HowTO: TVHeadend with PowerVU

B C · 2015-10-16T11:19:17+00:00

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...

Jozef Mehursky

and @gary, i see you figured out how to make it work with openelec and tvheadend - so please share some information.

Thank you

faisaly 1932

Thanks very much for tutorial

in this example one channel work

http://localhost:17999/play/stream/mux/c384ebdb79939fcada508e35198586bf

and in this example no channel work

http://localhost:17999/stream/service/9f4a50e19c8145d22842a26834061548?profile=pass&descramble=0&emm=1

gary tan

@Jozef Mehursky

I only got it working through dvbviewer on windows and adding the dvbviewer channel rtsp link to tvheadend. Not the method BC describes unfortunately.

B C

with a little bit more details I'm sure I can help you, so output of OSEmu, tvheadend....

faisaly 1932

My experience 1

donload zip https://github.com/L-S-D/OSEmu/tree/tvheadend

and just make

HTS Tvheadend 4.1-971~g5192186

source

http://localhost:9981/play/stream/service/15dac3d0b73864338ec6ffe98f5814dd?title=Pacific%20%2F%20

http://localhost:9981/play/stream/mux/c384ebdb79939fcada508e35198586bf?title=11804V%20%2F%209E

in vlc

http://localhost:17999/play/stream/mux/c384ebdb79939fcada508e35198586bf?uuid=15dac3d0b73864338ec6ffe98f5814dd

work just one channel service id 1
===========================================
OSEmu version 720
reading key file: xxxxxxx/SoftCam.Key
[Emu] info: FFDecsa parallel mode = 32
[Emu] stream client connected
[Emu] stream client request /play/stream/mux/c384ebdb79939fcada508e35198586bf?uuid=15dac3d0b73864338ec6ffe98f5814dd

[Emu] stream client disconnected

2015-11-16 23:29:24.280 [ NOTICE] START: HTS Tvheadend version 4.1-971~g5192186 started, running as PID:10359 UID:1001 GID:1001, CWD:/home/xxxxxxx CNF:/home/xxxxxxx/.hts/tvheadend
2015-11-16 23:29:25.120 [ INFO] AVAHI: Service 'Tvheadend' successfully established.
2015-11-16 23:36:30.550 [ INFO] mpegts: 11804V in 9E - tuning on Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0
2015-11-16 23:36:31.009 [ INFO] subscription: 0001: "HTTP" subscribing to mux "11804V", weight: 10, adapter: "Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0", network: "9E", service: "Raw PID Subscription", hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Wget/1.16 (linux-gnu)"
2015-11-16 23:36:31.061 [WARNING] linuxdvb: Unable to provide UNC value.
2015-11-16 23:36:48.936 [ INFO] subscription: 0001: "HTTP" unsubscribing, hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Wget/1.16 (linux-gnu)"
2015-11-16 23:38:00.426 [ INFO] mpegts: 11804V in 9E - tuning on Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0
2015-11-16 23:38:00.869 [ INFO] subscription: 0002: "HTTP" subscribing to mux "11804V", weight: 10, adapter: "Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0", network: "9E", service: "Raw PID Subscription", hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Wget/1.16 (linux-gnu)"
2015-11-16 23:38:05.851 [ INFO] subscription: 0002: "HTTP" unsubscribing, hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Wget/1.16 (linux-gnu)"
===========================================

vlc 2

http://localhost:17999/stream/service/15dac3d0b73864338ec6ffe98f5814dd?profile=pass&descramble=0&emm=1

nothing work

[Emu] stream client connected
[Emu] stream client request /stream/service/15dac3d0b73864338ec6ffe98f5814dd?profile=pass&descramble=0&emm=1
[Emu] stream client disconnected
Terminated

linux@ubuntu-desktop:~$

[Emu] info: FFDecsa parallel mode = 32
[Emu] stream client connected

[Emu] stream client request /stream/service/15dac3d0b73864338ec6ffe98f5814dd?profile=pass&descramble=0&emm=1

