Plugin: Schedules Direct EPG Source for SageTV OSS

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Thanks I guess the plugin will soon be updated? I just replaced the files.

If someone takes over the plugin, I assume they'll update the grabber and release an update.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by Slugger

If someone takes over the plugin, I assume they'll update the grabber and release an update.

Ok hopefully someone will soon as that is a major bug. I do not have that type of knowledge or I would.

[cculpepp]

I'm a noob to SageTV and the SD plugin....how do I access JSON service API with the web UI to configure my SD lineup?

[UgaData]

Originally Posted by cculpepp

I'm a noob to SageTV and the SD plugin....how do I access JSON service API with the web UI to configure my SD lineup?

You need to use the webserver plugin.

By chance have you used any other "media center" products like MythTV or NextPVR or Windows Media Center (WMC) that can also use Scedules Direct for the EPG? Reason being, you only need to configure the SD JSON once and you should be good.

I also use WMC for recording premium channels. And I had already configured WMC for Schedules Direct prior to changing my SageTV EPG source to SD. Once SD JSON service was setup for WMC I didn't need to set it up again for SageTV.
I used EPG123 to setup SD for WMC. It can be found on http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/ in the EPG section (it has been given it's own subforum). It maybe easier than installing the webserver plugin (unless you have already installed the webserver). Just use EPG123 to setup the JSON service don't use any of the "scheduling" features which are for WMC.

I certainly do not mean this as a dis to the webserver, which is a very nice plugin to have installed, just not as part of a first time install of SageTV.

[cculpepp]

Originally Posted by UgaData

You need to use the webserver plugin.

By chance have you used any other "media center" products like MythTV or NextPVR or Windows Media Center (WMC) that can also use Scedules Direct for the EPG? Reason being, you only need to configure the SD JSON once and you should be good.

I also use WMC for recording premium channels. And I had already configured WMC for Schedules Direct prior to changing my SageTV EPG source to SD. Once SD JSON service was setup for WMC I didn't need to set it up again for SageTV.
I used EPG123 to setup SD for WMC. It can be found on http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/ in the EPG section (it has been given it's own subforum). It maybe easier than installing the webserver plugin (unless you have already installed the webserver). Just use EPG123 to setup the JSON service don't use any of the "scheduling" features which are for WMC.

I certainly do not mean this as a dis to the webserver, which is a very nice plugin to have installed, just not as part of a first time install of SageTV.

Thanks. I actually had been using WMC with EPG123 (which I liked very much), but decided to migrate to SageTV since it has a good Nvidia ShieldTV app and the fact that I don't need DRM. Soon as I got the WebUi figured out, I did see that SD Json was already set up, so I am good to go. Thanks for the help.

One other thing you might be able to help me with since you use WMC and Sage.....in the Sage grid EPG, is there a way to get a list view timeline for an individual channel like there is in the WMC EPG when you highlight the channel name and hit enter? Hope that makes sense.

[kanipek]

I am hoping someone can help me get this working.

Longtime WMC user making the jump to SageTV 9. I have followed setup/config steps step by step.

I have done the windows installer setup on one x64 Windows 7 machine and am now trying on an x86 32bit Windows 7 machine.

I am using HDHomerun tuners HDHR-US, HDHR Prime and HDHR Connects.

Install goes great. OpenDCT goes great. Installed the sdepg plugin with the prerequisites and configured it with my SD info - all that is good.

SageTV sees all the tuners.

The problem I am seeing is when I add a source it asks "Use US, Canada or XMLTV Guide Data with this Source" which I choose then it asks for my zip/postal code which I type in but when I click Continue it just sits there and does nothing.

The first time I did this on the 64 bit machine it worked and showed me the lineups I had to choose from and downloaded the data, but every time after that It just sits and does nothing. Two different machines on 32bit and one 64bit.

I don't think it is a SD JSON issue as I have been using EPG123 with WMC for some time now and it uses JSON. I have sdepg enabled at SD as a JSON application.

Can anyone help me figure this out? Thanks for reading and any help you can offer.

