible to expand/collapse seasons? I mean series with lots of eps and/or seasons like, south park, simpsons doctor who and others, will fill up the right pane...-vamiz (April 10, 2014, 12:40 PM)
Found the problem with my 1st question, the reason for the folders not being deleted is that I removed the profile where they were and didn't deleted them first. I assumed that it would automatically delete their content. :huh:-vamiz (April 10, 2014, 05:16 PM)
When deleting a profile it leaves a "blank profile" and in folder it leaves one .txt and one .bak file (0kb) . . .-vamiz (April 11, 2014, 10:12 AM)
Also in Build 49 format S01E01 is still showing as s01e01
Several attempts to set it to S01E01 work until shutdown, then display resets to s01e01-kalvanotherwhen (April 15, 2014, 12:44 PM)
Can you give me some examples of series that didn't work?-skwire (April 28, 2014, 11:56 AM)
Can't remember if it was covered but an issue that came up us that I tried adjusting a column and the program had a CPU surge and would not come out of it.-nickodemos (April 28, 2014, 02:14 PM)
Trying to track down a reason why the program sometimes "whites" out all information. All text is just gone even though nothing has changed. I just delete the config file and all is right again.-nickodemos (April 28, 2014, 02:14 PM)
Those all worked for me. However, this setting might need a little explanation. It only works on series when they are added (and that option is enabled). That is, it doesn't go back and change up the list after the fact. Perhaps this is what you're experiencing?-skwire (April 28, 2014, 01:34 PM)
So I guess there's no way to make it happen now other than deleting and re-adding those series?-J-Mac (April 28, 2014, 09:27 PM)
Disable and release with new fix's. ...-nickodemos (April 03, 2014, 05:31 AM)
Just now seeing build 56 - this is a very nice update! I especially like the Air time, Network, and Status additions. I probably won't use Profiles but I can see that they would be valuable to others.
epCheck is a terrific little program and has become one of my essential apps (worth every penny of my small donation!)-msteph (May 20, 2014, 11:59 AM)
Also want to agree with TaoPhoenix re interim fixes. :)-msteph (May 20, 2014, 12:02 PM)
Personally I was reluctant to donate as I had myself convinced it would end up in a commercial form
First and foremost, thanks for a great application, really saved me hours of checking for episodes asf. Regardless of whatever minor bugs people talk about, with/out, this is the closest and best solution I've come to managing an ocean of shows I follow, in a very longtime.-Sphinxen (July 20, 2014, 01:23 PM)
Now my reason for posting this, besides conveying my thanks and gratitude, is the sudden stop, so I were wondering perhaps I had missed something, I'm kinda an update junkie >.<;;-Sphinxen (July 20, 2014, 01:23 PM)
Personally I was reluctant to donate as I had myself convinced it would end up in a commercial form, but if your leaving it as is, I'll throw some coins your way, just because of the hours you've saved me fiddling around with retarded websites is rather priceless.-Sphinxen (July 20, 2014, 01:23 PM)
I'm getting some programs on my list show up in the Weekly view but they aren't actually scheduled, at least not in my area. What location is EpCheck pulling the schedule from?-J-Mac (July 28, 2014, 01:05 PM)
PS - Hmm, worse yet when I double click on those entries I am taken to J River Media Center webpage for that show and it says there that the first air date was yesterday - July 27, 2014! It was actually on the air last year. It appears the problem is with bad data from J River.-J-Mac (July 28, 2014, 01:05 PM)
The show is "Crossing Lines".-J-Mac (July 28, 2014, 11:30 PM)
Downloaded, installed, and looking good so far!-J-Mac (September 14, 2014, 01:45 PM)
Cool! Thanks.-keithy397 (September 14, 2014, 01:57 PM)
Love this program, a real time-saver for me. One minor issue I've been having for months now is that after I've deleted a series from the series list, it still shows up in the weekly schedule.-shnabors (October 06, 2014, 02:57 AM)
Nice, that did the trick... thanks!-shnabors (October 07, 2014, 07:45 PM)
Wondering if there's a way you could modify the app to allow users to add a search engine to the Web search feature.-stevebass (October 24, 2014, 05:46 PM)
The latest - just downloaded it today.-mrpeach (October 25, 2014, 01:17 PM)
Looking at tonight's shows in the Weekly tab and was surprised to see no "Selfie S01E07" (yeah, I'm the one watching it lol). Checked the Series tab and it is there.