2015-11-16 23:47:02.448 [ NOTICE] START: HTS Tvheadend version 4.1-971~g5192186 started, running as PID:10842 UID:1001 GID:1001, CWD:/home/xxxxxxx CNF:/home/xxxxxxx/.hts/tvheadend
2015-11-16 23:47:03.246 [ INFO] AVAHI: Service 'Tvheadend' successfully established.
2015-11-16 23:47:20.830 [ INFO] mpegts: 11804V in 9E - tuning on Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0
2015-11-16 23:47:21.289 [ INFO] subscription: 0001: "HTTP" subscribing to service "9E/11804V/Pacific", weight: 100, adapter: "Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0", network: "9E", mux: "11804V", profile="pass", hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Wget/1.16 (linux-gnu)"
2015-11-16 23:47:21.341 [WARNING] linuxdvb: Unable to provide UNC value.
2015-11-16 23:48:01.824 [ INFO] subscription: 0001: "HTTP" unsubscribing, hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Wget/1.16 (linux-gnu)"
2015-11-16 23:48:03.765 [ INFO] epgdb: snapshot start
2015-11-16 23:48:03.766 [ INFO] epgdb: queued to save (size 193)
2015-11-16 23:48:03.766 [ INFO] epgdb: brands 0
2015-11-16 23:48:03.766 [ INFO] epgdb: seasons 0
2015-11-16 23:48:03.766 [ INFO] epgdb: episodes 0
2015-11-16 23:48:03.766 [ INFO] epgdb: broadcasts 0
2015-11-16 23:48:03.766 [ INFO] mpegts: 11804V in 9E (0xa1ba4e8) - deleting
2015-11-16 23:48:03.852 [ INFO] epgdb: save start
2015-11-16 23:48:03.853 [ INFO] epgdb: stored (size 193)
2015-11-16 23:48:04.067 [ NOTICE] STOP: Exiting HTS Tvheadend

===========================================

I think something is missing in OSEmu

Joe User

There is no need for a modified osemu anymore. You can use the official oscam-emu or osemu. You just need to change the URL to something like:

http://pvu:pvu@192.168.1.10:17999/stream/service/5207215882cb76f456a5d65ecfba2124?profile=PowerVU&descramble=0&emm=1:0:0:4

Where the last number is the sid(srvid) of the channel in hex.

Here are some modified scripts to create vlc playlists and userbouquets for use with enigma2.

VLC playlist:


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

############### BEGIN CONFIG ###################
tvh_data_path="/home/hts/.hts"
OSEmu="192.168.1.10:17999"
profile="PowerVU"
userpass="pvu:pvu"
###############  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'  $services)
    sid_dec=$(/usr/bin/jq -c  '.sid'  $services)
    sid=$(printf '%x' $sid_dec)
    desc=$(/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'  $services)
    if [ "$enabled" = "true" ]
    then
        echo \#EXTINF:-1, $desc
        echo http://$userpass@$OSEmu/stream/service/$(basename "$services")\?profile=$profile\&descramble=0\&emm=1:0:0:$sid
    fi
done

Enigma2 userbouquet:


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

############### BEGIN CONFIG ###################
tvh_data_path="/home/hts/.hts"
OSEmu="192.168.1.10%3A17999"
profile="PowerVU"
userpass="pvu%3Apvu"
###############  END CONFIG  ###################

echo \#NAME PowerVU Channels
grep -rnwl $tvh_data_path'/tvheadend/input/dvb/networks' -e '\"caid\": 3584' | while read  -r services
do
    enabled=$(/usr/bin/jq -c  '.enabled'  $services)
    sid_dec=$(/usr/bin/jq -c  '.sid'  $services)
    sid=$(printf '%x' $sid_dec)
    desc=$(/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'  $services)
    if [ "$enabled" = "true" ]
    then
        echo \#SERVICE 1:0:1:$sid:0:0:0:0:0:0:http%3A//$userpass@$OSEmu/stream/service/$(basename "$services")\?profile=$profile\&descramble=0\&emm=1%3A0%3a0%3A$sid:$desc
        echo \#DESCRIPTION $desc
    fi
done

Also, since oscam-emu/osemu ignores the user:password in the url request, you must setup the user:password for TVHeadend in oscam-emu/osemu.
For OSEmu, add "-t <stream source user>:<stream source password>" to the command line:

./OSEmu -a user:pass -p1234 -s tvheadendhostip -r 9981:17999 -c /path/to/PowerVU_keyfile -b -t PowerVU:PowerVU

