epg via url xml - where do you put your epg url?

jaques tati

i must be an idiot....
but i can't figure out where to put the episode guide url...

if anyone can help me out i'd appreciate it.

thanks...

Chris S

If you're using it with Kodi the XML URL gets entered via the TVHeadend Kodi backend configure settings

Chris S

If you're using it with Kodi the XML URL gets entered via the TVHeadend Kodi backend configure settings.

It's not done via the web interface.

Robert Cameron

If you have a static XMLTV file you are trying to get into Tvheadend, you have 2 options. The first is using the xmltv.sock socket, which accepts XMLTV data. To do so, you send your XMLTV file to Tvheadend's xmltv.sock using a program such as netcat, socat or curl.

The other option is using something like the tv_grab_file script which acts as an XMLTV grabber and just responds with a static file.

jaques tati

Chris S wrote:

> If you're using it with Kodi the XML URL gets entered via the TVHeadend Kodi backend configure settings

i'm trying to use it with EMBY.

Robert Cameron

jaques tati wrote:
> Chris S wrote:
> > If you're using it with Kodi the XML URL gets entered via the TVHeadend Kodi backend configure settings
>

> i'm trying to use it with EMBY.

In Tvheadend there is no place to enter the URL for an XMLTV file to use as guide data. You must import XMLTV data into Tvheadend using some other means. If you use a guide service (such as Schedules Direct), you need the XMLTV utilities installed to give you the

tv_grab_*

grabbers which Tvheadend can integrate with. If you are supplying your own XMLTV file, you can either use the

tv_grab_file

script (which acts like a service grabber as far as Tvheadend is concerned), or pipe your XMLTV file into Tvheadend's xmltv.sock socket.

Whichever method you choose, XMLTV configuration happens outside of Tvheadend. Your grabber, scripts and/or files must be configured separately, as Tvheadend does not handle the configuration/setup of external tools on its own.

Alexandre E

Could we have more details about modifying the XMLTV.SOCK file ?
I would like to feed TVHE with Kazer, but don't know if it s possible.
Regards

Robert Cameron

Alexandre E wrote:
> Could we have more details about modifying the XMLTV.SOCK file ?
> I would like to feed TVHE with Kazer, but don't know if it s possible.

> Regards

That's not how sockets work. You enable the socket interface in Tvheadend, and then you write your XMLTV data to the socket. Think of it as a special file; when you access your XMLTV file, you "save" your file as this special file. (That's overly simplistic, but the gist is the same.)

I have no clue what "Kazer" is, but if you have an XMLTV file, you feed that file to the socket using tools such as netcat, socat or curl. From Tvheadend's documentation on the website: http://docs.tvheadend.org/webui/config_epggrab/

(Hrm, the docs have been modified since I last checked them. That page used to have a couple links on configuring tools for piping into the socket, but they are no longer there. However, a search of the forum will yield several results of commands you can use to feed the socket.)

Alexandre E

Thanks for your answer, but I am below understanding.
Kazer is a French EPG provider.
my wish is to feed TVHE with the KAZER "XML link" which shows up like this for my private account (with my channels): https://www.kazer.org/tvguide.xml?u=4py61j21hn4uf

What would be great is that TVHE syncs, let's say every day, with it, so that I continuously get 10 days of program available.

I would be pleased if someone could detail the steps for me.. the wiki is not clear for me, and I am not familiar with the process.

MANY THANKS

Alexandre