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Not a huge issue for this incredibly useful program but maybe you have a suggestion?-msteph (November 11, 2014, 09:20 PM)
omg, a monthly view! thanks for this major update, skwire! :Thmbsup:-lanux128 (November 11, 2014, 11:54 PM)
You're welcome. :) I think that might set some AHK record for number of listviews visible on a single form. :P-skwire (November 12, 2014, 12:11 AM)
I got one little problem with the tabbar-keithy397 (November 12, 2014, 02:29 AM)
Looks like I'm having one problem with the beta - in the Weekly tab, marking new shows as 'viewed' does not stick - closing epCheck and then re-opening finds the shows now unchecked.-msteph (November 12, 2014, 03:56 AM)
Also it looks like previously checked episodes (from v1.1.5.1) become unchecked if I increase the 'number of past days to show' and those shows then become included in the new Weekly view.
Another odd thing: several shows now have their entire history of checkoffs missing from the Series view; others still show the checks I had previously done.-msteph (November 12, 2014, 03:56 AM)
One more: on the Monthly Options, I can only choose 5 or 6 weeks. The changelog says "...configurable to show between four and six weeks."-msteph (November 12, 2014, 04:03 AM)
I got one little problem with the tabbar-keithy397 (November 12, 2014, 02:29 AM)
I've seen this occasionally and is most likely due to the tab control trickery I have to use for the new Options section (to get around an AHK limitation). Does it do it every time for you? I've made a minor change in regards to this in the latest beta. Would you mind downloading and testing again?-skwire (November 12, 2014, 01:12 PM)
eP 115 ß152 still the same unfortunately skwire-keithy397 (November 12, 2014, 02:21 PM)
I went ahead and entered a bunch of series, and I do see them in the monthly view.
In the series view there is nothing, but there IS a scroll bar where the series names should be.-mrpeach (November 12, 2014, 08:39 PM)
Well yabba dabba fricken do! That was it.
Thank you so very much. :)-mrpeach (November 12, 2014, 09:09 PM)
Hmmm....-msteph (November 13, 2014, 02:32 PM)
Darn if that isn't the most polite feature request I've seen!
Jim-J-Mac (November 18, 2014, 11:44 AM)
Hi epCheck dev, the program is really fun, thank you for your hard work.-Mike.S (November 18, 2014, 11:11 AM)
For no apparent reason and at various times the tooltip for "Search and add series" will pop up-Mike.S (November 18, 2014, 11:11 AM)
1 ... The ability to add our own (extra) series images, abiding by the image dimensions already specified. I think you can but they get deleted when the series is updated.-Mike.S (November 18, 2014, 11:11 AM)
It would be pretty cool to mouse over any elipsed text and the full line is revealed, maybe as a bubble/balloon tooltip.-Mike.S (November 18, 2014, 11:11 AM)
3 ... The ability to Search for an episode title or for an episode title keyword that appears in various episodes, similiar to Find, Find Next, (Find All in Current Series) - similiar to text editor functionality.-Mike.S (November 18, 2014, 11:11 AM)
4 ... Series and Series Episode "Details" buttons - highlight a series from list, click "Series Details", the details would be something like Starring, From/To Dates, # of eps, etc. Click an episode, "Episode Details" might contain guest stars, etc. Possibly this info could be user created and maintained, stored in a file, the button might bring up the text in the default text editor, maybe something a bit nicer, a nice dialog box with preconfigured fields that are read from a file that the user will maintain and edit with a specified layout :-\-Mike.S (November 18, 2014, 11:11 AM)
Darn if that isn't the most polite feature request I've seen!
