Posts by edit4ever

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yes no problem but no backporting as the pvr addons are connected to the kodi version

Ahhh - looks like they aren't updating Krypton builds with latest pvr.hts - so I'll have to test on LE9.

Thanks for the clue on that!

That sounds like a tvheadend issue - not a guide issue. However, please update to version 0.4.0 of zap2epg to eliminate any issues from old code.

pvchandler - for the station logos, if you don't have any other logo setup for channels, just make sure the "update channel icons" option is enabled on the tvheadend EPG Grabber tab. Then you will need to run the grabber and when it's done, reboot. That should refresh the channel icons for you.

OK - here's an update with a new addition - genre information options!

Some people want to have a colored EPG. In many Kodi skins - if there is genre information included, the epg will colorize based on the genre. Right now there is a big discrepancy between the DVB listings format in tvheadend/kodi and what is used in North America. As a result, tvheadend includes some scraping ability to map some of the genres and I've included additional ones in zap2epg to colorize as much as possible based on the original DVB category assignments. I've called this option "Full".

However, some people don't want colorized listings and want a "clean" EPG. Estuary (default Kodi 17 skin) does not include an option to disable the EPG color, so I've done the next best thing. Given you an option in zap2epg to disable the genre information. While this will obviously leave the genre listing blank in the EPG - it also means there won't be any colors. I've called this option "None".

I've also included an in between option where the only colors that happen are for Movies, News, Children, Sports and all other shows types are colored the same. This makes for a "cleaner" colorization as only a few major genre types are used. I've called this option "Simple".

You will find this new option in the zap2epg configuration settings. Please note that you will likely need to reboot after upgrading in order to see the new setting. (that's a Kodi thing)

If you're ready to try it - here you go!

Release zap2epg · edit4ever/script.module.zap2epg · GitHub

Thanks!

The very first time you run extra details - it can take a long time. The issue is that some of the episode data on the server is missing and the system times out. However, I have it built to retry 3 times per failed episode before moving on - this can add up to a minute in time for that one episode.

This type of delay only happens on the first download of the extra details - so yes...you likely need to be patient. You can monitor the progress by watching the size of the zap2epg.log file. You'll see it increase each time it works on a new episode.

Just let it go for 10 minutes or so now - and watch the log if you think it's stuck.

BTW - I'm getting ready to post another update - this one has an option to change the genre information as some people don't like to have the colored epg display that happens in Estuary when there is genre data. I have a new setting that includes None/Simple/Full. Should have that ready in the next few minutes!

OK - the fix was quicker than expected (maybe I'm getting better at understanding python!)

Here it is:

Release zap2epg · edit4ever/script.module.zap2epg · GitHub

This should fix the missing episodes in your guides. As usual - please let me know if you have any issues with this. Thanks!

OK - I know what the issue with missing episodes is...but I will need to work on it later today - hopefully I have a fix for you by this evening (Pacific time).

Looks like by using the episode TMSID as the dictionary key - the duplicate key names for multiple airings was messing some of it up - so I have to rework the dictionary structure a bit. No big deal - just need to fix how extra details handles the episode list as well.

I'll be back soon!

The log shgows all the errors for the icons - so that could be messing things up. Can you try updating to the 0.3.3 version and then rerun the grabber?

Release zap2epg · edit4ever/script.module.zap2epg · GitHub

Thanks!

BTW - esenterre - I don't think the blank title completely solved the issue as I still have missing episodes. I'm trying to track it down but it's strange as the same episode is missing at one time slot but showing at it's other time slot. It's the same data for the episode - just a different start time, so I'm not sure what's happening yet - it seems the data for the missing time is not is not even being written to the schedule dictionary. I'm probably going to give it 24 hours with the new code to see if it cleans up.

Interesting - can you show me a screen grab of the tvheadend channels tab and send a copy of the zap2epg.log file?

Thank you esenterre for discovering an issue with missing episodes!

It seems if the episode didn't have a title - it wasn't showing up in tvheadend (and therefore kodi)

This update should fix that issue:

Release zap2epg · edit4ever/script.module.zap2epg · GitHub

Thanks!

The xmltv.xml file looks good. Have you tried rebooting?

Actually - when you say only 1 channel shows up - do you mean that's what you see when you look at the page or that's what you see when you double click the epg source column for the channel and try to set the source from the drop down?

Can you send me the xmltv.xml file to look at?

ekincaid I assume you are running the 0.3.2 release? In tvheadend - you are using the zap2peg grabber?

As a test - you can run the zap2epg program from the kodi addon and have it download guide data. If it runs correctly, it will display a notification of number of channels and episodes downloaded.

Let me know what happens when your run it from the addon. Also - it will produce a log file in the userdata/addon_data/script.module.zapepg folder that should point out where the problem is.

esenterre Thanks for pointing out that issue! Can you check to see if those programs appear in the tvheadend web interface epg? I think you are correct about the encoding issue - but I won't be able to check/test until I get back to my system tomorrow. I'll use the Montreal lineup so I can see the Canadian listings as a test.

Since the new guide system was using json instead of web scraping, I thought all the charcters would be encoded properly and I wouldn't have to mess with that. Guess I'll need to check!

It looks like the new zap2it server is not setup to support multiple lineups - even with an account. However, they seem to include every possible OTA channel you can receive. For example, I live in downtown San Diego - but they still have all the Los Angeles OTA channels included in my OTA lineup. Likely due to the fact that if you mount a rooftop antenna, you can pick up the LA channels even though they are nearly 100 miles away.

--- I just looked at your zipcode...looks like they don't bother to include the US channels from that far away...but you could cheat the system by using a Montreal zipcode like H2Z1R1 - that seems to bring up both countries stations.

Let me know if that works as a solution for you. If not - it may be possible for me to build in a multiple zipcode/lineup option...but I may wait until they fully launch the system before I work on that.

Thank again for testing!

the zap2it tvlistings website is being rebuilt with a new system. They went public with it for 1 day two weeks ago, so I started building this new zap2epg addon to work with their new system. Then they pulled it down (not sure what they are working on - but it must not be ready for public release).

So at some point, when switch to the new site - zap2xml will stop working. In the meantime, I'm getting zap2epg tested and ready. It works, but occasionally they may take the server offline or make a change that breaks it. I also think they have some work to do in changing what information is displayed, but we'll see if they take suggestions.

For now, you can use zap2xml - but if you want to try zap2epg - here's an update that should work:

Release zap2epg · edit4ever/script.module.zap2epg · GitHub

Thanks!

You're not doing something wrong - they took the server down a couple of days ago and it stopped working. It looks like they brought it back online overnight, so I'll need to take a look at what they changed. As soon as I have an update, I'll post it here.

Thanks!

Is it possible to build just the pvr-hts as a standalone addon? I'm looking to test some functions of the latest commit (genre/category stuff) but I'm not sure how to to build just this addon as it was built in the system of LE. (looking for an RPi 3 LE 8.2 build)

Thanks for the info!