Updated XMLTV Plugin with compile steps

[hb4]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

THE XMLTV self maintains Channels ... no mapping needed ... no disabling or enabling of channels as this is done by the XMLTV ... no unnecessary extra channels in the guide only the ones that are enabled in Channels DVR. Guide data for Pluto and any other IPTV you have enabled in Channels DVR.

Ohhh... I want it. Anyone willing to do a tutorial for dummies?

I can't seem to find an XMLTV plugin in Settings.
Do you need to set up some sort of a CRON job on W11?

Thanks!

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hb4

Ohhh... I want it. Anyone willing to do a tutorial for dummies?

I can't seem to find an XMLTV plugin in Settings.
Do you need to set up some sort of a CRON job on W11?

Thanks!

You need to download the plugin from the first page of this thread and follow the Instructions to Install it.

Then you create a file xmltv.properties and populate with data below ... change the IP to your channelsDVR ... and put it in your SageTV folder.

configurations=xmltv.properties
provider.name=channelsdvr
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

[hb4]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

You need to download the plugin from the first page of this thread and follow the Instructions to Install it.

These Instructions from the first page of this thread?
1. Stop SageTV Server
2. Rename on add/modify/ xmltv_EXAMPLE.properties examples
>>> What does "Rename on" mean?
3. Copy all files and folder contents(not folder) of folder SAGETV_SERVER_ROOT to SageTV folder. Only Jar and *.proerties are required if not compiling required
>>> Is compiling required?
>>> "Copy all files and folder contents..." If not compiling, I think that means copy the contents of the Jar folder {XMLTVImportPlugin.xml) and all of the .properties files to the Sage TV folder.
4. Add the following line in Sage.properties epg/epg_import_plugin=xmltv.XMLTVImportPlugin
5. Start SageTV Server
6. Monitor in server folder xmltv.log, sagetv_0.txt,Sage.properties. If epg/epg_import_plugin=xmltv.XMLTVImportPlugin is removed from Sage.properties something is installed not correctly
7. In SageTV guide setup use XMLTV with zipcode 00000. If ask for license use TRIAL

[nyplayer]

For Channels DVR this is all you have to do.

Shutdown SageTV

Just copy the XMLTVImportPlugin.jar over to the Sage Jar folder ....

Change line in Sage.properties ... epg/epg_import_plugin=

To

epg/epg_import_plugin=xmltv.XMLTVImportPlugin


Create the file above like I asked you to... with the IP of your server copy to sagetv folder.

Start SageTV


Setup the tuners that connect to channelsDVR to use XMLTV zipcode 00000

[hb4]

Thank you! That really helps.

Update: followed steps and it seems to be working fine; thanks again.

Bill

[nyplayer]

Yours is so different from what I use to record the files from ChannelsDVR ... You are using the syntax when we first started testing with since then I have found out that the syntax below works on all my TVE.

C\:/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg.exe -i http\://ChannelsDVR\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/stream.mpg?format\=ts -c copy -f mpegts -

[hb4]

Thanks, nyplayer!

(nyplayer answered while I was moving my post to the correct forum, so if you're wondering... here's the question (Post 189)

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/sho...=66804&page=10

[KryptoNyte]

Thank you for maintaining this XMLTV plugin, hvymetal! Also thanks to the other folks in this thread for troubleshooting to get TVE working.

[mgpaulus]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

For Channels DVR this is all you have to do.

Shutdown SageTV

Just copy the XMLTVImportPlugin.jar over to the Sage Jar folder ....

Change line in Sage.properties ... epg/epg_import_plugin=

To

epg/epg_import_plugin=xmltv.XMLTVImportPlugin


Create the file above like I asked you to... with the IP of your server copy to sagetv folder.