And for oscam-emu, you have to add the user:password to the oscam.conf file in the streamrelay section:


[streamrelay]
stream_source_port            = 9981
stream_source_auth_user       = PowerVU
stream_source_auth_password   = PowerVU

BTW:
I left the user:pasword in the url in the scrips because in the future I would like to change oscam-emu/osemu so it parses the http request and passes on the user:password hash to enigma2/TVHeadend instead of making it an oscam-emu/osemu config option.

faisaly 1932

ok now something work and blank screen


[Emu] stream client request /stream/service/6e5b40d1fba197a9db6ba688a33dbca3?profile=PowerVU&descramble=0&emm=1:0:0:1
[Emu] stream found pmt pid: 1389
[Emu] stream found video pid: 488
[Emu] stream found audio pid: 460
[Emu] stream found audio pid: 462
[Emu] stream found audio pid: 46A
[Emu] stream found audio pid: 46C
[Emu] stream client disconnected


2015-11-19 00:18:47.968 [   INFO] mpegts: 11804V in 9E - tuning on Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0
2015-11-19 00:18:48.426 [   INFO] subscription: 0001: "HTTP" subscribing to service "9E/11804V/Sports", weight: 100, adapter: "Conexant CX24123/CX24109 : DVB-S #0", network: "9E", mux: "11804V", profile="PowerVU", hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
2015-11-19 00:18:48.478 [WARNING] linuxdvb: Unable to provide UNC value.
2015-11-19 00:19:09.698 [   INFO] subscription: 0001: "HTTP" unsubscribing, hostname="127.0.0.1", client="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"

may be about ecm_pid ...

faisaly 1932

@Joe User

After Reconfig Profile everything ok.

thank you so much

p k

Thanks for the tutorial. I almost got it working. In fact, it works very well with VLC, but when I try to use it in Kodi, it stays in "Testing" status, seems like Kodi thinks that stream is still scrambled and then asks tvheadend to descramble it.

Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: subscription: 002B: "HTTP" subscribing to service "sat/12345V/FOO", weight: 100, adapter: "Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2) : DVB-S #0", network: "sat", mux: "12345V", profile="PowerVU", hostname="127.0.0.1", username="PowerVU", client="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: linuxdvb: Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2) : DVB-S #0 - status GOOD (SIGNAL | CARRIER | VITERBI | SYNC | SIGNAL)
Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: linuxdvb: Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2) : DVB-S #0 - locked
Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: mpegts: 12345V in sat - open PID 0000 (0) [20/0x2006058]
Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: mpegts: 12345V in sat - open PID 0001 (1) [16/0x2007478]
Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: mpegts: 12345V in sat - open PID 0010 (16) [16/0x2008898]
Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: mpegts: 12345V in sat - open PID 0011 (17) [20/0x2009cb8]
Nov 20 20:53:29 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: mpegts: 12345V in sat - open PID 0011 (17) [16/0x200b0d8]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: sat/12345V/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: sat/12345V/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: sat/12345V/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service] [Demuxed packets]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: sat/12345V/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service] [Demuxed packets] [Reassembled packets]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: webui: Start streaming /stream/service/02d1c7cc70fb3dfbbd6ab81dc30d7750?profile=PowerVU&descramble=0&emm=1:0:0:fff
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: iptv/BAR iptv/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: iptv/BAR iptv/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: iptv/BAR iptv/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service] [No access]
Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: iptv/BAR iptv/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service] [No available descrambler] [No access]

Nov 20 20:53:30 tvheadend tvheadend[27793]: service: iptv/BAR iptv/FOO: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service] [Demuxed packets] [No available descrambler] [No access]

Is there a workaround for that or maybe an ugly patch for tvheadend?
Sometimes I have managed to start the stream even in Kodi, but I cannot reproduce it.

faisaly 1932

@p k

try this OSEmu

https://github.com/L-S-D/OSEmu/tree/tvheadend

work with xbmc

p k

Thanks, this one works. I tried OSEmu from same repo but from master branch.

