Simple Example - PICON and XMLTV Epg

Enrico Milan

Hi at all,

I don't understand to configure correctly XMLTV (epg week xlm) and PathIcon (channels Icons) in backend.

Can you explain me to do them? Like a simple example!

I have TvHeadend 4.0.2 on OpenElec Raspberry.

PICON :

Under Configuration --> General : i don't understand to set a correct directory to set PNG files? (attachment PICON1.jpg)

On Configuration --> Channel/EPG --> Channel : I don't understand. Help me.. I confused (attachment PICON2.jpg)

Result : When I set correctly Picon files, can I see channel Icon on EPG channel detail? (attachment PICON3.jpg)

EPG XMLTV :
Under Configuration --> Channel/EPG --> EPG Grabber : I don't understand to set a job to determine week XML channels EPG (attachment EPG.jpg)

I set XMLTV external set but xmltv.socket file is empty...

Help me... I want a simple example to set and test these configurations.

Best regards.

Enrico Milan

PICON solved.

TvHeadend documentation is wrong.

http://docs.tvheadend.org/webui/config_general/

"Prefer picons over channel name : If both a picon and a channel-specific (e.g. channelname.jpg) icon are defined, use the picon.

Channel icon path : Path to an icon for this channel. This can be named however you wish, as either a local (file://) or remote (http://) image. The following placeholders are available:
Placeholder Function
%C The transliterated channel name in ASCII (safe characters, no spaces, etc. - so Das Erste HD will be Das_Erste_HD, but WDR Köln will be WDR_Koln)

%c The channel name (URL encoded ASCII)

Example: file:///tmp/icons/%C.png or http://example.com/%c.png"

... Prefer picons over channel name don't work... in EPG list channels PICON is a concatenation of : Channel number, frequence....ecc..

Channel icon path.... the guide is wrong... Example "file:///tmp/icons/%C.png"??? Without file extension work good : "file:///tmp/icons/%C".

XML is next step.

Anyone.. can you help me?
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cilin dro

I never understood picons and i know is a better way than i do.

You also can use any cloud and put the download link

On Configuration --> Channel/EPG --> Channel and works perfect thats the way i do.

xmltv is triki. I spend months learning how to do.

You need download tv_grab.xmltv and edit with the path of your guide.xml. You put tv_grab.xmltv in usr/bin then edit and change permision to executable.

In my case for example i am in USA and my sat provider dont provide tv guide by air. I use zap2it is a tv guide online and use zap2xml to scrape tvguide.

for example my tvguide.xml is in home/hts/tvguide.xml

This is the way you edit tv_grab.xmltv

cat /home/hts/tvguide.xml /usr/bin/tv_grab.xmltv

you will seen tvgrab module under Configuration --> Channel/EPG --> EPG Grabber and can use.

Remember change permission to executable for tv_grab.xml.