Jim-J-Mac (November 18, 2014, 11:44 AM)
Hmm, looking at your sig I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Just so you know, I'm licensed to carry, and I've warn the nickel off the trigger :)-Mike.S (November 18, 2014, 12:28 PM)
Hi...I have just started using your software and it is a great tool. Just having one issue that I am not sure about. I am searching for a show, i.e. Eye Candy and it is on the TVdb site (http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=278448&lid=7) but it doesn't show it under the search, no matter what I try to search under.-wallman2001 (December 10, 2014, 07:03 PM)
Thanks for the reply...I am not too sure how to do it manually, so if you could give me a step by step that would be great :)-wallman2001 (December 10, 2014, 10:06 PM)
Just installed the beta with the monthly view. Can you please add the option to allow "Monday" to be the first day of the week? I hate calendars with Sunday as the first day!-J-Mac (December 11, 2014, 12:05 AM)
So I opened up epCheck to do the manual steps and it was refreshing the series data it came up with error:
There was a problem unzipping the series data. You might have to run epCheck as an administrator.
I am running as an administrator, so is this a serious issue?-wallman2001 (December 13, 2014, 09:42 PM)
There was a problem unzipping the series data. You might have to run epCheck as an administrator.
I am running as an administrator, so is this a serious issue?
So I came over here and found 1.1.5.163 and that seems to unzip all the data but epCheck does enter into (Not Responding) a half a dozen times or so.-dallas7 (January 13, 2015, 05:06 PM)
So I came over here and found 1.1.5.163 and that seems to unzip all the data but epCheck does enter into (Not Responding) a half a dozen times or so.-dallas7 (January 13, 2015, 05:06 PM)
The problem is two-fold:
- I use the 7-zip application to handle the unzipping so while it's actually unzipping a file, epCheck can't do anything but wait. However, most of the zips are pretty small so the waits here shouldn't affect things much.
- The bigger issue at hand is that the TVDB.com site has been really slow lately. Most of the Not Responding is epCheck simply waiting for the zip downloads to finish.
It's rather frustrating as there isn't a whole lot that I can do about it. Sadly, the best advice I can give is to simply leave epCheck alone while it's doing the updates.-skwire (January 13, 2015, 06:28 PM)
Not really. AutoHotkey is single-threaded. >:(-skwire (January 13, 2015, 09:29 PM)
Monthly view is awesome. Thanks for adding this! :up:-ziffel66 (January 14, 2015, 11:17 AM)
It might be worth it to have a wrapper in a more robust language for tasks like this that would offload the actual long running task to a background thread... would that be helpful?-wraith808 (January 14, 2015, 12:07 PM)
Got it. Thanks for the explanation on the (Not Responding).So I came over here and found 1.1.5.163 and that seems to unzip all the data but epCheck does enter into (Not Responding) a half a dozen times or so.-dallas7 (January 13, 2015, 05:06 PM)
The problem is two-fold:
- I use the 7-zip application to handle the unzipping so while it's actually unzipping a file, epCheck can't do anything but wait. However, most of the zips are pretty small so the waits here shouldn't affect things much.
- The bigger issue at hand is that the TVDB.com site has been really slow lately. Most of the Not Responding is epCheck simply waiting for the zip downloads to finish.