Start SageTV


Setup the tuners that connect to channelsDVR to use XMLTV zipcode 00000

So, I followed these directions (including creating the xmltv.properties file noted above

$ cat xmltv.properties
configurations=xmltv.properties
provider.name=channels.dvr
provider.id=300
xmltv.files=http://192.168.0.9:8089/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;

It looks like sagetv sort of recognizes the xmltv plugin, b/c I can see this in the xmltv.log

 cat xmltv.log
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Version 2.08
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 updateGuide(300, sage.Wizard@1aa3a0)
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Provider name = channels.dvr
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Configuration channels.dvr[0]
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Configuration:
channel.ids=*
configurations=xmltv.properties
credits.actor=actor
credits.director=director
credits.guest=guest
credits.presenter=host
credits.producer=producer
credits.writer=writer
date.title.decoration={0} ({1,date,dd-MM-yyyy})
episode.name.add.episode.number=false;
episode.name.add.part.number=true
hd.title.decoration=HD - {0}
initcap.channel.ids=*
initcap.episode.name=false
initcap.skip.words=the, a, an, at, in, on, and, of, from, to, is, with, not, en, de, der, het, op, voor, uit, van
initcap.title=false
inputstream.filter=false
log.channel=true
log.configuration=true
log.defaults=true
log.show=true
max.stars=4
max.subcategories=2147483647
provider.id=300
provider.name=channels.dvr
rating.*.G=G
rating.*.NC-17=NC-17
rating.*.PG=PG
rating.*.PG-13=PG-13
rating.*.R=R
rating.*.TV-14=TV14
rating.*.TV-14-D=TV14, Graphic Language
rating.*.TV-14-L=TV14, Language
rating.*.TV-14-S=TV14, Adult Situations
rating.*.TV-14-V=TV14, Violence
rating.*.TV-G=TVG
rating.*.TV-MA=TVM
rating.*.TV-MA-L=TVM, Language
rating.*.TV-MA-S=TVM, Strong Sexual Content
rating.*.TV-MA-V=TVM, Graphic Violence
rating.*.TV-PG=TVPG
rating.*.TV-PG-D=TVPG, Graphic Language
rating.*.TV-PG-L=TVPG, Language
rating.*.TV-PG-S=TVPG, Adult Situations
rating.*.TV-PG-V=TVPG, Mild Violence
rating.*.TV-Y=TVY
rating.*.TV-Y7=TVY7
rating.*.X=NC-17
report.missing.translate.category=false
rerun.after.date=-2147483648
rerun.after.date.categories=Series
split.movie.detect.time=14400000
title.add.year=false
title.add.year.categories=Movie
xmltv.channel.IconDownload=true
xmltv.channel.NumberOffset=0
xmltv.channel.NumberTag=lcn
xmltv.channel.NumberTagIndex=1
xmltv.channel.NumberTagRegEx=
xmltv.channel.display-name.LongNameIndex=1
xmltv.channel.display-name.ShortNameIndex=2
xmltv.channel.display-name.ShortNameRegex=
xmltv.files=http://192.168.0.9:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600
10-09-2022 12:40:35,584 Parseing http://192.168.0.9:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

However, When I go to my sources and try to do channel setup on my TVE1 device, I get nothing. If I do an "Edit Channel Lineup"->Import Channel Lineup, then I get 1 channel added: "Station1 - [null]; Station1

Not sure where I've disconnected the ball, but somehow I'm not quite there.

Again, any help appreciated.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by mgpaulus

So, I followed these directions (including creating the xmltv.properties file noted above

$ cat xmltv.properties
configurations=xmltv.properties
provider.name=channels.dvr
provider.id=300
xmltv.files=http://192.168.0.9:8089/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;

It looks like sagetv sort of recognizes the xmltv plugin, b/c I can see this in the xmltv.log

