Import/Export lineup - file created in wrong directory with wrong name (Docker)

[al_uk]

I'm making the switch from v7 on Windows to V9 as a docker on UnRaid.

I am in the UK using HD HomeRuns.

I have my new frq file and now need to do the mapping between it and SchedulesDirect using the import/export plugin.

When I press "Export Enabled Channels on Lineup" the file is created in the root of the mapped directory into the container. This is /opt/sagetv rather than /opt/sagetv/server. The export file name is called "SQVHXZ~P" without the quotes.

If I then select "Import Channel Lineup" The sample import file is again created in /opt/sagetv not /opt/sagetv/server and is called "SL4MF6~O" without the quotes.

I am not peeking inside the container, I am just looking at the mapped directory outside the container.

The files should be called "HDHomeRun 1230a1f8 Tuner 0-0-DVB-T.export"

Any idea what is going on here? The import FAILS even if I modify the SL4MF6~O file.

Thanks.

[stuckless]

Is the "import/export plugin" something that sagetv provides? Or is this an actual plugin? I've never heard of it, but, I also don't use .frq files either

This seems like an issue with plugin, itself. Have you ever tried it on Linux?

[al_uk]

It is a separate plugin. I've not tried it directly on Linux, but it worked well on Windows v7.

I used it to rearrange the order of channels and disable the ones I wasn't interested in.

The problem I am trying to solve with v9 is this.

Here are the 1st few frq enties from a channel scan.

CH:1 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4163 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-ONE-South
CH:2 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4287 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-TWO
CH:3 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4544 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-FOUR
CH:4 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4608 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CBBC
CH:5 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4672 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CBeebies

Note the 3rd entry is "BBC-Four"

The Schedules Direct EPG has "ITV" as the 3rd entry. When I select that channel from the guide or when previewing a tuner, then it actually tunes BBC-Four.

I do have an excel file which can break out the FRQ, I'm just not sure now what I should do. Should I change the FRQ file so that the 3rd entry "CH:3" has the SID for ITV?

Cheers.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by al_uk

It is a separate plugin. I've not tried it directly on Linux, but it worked well on Windows v7.

I used it to rearrange the order of channels and disable the ones I wasn't interested in.

The problem I am trying to solve with v9 is this.

Here are the 1st few frq enties from a channel scan.

CH:1 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4163 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-ONE-South
CH:2 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4287 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-TWO
CH:3 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4544 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-FOUR
CH:4 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4608 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CBBC
CH:5 onid:9018 tsid:4163 sid:4672 frq:498000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CBeebies

Note the 3rd entry is "BBC-Four"

The Schedules Direct EPG has "ITV" as the 3rd entry. When I select that channel from the guide or when previewing a tuner, then it actually tunes BBC-Four.

I do have an excel file which can break out the FRQ, I'm just not sure now what I should do. Should I change the FRQ file so that the 3rd entry "CH:3" has the SID for ITV?

Cheers.

If I had to guess, since this was working on windows, is that the plugin likely is not handling the filesystem correctly. A common issue for devs that primarily develop on windows is to use windows paths in java, and those don't work in linux. (ie, something like \somedir is not a valid pathname in linux, it would need to be /somedir... fortunately, if you use the latter format it works in both windows and linux)

[al_uk]

Stuckless, thanks for that pointer. That was enough for me to edit the ImportExportChannelLineup.stvi and change the 2 lines that build up the paths for the import and export files.

It now works.
Cheers.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by al_uk

Stuckless, thanks for that pointer. That was enough for me to edit the ImportExportChannelLineup.stvi and change the 2 lines that build up the paths for the import and export files.

It now works.
Cheers.

That's good news. Is this stvi still being maintained? If so, it would likely be good to get a permanent update for others as well.

[rickgillyon]

Does anyone know if this plugin was fixed? Or is there a working version somewhere that I can have? Just to save me a couple of hours remapping...

[btrcp2000]

Same question as above? I have grown rather fond of export/import as my schedules direct download for Dish network always needs a ton of attention if I have to go from scratch. Just moved to Docker and hoping for some timesavers.

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by btrcp2000

Same question as above? I have grown rather fond of export/import as my schedules direct download for Dish network always needs a ton of attention if I have to go from scratch. Just moved to Docker and hoping for some timesavers.

I never found a way to make it work. It does export the lineups, with a nonsense filename and no extension, in /appdata/sagetv so you can use those as reference, put them in Excel and sort them etc. But no way to import, it never finds the import files.

[rickgillyon]

Should have had a look instead of just whingeing about it.

5 lines have:

"\\"

Just change to:

"//"

It exports okay, don't want to risk an import right now.

Attached is the updated stvi. Copy to /sagetv/server/STVs/SageTV7

[texneus]

Used it last weekend and it worked fine for me to. The export created the file in the opt/sagetv directory as noted above, but prefixed by a windows path (i.e. the file name was server\blah blah blah blah.export). i just moved it to the right spot, dropped the path from the filename, and renamed it to .import.

I.e. mv "server\blah blah blah.export" server/"blah blah blah.import"

Lineups imported without issue. This is an old plugin, I remember using it a number of years ago. It's probably no longer maintained.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by texneus

Lineups imported without issue. This is an old plugin, I remember using it a number of years ago. It's probably no longer maintained.

I am pretty sure that is the case but when I PMed the author he got back to me pretty quickly. I think it was studebaker69?