Posts by Apollos

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos November 25, 2017 at 5:26 AM

Thanks for the addon update Shanemeagher! Running with the ini files now works great. I couldnt get the ini file to be used by default, but when modifying the post-processor command in TVH like shown below it worked fine.

For you other folks trying to get this to work. Install the zip addon as normal, then in Tvheadend, inter the following in the post processor command line in the recordings tab:

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/storage/.kodi/addons/tools.comskip/bin/comskip.bin  --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/tools.comskip/ini/comskip.ini %f

If you do some googling and want to use other ini files, just replace the existing ini file, or point to a different location of the ini in the command line above.

Apollos · TVHeadend records everything Apollos November 25, 2017 at 4:22 AM

I am on latest release of LE 8.2.1 with the standard Tvheadend server and client. Everything was working fine for about 6 months, but now when I go to record a program series, TVH will schedule EVERY program in the EPG for that network.

Here is an example of the log when I just attempted to auto record the series "Mike & Molly". As you can see, it just scheduled everything on the network instantly (Had to truncate for post size, but you get the idea). Any ideas?

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2017-11-24 22:11:01.065 dvr: entry b2f1e9d9593268ecea0db29ac030d654 "Mike & Molly" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-24 21:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.068 dvr: entry 5fecda819d730df6c78be1b720956481 "Mike & Molly" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-24 22:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.070 dvr: entry 4e50968078cf81570caab8dfdb5e7dc6 "Mom" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-24 22:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.072 dvr: entry 84abe3f16e531b02e207edfc217fe4b3 "Mom" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-24 23:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.075 dvr: entry 05d2245e91e5667eca8b7f551c52c781 "2 Broke Girls" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-24 23:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.077 dvr: entry 9e823003eaa07e6c459f91734fa34945 "2 Broke Girls" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 00:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.080 dvr: entry d1c4f59d36319ad5fda483c4513de531 "Family Guy" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 00:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.082 dvr: entry 19b5a7324a266a564c44633432c15dec "Family Guy" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 01:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.084 dvr: entry e0e2362a4c5e60a82d23d8a45baa59ea "King of the Hill" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 01:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.086 dvr: entry e724f4444fc792a18c7310007c8c7a07 "American Dad" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 02:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.089 dvr: entry ab7fb5cd7e60c630d837cecf2c400859 "The Cleveland Show" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 02:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.092 dvr: entry 81267b57213c931f5eeb9cb70a10eb7d "Rules of Engagement" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 03:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.094 dvr: entry e52851ae6a0f9403ca919ccb9e57132c "The Goldbergs" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 03:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.097 dvr: entry 8807b3672602c0d6c3b4f1f6ab807656 "Last Man Standing" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 04:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.099 dvr: entry 3294acec25fe0c7ac870e1bf415528ee "Today's Homeowner With Danny Lipford" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 04:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.101 dvr: entry eaa6eadc1f0469d04d34e929c5667fa8 "HouseSmarts" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 05:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.104 dvr: entry c38fd83c9ad22a7a492ad1735e48e0e1 "High School Football" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 09:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.106 dvr: entry 9dbd1d27e902f2ad1669ecdd68a5fb9a "High School Football" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 12:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.108 dvr: entry fb86d52a54b2211815e0a6f60b7a3671 "High School Football" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 15:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.110 dvr: entry d9260c57a3a783066a18bdde3fb9cbe2 "Seinfeld" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 18:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.113 dvr: entry 2561e6ead878db31c5cbff8c544485e7 "Seinfeld" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 19:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.115 dvr: entry c8505435b21ea909637c414ed32c0fb7 "How I Met Your Mother" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 19:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.116 dvr: entry 90ee4922aba20f3683441a8ba0a1e4dc "How I Met Your Mother" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 20:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.118 dvr: entry c8c7b8e9445346db081c5925df036af8 "Mom" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 21:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.120 dvr: entry 1c2dd4a3312c6f19f3aa855143dcd158 "Mom" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 21:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.122 dvr: entry ff143308f29d4c9fb35f1342004d2f21 "2 Broke Girls" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 22:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.125 dvr: entry 590290d49413dac9d9fb09d2dfab8762 "2 Broke Girls" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-25 22:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.127 dvr: entry ed86b44faef5f809414cd30fa1b60748 "Saving Hope" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 00:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.129 dvr: entry 1a80420e598aaef297497d5ef7f9a165 "Castle" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 01:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.131 dvr: entry 666e1f89acd7c7e5fa5717e5fb98911c "How I Met Your Mother" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 02:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.133 dvr: entry 674bc3cef30355fb37cd0e2ba65b41b2 "How I Met Your Mother" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 03:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.135 dvr: entry b0308be5194e890522432553d2f2ee5d "The King of Queens" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 03:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.137 dvr: entry 80968048090e701c4f40572fb30a0aaa "The King of Queens" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 04:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.139 dvr: entry 6fc29bba05b268e060858e4b59570256 "On the Money" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 04:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.141 dvr: entry e59212bff34c2e35fcdef0f165bab373 "U.S. Farm Report" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 05:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.143 dvr: entry 06a541d906c0d5f72447bca2a69aafc7 "American Latino TV" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 07:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.145 dvr: entry 130f816bfb18f8884e9a209312a337c6 "Dog Tales" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 11:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.146 dvr: entry d8c597d1a07ebc828e3218d7758729ba "Animal Rescue" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 11:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.148 dvr: entry 5a7d5875a993a1d2b4730915078a3e8d "Pets.TV" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 12:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.150 dvr: entry ac2d697e100464b49035fe32773ddd2b "Zoo Clues" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 12:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.151 dvr: entry 759f1347ef46c8b54c8f5031c40a158f "Origins" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 13:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.153 dvr: entry 9c9aa4b2e9f399bd48008e13480657b5 "Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 13:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.155 dvr: entry 138784a83a6104f569a39954b8442f69 "Jack Hanna's Into the Wild" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 14:29:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.158 dvr: entry 953a1ea8a48205a576cd9376633dab5a "The King of Queens" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 15:59:30, scheduled for recording by "192.168.0.35"
2017-11-24 22:11:01.160 dvr: entry 6c67dc0c94588bd8360e1e713db9b02d "The King of Queens" on "5.1 KSTPDT" starting at 2017-11-26 16:29:30, scheduled

