WebGrab+Plus

Quote from im85288

This is the only problem I currently have when using this addon, but hopefully that will be resolved with the PR mentioned above where there will be a before and after script.

A basic example is from your TV Guide addon LibreElec restricts browsing to this addons userdata folder where the guide.xml is produced, the same restriction occurs with the TV HeadEnd addon.

You just need to enable "Show hidden files and directories" from Kodi "Setttings\Appearance\File Lists".
Make sure "Settings Level" is at least "Standard".
Then you can point to "/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.webgrabplus/guide.xml" in TV Guide Fullscreen.

Quote from Marciano

Hi Awiouy,

Thanks for the response and info.

There is a thread in the main LibreELEC - Kodi Project thread on the odroid forum here
In this thread a user created a LE build with docker included for Odroid C2.

So maybe there is a chance to make webgrab++ for docker on the C2?

Hello Awiouy,

Is this there a chance to make this work with docker for odroid C2?

Quote from primaeval

You just need to enable "Show hidden files and directories" from Kodi "Setttings\Appearance\File Lists".
Make sure "Settings Level" is at least "Standard".
Then you can point to "/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.webgrabplus/guide.xml" in TV Guide Fullscreen.

Thanks indeed I don't suppose you or anyone knows of a way to point a different libreelec install at that location? I have two libreelec installs that I would like to point at the same guide.xml. Workaround currently is to install this addon on both installs and generate their own guide xml but it's not ideal.

Quote from im85288

Thanks indeed I don't suppose you or anyone knows of a way to point a different libreelec install at that location? I have two libreelec installs that I would like to point at the same guide.xml. Workaround currently is to install this addon on both installs and generate their own guide xml but it's not ideal.

Do you mean seperate devices or seperate installations on the same machine?

If you mean devices just make sure smb is enabled and point to guide.xml from the second device.

[EDIT] awiouy beat me to it. Fast work.

Thanks guys, forever learning something new

awiouy

Been looking into cron which is readily available within LibreELEC OS, I would like to switch off current automated runs of Webgrabplus at boot-up and every six hours after a reboot and replace with a simple line added to /.cache/cron/crontabs/root

i.e. 0 3 * * * /.kodi/addons/service.webgrabplus/bin/webgrabplus.start

Run job at 03:00 every day (0 20 * * * /.kodi/addons/service.webgrabplus/bin/webgrabplus.start would run job at 20:00 every day)

I have already added line to my current cron configuration file via ssh and crontab -e command and believe I only need to switch on cron in Kodi settings for this job to run at the set time every day. (was thinking to try this out tonight)

would this not be an optimum way to run webgrabplus at user request time(s)?

editable by user and could be added to primeavals webgrabplus configurator as an option?

Awiouy, thanks for your thoughts on options available

And just a quick update that cron config command does work, tried it at 18:45 and job ran fine
(Cron seems to be enabled by default in LibreELEC for Raspberry Pi)

Note: missed adding /storage at start of working directory string for webgrabplus.start in previous post in error.

45 18 * * * /storage/.kodi/addons/service.webgrabplus/bin/webgrabplus.start

For general information, cron seems really easy to set-up, reference following for scheduling frequency settings

# ┌───────────── min (0 - 59)
 # │ ┌────────────── hour (0 - 23)
 # │ │ ┌─────────────── day of month (1 - 31)
 # │ │ │ ┌──────────────── month (1 - 12)
 # │ │ │ │ ┌───────────────── day of week (0 - 6) (0 to 6 are Sunday to
 # │ │ │ │ │                  Saturday, or use names; 7 is also Sunday)
 # │ │ │ │ │
 # │ │ │ │ │
 # * * * * *  command to execute

Ref Cron - Wikipedia

Quote from awiouy

You have several options to disable the system.d service
1. disable the service via the Kodi Ui
2. disable the service via the command line (systemctl stop service.webgrabplus, then systemctl disable service.webgrabplus)
3. Uninstall the addon, and re-install the files from git (awiouy/webgrabplus)
4. Uninstall the addon, re-install the piecemeal manually
5. Fix the addon, eg to change it from a system.d/shell service to a Kodi/python service.

Option 5 would allow configuration/feedback via the Kodi UI, and to upgrade the addon from an LE specific addon to a more generic Kodi addon.

I never used cron

OK, for now as a temporary measure, I will go with disabling the addon from within kodi (Estuary Skin) via :-

Add-on browser -> My add-ons -> Services -> WebGrab+Plus (context menu -> Information) then Disable.

Then I will use the cron job for next few days at 03:00 to understand reliabilty of this method

Thanks for your support

Quote from awiouy

You're on your own, now

I think it would be nice to have more control over the service schedule if possible.

I still live in the crontab world but it looks like the system.d timers unit gives all the scheduling permuations that cron does.
systemd/Timers - ArchWiki

A couple of day/hour/minute values in a settings.xml file, an update to service.webgrabplus.service and a service restart should do it.

Quote from awiouy

Feel free to submit a PR

What about removing the system.d service altogether, and using this in default.py, instead?

This would fit in Kodi/LE more naturally than cron or a system.d timer.

That looks promising. Thanks.

From my addon's point of view that would allow me to schedule webgrab in windows and generic linux.

But I don't know if there is a LibreELEC way to do things?
Sometimes there is a bigger picture.