It's rather frustrating as there isn't a whole lot that I can do about it. Sadly, the best advice I can give is to simply leave epCheck alone while it's doing the updates.-skwire (January 13, 2015, 06:28 PM)
Is 1.1.5.163 “it” or should we be checking back for 1.1.6 cited in changelog.txt?-dallas7 (January 14, 2015, 07:22 PM)
Jody, I've had no issues at all with 1.1.5.163.-msteph (January 25, 2015, 03:41 PM)
What if the space in the Monthly view could be toggled to show a single day's schedule for the next few weeks? All the space would be available for viewing Sunday's shows for the entire month. Then I could see at a glance if 'Revenge' was going to skip a Sunday.-msteph (January 25, 2015, 03:41 PM)
Of course, this can already be done in the Weekly view but one has to scroll down through all the days of the week to get to the desired next Sunday, etc.-msteph (January 25, 2015, 03:41 PM)
Jody, I've had no issues at all with 1.1.5.163.Ditto. I agree most of the problems I experienced were TheTVDB related. Very smooth now.-msteph (January 25, 2015, 03:41 PM)
Ditto. I agree most of the problems I experienced were TheTVDB related. Very smooth now.-dallas7 (January 29, 2015, 04:26 PM)
I'd like to disable the "Refresh data every...days" Can I set that to zero-dallas7 (January 29, 2015, 04:26 PM)
I re-read my post and I didn't mean to imply the zero didn't work in epCheck-dallas7 (January 30, 2015, 03:20 PM)
1.1.5.166 is working great. How goes 1.1.6? Soon?-dallas7 (February 11, 2015, 04:56 PM)
Could make a way to select individual series or a profile from the “refresh all series data now” process? I have a profile, Legacy, where I've placed about 20 old series (i.e. Rescue Me, Firefly) so I can jog my memory on certain episodes, seasons, whatever.-dallas7 (February 11, 2015, 04:56 PM)
I won't bother you with yet another request for other-than-EST time zones. Oops. I just did, didn't I? 8)-dallas7 (February 11, 2015, 04:56 PM)
What, BTW, is the purpose of the @ column and its ballot boxes in the episodes panel for each series under the Series tab?-dallas7 (February 11, 2015, 04:56 PM)
I have "Request every # of days" set to zero (disabled) and use the “Refresh all series data now” button every couple of weeks or so. Do I understand correctly that though the status bar shows it's checking those long ago ended shows in my "Legacy" profile, their data is not being downloaded again and again? Related to that, a continuing series, say for example one with six previous seasons, downloads only the when-made-available data for the seventh season?-dallas7 (February 12, 2015, 04:05 PM)
Wouldn't epCheck need to handle just the USA zones and the Arizona no-DST odd-ball? Just curious; no pressure.-dallas7 (February 12, 2015, 04:05 PM)
Like dallas7, I can report that 1.1.5.166 is working fine. :)-msteph (February 15, 2015, 04:35 PM)
Amusing video on time and timezones. :)-msteph (February 17, 2015, 02:38 PM)
As warned, using the profiles option is still not a great idea. My db was wiped (but I had a backup) presumably as a result.-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)
That aside, stunning program. It's become an important part of my day.-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)
The only thing I would change is to fix the sorting on large episode numbers. It's rather a PITA trying to work around it.-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)
As warned, using the profiles option is still not a great idea. My db was wiped (but I had a backup) presumably as a result.-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)
Sorry to hear this. Do you recall anything different about it shutting down the previous time before this happened?-skwire (March 13, 2015, 12:05 AM)
The only thing I would change is to fix the sorting on large episode numbers. It's rather a PITA trying to work around it.-mrpeach (March 12, 2015, 11:40 PM)
Which column are you sorting on exactly?-skwire (March 13, 2015, 12:05 AM)
Just to add another voice to the list regarding "artifacts" I've go them as well.-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)
A major issue that seems to be intermittent on my version of epCheck (and what prompted me to join this forum today) is the loss of checkmarks after doing a refresh.-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)
-Wish List -
1. Display unwatched back episodes.-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)
2. Cancelled, Ended, Continuing, Summar - When a show is pulled off the air and I've watched all of the episodes I delete the series from epCheck. Rather than having to scroll through all of the series to see if the status has changed, a tab showing a list of all of the series and the status might be be a useful feature to catch shows that were reportedly being ended but then revived (i.e. Unforgettable and Perception). It might not be 100% effective but would save having to scroll through all of the series after a refresh to see if anything has changed. (Also, maybe the series name could be color coded to identify its status? red=ended/ending, green=continuing, orange=on the bubble?)-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)
Nice job on creating a useful tool for us TV'o'phile's who only want to track our favorite shows.-billo255 (March 23, 2015, 08:33 PM)
Hi, billo255, and welcome to the DonationCoder site. Apologies for the late reply.