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Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos November 6, 2017 at 3:18 PM

The person who wrote the addon, shanemeagher, compiled it for the pi3 as a favor/request. I do not think he owned or used a pi3 so there was no debuging. My understanding is that ini files simply dont work, and the only alternative is to switch to using one of the TVheadend nightly builds that has it built in and working.

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos November 3, 2017 at 5:35 PM

Quote from helio58

Hi Apollo, hur did you get rid off the error "Segmentation fault (core dumped)(49.00 fps), 1.00 sec(49.00 fps), 0%"

Thanks

You have to just use comskip without an ini file, so your post processor command would simply look like this:

/storage/.kodi/addons/tools.comskip/bin/comskip %f

If anyone figures out a way to get ini files working with this that would be awesome.

Apollos · tvheadend, ATSC and epg... Apollos October 28, 2017 at 5:02 PM

Update- scratch that, I think the issue is on my end. Dealing with bad DB and now a bad SD card.

Here is the relevant portion of the log. It looks like the missing dependency is script.module.xbmcswift2

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10:49:29.770 T:1944832464   DEBUG: CAddonInstaller: installing from zip '/var/media/E/downloaded/script.module.zap2epg-0.2.0-2017-10-27.zip'
10:49:29.785 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: SELECT addons.version, addons.name, addons.summary, addons.description, addons.metadata, addons.news,repo.addonID AS repoID FROM addons JOIN addonlinkrepo ON addonlinkrepo.idAddon=addons.id JOIN repo ON repo.id=addonlinkrepo.idRepo WHERE repo.checksum IS NOT NULL AND repo.checksum != '' AND EXISTS (SELECT * FROM installed WHERE installed.addonID=repoID AND installed.enabled=1) AND addons.addonID='script.module.xbmcswift2'
10:49:29.785 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: SELECT addons.version, addons.name, addons.summary, addons.description, addons.metadata, addons.news,repo.addonID AS repoID FROM addons JOIN addonlinkrepo $
10:49:29.786 T:1857024928   ERROR: FindByAddonId failed on addon script.module.xbmcswift2
10:49:29.786 T:1857024928   ERROR: CAddonInstallJob[script.module.zap2epg]: failed to install dependency script.module.xbmcswift2
10:49:29.840 T:1944832464   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (addons://)
10:49:29.840 T:1944832464   DEBUG:   ParentPath = [addons://]
10:49:29.862 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='metadata.common.allmusic.com'
10:49:29.862 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon metadata.common.allmusic.com
10:49:29.863 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='metadata.common.fanart.tv'
10:49:29.863 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon metadata.common.fanart.tv
10:49:29.863 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='metadata.common.musicbrainz.org'
10:49:29.864 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon metadata.common.musicbrainz.org
10:49:29.867 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='service.libreelec.settings'
10:49:29.867 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon service.libreelec.settings
10:49:29.868 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='script.module.requests'
10:49:29.868 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon script.module.requests
10:49:29.869 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='script.module.mechanize'
10:49:29.869 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon script.module.mechanize
10:49:29.871 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='script.module.myconnpy'
10:49:29.872 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon script.module.myconnpy
10:49:29.872 T:1857024928   ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] The database disk image is malformed
                                            Query: select id,version from addons where addonID='script.module.metahandler'
10:49:29.872 T:1857024928   ERROR: GetAddon failed on addon script.module.metahandler

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Apollos · tvheadend, ATSC and epg... Apollos October 28, 2017 at 5:34 AM

Same outcome with that link.