Joe User

So while debugging a bit, I found one problem. While the url generated by the scripts works for decrypting/playing the stream from TVHeadend, it was not sending emm info. Finally I noticed that alhough TVHeadend wasn't complaining (even in debug logs), it did not parse the "emm=1" properly. To get it to work, you need to add another "&" between "emm=1" and the trailing sid info for oscam. (":0:0:4")

So to get the emm pids to be sent, the url needs to be changed to something like:

http://pvu:pvu@192.168.1.10:17999/stream/service/5207215882cb76f456a5d65ecfba2124?profile=PowerVU&descramble=0&emm=1&:0:0:4

Here are updated scripts to automatically generate the correct urls.

VLC Playlist:


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

############### BEGIN CONFIG ###################
tvh_data_path="/home/hts/.hts"
OSEmu="192.168.1.10:17999"
profile="PowerVU"
userpass="pvu:pvu"
###############  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'  $services)
    sid_dec=$(/usr/bin/jq -c  '.sid'  $services)
    sid=$(printf '%x' $sid_dec)
    desc=$(/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'  $services)
    if [ "$enabled" = "true" ]
    then
        echo \#EXTINF:-1, $desc
        echo http://$userpass@$OSEmu/stream/service/$(basename "$services")\?profile=$profile\&descramble=0\&emm=1\&:0:0:$sid
    fi
done

Enigma2 userbouquet:


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

############### BEGIN CONFIG ###################
tvh_data_path="/home/hts/.hts"
OSEmu="192.168.1.10%3A17999"
profile="PowerVU"
userpass="pvu%3Apvu"
###############  END CONFIG  ###################

echo \#NAME PowerVU Channels
grep -rnwl $tvh_data_path'/tvheadend/input/dvb/networks' -e '\"caid\": 3584' | while read  -r services
do
    enabled=$(/usr/bin/jq -c  '.enabled'  $services)
    sid_dec=$(/usr/bin/jq -c  '.sid'  $services)
    sid=$(printf '%x' $sid_dec)
    desc=$(/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'  $services)
    if [ "$enabled" = "true" ]
    then
        echo \#SERVICE 1:0:1:$sid:0:0:0:0:0:0:http%3A//$userpass@$OSEmu/stream/service/$(basename "$services")\?profile=$profile\&descramble=0\&emm=1\&%3A0%3a0%3A$sid:$desc
        echo \#DESCRIPTION $desc
    fi
done

p k

faisaly 1932 wrote:
> @p k
>
> try this OSEmu
>
> https://github.com/L-S-D/OSEmu/tree/tvheadend >

> work with xbmc

After trying OSEmu from that branch a bit longer. It still seems to have issues with tvh and Kodi.
There is a commit "quick fix for getting rid of the ECM stream in the output by changing its pid to null pid so tvh does not think the service is encrypted.", but it seems that tvh still thinks that the service is encrypted, at least according to services tab (tried different version, atm i'm using 4.1-1212).
So, sometimes it works from Kodi, but sometimes not, just gets stuck with buffering message or shows "No input detected" message.
For me it is not very reliable.

D. S.

Hello All,

I finally got it running!! Jehhaaaw :D
After updating to TVH-4.1 PowerVU is working with OSEmu.
However if using KODI sometimes the tvheadend process dies while zapping,

but for me it's more about testing AFN than using it on a daily basis.

AWESOME :)

mike tacker

hi D.S.

could you write a how to? I would love to try it my self.
my osemu is serving the keys, but the channels stay dark, in vlc and kodi.

osemu -> oscam -> dvapi -> tvheadend is how i set it up.

thanks
mike

Joe User

In the first post is the how to. You do not need osemu->oscam->dvapi->tvheadend. Just use a standalone osemu and use the stream relay connection ONLY. If you have the osemu->oscam->dvapi->tvheadend connected, it will try to decrypt the normal way which does not work.

BTW - if you use my scripts (above) to generate URLs, you can use the standard OSEmu. Also, you can try my latest OSEmu which adds fix for detecting AC3 tracks on some channels and AU through the stream relay connection (must include CAT (pid 0x01) and emm pid in stream, which TVHeadend does do...)
https://github.com/joeusercz/OSEmu

james ba

A year on is this still the best method to have powervu working within tvheadend?

Saen Acro

"Ncam"

Jaroslav Kysela

https://tvheadend.org/issues/3360

norman staffd

Sean Micklem wrote:

> 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.

Well Micklem

TVheadend is build for educational purposes and any type of solution is welcome to test, powervu is not only for USA in Europe there is a lot TP that work under PowerVu Solution..

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