1.0.0+kodimov.8: guide refresh doesn't fail at random; retry after 30 min

datetime.strptime sometimes fails in Kodi's embedded Python ('NoneType'
object is not callable), which aborted the whole guide export. Build the
XMLTV times without it.

The service now checks every 30 minutes and refreshes when the files are
over 6 hours old, so a failed refresh is retried soon. write_if_changed
touches an unchanged file so its time means "last refreshed".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

addon.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <addon id="plugin.video.kodimovplus"
        name="KodiMov+"
-       version="1.0.0+kodimov.7"
+       version="1.0.0+kodimov.8"
        provider-name="Paco8, xocko">
   <requires>
   <!--- <import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.25.0"/> -->
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     <summary lang="es_ES">Movistar+ para Kodi, con inicio de sesión automático desde la red de Movistar</summary>
     <description lang="en_GB">Fork of Paco8's Movistar+ add-on (plugin.video.movistarplus). Logs in by itself from the Movistar home network, keeps the channel list and numbers up to date, hides the channels that need stronger DRM than Kodi has, adds free Galician channels (TVG2, TeleVigo) and writes a programme guide for every channel. Requires a Movistar+ subscription.</description>
     <description lang="es_ES">Fork del addon Movistar+ de Paco8 (plugin.video.movistarplus). Inicia sesión solo desde la red de Movistar, mantiene la lista y los números de los canales al día, oculta los canales que necesitan una protección que Kodi no tiene añade canales gallegos gratuitos (TVG2, TeleVigo) y genera la guía de programación de todos los canales. Se necesita estar abonado a Movistar+.</description>
-    <news>1.0.0+kodimov.7: the programme guide has the synopsis, picture, genre, year and age rating of each programme. IPTV Simple now reloads the guide every hour instead of once a day, so a new guide shows up in Kodi by itself (existing TV guide setups are switched over once).
+    <news>1.0.0+kodimov.8: the programme guide refresh no longer fails at random inside Kodi, and a failed refresh is tried again half an hour later instead of 6 hours later.
+1.0.0+kodimov.7: the programme guide has the synopsis, picture, genre, year and age rating of each programme. IPTV Simple now reloads the guide every hour instead of once a day, so a new guide shows up in Kodi by itself (existing TV guide setups are switched over once).
 1.0.0+kodimov.6: the programme guide refreshes on its own again on boxes first set up with kodimov.1, where the automatic guide export had stayed off (the guide ran out after 2 days).
 1.0.0+kodimov.5: TV guide setup writes the programme guide before creating the IPTV Simple settings, so the guide isn't empty on a new box.
 1.0.0+kodimov.4: first login on a new box needs no password from the Movistar home network: the account is found and the box registered automatically.

resources/lib/kodimov.py

@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ def extra_channels_m3u8():
 def write_if_changed(filename, content):
   try:
     with io.open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as f:
-      if f.read() == content: return False
+      if f.read() == content:
+        os.utime(filename, None)  # the service reads the time as "last refreshed"
+        return False
   except (IOError, OSError):
     pass
   tmp = filename + '.tmp'

resources/lib/movistar.py

@@ -1533,8 +1533,9 @@ class Movistar(object):
         if only_subscribed and not ch['subscribed']: continue
         for e in epg[ch['id']]:
           #LOG('* e:{}'.format(e))
-          start = datetime.strptime(e['start'], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S +0000")
+          # 2026-11-10T08:00:00Z -> 20261110080000 +0000, without strptime: inside
-          stop = datetime.strptime(e['stop'], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S +0000")
+          # Kodi it fails at random ("'NoneType' object is not callable")
+          start, stop = [re.sub(r'\D', '', e[k]) + ' +0000' for k in ('start', 'stop')]
           url = e.get('stream', None)
           if url:
             url = url.replace('&', '&')

service.py

@@ -12,26 +12,12 @@ from resources.lib.addon import *
 from resources.lib.log import LOG
 from resources.lib import kodimov
 
-def export_epg():
+def file_age(filename):
-  from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+  """Seconds since the file was last written (or found unchanged)."""
-
+  try:
-  def needs_update(filename):
+    return time.time() - os.path.getmtime(filename)
-    if os.path.exists(filename):
+  except OSError:
-      file_modification_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(filename))
+    return float('inf')
-      return datetime.now() - file_modification_time > timedelta(hours=6)
-    return True
-
-  channels_filename = os.path.join(profile_dir, 'channels.m3u8')
-  epg_filename = os.path.join(profile_dir, 'epg.xml')
-  LOG('channels filename: {}'.format(channels_filename))
-  LOG('epg filename: {}'.format(epg_filename))
-
-  channels_needs_update = needs_update(channels_filename)
-  epg_needs_update = needs_update(epg_filename)
-  LOG('channels_needs_update: {} epg_needs_update: {}'.format(channels_needs_update, epg_needs_update))
-
-  if channels_needs_update or epg_needs_update:
-    xbmc.executebuiltin('RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.kodimovplus/?action=export_epg_now)')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   LOG('Service started')
@@ -40,8 +26,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   LOG('proxy_address: {}'.format(proxy.proxy_address))
 
   # Refreshes the TV guide channel list (new channels, new numbers) and the
-  # programme guide a minute after Kodi starts and then every 6 hours. Opening the add-on also renews the 10-day Movistar login.
+  # programme guide a minute after Kodi starts and then every 6 hours; a
-  next_export = time.time() + 60
+  # refresh that failed is tried again half an hour later. Opening the add-on
+  # also renews the 10-day Movistar login.
+  next_check = time.time() + 60
+  max_age = 0  # always refresh once after Kodi starts
   try:
     pvr_dir = translatePath(xbmcaddon.Addon('pvr.iptvsimple').getAddonInfo('profile'))
     restart_iptv = kodimov.use_hourly_iptv_refresh(pvr_dir, 'kodimovplus')
@@ -55,11 +44,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if restart_iptv and not player.isPlaying():  # restarting stops live TV
       restart_iptv = False
       kodimov.restart_iptv_simple()
-    if time.time() >= next_export:
+    if time.time() >= next_check:
-      next_export = time.time() + 6 * 3600
+      next_check = time.time() + 30 * 60
+      age_limit, max_age = max_age, 6 * 3600 - 120
       if addon.getSettingBool('auto_export_epg'):  # channels + programme guide
+        if file_age(os.path.join(profile_dir, 'epg.xml')) > age_limit:
           xbmc.executebuiltin('RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.kodimovplus/?action=export_epg_now&quiet=1)')
       elif addon.getSettingBool('export_channels'):
+        if file_age(os.path.join(profile_dir, 'channels.m3u8')) > age_limit:
           xbmc.executebuiltin('RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.kodimovplus/?action=export_channels_now)')
 
   proxy.stop()