Are you running XP as well?
Are you running the beta version, by chance? If not, I made some improvements in the beta that, hopefully, solve the issue:-skwire (March 25, 2015, 05:41 PM)
I'll add this to my ToDo but I wouldn't hold my breath for this one.-skwire (March 25, 2015, 05:41 PM)
Colouring the series shouldn't be difficult but I'm not sure how I would determing an on-the-bubble show. I can only go off the status data in the data files.-skwire (March 25, 2015, 05:41 PM)
At any rate, it'll be several weeks, at least, before I can get back to coding much. My regular day job is keeping me quite busy at the moment. :(-skwire (March 25, 2015, 05:41 PM)
Feature Request:
In Series Tab
Please Color code Series Titles by status,
IE Ended/Continuing, or No status result (so three colors.)
2.) When scrolling in Series tab scroll locks/stops cannot continue past Marvels Agents of Shield.
Currently I just reverse alphabetization and continue from other end of alphabet to Marvels Agents of Shield.
Dennis Leary's new series "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" (yes, all one string) is posted up at TheTVDB and lists the first ep on July 18. Doing an epCheck search finds a multitude of shows about, ahem, cough cough... sex. But not Leary's.
I'm wondering if there's a problem on TheTVDB's side or if epCheck's search is having an issue with one long string of text with three ampersands glommed in?-dallas7 (May 19, 2015, 01:52 AM)
I got stuck on step one in those instructions as one can't add a show if it doesn't show up in the search results for selection thus activating (un-ghosting) the "Add series" button.-dallas7 (May 19, 2015, 03:51 PM)
Small remark tho - not earth shattering or any of the likes - but still something which could be handled more gracefully :
If you have a show with plus 100 episodes a year (e.g. The Daily Show), the moment episode 100 in a season is reached, you start adding a leading zero to the episode display format, but as long as the show is below 100 episodes, you don't. So from S20E99 you jump to S20E0100.-Babbel00 (September 26, 2015, 04:01 PM)
I'm in the process of switching to your created XML-files as base for creating the Media-database templates on my Mede8er player
[...]
I'm not sure if you are bothered that I use the output of your hard work, but when I saw the XML I could hardly resist to use it as input for my scripts : it's consistent and well formed, and barely lacks information I need to construct the images based on a html-template I use on my mede8er.. you even provide the episode picture-filename, thus the path to it as well.-Babbel00 (September 26, 2015, 04:01 PM)
After upgrading to v 1.1.5 build 1 some series names become Russian. How can i make them English again?-abazh (October 14, 2015, 08:14 AM)
Try this, please:
...-skwire (October 14, 2015, 08:46 AM)
Hi Skwire. thanks for the excellent tool. I've been using it for quite a while now. I was wondering if you plan to update it any further? If so, I have a request.-ziffel66 (October 30, 2015, 07:14 AM)
- the ability to 'refresh all' series at once. Sometimes a series will not be an accurate reflection until it is refreshed.-ziffel66 (October 30, 2015, 07:14 AM)
Long time user, first time poster. SKWIRE first let me thank you for this wonderful little toy I use very often. I ADMIRE your dedication and helpfulness in trying to address all comments and suggestions posted here for sooooo long. :Thmbsup:-calexicoca (October 31, 2015, 09:27 AM)
I wonder if it would be difficult to incorporate in one of next update of this little gem ability to export ALL shows to cvs with status and network. I know it is possible to export episodes of particular show but I think it would be really useful if you can do it for all shows in database (with or without corresponding episodes). Also would it be to difficult to have option to export to HTML format. Just asking :-[-calexicoca (October 31, 2015, 09:27 AM)
Long time user, first time poster. SKWIRE first let me thank you for this wonderful little toy I use very often. I ADMIRE your dedication and helpfulness in trying to address all comments and suggestions posted here for sooooo long. :Thmbsup:-calexicoca (October 31, 2015, 09:27 AM)