[cculpepp]

Originally Posted by kanipek

I am hoping someone can help me get this working.

Longtime WMC user making the jump to SageTV 9. I have followed setup/config steps step by step.

I have done the windows installer setup on one x64 Windows 7 machine and am now trying on an x86 32bit Windows 7 machine.

I am using HDHomerun tuners HDHR-US, HDHR Prime and HDHR Connects.

Install goes great. OpenDCT goes great. Installed the sdepg plugin with the prerequisites and configured it with my SD info - all that is good.

SageTV sees all the tuners.

The problem I am seeing is when I add a source it asks "Use US, Canada or XMLTV Guide Data with this Source" which I choose then it asks for my zip/postal code which I type in but when I click Continue it just sits there and does nothing.

The first time I did this on the 64 bit machine it worked and showed me the lineups I had to choose from and downloaded the data, but every time after that It just sits and does nothing. Two different machines on 32bit and one 64bit.

I don't think it is a SD JSON issue as I have been using EPG123 with WMC for some time now and it uses JSON. I have sdepg enabled at SD as a JSON application.

Can anyone help me figure this out? Thanks for reading and any help you can offer.

Go to the SageTV webUI and find the SageTV drop down at the top left of the page. Go to Plugin Manager--->Configure Plugin--->Schedules Direct Plugin. Try re-entering your Schedules Direct username and password in that section. This may not solve your problem, but I've found that this has corrected some of the Schedules Direct hiccups.

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by kanipek

I am hoping someone can help me get this working.

Longtime WMC user making the jump to SageTV 9. I have followed setup/config steps step by step.

I have done the windows installer setup on one x64 Windows 7 machine and am now trying on an x86 32bit Windows 7 machine.

I am using HDHomerun tuners HDHR-US, HDHR Prime and HDHR Connects.

Install goes great. OpenDCT goes great. Installed the sdepg plugin with the prerequisites and configured it with my SD info - all that is good.

SageTV sees all the tuners.

The problem I am seeing is when I add a source it asks "Use US, Canada or XMLTV Guide Data with this Source" which I choose then it asks for my zip/postal code which I type in but when I click Continue it just sits there and does nothing.
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HTTP ERROR 500
Problem accessing /sage/sdjson/index.gsp. Reason: org/apache/http/client/fluent/Executor
Caused by:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/http/client/fluent/Executor

I'm seeing these same errors on a clean install on a Win7 x32 system. In source setup, I click Continue after typing my zip code but it does nothing.

If I go to the webUI and try to look at Status/Messages or Configure the Lineup I get the HTTP 500 error. This may be unrelated but they both involve the EPG so I'm not sure.

I see httpclient-4.5.1.jar and httpcore-4.4.3.jar in the JARs folder. I've also checked the webUI and this plugin's dependencies and it looks like everything is installed.

I've also done the command line lineup setup for Schedules Direct.

I'm really stuck here. Any suggestions?

[rickgillyon]

I'm planning on trying this tonight. Anything special I need to do to remove the old grabber (LM Gestion XMLTV Importer)?

[rickgillyon]

Not going too well, details here if anyone can help...

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by Zogg

I'm seeing these same errors on a clean install on a Win7 x32 system. In source setup, I click Continue after typing my zip code but it does nothing.

If I go to the webUI and try to look at Status/Messages or Configure the Lineup I get the HTTP 500 error. This may be unrelated but they both involve the EPG so I'm not sure.

I see httpclient-4.5.1.jar and httpcore-4.4.3.jar in the JARs folder. I've also checked the webUI and this plugin's dependencies and it looks like everything is installed.

I've also done the command line lineup setup for Schedules Direct.

I'm really stuck here. Any suggestions?

I still haven't gotten this fixed yet. I'm seeing this in the log file, is it related?

Fri 9/16 23:09:02.216 [30534610@qtp-19348439-2@1d1ebd2] GSP looking for 'C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\webserver\groovy\sdjson\index.gsp'
Fri 9/16 23:09:03.128 [30534610@qtp-19348439-2@1d1ebd2] ::WARN: Error for /sage/sdjson/index.gsp


The file is there at ...\groovy\sdjson\index.gsp.

