New: Version of XMLTVPlugin that supports multiple lineups

[mikbro]

I have updated the existing xmltv plugin to support multiple xmltv lineups.

For instance, I have a Cable TV lineup, Starchoice Canada, and C-Band lineup all working appropriately in my 3 tuner system.

The installation and usage of the plugin is identical to instructions detailed here except for the following:

Instead of referring to the program data from XMLTV as a single file "epgdata.xml" (and limiting you to a single service provider), you can now have up to 5 different sets of XMLTV data, labeled "1.xml" through "5.xml"

So, if you 3 different sources of xmltv data, you would name then "1.xml", "2.xml", and "3.xml". Place these files in the SageTV directory as you would the "epgdata.xml" file. Note: the "epgdata.xml" is no longer used in this plugin.

When you go to setup the tuner in Sage, you will now see five providers instead of the 1 "XMLTV Lineup". Select the appropriate lineup corresponding to the xml file(s) you put in the Sage directory. If you only put 2 files (say "1.xml" and "2.xml") in the Sage directory, do not select "3.xml" from the list of providers in Sage - it won't find a "3.xml" and will crash.

Credit goes to:
Mattias Larsson who created the plugin and Lester Jacobs who modified it previously. All I did was about 15 minutes of work to support multiple providers.

It should work with SageTV 1.3+ (I am using 1.4.10)
It has been tested with xmltv v0.5.18, though from the comments I have read it should work with v0.5.15 (and perhaps earlier) and up.

I also noticed it is a good idea to remove a tuner from Sage completely rather than just add a new source on top of one already defined. After removing the tuner, shutdown Sage and re-add the tuner with the appropriate lineups. I found if I did not remove, exit and add again I usually received an error that shut Sage down. I think this is a general comment for the xmltv plugin in general, and once the tuner is setup, it works like a charm.

Edit: I initially attached my version which inlcuded TW Cable, Starchoice and CBand as the names, not 1, 2, 3 etc as above. I have revised the attachment so it is now correct. Sorry for the confusion.

Edit: Additional mods - if you had two providers that used the same channel number, one would get overriden. I have made additional changes to support having multiple xmltv providers and overlapping channels. It now functions properly and displays all channels.

[mikbro]

Please see the comments above, I have revised the attachment.

[Narflex]

Thanks a bunch. I'm sure many people will appreciate this.

[mikbro]

I have edited the original post and updated the attachement.

[msm]

I would also like to say thank you. Unfortunaly i am not in a position to use more than one tuner, but its fantastic that there are people out there willing to put effort in to bettering the program.

Thanks,

Matt

[Beelzebub]

Very cool, now Nov 1, doesn't seem so far away.

[danward79]

I installed you multi lineup version and sage gets stuck at the downloading lineup screen in setup, I am using uk xml data files called 1.xml, 2.xml,, etc, but no matter what i try it stops there.

I tried deleting sage properties and wiz, etc, I even tried the tv_grab_it, xml tv listing.

1.) I read somewhere that it could be incompatable with uk xml data? is this true, is there a fix??

When i change the xmltv folder in sagetv back to the old version it works fine again...

2.) Another question should the .java and .class files be in the same folder?

Has anyone got round this problem? I can't use my second tuner till i fix this

Cheers in advance
Dan

[mikbro]

I have not tested it with the uk guide data, so I don't know why it would be having problems... and yes all the files in the zip you downloaded need to be unzipped in the xmltv directory (that is the class and java files need to be in the c:\programs files\frey technologies\sagetv\xmltv directory).

If they are not in that directory it will not work.

[danward79]

Well That is exactly what i have done

About the uk data look here

http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...&threadid=2234[/URL]

Do you have any other ideas to solve the probs i am having, i feel i have tried every thing

[msm]

The UK data actually needs the earlier Sage XMLTV plugin - i have no idea why but this has beent he case for a couple of people. Unfortunaly this means the multiple tuner one willnot work - unless you modify the older plugin yourself.

[danward79]

I am currently using the older version having not been able to get the new plugin to work.

Is there anyone who would be able to look into why the new one does not work with UK data and put it right, I now have one redundant tuner till, i can find a work around.

Please!