 cat xmltv.log
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Version 2.08
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 updateGuide(300, sage.Wizard@1aa3a0)
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Provider name = channels.dvr
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Configuration channels.dvr[0]
10-09-2022 12:40:35,568 Configuration:
channel.ids=*
configurations=xmltv.properties
credits.actor=actor
credits.director=director
credits.guest=guest
credits.presenter=host
credits.producer=producer
credits.writer=writer
date.title.decoration={0} ({1,date,dd-MM-yyyy})
episode.name.add.episode.number=false;
episode.name.add.part.number=true
hd.title.decoration=HD - {0}
initcap.channel.ids=*
initcap.episode.name=false
initcap.skip.words=the, a, an, at, in, on, and, of, from, to, is, with, not, en, de, der, het, op, voor, uit, van
initcap.title=false
inputstream.filter=false
log.channel=true
log.configuration=true
log.defaults=true
log.show=true
max.stars=4
max.subcategories=2147483647
provider.id=300
provider.name=channels.dvr
rating.*.G=G
rating.*.NC-17=NC-17
rating.*.PG=PG
rating.*.PG-13=PG-13
rating.*.R=R
rating.*.TV-14=TV14
rating.*.TV-14-D=TV14, Graphic Language
rating.*.TV-14-L=TV14, Language
rating.*.TV-14-S=TV14, Adult Situations
rating.*.TV-14-V=TV14, Violence
rating.*.TV-G=TVG
rating.*.TV-MA=TVM
rating.*.TV-MA-L=TVM, Language
rating.*.TV-MA-S=TVM, Strong Sexual Content
rating.*.TV-MA-V=TVM, Graphic Violence
rating.*.TV-PG=TVPG
rating.*.TV-PG-D=TVPG, Graphic Language
rating.*.TV-PG-L=TVPG, Language
rating.*.TV-PG-S=TVPG, Adult Situations
rating.*.TV-PG-V=TVPG, Mild Violence
rating.*.TV-Y=TVY
rating.*.TV-Y7=TVY7
rating.*.X=NC-17
report.missing.translate.category=false
rerun.after.date=-2147483648
rerun.after.date.categories=Series
split.movie.detect.time=14400000
title.add.year=false
title.add.year.categories=Movie
xmltv.channel.IconDownload=true
xmltv.channel.NumberOffset=0
xmltv.channel.NumberTag=lcn
xmltv.channel.NumberTagIndex=1
xmltv.channel.NumberTagRegEx=
xmltv.channel.display-name.LongNameIndex=1
xmltv.channel.display-name.ShortNameIndex=2
xmltv.channel.display-name.ShortNameRegex=
xmltv.files=http://192.168.0.9:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600
10-09-2022 12:40:35,584 Parseing http://192.168.0.9:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

However, When I go to my sources and try to do channel setup on my TVE1 device, I get nothing. If I do an "Edit Channel Lineup"->Import Channel Lineup, then I get 1 channel added: "Station1 - [null]; Station1

Not sure where I've disconnected the ball, but somehow I'm not quite there.

Again, any help appreciated.

Did you download and copy over the XMLTV Java plugin ?

[mgpaulus]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Did you download and copy over the XMLTV Java plugin ?

According to the log file, I am running version 2.08, which I thought was the latest version as of a couple of weeks ago when I first started playing with this stuff

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by mgpaulus

According to the log file, I am running version 2.08, which I thought was the latest version as of a couple of weeks ago when I first started playing with this stuff

You need to read through this thread where KRYPTO got it going also post there if you are trying to get Channels DVR into SageTV.

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/sho...&postcount=190

[Zogg]

EDIT: Okay, duh, I see the problem in the properties file. Sorry, I always find my problem right AFTER I make a post. Sheesh.

I have set up ChannelsDVR with my Spectrum service and that part is working. I then followed the recipe for xmltv guide data but there's an error getting the data so I get no channels in the guide. This error is in the error log file:

java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: xmltv.files=http://192.168.1.14:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

I checked the URL and it works fine in a web browser. Here's my xmltv.properties file, which also looks okay to me:

provider.name=TVE-Spectrum
provider.id=300
xmltv.files=xmltv.files=http://192.168.1.14:8089/devices/TVE-Spectrum/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

Any ideas what's wrong?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by Zogg

EDIT: Okay, duh, I see the problem in the properties file. Sorry, I always find my problem right AFTER I make a post. Sheesh.

