bleb.org internal tv grabbing not working

Stephen X

Hi,

I've recently installed tvheadend and the latest Kodi. After install everything was working fine for a while, I had EPG working correctly in both the WebUI and in Kodi.

I don't use live TV via kodi that much, or many recordings, but I recently went to record something to discover that the EPG was totally empty. I checked the configuration and I have it configured to use the internal grabber and run on this schedule:

# Default config (00:04 and 12:04 everyday)

4/12

I tried disabling and then re-selecting bleb.org and it seemed to run, providing this output in the system log section at the bottom of the web UI:

2017-02-03 23:35:24.385 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: grab /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb
2017-02-03 23:35:24.408 spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb"
2017-02-03 23:35:27.475 spawn: using config filename /home/hts/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_bleb.conf
2017-02-03 23:36:25.900 spawn: downloading listings: ##################################################
2017-02-03 23:37:21.947 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: grab took 117 seconds
2017-02-03 23:37:22.063 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: parse took 0 seconds
2017-02-03 23:37:22.063 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: channels tot= 69 new= 0 mod= 0
2017-02-03 23:37:22.063 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: brands tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2017-02-03 23:37:22.063 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: seasons tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2017-02-03 23:37:22.063 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: episodes tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

2017-02-03 23:37:22.063 /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb: broadcasts tot= 0 new= 0 mod=

However I still have no EPG in either the web UI or in Kodi.

If I run the grabber by hand, with the --output option I get a file to disk containing xmltv info, so I know the grabber works.

Where does tvheadend write the files to disk so I can check it is turning up? Is there any further debug I can do to work out what is wrong?

I've tried enabling debug output using the little button in the System Log panel but that didn't provide any new insight

Thank you.

Kev S

On the "Channels" tab is there anything in the "EPG Source" column.

http://kjs.me.uk/3rdparty/XMLTV.png

IME the output you've got is showing the XML file is being imported but no channels are mapped (only mapped channels have episodes imported).

Also - "If I run the grabber by hand, with the --output option I get a file to disk containing xmltv info, so I know the grabber works." - have you checked the contents of the XML File have dates in the future, episodes in the past are ignored.

Stephen X

Ah ha!

Brilliant (and sorry for the late reply, just had a baby!)

so yes, they are all missing the EPG source - is there any way to fix that quickly and easily? I don't really want to go through 100 channels picking the source by hand... or should I just remove them all and re-map?

Thank you

Kev S

Congrats!

Sorry, don't know the answer to that - I prefer having manual control as I prefer OTA for some channels and XML for others.

IME they get mapped automatically if the name or channel number in the XML matches (which is a pain when the XML has channel 7 as, say Eurosport, and I have Channel 7 as Dave.)

Stephen X

Thats a good point, as bleb doesn't have ITV or some other channels I need..

Now if only I could get OTA to work, as that doesn't seem to be doing any grabbing either :(