HowTO: TVHeadend with PowerVU

B C

Prerequisites

* build OSEmu from the tvheadend branche in my repository: https://github.com/L-S-D/OSEmu/tree/tvheadend
* start OSEmu like this: ./OSEmu -a user:pass -p1234 -s tvheadendhostip -r 9981 17999 -c /path/to/PowerVU_keyfile -b
* create a PowerVU streaming profile with mpeg-ts passthrough and enable PAT and SDT rewrite
* create a PowerVU user with PW PowerVU (or whatever) with PowerVU as streaming profile
* use this script to generate an m3u file for iptv automux creration:


#!/bin/bash
# you must have installed jq (apt-get install jq) 

############### BEGIN CONFIG ###################
tvh_data_path="/home/hts/.hts"                                 
OSEmu="osemuipaddress:17999"
profile="PowerVU"     
userpass="PowerVU:PowerVU"           
###############  END CONFIG  ###################


echo \#EXTM3U
grep -rnwl $tvh_data_path'/tvheadend/input/dvb/networks' -e '\"caid\": 3584' | while read  -r services  	
do
	enabled=$(/usr/bin/jq -c  '.enabled'  $services)
	if [ "$enabled" = "true" ]
	then
		echo \#EXTINF:-1, $(/usr/bin/jq -c -r '.networkname' ${services:0:-81}/config)/$(/usr/bin/jq -c -r '.frequency/1000' ${services:0:-42}/config)$(/usr/bin/jq -c -r '.polarisation' ${services:0:-42}/config)/$(/usr/bin/jq -c -r  '.svcname'  $services)
		echo http://$userpass@$OSEmu/stream/service/$(basename "$services")\?profile=$profile\&descramble=0\&emm=1
	fi
done

for testing you might strip down the generated m3u just to one channel of interest at the beginnning

* add anIPTV Automatic Network to tvh (v627 or later), enableSkip Initial Scan, Maximum Input Streams: 1 and set URL to file:///path/filename.m3u
If all succeeded you should have a single channel on each mux automatically created after initial scanning which can be played and added to channels just like any other service. Don't use the service on sat directly as this won't play. start ./OSEmu with -v instead of -b to see some log output which should be like this:


[Emu] stream client connected
[Emu] stream client request /stream/service/f185b1ebb025ce2a32aee936f9e161be?profile=PowerVU&descramble=0&emm=1
[Emu] stream found pmt pid: 15F7 for sid 26F
[Emu] stream found ecm_pid: 19DF
[Emu] stream found video pid: CBC
[Emu] stream found audio pid: CC6
[Emu] stream found audio pid: C94
[Emu] stream found audio pid: C96

Have fun
LSD

Sean Micklem

Just out of curiosity, what part of the world are you in? Reason I ask is because I don't think this would be at all useful in certain areas of the world, such as North America.

B C

well I'm from Europe BUT in NA it makes the most sense :-)

Besides this, this forum and tvh is for people from around the world, good for you as ATSC wouldn't have made it into tvh otherwise.

Sean Micklem

Never said this forum wasn't for people from around the world, just that as far as I can determine what you are doing here is not applicable in North America. Many things about satellite TV are different here, starting with the fact that we do not have free-to-air channels that are intended for reception directly by the home viewer. There are a few minor exceptions to that (mostly religious channels that want your money) but we do not have the type of free-to-air, direct to home service that you are familiar with in Europe.

Actually part of the problem may be a lack of information on how this would be useful here, but at this point I'm just not seeing how it could possibly work in North America (unless maybe you can receive a transatlantic satellite from your location?).

B C

well then I'm happy to open your eyes :-)

http://www.lyngsat.com/AMC-21-and-Galaxy-14.html

Sean Micklem

I think you miss my point. The problem is, as I read the instructions for the program from the repository you mention, the software you mentioned paired with TVheadend andNOTHING ELSE would not have any effect on any signals on North American satellites. I emphasize the "NOTHING ELSE" because ifanything else is required, that's the problem, particularly if it has to come from a different site that's not under your control. What's available for Europe is NOT available for North America. Look for yourself and see. And if you don't agree with what I'm telling you, then either you need to rewrite the instructions on the software, or you're choosing to ignore the obvious. And that's all I'm going to say about this because it seems pretty obvious to me that you're not at all familiar with how things work, or in this case, don't work in North America.

B C

well ok, you need a satellite dish, a c-band lnbc, keys you have to search for with google and you are good (oh, don't forget a computer and cabels, monitor...). and nothing else. PowerVU is the mother of encryption in NA cable backends. I'm not sure if you know there is anything else than Dish and co where you are living....

Sean Micklem

Really hate having to state the obvious, but you can search for unicorns with Google, too. Doesn't mean you'll find any, and if you do they won't be real.

B C

this is no site to talk about keys, and the hack of PowerVU makes it easy to search for keys yourself (without Google, with a program on your computer) you just need the knowledge, but also this does not belong here.

Anonymous

I did everything as instructed and not working. For example. I want to watch the program "TLC Ukraine" from 4.8E.