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by Zogg

I still haven't gotten this fixed yet. I'm seeing this in the log file, is it related?

Fri 9/16 23:09:02.216 [30534610@qtp-19348439-2@1d1ebd2] GSP looking for 'C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\webserver\groovy\sdjson\index.gsp'
Fri 9/16 23:09:03.128 [30534610@qtp-19348439-2@1d1ebd2] ::WARN: Error for /sage/sdjson/index.gsp


The file is there at ...\groovy\sdjson\index.gsp.

I'm no java expert, but perhaps the dependencies for this plugin are breaking it. I have a fresh install, and just installing this one plugin alone, I end up with two installs of httpclient and httpcore, the 4.2.1 versions in the sdepg folder and later versions in SageTV\JARs. As having the wrong version of these is something Slugger warns about in the User Guide, maybe that's the issue? Just guessing though, seems like answers are hard to come by.

I'll have to restore my old setup later today as the girls will be back and I need a working Sage then...

[rickgillyon]

More experimentation, if I copy all the jars from C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\plugins\sdepg\tools\grabber\bin to SageTV\JARs, the SDEPG seems to start working. That completely borks BMT/Phoenix though...

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by rickgillyon

More experimentation, if I copy all the jars from C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\plugins\sdepg\tools\grabber\bin to SageTV\JARs, the SDEPG seems to start working. That completely borks BMT/Phoenix though...

That is unfortunate... Phoenix/BMT does upgrade the HTTP client that I'm guessing is used by SD plugin. I could roll this back, but it's still not going to fix your current issues, since sagetv never downgrades a plugin once it's installed.

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by stuckless

That is unfortunate... Phoenix/BMT does upgrade the HTTP client that I'm guessing is used by SD plugin. I could roll this back, but it's still not going to fix your current issues, since sagetv never downgrades a plugin once it's installed.

No, it's worse, on a fresh install with only SDEPG plugin installed, both httpclients are installed. Not sure why, dependencies I guess. So an issue even if Phoenix/BMT never installed.

[rickgillyon]

Also 2 sdjson files which seems to be causing one of the errors.

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by rickgillyon

I'm no java expert, but perhaps the dependencies for this plugin are breaking it. I have a fresh install, and just installing this one plugin alone, I end up with two installs of httpclient and httpcore, the 4.2.1 versions in the sdepg folder and later versions in SageTV\JARs. As having the wrong version of these is something Slugger warns about in the User Guide, maybe that's the issue? Just guessing though, seems like answers are hard to come by.

I'll have to restore my old setup later today as the girls will be back and I need a working Sage then...

Yes, I saw your other post and tried copying the httpclient and httpcore files over, changed the grabber script, even renamed the newer Jar files to the old names, but I still get errors.

I just saw your post about copying over ALL the files. I could try that as I'm not using Phoenix (yet), but as a new Sage user I haven't gotten very far and I'd hate to limit myself in the way of plugins.

My next step was to uninstall and reinstall the plugins, so maybe I'll try your trick first. I'm really just trying to evaluate whether to move from BeyondTV or not. I'm pretty sure I will but I have to get the basics working first.

[rickgillyon]

You'd also need to rename one of the sdjson files, even then I was getting more errors. I think waiting for a future fixed version of SDEPG is the best approach...

[Zogg]

I'm hoping someone can offer up a fix or a workaround, but this plugin seems to be unsupported now. And since I don't have a license and can't use the Sage EPG data, I'm dependent on getting SD EPG data working to fully evaluate and use Sage.

My guess is it's a wrong path or file that needs to be updated, so hopefully we can figure it out.

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by Zogg

My guess is it's a wrong path or file that needs to be updated, so hopefully we can figure it out.

Worse than that I'm afraid, see the discussions later in this thread. I've scattered my problems over several threads over the past day... We're really waiting for a core update, I suspect you won't be able to get it working.