I'm glad you find the program useful and thank you for the kind words. :) Welcome to DonationCoder as well. :Thmbsup:I wonder if it would be difficult to incorporate in one of next update of this little gem ability to export ALL shows to cvs with status and network. I know it is possible to export episodes of particular show but I think it would be really useful if you can do it for all shows in database (with or without corresponding episodes). Also would it be to difficult to have option to export to HTML format. Just asking :-[-calexicoca (October 31, 2015, 09:27 AM)
I've added this to my ToDo list but I just started a new job so my time is pretty limited for the next while. I see what I can do for you. ;) BTW, which version of epCheck are you using?-skwire (November 01, 2015, 06:29 PM)
UPDATE: Ooops, unbeknownst to me there are two columns and the view had simply shifted across. It was only after I did a fresh install that I noticed any divider. Can these columns be customized at all?-Metaphizx (November 27, 2015, 11:44 PM)
I just tried copying the config file and the data folder to the different folder as well. And now it still opens in just 2 seconds! I don't get what is going on but it looks like using a different folder solves the problem.-subtech (December 13, 2015, 09:48 PM)
After more experimenting, I found out that moving the exe or renaming the folder it was in only solved the slow start on the first run. All subsequent start times went back to 44 seconds again. I have done nothing else since. Then yesterday comes Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems (KB3124200). So far, ever since that update was installed, epCheck starts in about 2 seconds each and every time.
I have no idea what was going on but thought I would give this info in case it helps anyone else.-subtech (December 18, 2015, 04:53 PM)
When a show is a repeat or not on how dose epCheck Indicate it by color or something else ?-sportman12 (August 18, 2016, 04:35 AM)
When a show is a repeat or not on how dose epCheck Indicate it by color or something else ?-sportman12 (August 18, 2016, 04:35 AM)
A repeat of what?-skwire (August 18, 2016, 08:32 AM)
I apologize I meant a repeat of a prior episode or a episode not on the day and time it should be how dose epCheck Indicate it by a color or something else ?-sportman12 (August 18, 2016, 12:46 PM)
skwire if I get what you meant is if a repeat of a prior episode or a episode is not on the day and time it will not show up in weekly or monthly option for the day it is to be on ?-sportman12 (August 18, 2016, 04:07 PM)
1 here in this screenshot for this version on the weekly tab what is the number of future days set to when installed ?-sportman12 (August 18, 2016, 08:59 PM)
2 Am not getting any listings for jimmy kimmel live and The late late Show with James Corden-sportman12 (August 18, 2016, 08:59 PM)
2 Jimmy kimmel live and The late late Show with James Corden I think no new episodes since 2016-08-04. I think to Perhaps he's been off the air the last few weeks because of the Olympics? when their new episiodes it will appear in both weekly and Monthly ?-sportman12 (August 19, 2016, 12:19 PM)
1 ok great I will wait for your responds when their a fix for above episode #100 are displayed/sorted improperly (this is a bug)-sportman12 (August 19, 2016, 02:18 PM)
2 In epCheck is their a rest button for colors and font if you change em do you have a reset for this if you do where is it ?-sportman12 (August 19, 2016, 02:18 PM)
I am on the east General Hospital says 2 00 start when the show starts at 3 00 who do I contact about fixing this-sportman12 (August 22, 2016, 03:52 PM)
I just thought you might like to know that this handy little utility seems to be running just fine on Linux. :)-Darklight Indigo (August 25, 2016, 05:05 PM)
1 I opened epCheck today fonts are to small I never changed em I can not make em big seen in screenshot-sportman12 (September 01, 2016, 05:37 PM)
2 I am using version 1.1.5 build 166 is their a new version ?-sportman12 (September 01, 2016, 05:37 PM)
and dose it have this
Close epCheck.
Navigate to epCheck's folder and open the config.ini file in Notepad.
Delete the lines starting with ColorToday, ColorTomorrow, and ColorYesterday.
Save the file and restart epCheck.the fonts are like this in screenshot what is the fix-sportman12 (September 01, 2016, 05:37 PM)
to reset the colors:
Close epCheck.
