TVH Export of the EPG in xmltv Format

Michele Frontier

Hi to all who try to help! I am new here and hassle since a while with EPG Export.

So far i understand, is there a option to export xmltv EPG Data direct out of TVH: https://tvheadend.org/issues/2527

I run TVH on a Server, so if i replace the LOCALHOST with my Server IP where i also access the TVH Backend, i use:

http://myserverip:9981/xmltv/ - Output is then: 1 Unknown Code

Does i understand it wrong somehow? I mean Playlist work on this way, but how can i export the OTA EPG which i see in TVH Backend? I want to use it external, that's why i ask.

Thanks in advance!

G Kazaroth

1 Unknown Code appears when the uri is not attached to a servlet, i.e., it is unknown to tvheadend. As an example, if you type
http://host:9981/abcd
You will get the 1 Unknown Code. Now what you say you typed is suppose to work. When I type
http://host:9981/xmltv It will redirect to
http://host:9881/xmltv/channels which will generate the xml output that can be saved. I am running 4.1.x unstable, so if you are using 4.0.x, that might be the issue.

Michele Frontier

I run 4.0.9 indeed - because unstable sounds not reliable to me?

The issue post which ive mentioned is also 1 year old, how it come that only the latest unstable version work with epg export?

And another q, is there another way to create/use it? Where is the created xmltv file, so i can make me a cron and send it to whereever i want?

G Kazaroth

You are in the same boat I was in a number of months ago. 4.0.x just did not have the features and 4.1.x had a number of features I was really wanting. I have had only minor issues with 4.1, so it has not been bad. The big issue they are working is the ability to use the priority to kick current recordings or even current live TV when a higher priority recording is starting.

Now for the bad news. The build system has been down for about 1 year, so you can get 4.1.2409 from unstable which works except the priority thing. The priority issue is being fixed under issue #3732.
https://tvheadend.org/issues/3732 You can grab and manually install the latest version with those changes from
https://doozer.io/mpmc/tvheadend/builds I installed tvheadend_4.1-2530~gd57fb7e~xenial_amd64.deb

The only issue I have found is minor and is associated with having overlap recording between 2 recordings on the same channel.

I really do not use the ingested xmltv data from TVHeadend. Instead, I have the xmltv.xml file that tvheadend ingested and I use that. Not sure what your setup is and what grabber you are using. The information on how I am setup is located at
https://github.com/rocky4546/script.xmltv.tvheadend/wiki/Guide:-How-to-Setup-XMLTV-for-TVHeadEnd

Michele Frontier

Thanks for your reply.

I want use the OTA EPG which come over Sat and get shown in the Electronic Program Guide perfect, i thought it get created from tvh in a xmltv file somewhere, or at least i can push it to do so.

your Link mean the other way around, how to use a external xmltv EPG in TVH. That is not what i want to do, i don't use TVH for my frontend or as a Player, nor do i records with. :)

B jzy

Michele Frontier wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I want use the OTA EPG which come over Sat and get shown in the Electronic Program Guide perfect, i thought it get created from tvh in a xmltv file somewhere, or at least i can push it to do so.
>

> your Link mean the other way around, how to use a external xmltv EPG in TVH. That is not what i want to do, i don't use TVH for my frontend or as a Player, nor do i records with. :)

Perhaps this is what you're trying to do? I run this on a schedule (crontab) and it pulls the XMLTV file for me. Then, I give the .xml file to PlexDVR and it matches the Plex EPG to the channels which are provided by Tvheadend. The xmltv information is basic though and does not appear to include the <category> tag, so Plex currently cannot tell the difference between Movies, Shows, Sports, News, etc (even though this information is available in the Tvheadend GUI).

bjzy@IPTVPlexDVR:~/iptv$ wget http://192.168.X.XXX:9981/xmltv/channels --user=admin --password=admin -O iptvGuide.xml

Bossman

hello can you help me out, Im would on a project and using and software for middleware. it has a epg section where you can add a source, I used you ling entering my credentials and it worked exporting a iptvguide. but when I add the link to my source errors about some kind of unsupported format.

Firefox
1 of 88
ﬁle:///home/headend/iptvGuide.xml
This XML ﬁle does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The
document tree is shown below.
−<tv generator-info-name="TVHeadend-4.2.8-dirty" source-info-name="tvh-
Tvheadend PLUS">
−<channel id="fe779a89febd8d7e9ef0c856d8677614">
<display-name>ThisTV </display-name>
<display-name>44.6</display-name>
</channel>
−<channel id="bb544d8b4e83c7e4f9539c25eaf2570a">
<display-name>WTTA</display-name>
<display-name>38.1</display-name>
</channel>
−<channel id="b2455195ac1f1349b4b411c37bb3cdf8">
<display-name>Oxygen </display-name>
<display-name>49.4</display-name>
</channel>
+<channel id="a435e31c7b1b4054533e38db7659e229"></channel>
−<channel id="140a0f1d32cc1ae4a39fc8318ecd81e6">
<display-name>WRMD-SD</display-name>
<display-name>49.10</display-name>
</channel>
−<channel id="f0cf101dd255d4ee0b3adb4fe54601aa">
<display-name>Get-TV </display-name>
<displ>
</tv>
5/6/24, 10:13 AM

Bossman

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: file:///home/headend/iptvGuide.xml
Line Number 574, Column 33:
<title lang="eng">Despierta Amstart="20240506210201 -0400" stop="20240506220001 -0400" channel="332244223ebab255e339880e8bf7f3b8">
--------------------------------^

Flole

I suggest you use a recent Tvheadend version and not some old and outdated 4.2 release.

Bossman

Flole I've tried and 4.2.x is the only latest version in the snap store. I also tried from downloads, docker, master and all I got was errors and missing files. so I don't have a choice but to use what works or at least works.