tv grab files missing

Lisa White

He guys it is me again. I subscribed to Schedules direct and the tv grab files are not installed except the over to air. How can I add the tv_grab_sdjson_sqlite and schedules direct grabbers into the choice selections within TVheadend? Where can I download the files?

Thanks

lisa

Saen Acro

You need to install it outside of TVH.
Grabbers are part of XMLTV package.

Lisa White

Thanks for your response. I have the files installed. I believe it has something to do with the permissions. Is there a site that can show me how to set this up from start to finish for schedules direct? I keep getting:

Please run 'tv_grab_az_sdjson_sqlite --configure' (In which I did)

/usr/bin/tv_grab_az_sdjson_sqlite: no output detected

/usr/bin/tv_grab_az_sdjson_sqlite: grab returned no data

I am doing something wrong and cannot figure it out. I previously had webgrab working but got tired of the site in changing.

Any help would be appreciated..
Lisa

Saen Acro


tv_grab_az_sdjson_sqlite --configure

Need to be run as same user with TVH use

is there any logs?

Lisa White

No log produced. I copied from gui at bottom of screen

2020-04-10 18:55:52.626 spawn: Fetched 0 k/bytes in 0 seconds
2020-04-10 18:55:52.644 spawn: loading data
2020-04-10 18:55:52.644 spawn: WARNING: error parsing DD xml:
2020-04-10 18:55:52.644 spawn: syntax error at line 1, column 49, byte 49 at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26/XML/Parser.pm line 187.
2020-04-10 18:55:52.644 spawn: at /bin/tv_grab_na_dd line 913.
2020-04-10 18:55:52.644 spawn: ERROR: Bad XML from DD, cannot continue. Consider using --dropbadchar or Capture xml with --dd-data
2020-04-10 18:55:52.651 xmltv: /bin/tv_grab_na_dd: no output detected
2020-04-10 18:55:52.651 xmltv: /bin/tv_grab_na_dd: grab returned no data
Loglevel debug: disabled
Loglevel debug: enabled
2020-04-10 18:57:45.126 xmltv: /bin/tv_grab_na_dd: grab /bin/tv_grab_na_dd
2020-04-10 18:57:45.129 spawn: Executing "/bin/tv_grab_na_dd"
2020-04-10 18:57:45.474 spawn: using config filename /home/hts/.xmltv/tv_grab_na_dd.conf
2020-04-10 18:57:45.525 spawn: Password for lisa: Use of uninitialized value $r in chomp at /usr/share/perl5/XMLTV/Ask/Term.pm line 65.
2020-04-10 18:57:45.828 spawn: Fetching from Schedules DirectUse of uninitialized value $local_pass in string at /bin/tv_grab_na_dd line 704.
2020-04-10 18:57:45.886 spawn: Fetched 0 k/bytes in 0 seconds
2020-04-10 18:57:45.903 spawn: loading data
2020-04-10 18:57:45.904 spawn: WARNING: error parsing DD xml:
2020-04-10 18:57:45.904 spawn: syntax error at line 1, column 49, byte 49 at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26/XML/Parser.pm line 187.
2020-04-10 18:57:45.904 spawn: at /bin/tv_grab_na_dd line 913.
2020-04-10 18:57:45.904 spawn: ERROR: Bad XML from DD, cannot continue. Consider using --dropbadchar or Capture xml with --dd-data
2020-04-10 18:57:45.913 xmltv: /bin/tv_grab_na_dd: no output detected
2020-04-10 18:57:45.913 xmltv: /bin/tv_grab_na_dd: grab returned no data

Hiro Protagonist

Lisa White wrote:

> 2020-04-10 18:57:45.904 spawn: ERROR: Bad XML from DD, cannot continue. Consider using --dropbadchar or Capture xml with --dd-data

Have you tried the suggestions above? If you can capture the xml, we can tell you how to import that into TVH.

Lisa White

Hey guys, I finally solved this problem. I am using tvheadend with mint and apparently there was a problem with root password. I reformatted and installed fresh version and sqlite file is working.

Onto new business,

I am having troubles editing the channel list. I have tried every combination offered from the menu and it will not save the edits. For example, I am using the OTA lineup from Schedules direct. I went through the lineup and only chose 5 channels. When I scan the info with tvheadend, I am receiving all 87 channels offered. I tried multiple combinations but my chosen lineup will not save. I have to correct this because downloading 1000 channels and only needing a 100 is polluting my cpu making it very sluggish from all the epg data.

Any suggestions or guide that could give me the correct method?

Thanks and Happy Easter!
Lisa

Hiro Protagonist

Lisa White wrote:

> I am having troubles editing the channel list. I have tried every combination offered from the menu and it will not save the edits. For example, I am using the OTA lineup from Schedules direct. I went through the lineup and only chose 5 channels. When I scan the info with tvheadend, I am receiving all 87 channels offered. I tried multiple combinations but my chosen lineup will not save. I have to correct this because downloading 1000 channels and only needing a 100 is polluting my cpu making it very sluggish from all the epg data.

Could you be more explicit about what exactly is giving you problems?

Adding channels usually involves:

Adding network(s)
Scanning for muxes
Selecting services extracted from the mux scan and mapping to channels

Cleaning up the channel list, renumbering, making sure EPG mappings are correct.

If you could at least tell us what part of the user interface you're accessing and the steps you're
taking that aren't working, we should be able to figure out the problem.

Lisa White

My apologies. I am using the tv_grab_az_sdjson_sqlite with schedules direct. I did a test run and everything worked fine but too many unnecessary channel grabber xmltvs were downloading onto my computer making it sluggish. I used the sqlite menu selections and edited my choices for the few channel guides that I need. I saved my list and uploaded into tvheadend and still receive all of the original Schedule direct channel list from that category, not my edited list. I deleted all the lineups and started from scratch. As I try to create a new channel xmltv, I only have 2 lineup choices. All of the other lineups are gone including all other countries. My only choices are: USA-0000001-custom hdhomerun and USA 000002-custom HDhomerun.

Any suggestions of how to reinstall all the other lineups?

Thanks
Lisa

Lisa White

Got installed. Had a probelm with Schedules Direct. The reset account and I am good to go. Thanks