I have set up ChannelsDVR with my Spectrum service and that part is working. I then followed the recipe for xmltv guide data but there's an error getting the data so I get no channels in the guide. This error is in the error log file:

java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: xmltv.files=http://192.168.1.14:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

I checked the URL and it works fine in a web browser. Here's my xmltv.properties file, which also looks okay to me:

provider.name=TVE-Spectrum
provider.id=300
xmltv.files=xmltv.files=http://192.168.1.14:8089/devices/TVE-Spectrum/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

Any ideas what's wrong?

xmltv.files=xmltv.files you have this 2x.

should be ...

xmltv.files=http://192.168.1.14:8089/devices/TVE-Spectrum/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

xmltv.files=xmltv.files you have this 2x.

should be ...

xmltv.files=http://192.168.1.14:8089/devices/TVE-Spectrum/guide/xmltv?duration=1209600

Yeah, I saw that right after I posted. Decided to leave my post up for the shame.

[KryptoNyte]

Is there a way to get SageTV to recognize the attached NFL program as a "first run?" This same program shows as "new" in Channels DVR.

First runs appear to be showing correctly on other programs, but not NFL Football for my SageTV TVE tuners (coming from ChannelsDVR).

[nyplayer]

This is what the XML looks like ...

  <programme start="20221108010000 +0000" stop="20221108041500 +0000" channel="6140">
    <title>NFL Football</title>
    <sub-title>Baltimore Ravens at New Orleans Saints</sub-title>
    <desc>The Ravens (5-3) stop by the Big Easy for a prime-time matchup with the Saints (3-5) in Week 9.</desc>
    <category>Sports</category>
    <category>Sports event</category>
    <category>Football</category>
    <icon src="https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/p22189209_tb2_h9_ab.jpg?w=720&amp;h=540"></icon>
    <series-id system="tms">191277</series-id>
    <episode-num system="tms">EP000031283457</episode-num>
    <new></new>
    <live></live>
    <video>
      <quality>HDTV</quality>
    </video>
  </programme>

[hvymetal]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

This is what the XML looks like ...

  <programme start="20221108010000 +0000" stop="20221108041500 +0000" channel="6140">
    <title>NFL Football</title>
    <sub-title>Baltimore Ravens at New Orleans Saints</sub-title>
    <desc>The Ravens (5-3) stop by the Big Easy for a prime-time matchup with the Saints (3-5) in Week 9.</desc>
    <category>Sports</category>
    <category>Sports event</category>
    <category>Football</category>
    <icon src="https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/p22189209_tb2_h9_ab.jpg?w=720&amp;h=540"></icon>
    <series-id system="tms">191277</series-id>
    <episode-num system="tms">EP000031283457</episode-num>
    <new></new>
    <live></live>
    <video>
      <quality>HDTV</quality>
    </video>
  </programme>

Can you post an example of when the XMLTV correclty mark it new? I'm trying find how SageTV marks it new. I think SageTV marks it new based on the <date> tag. The <date> tag is when the show first airs but this entry does not have it. I believe to fix it, would required finding the <new> tag and use start time for the date. The plugin all ready finds <new> and <premiere> but never uses it.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Can you post an example of when the XMLTV correclty mark it new? I'm trying find how SageTV marks it new. I think SageTV marks it new based on the <date> tag. The <date> tag is when the show first airs but this entry does not have it. I believe to fix it, would required finding the <new> tag and use start time for the date. The plugin all ready finds <new> and <premiere> but never uses it.

I see what you mean now about the date. Also has the new tag... for re-runs I believe Chanels DVR uses <previously-shown></previously-shown>

  <programme start="20221112150000 +0000" stop="20221112160000 +0000" channel="22.8">
    <title>Saturday Morning With Callie &amp; Alyce - Gift Edition</title>
    <desc>A blend of best sellers and new products presented by Callie and Alyce.</desc>
    <category>Episode</category>
    <category>Series</category>
    <category>Consumer</category>
    <category>Shopping</category>
    <icon src="https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/p18795673_b_h9_ae.jpg?w=720&amp;h=540"></icon>
    <series-id system="tms">18795673</series-id>
    <date>20221112</date>
    <episode-num system="tms">EP036163920039</episode-num>
    <episode-num system="onscreen">E11</episode-num>
    <new></new>
    <credits>
      <actor>Callie Northagen</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Berger</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Millikin</actor>
    </credits>
  </programme>

[KryptoNyte]

Seems like it must be how SageTV handles the category? How do I get that XML output text? I could make a comparison with my HDHR OTA guide (from Schedules Direct) which does properly show the first run marker.