Navigate to epCheck's folder and open the config.ini file in Notepad.
Delete the lines starting with ColorToday, ColorTomorrow, and ColorYesterday.
Save the file and restart epCheck.
is this right ?-sportman12 (September 05, 2016, 01:02 PM)
skwire please answer my version is 1.1.5 build 166 it says Latest Version: 1.1.5 which is the right up to date version ?-sportman12 (September 05, 2016, 01:34 PM)
First is a bit of a bug: sometimes when updating shows (refresh data option), refreshing the view on the weekly tab or adding a new show from search, a random amount of ticks disappear from the list of shows marked as watched. It is usually most of them which is not good as it's thousands of checkboxes. Sometimes it will leave one or two checked per show but it is completely random. It's extremely frustrating.-ganymede4 (April 06, 2017, 08:14 AM)
First is a bit of a bug: sometimes when updating shows (refresh data option), refreshing the view on the weekly tab or adding a new show from search, a random amount of ticks disappear from the list of shows marked as watched. It is usually most of them which is not good as it's thousands of checkboxes. Sometimes it will leave one or two checked per show but it is completely random. It's extremely frustrating.-ganymede4 (April 06, 2017, 08:14 AM)
Second is a small feature request: Would it be possible to have an option for the refresh data option to only update shows listed as "continuing". It seems an unnecessary waste of time to check TVDB for cancelled/completed shows whose listing have been static for long periods, particularly for those with a lot of shows in their list.-ganymede4 (April 06, 2017, 08:14 AM)
Hi, ganymede4, and welcome to the DonationCoder forums.-skwire (April 06, 2017, 11:44 PM)
Are you using the beta from this post here: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=36877.msg368839#msg368839
In addition to the new features, I tried to improve the bug you mentioned in that beta, too.-skwire (April 06, 2017, 11:44 PM)
If you're letting epCheck update the data automatically, it should only update the shows that have changed data (according to TheTVDB). So, even if a show is "ended", there's still a chance the data may have been edited. Now, if you go into the Options and choose the "Refresh all series data now" button, it will download each series' data no matter what.-skwire (April 06, 2017, 11:44 PM)
Apparently, the server is no longer available.-BGM (March 03, 2018, 08:01 PM)
In the past, I've had a show or a couple of shows have their data disappear from the Series list.I've had the same. (cf. Reply #365). Make sure you use 1.1.5 Build 166. At least it solved my problem at that moment.
What a relief!Good to hear. :Thmbsup:
I've been trying to add HBO's Watchmen but Search returns only Watchmen: Motion Comic from 2009. I checked in TheTVDB and that's there with Watchmen (2017) and the HBO Watchmen with their three IDs. Never had any issues with HBO; just added His Dark Materials a few days ago.-dallas7 (October 19, 2019, 12:37 AM)
I have a question about TVmaze: how easy/difficult would it be to add as an option to use the TVmaze API? I mean in addition to TVDB, as a selectable option. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's probably not trivial, but I'm interested to know.
The main reason is that often for very recent episodes, TVmaze has the correct info, i.e. ep title and airdate sooner than TVDB. Occasionally it's the other way round but I find I often have to check their website when something doesn't match up.-ganymede4 (October 19, 2019, 02:56 PM)
Bonus question: Have you ever considered open sourcing the project to Github or similar?-ganymede4 (October 19, 2019, 02:56 PM)
you can manually add a show using this process-skwire (October 19, 2019, 10:52 AM)
erases all the existing data-msteph (November 16, 2019, 09:35 AM)
SkyHighatrist, I couldn't have said it better myself. I'm extremely grateful for all of Jody's work on epCheck. It has been invaluable to my television viewing but we can't expect him to fix what TVDB has broken. :)-msteph (November 25, 2019, 08:36 AM)
I have a question about TVmaze: how easy/difficult would it be to add as an option to use the TVmaze API? I mean in addition to TVDB, as a selectable option. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's probably not trivial, but I'm interested to know.