Quote from edit4ever

oops...I was too quick to clean out the dependencies I wasn't using and accidentally took out one I needed!

here you go: Dropbox - script.module.zap2epg-0.2.0-2017-10-27.zip

Apollos · tvheadend, ATSC and epg... Apollos October 28, 2017 at 3:43 AM

edit4ever,

First - Thanks for continuing to work on this, the new addon sounds very promising.

When attempting to install the zip file I am getting a "failed to install a dependency" error. Running a pi3 on LE 8.1.2, Any ideas?

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos May 24, 2017 at 10:39 PM

Quick update - I have been using the compiled zip on my pi 3 for a few weeks now. Comskip works very well, even without pointing to an ini file. I would recommend it to anyone wanting kodi to auto skip commercials in their pvr recordings.

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos May 13, 2017 at 3:10 AM

Here is the output when I run manually:

LibreELEC:~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/tools.comskip # /storage/.kodi/addons/tools.comskip/bin/comskip --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addons_data/tool
s.comskip/comskip.ini /var/media/E/TVrecordings/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy!-E3734-11.1-KAREDT2017-05-09.ts
Comskip 0.81.089, made using ffmpeg
Donator build
The commandline used was:
/storage/.kodi/addons/tools.comskip/bin/comskip --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addons_data/tools.comskip/comskip.ini /var/media/E/TVrecordings/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy!-E3734-11.1-KAREDT2017-05-09.ts

Setting ini file to /storage/.kodi/userdata/addons_data/tools.comskip/comskip.ini as per commandline
Using comskip.ini for initiation values.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)(49.00 fps), 1.00 sec(49.00 fps), 0%

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos May 10, 2017 at 12:37 AM

Quote from shanemeagher
This will depend on what TVHeadend names the recordings. If your recordings have whitespaces in their names, this will be required.

Comskip will look by default where the comskip binary is '/storage/.kodi/addons/tools.comskip/bin/' but this will be overwritten by updates to the addon. Suggest to use '/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/tools.comskip/' (create folder if not present) but it can be anywhere which isn't overwritten by updates. Place ini files there and when calling comskip, use '--ini=<path to ini file>/comskip.ini', e.g.
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comskip --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/tools.comskip/comskip.ini
to specify which ini file to use.

When I add the ini location to the tvheadend post-processing script, it pulls the ini file and reads it ok, but then does not process further. I did an ssh into the system to run it manually and see what happens, and after reading file, the last output line is "segmentation fault (core dump)". I tried running again with a few different ini files, same result.

Googling around a bit I came accross this regarding non-admin users:
Comskip Support Forum • View topic - Comskip does a coredump when non-admin users an ini file

Not sure if that applies here. I also saw that the Openelec version of this addon has the ini file baked in. Not sure if that would help or prevent segmentation fault in thise instance.

OpenELEC Mediacenter - OpenELEC Forum - Comskip for OpenELEC (skip TV commercials) (1/3)

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos May 9, 2017 at 9:32 PM

Alright, so the zip file installed just fine.

For anyone reading this and wanting to get it to run, I had to first change my tvheadend interface level to "Expert" and uncheck "Replace whitespace in title with '-':" to get the addon to run.

One last issue, and that is the log is saying that I do not have a comskip.ini file I placed one in /.kodi/addons/tools.comskip/ and /.kodi/userdata/addon_data/tools.comskip but it seems like it still is not finding it.

Do I need to put the comskip.ini file in a specific location?

Thanks again for compiling and all your great work with this addon shanemeagher!

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos May 9, 2017 at 2:44 PM

Quote from shanemeagher

Can you try this: tools.comskip-8.1.2.zip

I haven't tested it but should run.

Awesome! I will try this when I get home from work tonight and report back. Thanks!

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos May 9, 2017 at 12:20 AM

Quote from shanemeagher

Hi Apollos, the instructions in the README file for placing it in '/packages/addons/' is for compiling the addon. It needs to be compiled from source for each architecture (x86_64, ARM, etc). You can try yourself by following instructions here: Compile - LibreELEC or if I get some free time this week, I'll make one.

Thanks for the quick response, makes sense now. Those compile instructions are a bit over my head. I will wait for you or someone else to compile for pi 3 in spare time.

Apollos · Comskip with Tv headend Apollos May 8, 2017 at 8:19 PM

Quote from shanemeagher

gr00vy69, I've previously built an Comskip addon (GitHub - shanemeagher/tools.comskip: Comskip packaged as addon for LibreELEC). It just provides the comskip binary which can be called with a TVHeadend Post Recording Script. I've an x86_64 build here: kodi-repo/x86_64 at master · shanemeagher/kodi-repo · GitHub.

Hey shanemeagher -

Thank you for writting the comskip addon. I am a bit of a noob, wondering if you can calrify a bit on how to get this working.

I am on a raspberry pi 3 with LibreELEC 8.0.1. I see from your github that the contents of the tools.comskip director must be placed in /packages/addons/ but I am not seeing that location on my pi. Also, what do I do after I place the files in the correct location? I tried to install the addon from the zip file but that did not work. Any noob friendly instructions would be very appreciated! I imagine this could become a very popular addon with all the PVR folks.