In OSEmu log i have:


starting thread emu stream client
emu stream client thread started
[Emu] stream client connected
[Emu] stream client request /stream/service/2350b9324dfa65626ba3ab65f1c7d8ca?profile=PowerVU&descramble=0&emm=1
[Emu] stream found pmt pid: 1EA for sid 190
[Emu] stream found ecm_pid: 1E0
[Emu] stream found video pid: 190
[Emu] stream found audio pid: 191
[Emu] stream found audio pid: 192
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01
[Emu] Key not found: P 10190 01

in SofCam.key i have

P 1900 01 (key) ; TLC Ukraine (ukr), 4.8°E 12226-H-25540

P 1900 00 (key) ; TLC Ukraine (ukr), 4.8°E 12322-V-27500

The file with the keys is read correctly, because other coded programs (BISS) work. This error may be caused by an outdated key?

B C

basically it means either wrong key (if you have only one entry with P 1900 01) or if you have two of them, you have to change one of them to P 11900 01 (P 21900 01 if you have 3 etc)

B C

BTW, there are regular key changes on 4.8E, and TLC changed today, as I had it running yesterday but not today, so look out for the right stuff.

Anonymous

The problem was an old key and wrong srvid. I checked all programs from of 12360V (4,8E) and all are working.

Many thanks for the tutorial.

B C

happy to hear it's working for you, feel free to pm me (you know what :-))

Sean Micklem

B C wrote:

> this is no site to talk about keys, and the hack of PowerVU makes it easy to search for keys yourself (without Google, with a program on your computer) you just need the knowledge, but also this does not belong here.

[...and then, in your next two posts...]

B C wrote:

> basically it means either wrong key (if you have only one entry with P 1900 01) or if you have two of them, you have to change one of them to P 11900 01 (P 21900 01 if you have 3 etc)

B C wrote:

> BTW, there are regular key changes on 4.8E, and TLC changed today, as I had it running yesterday but not today, so look out for the right stuff.

Oh, the irony!

Just as a rhetorical question, if someone does not have "the knowledge", how are they supposed to get "the knowledge?" Is this a secret society, where if you're not "in the know" you probably never will be?

So far, you haven't even suggested a search word or phrase that would bring up results that would belie the fact that this won't work in North America (just proving that some broadcasters use PV in NA doesn't count). I don't think this is a site to discuss the "k" word either, but what I'm saying is that the ones that are out there, at least those that can be found using Google, are for satellites in other parts of the world besides North America. All I was originally attempting to establish is that your software is Euro-centric, or at least pretty much limited to the Eastern hemisphere, and even though you don't live in North America you seem to want to argue the point, despite not offering any evidence to the contrary. If you still feel the need to try and refute that, fine - let's see a URL or a search phrase or something. Otherwise, just be happy with the fact that your program is useful to people in some parts of the world, such as Europe and maybe Africa, Asia and Australia, because hardly any software is useful to people at every single place on earth.

gary tan

anyone get this working with openelec?

gary tan

@B C, i know you have powervu working directly working with tvheadend now but do you have a guide for using dvbviewer pro (i saw you mention you were using that previously in another thread). I have dvbviewer working but cant get to get stream working in tvheadend. Any guide would be appreciated!

thanks

gary tan

ignore, figured it out!

Jozef Mehursky

Hi,

thank you for this detailed howto.

I made some progress, but still have lot of questions:

I am running Openelec 5.0.8. The tvheadend version is: HTS Tvheadend 3.9.2765~g0294882

is it suitable for setup you are describing?

I added IPTV Network (no URL field there), so then i have added a MUX to this network - there i could enter the URL to the playlist.

It did not accept file path as URL though. So i added an http:// url to the playlist (on my local http server, and it is serving the m3u file, i tested it with wget)

Network scan fails.
But when I start vlc (or mplayer) with http url to m3u as parameter, it connets but doesn't get response.
The osemu log says:
reading key file: /storage/.kodi/userdata/Scripts/osemu/SoftCam.Key
[Emu] info: FFDecsa parallel mode = 128
[Emu] stream client connected
[Emu] stream client disconnected
[Emu] stream client connected
[Emu] stream client disconnected

[Emu] stream client connected

PS:

I had to adopt the automux script because of stripped down bash in the Openelec which doesn't recognize the $(services:0:-81) construct.

Here it is:
-----------------


#!/bin/bash
# you must have installed jq (apt-get install jq) 

############### BEGIN CONFIG ###################
tvh_data_path="/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.multimedia.tvheadend"                                 
OSEmu="192.168.1.30:17999" 
profile="PowerVU"     
userpass="PowerVU:PowerVU"  
jq="/storage/.kodi/userdata/Scripts/bin/jq"         
###############  END CONFIG  ###################
echo \#EXTM3U
grep -rnwl $tvh_data_path'/input/dvb/networks' -e '\"caid\": 3584' | while read  -r services      
do
    enabled=$($jq -c  '.enabled'  $services)
    if [ "$enabled" = "true" ]
    then

		s81=`echo $services | awk '{print substr($0,1,length($0)-81)}'`
		s42=`echo $services | awk '{print substr($0,1,length($0)-42)}'`

        echo \#EXTINF:-1, $($jq -c -r '.networkname' ${s81}/config)/$($jq -c -r '.frequency/1000' ${s42}/config)$($jq -c -r '.polarisation' ${s42}/config)/$($jq -c -r  '.svcname'  $services)
        echo http://$userpass@$OSEmu/stream/service/$(basename "$services")\?profile=$profile\&descramble=0\&emm=1
    fi
exit
done

Thank you again for writing this howto.
I hope to get some hints to be able make some progress

Anonymous

Try using profile without user and password.