[SOLVED] no "EPG Sources" in TVH 4.3 (linux) + HDHR & SD JSON grabber: BUG or config?

a henry

I installed TVHeadEnd


	HTS Tvheadend 4.3-861~g715a4a844

on linux.

I've got a SchedulesDirect account, and an HDHomeRun.

I initialize using


	tv_grab_zz_sdjson \
	 --configure \
	 --config-file /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.conf \
	 --output      /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.xsd

entering my SD credentials, and setting up & selecting my OTA lineup.

I then manually get data


	tv_grab_zz_sdjson \
	 --config-file /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.conf \
	 --output /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.xsd

Checking, it's populated


	ls -al /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.xsd
		-rw-r--r-- 1 tvheadend video 90M Jan  3 06:26 /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.xsd

and in the web UI



	http://127.0.0.1:9881

I setup the config.

After setting up the Device/Tuners, network, scanning MUXes to "us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB-062009", selecting ONLY the SD EPG Grabber, and re-running

	"Re-run Internal EPG Grabbers"

I restart tvheadend

	systemctl restart tvheadend

In the webUI,


	Configuration > Channel/EPG > Channels

I see a bunch of Channels (NOTall the ones I get locally, butmost ...).

ALL of the channels have a blank "EPG Source".

To get my EPG working, I of course want to select/assign an "EPG Source" to each channel.

Problem is,


	Configuration > EPG Grabber Channels

is completely empty -- not a single entry.

What step / procedure am I missing to get those EPG Sources populated & available?

Robert Cameron

In the EPG Grabber Module screen, did you enable the SDJSON Grabber, as well as fill in the location of your configuration file since it's not in the standard location. Also, is your configuration file saved with the proper permissions?

a henry

Found the problem.

It's not that the --config-file path is missing. It's that the --output isn't accpetable.

Changing in the Grabber UI 'args' field

- Extra arguments: --config-file /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.conf --output /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.xsd + Extra arguments: --config-file /home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.conf

fixes it.

Instead of all the channel data in one file, now each channel has an XML entry in

/home/tvh/etc/tvheadend/epggrab/xmltv/channels/

And I've got a list of EPG Source to choose from now.

Now to figure out what to do about channel duplicates that aren't getting merged ...