The main reason is that often for very recent episodes, TVmaze has the correct info, i.e. ep title and airdate sooner than TVDB. Occasionally it's the other way round but I find I often have to check their website when something doesn't match up.-ganymede4 (October 19, 2019, 02:56 PM)
This a bit disjointed to explain, so let me preface it a bit:
- I'm not a huge fan of most web-browser based interfaces. Some are awesome, though.
- I like to think that I have a decent knack for desktop interface design.
- I enjoy working with standard REST/SOAP APIs such as TVDB, OMDB, ChartLyrics, Subsonic, etc. Most of these APIs return data in XML or JSON format -- I can easily work with either.
- I enjoy making desktop apps for said APIs (frontends, basically). A lot of the programs I've written are exactly this type of application. Ask mouser...I have something of a listview fetish. :P
-skwire (October 19, 2019, 04:20 PM)
So, that said, working with the TVmaze API wouldn't be any easier or harder than working with the TVDB API. It's a matter of figuring out the particular endpoints you need for the data you want. However, it gets tricky when you want to combine multiple APIs into one interface. Namely:
- You have to put up with the extra time it takes to query multiple websites. This is more time-consuming than you might think. Something as simple as adding a show becomes more complex. Multiple searches for the show name, multiple user confirmations, and, now, multiple show IDs to deal with for a single show. Because the show IDs are not going to match between sites, you basically have to maintain separate sets of data for each API you're dealing with. It gets to be a clusterf@#$ really quickly.
- You have to put up with potential API changes on multiple fronts now.
- What if one (or more) of the sites is down?
- What if one (or more) of the sites goes down permanently?
- Which database's information takes precedence for a given field?
- I often pay out of my own pocket for premium API access in order to make my apps better for the end user. Faster API response times, more allowed API hits per day, access to more data, etc. While I'm gainfully employed and writing freeware is a hobby, this type of investment is not insignificant. Think hundreds of dollars per year across all the apps I've written that use APIs. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/char042.gif) More APIs can mean more costs.
Indeed, all of this can be dealt with, but, as you can imagine, it can be a bit of a hot mess at times. I really hope some of the above helps to clarify things.-skwire (October 19, 2019, 04:20 PM)
Bonus question: Have you ever considered open sourcing the project to Github or similar?-ganymede4 (October 19, 2019, 02:56 PM)
Nope. There's really no voodoo or magic going on here. It's simple API calls and munging the returned text into an interface.-skwire (October 19, 2019, 04:20 PM)
I want to fix epCheck, because it's an app that I enjoy using myself. Right now, it's a matter of finding time to do it, and I hope to find time this holiday week. =]-skwire (November 25, 2019, 10:48 AM)
First of all, I'm glad you find (found? ;)) the app useful. Secondly, apologies for the lack of replies lately. My regular job has got me pretty covered up this year. Third, based on what I've seen, this will not be an easy, nor a quick, fix. So, right now, it's a matter of finding the time necessary to update epCheck. I was hoping to have some time off of business travel in December, but it seems not as I travel each of the first three weeks. :-\ What I really need are 40 hour days or to go without even less sleep than I typically get. :PSorry it took me this long to reply. I've been using epCheck since early 2014. I did not mean my Nov 22 post to portend its death knell or an expectation that you prioritize a fix. Or a fix at all.-skwire (November 22, 2019, 09:43 PM)
dallas7, that's a great post. Thanks for checking out those alternatives, and I will look into them myself.
One possibility that I'm using right now is "thefutoncritic" website.-msteph (November 25, 2019, 09:10 AM)
My work travel is done for the year so I really hope to have some time for this and a NANY in the next little while.-skwire (December 20, 2019, 02:14 PM)
One possibility that I'm using right now is "thefutoncritic" website.-msteph (November 25, 2019, 09:10 AM)
I want to fix epCheck, because it's an app that I enjoy using myself.:up: Very glad to hear that. Looking forward to it.
Check Google search. There is someone selling a working copy of epCheck-CharlesKr (August 24, 2020, 08:46 PM)