Sky Auto Channel Numbering

Anonymous · 2014-03-04T14:19:03+00:00

So I may have bitten off far more than I can chew here but... I have been experimenting with the idea of region-aware automatic channel numbering for Sky UK...

Rob Rob

....uhhhhh the OP...maybe...!!!?

Anonymous

Just done a minor update to script as I found it was making a mess of my channel list by adding duplicates using latest pull of TVH. All fixed now, would advise all to download to avoid similar issues.

Meeko Kittika

Hi.
I'm using your script with much success thank you.
I do have a small issue of duplicate channels but biggest silly item I have is absence of BBC 1 replaced with RTE 1 for some reason? I've set region values to 4097 and 7 for Granada.

Anonymous

Hi Meeko,

Tried with your settings of 4097 and 7 and can't seem to reproduce the problem.

Just to confirm the relevant section of your script looks like this?


# Required regional data/region here (use SD version if HD channel verification required)
my $data_sd   = "4097";
my $region_sd = "7";

# HD data/region here to be verified. Set to "" to skip HD channel verification
my $data_hd   = "";
my $region_hd = "";

Meeko Kittika

Thanks for the reply. I've edited the channels/epg manually and kinda have it right now so reluctant to edit again! XD
Thats basically correct but I have "4097" and "07" (read somewhere in the thread to prefix single digits with 0) is that still correct?

Jason Bell

Im getting this error when running the script

Started
Get Channel Tags...
Adding channel tag AutoChan
Adding channel tag Adult
Adding channel tag Documentaries
Adding channel tag Entertainment
Adding channel tag Gaming and Dating
Adding channel tag International
Adding channel tag Kids
Adding channel tag Lifestyle and Culture
Adding channel tag Movies
Adding channel tag Music
Adding channel tag News
Adding channel tag Other
Adding channel tag Radio
Adding channel tag Religious
Adding channel tag Shopping
Adding channel tag Sky Box Office
Adding channel tag Specialist
Adding channel tag Sports
Done
Get SDT...
Done
Get services
Process regional services first...
Use of uninitialized value $sections_ref[0] in addition (+) at autobouquets.pl line 506.
Use of uninitialized value $sections_ref[0] in addition (+) at autobouquets.pl line 507.
Use of uninitialized value $sec_first in numeric eq (==) at autobouquets.pl line 511.
Use of uninitialized value in substr at autobouquets.pl line 475.
substr outside of string at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Use of uninitialized value in substr at autobouquets.pl line 475.
substr outside of string at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Done
Everything else...
Use of uninitialized value $sections_ref[0] in addition (+) at autobouquets.pl line 506.
Use of uninitialized value $sections_ref[0] in addition (+) at autobouquets.pl line 507.
Use of uninitialized value $sec_first in numeric eq (==) at autobouquets.pl line 511.
Use of uninitialized value in substr at autobouquets.pl line 475.
substr outside of string at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Use of uninitialized value in substr at autobouquets.pl line 475.
substr outside of string at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Use of uninitialized value in string ne at autobouquets.pl line 475.
Done
Done
Populate channels in TVH...
Adding channel 131 27ab

Done

any ideas what could be wrong

Thanks Jase

stu CONNERS

I`ve got the exact same problem as Jason Bell. Running the script on arch linux with the latest tvheadend from git. Is this script still being updated?

ProfYaffle

I haven't used the feature myself, but hasn't this been effectively replaced by the bouquet functionality in later tvh builds?

stu CONNERS

can you explain how to use this function properly. I`ve messed with it but couldnt seem to get it to work.

ProfYaffle

I'm afraid I have to refer you to myI haven't used the feature comment, above! :)

I believe that it's designed to automatically set channel number grouping based on bouquet, much as the OP's script did. You may need to ask on #hts unless someone who uses it stumbles onto this thread.

John Brines

I am running fedora 21 and when I run the script it says it cannot find dvbsnoop, any one know where I can get a fedora version of dvbsnoop?

John.

Dale Taylor

John Brines wrote:
> I am running fedora 21 and when I run the script it says it cannot find dvbsnoop, any one know where I can get a fedora version of dvbsnoop?
>

> John.

