CHANNELS DVR with Generic Pipe Capture (PLUTO TV as well)

[hvymetal]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

How do you install XTEVE in Sage linux ?

Like I said work in progress.....I will write up full walkthough once I get everthing working.

Here is brief howto

Copy the file I linked above
In your docker open port you are going use. Default is 34400

Run as follows
xteve -config [XTEVE_FOLDER] -port [PORT]

xteve setup
http://[IP]:[PORT]/web

xteve tunning by channel
http://[IP]:[PORT]/v[CHANNEL]

xteve XMLTV FILE
[XTEVE_FOLDER]/data

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Like I said work in progress.....I will write up full walkthough once I get everthing working.

Here is brief howto

Copy the file I linked above
In your docker open port you are going use. Default is 34400

Run as follows
xteve -config [XTEVE_FOLDER] -port [PORT]

xteve setup
http://[IP]:[PORT]/web

xteve tunning by channel
http://[IP]:[PORT]/v[CHANNEL]

xteve XMLTV FILE
[XTEVE_FOLDER]/data

Thanks

[boukmandutty]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Like I said work in progress.....I will write up full walkthough once I get everthing working.

Here is brief howto

Copy the file I linked above
In your docker open port you are going use. Default is 34400

Run as follows
xteve -config [XTEVE_FOLDER] -port [PORT]

xteve setup
http://[IP]:[PORT]/web

xteve tunning by channel
http://[IP]:[PORT]/v[CHANNEL]

xteve XMLTV FILE
[XTEVE_FOLDER]/data

I am interested to hear how sagetv handles the epg from xteve.

[hvymetal]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

I am interested to hear how sagetv handles the epg from xteve.

Updated XMLTV Plugin with compile steps
https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66899

[hvymetal]

So I have been testing some IPTV channels in SageTV with XTEVE. As everyone knows IPTV stream can really be unstable. After many trial and errors and researching other projects that use ffmpeg I found some some good result by using the following below. I can tune almost all streams and having them somewhat stable in SageTV. Almost all new channels work with no problems

Testing was done with Linux Docker with SageTVTranscoder Plugin installed on the client.

sagetv.device.<unique_id>.consumer=opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl
sagetv.<unique_id>.fast_network_encoder_switch=false
sagetv.device.<unique_id>=ffmpeg -nostats -hide_banner -loglevel fatal  -err_detect ignore_err -reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 2 -threads 2 -y -re -stream_loop -1 -i http\://192.168.10.179\:34401/auto/v%c% -fflags +genpts  -c copy -vcodec copy -acodec copy -mpegts_copyts 1 -f mpegts -tune zerolatency -mpegts_service_type advanced_codec_digital_hdtv pipe:1

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

So I have been testing some IPTV channels in SageTV with XTEVE. As everyone knows IPTV stream can really be unstable. After many trial and errors and researching other projects that use ffmpeg I found some some good result by using the following below. I can tune almost all streams and having them somewhat stable in SageTV. Almost all new channels work with no problems

Testing was done with Linux Docker with SageTVTranscoder Plugin installed on the client.

sagetv.device.<unique_id>.consumer=opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl
sagetv.<unique_id>.fast_network_encoder_switch=false
sagetv.device.<unique_id>=ffmpeg -nostats -hide_banner -loglevel fatal  -err_detect ignore_err -reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 2 -threads 2 -y -re -stream_loop -1 -i http\://192.168.10.179\:34401/auto/v%c% -fflags +genpts  -c copy -vcodec copy -acodec copy -mpegts_copyts 1 -f mpegts -tune zerolatency -mpegts_service_type advanced_codec_digital_hdtv pipe:1

Have you got sagetv working with XTEVE OpenDCT is not working all of a sudden with TVE ... I would like to use XTEVE if you care to share.

[hvymetal]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Have you got sagetv working with XTEVE OpenDCT is not working all of a sudden with TVE ... I would like to use XTEVE if you care to share.

Yes and No....I gave up on XTEVE for the time being because if you put more than one lineup it would not merge the guide data correctly. Right now I'm working on getting native PutoTV using OpenDCT with Streamlink. It works without lockups on commercials. The only thing I have left to get working is forcing the guide to update every 2 hours.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66925

I looking into if it is possible to force an update using the Library: Remote APIs for SageTV.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36044

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Yes and No....I gave up on XTEVE for the time being because if you put more than one lineup it would not merge the guide data correctly. Right now I'm working on getting native PutoTV using OpenDCT with Streamlink. It works without lockups on commercials. The only thing I have left to get working is forcing the guide to update every 2 hours.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66925

I looking into if it is possible to force an update using the Library: Remote APIs for SageTV.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36044

No problem the problem I was having with tuning had more to do with the new release of the MINICLIENT ... OPENDCT is once again working fine.

[boukmandutty]

What would your streamlink command look like in opendct.properties? Does it require less resources than ffmpeg?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Yes and No....I gave up on XTEVE for the time being because if you put more than one lineup it would not merge the guide data correctly. Right now I'm working on getting native PutoTV using OpenDCT with Streamlink. It works without lockups on commercials. The only thing I have left to get working is forcing the guide to update every 2 hours.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66925

I looking into if it is possible to force an update using the Library: Remote APIs for SageTV.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36044

I am sure there is a way I use the Webserver with curl/wget to refresh the EPG every 3 hours... to update Pluto from channels DVR.

BTW I rather use Channles DVR as the backend to all my DVR servers /EMBY/SageTV/Plex because of their support. of TVE and Pluto.... worth the fee.

[boukmandutty]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Yes and No....I gave up on XTEVE for the time being because if you put more than one lineup it would not merge the guide data correctly. Right now I'm working on getting native PutoTV using OpenDCT with Streamlink. It works without lockups on commercials. The only thing I have left to get working is forcing the guide to update every 2 hours.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66925

I looking into if it is possible to force an update using the Library: Remote APIs for SageTV.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36044

hvymetal

Have you managed to get streamlink to work with sagetv? I instruct it to use mplayer in my command but only get a black screen.

Edit:

Thanks. Saw it in the instructions for PlutoTV

[boukmandutty]

Chances are I am late, but I just found out from rkulagow that sagetv can now flawlessly get epg for channels dvr as a recording source using schedules direct. The process is smooth and works as well as the xmltv plugin method. The advantage of schedules direct is of course the amount of data it provides.

The only thing that seems to be missing from the schedules direct option are those adult swim channels that have the reruns but no epg (6700 - 6709). If you cant live without Robot Chicken and Samurai Jack you would have to mix the xmltv plugin with schedules direct for now.

Anyway the more options the merrier.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

Chances are I am late, but I just found out from rkulagow that sagetv can now flawlessly get epg for channels dvr as a recording source using schedules direct. The process is smooth and works as well as the xmltv plugin method. The advantage of schedules direct is of course the amount of data it provides.

The only thing that seems to be missing from the schedules direct option are those adult swim channels that have the reruns but no epg (6700 - 6709). If you cant live without Robot Chicken and Samurai Jack you would have to mix the xmltv plugin with schedules direct for now.

Anyway the more options the merrier.

I still prefer the XMLTV import as I can add any source I want in Channels DVR and it gets added to SageTV automatically....

[boukmandutty]

Yup. That centralization of things with over the air and everything you can draw into channels dvr is a distinct advantage of using the xmltv plugin. Likewise is the ability to share the same stream between different users at the same time.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

Yup. That centralization of things with over the air and everything you can draw into channels dvr is a distinct advantage of using the xmltv plugin. Likewise is the ability to share the same stream between different users at the same time.

Yes it is ... I have auto enable new channels in SAGETV and it works great.

[hb4]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I still prefer the XMLTV import as I can add any source I want in Channels DVR and it gets added to SageTV automatically....

Do you know if there are instructions on how to do this?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hb4

Do you know if there are instructions on how to do this?

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66899


This is how I get the guide date from channels and refresh sagetv ...

Linux
sudo curl http://127.0.0.1:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600 -o /opt/sagetv/server/epgdata.xml
curl http://sage:frey@127.0.0.1:8080/sage/GlobalCommand?command=ForceEpgUpdate

Windows 64
curl http://127.0.0.1:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600 -o C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\epgdata.xml
curl http://sage:frey@127.0.0.1:8080/sage/GlobalCommand?command=ForceEpgUpdate

[hb4]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66899


This is how I get the guide date from channels and refresh sagetv ...

Linux
sudo curl http://127.0.0.1:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600 -o /opt/sagetv/server/epgdata.xml
curl http://sage:frey@127.0.0.1:8080/sage/GlobalCommand?command=ForceEpgUpdate

Windows 64
curl http://127.0.0.1:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600 -o C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\epgdata.xml
curl http://sage:frey@127.0.0.1:8080/sage/GlobalCommand?command=ForceEpgUpdate

Kudos for getting this working, but how to do it is lost on me.

[nyplayer]

I find that using channels directly to update the guide data is better ... generating was giving me sometimes corrupted data.

xmltv.files=http://10.0.0.2:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

this is what my xmltv.properties file looks like ....

configurations=xmltv.properties
provider.name=nyplayer
provider.id=300
xmltv.files=http://10.0.0.2:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600
xmltv.channel.display-name.ShortNameIndex=2
xmltv.channel.display-name.LongNameIndex=1
xmltv.channel.NumberTag=lcn
xmltv.channel.NumberTagIndex=1
xmltv.channel.IconDownload=true
title.add.year=false
episode.name.add.episode.number=false

[boukmandutty]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I find that using channels directly to update the guide data is better ... generating was giving me sometimes corrupted data.

xmltv.files=http://10.0.0.2:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

this is what my xmltv.properties file looks like ....

configurations=xmltv.properties
provider.name=nyplayer
provider.id=300
xmltv.files=http://10.0.0.2:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600
xmltv.channel.display-name.ShortNameIndex=2
xmltv.channel.display-name.LongNameIndex=1
xmltv.channel.NumberTag=lcn
xmltv.channel.NumberTagIndex=1
xmltv.channel.IconDownload=true
title.add.year=false
episode.name.add.episode.number=false

What kind of corrupted data? Do you mean like wrong dates and such? Does doing it directly in this way adjust quickly to channel lineup changes? Like say, if the user was to disable a channel or add a new one?