This script is no longer needed if you update Tvheadend to latest git. There is an option bouquets under Configuration - Channel / EPG with all the areas to pick from. The info is grabbed from the satellite now.

John Brines

Dale Taylor wrote:
> John Brines wrote:
> > I am running fedora 21 and when I run the script it says it cannot find dvbsnoop, any one know where I can get a fedora version of dvbsnoop?
> >
> > John.
>

> This script is no longer needed if you update Tvheadend to latest git. There is an option bouquets under Configuration - Channel / EPG with all the areas to pick from. The info is grabbed from the satellite now.

Hi Dale,

Thanks. for that. Do I need to remove the current channels or will it do everything?

What about Channel Icons will it do that as well?

John.

mpmc

John Brines wrote:
> Dale Taylor wrote:
> > John Brines wrote:
> > > I am running fedora 21 and when I run the script it says it cannot find dvbsnoop, any one know where I can get a fedora version of dvbsnoop?
> > >
> > > John.
> >
> > This script is no longer needed if you update Tvheadend to latest git. There is an option bouquets under Configuration - Channel / EPG with all the areas to pick from. The info is grabbed from the satellite now.
>
> Hi Dale,
>
> Thanks. for that. Do I need to remove the current channels or will it do everything?
>
>What about Channel Icons will it do that as well? >

> John.

The bouquet feature wont do that unfortunately.

Rob Rob

Not true.

Bouquets function is in now way a replacement for this fantastic perl script.

No icons, no easy selection of regions as a lot of bouquets are red herrings, no selection of genres, no tags.

John Brines

Rob Rob wrote:
> Dale Taylor wrote:
> > John Brines wrote:
> > > I am running fedora 21 and when I run the script it says it cannot find dvbsnoop, any one know where I can get a fedora version of dvbsnoop?
> > >
> > > John.
> >
> > This script is no longer needed if you update Tvheadend to latest git. There is an option bouquets under Configuration - Channel / EPG with all the areas to pick from. The info is grabbed from the satellite now.
>
>
> Not true.
>
> Bouquets function is in now way a replacement for this fantastic perl script.
>

> No icons, no easy selection of regions as a lot of bouquets are red herrings, no selection of genres, no tags.

I am now confused!

If the script is the way then how do I get dvbsnoop to work?

If it isn't then How do I get the bouquets to work as I have ticked my region but it shows all channels?

John.

John Brines

John Brines wrote:

>
> I am now confused!
>
> If the script is the way then how do I get dvbsnoop to work?
>
> If it isn't then How do I get the bouquets to work as I have ticked my region but it shows all channels?
>

> John.

I got dvbsnoop installed so I am now running the script, fingers crossed :)

John Brines

OK the script ran over night and I got loads og the following errors, are they something to worry about? Also How do I know it has worked?

"*Use of uninitialized value $tag_id in string eq at autobouquets.pl line 251.*__"

Rob Rob

John Brines wrote:
> OK the script ran over night and I got loads og the following errors, are they something to worry about? Also How do I know it has worked?
>

> "*Use of uninitialized value $tag_id in string eq at autobouquets.pl line 251.*__"

Script takes less than 30 seconds to run, not overnight so you don't need to leave it - if you do somethings wrong and you should reboot etc.

Make sure you using the latest one, not the one in the OP.

1. wget to your box.
-edit autobouquets with all the correct info for your region, ip, username, password etc.
2. stop tvheadend service so dvbtune can grab a tuner then run dvbtune as below

3. start tvheadend service again using a new terminal window

It's critical that BOTH tvheadend and dvbtune are running when you execute the autobouquets script and it's critical that you STOP tvheadend before running dvbsnoop and then start tvheadend again (at this point tvheadend should have 1 less tuner showing up in the dvb config)

Make sure before running script you have already added your dvb network and scanned in services and all tags/channels sections are empty.

Not having tvheadend running at the same time as dvbtune before running the script churns out json errors and also weird stuff like what you have/

Rob Rob

Oh and tune to this

sudo dvbtune -f 11778000 -s 27500 -p V -m

It's the sky epg frequency (before starting tvheadend service and running the script)

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