DaddyLive, PlutoTV, XUMO, M3U/XMLTV, SamsungTV, Plex, TVGuide interfaces (appliance)

Ron L

Yes. For the most part. There are some channels that don't work outside the USA without VPN.

The first 3 lines are all you need to add manually. The rest gets added by cabernet. I've found you need to restart cabernet service afer config change, then after channels scan or any database deletions.


[ustvgo_default]
label = USTVGO Instance
enabled = True
epg-min_refresh_rate = 3600

[loggers]
keys = root

[logger_root]
level = DEBUG
handlers = loghandler

[handlers]
keys = loghandler, filehandler

[formatters]
keys = extend,simple

[handler_filehandler]
enabled = False
level = INFO
formatter = extend
class = lib.common.log_handlers.MPRotatingFileHandler
args = (os.getenv('LOGS_DIR','data/logs')+'/cabernet.log', 'a', 10000000, 10)

[handler_loghandler]
enabled = True
level = WARNING
class = StreamHandler
formatter = extend
args = (sys.stdout,)

[formatter_extend]
format = %(asctime)s-%(levelname)s:%(module)s %(message)s

[formatter_simple]
format = %(levelname)s:%(module)s %(message)s

[main]
uuid = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[hdhomerun]
hdhr_id = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[display]
display_level = 3-Advanced

Lisa White

Thanks Ron. I still cannot get this going. It use to work. What version of cabernet are your running? These are my errors:

$ python3 tvh_main.py
2022-11-05 18:55:58,609-WARNING:main #########################################
2022-11-05 18:55:58,609-WARNING:main MIT License, Copyright (C) 2021 ROCKY4546
Process Process-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/multiprocessing/process.py", line 315, inbootstrap self.run() File "/usr/lib/python3.8/multiprocessing/process.py", line 108, in run self.target(*self._args,self._kwargs)
File "/home/me/cab/cab/lib/clients/web_admin.py", line 234, in start
WebAdminHttpHandler.start_httpserver(
File "/home/me/cab/cab/lib/clients/web_handler.py", line 201, in start_httpserver
server_socket.bind((_plugins.config_obj.data['web']['bind_ip'],port)) OSError: [Errno 98] Address already in use Process Process-2: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/multiprocessing/process.py", line 315, in bootstrap
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/multiprocessing/process.py", line 108, in run
self._target(*self._args,self._kwargs)
File "/home/me/cab/cab/lib/clients/web_tuner.py", line 304, in start
TunerHttpHandler.start_httpserver(
File "/home/me/cab/cab/lib/clients/web_handler.py", line 201, in start_httpserver
server_socket.bind((_plugins.config_obj.data['web']['bind_ip'], _port))

OSError: [Errno 98] Address already in use

Thoughts?
Thanks
Lisa

G Kazaroth

It's trying to start a web portal process when there is already one running. This can occur for two reasons. Either you already have the product running and you are trying to run another instance, or you tried stopping/restarting the product and it did not shutdown correctly, leaving a process dangling. It is very rare that a process becomes dangling, but it can happen. You can easily check to see if process are still around with the ps command grep with python3. If you do find a process hanging, then you can easily kill it with kill normally or kill -9. Once all Cabernet processes are down, you can try starting it again.

Dan Schmidt

First of all - thank you so much for the project, I have enjoyed it!

My issue:

My tuners all seem to get "stuck on."


2022-11-22 09:59:30,061-WARNING:stream All tuners already in use [PlutoTV][default]

This is new - didn't seem to have this issue before. (I use the development builds from the Debian channel) Ctrl-c to kill tvh_main.py, and the processes keep running. Restart tvheadend - no difference. Have to killall phthon3 before I can launch it again. Anybody else having this issue? Thkx

G Kazaroth

I'm back. Looks like we have a number of issues in Github. Will try to work through those today. As for the PlutoTV tuner issue, some people do have this issue, but we have yet to get enough info to fix it. Here is the link to the issue.
https://github.com/cabernetwork/cabernet/issues/14 Temporary workaround for the issue. First, increase the number of tuners available in Cabernet under the PlutoTV settings tab. Additionally, you can also schedule Cabernet to periodically restart by setting a scheduled task in
Scheduled Tasks > Applications > Restart

Something like once a week might be what is needed.

Also working on a number of fixes, so stay tuned.

Dan Schmidt

Excellent, thanks! Another question for the group:

Anybody made a good startup script to launch tvh_main.py?

Ron L

https://github.com/cabernetwork/cabernet/raw/master/lib/tvheadend/service/Unix/cabernet.service

Dan Schmidt

I should have looked harder, thanks Ron.

I'll offer my meager two cents for others thinking to try this project: It did not work well on my LibreElec Pi 2 & 3. Rewind/resume did not work unless trans-coded first. A lightning storm fried them so I switched to hacked chromeboxes which fixed this issue quite nicely and was cheaper than Pi.

john tocher

Nice to see that cabernet.service file. Looks way better than the one I wrote to get my setup working as a service, Kind of a double coincidence, I just had ustvgo working again and the very next day, gone for good it seems. Oh well. The idea of it was always more satisfying than actually trying to watch it with all the buffering.

I have been reinstalling. This time I got the docker container installed but for some reason could never quite get it to actually work. That is when I decided running cabernet as a service on the host was probably easier than learning more about docker.

This time i have been switching back and forth between tvheadend and nextpvr. tvheadend def seems to be more robust but I like the way nextpvr fetches fanart and such, and how it is displayed in the arctic horizon skin. However, nextpvr seems to totally fail playing VOD. I love being able to start many things after the actual start time. But it seems like when it gets to the time where the next movie would start nextpvr stops playing the movie. It just quits. I'm not sure if anybody has a workaround or solution for this. I suppose I will be asking about it in the nextpvr forum.

The other thing that is more of a cabernet thing is how I don't like seeing channel numbers twice. One for the kodi interface and one which cabernet includes with the stream title. I'm sure this has something to do with the epg, because any time I turn it off I can't seem to get the epg data to sync up. I did come up with a work around using xteve. It involves mapping the channels in xteve and then renaming them, removing the number. cabernet ---> xteve ---> tvheadend. It's a big kludge but was the only thing I could think of. It would be easier I suppose to just accept the double numbers. But I got a hard head.

So two question...

1. has anybody figured out how to use nextpvr and have VOD work?

2. how about those numbers? Is it possible to turn them off and avoid my kludge with xteve?

Thanks again for Cabernet. I really enjoy using it. Sometimes I just want to put something on and many of the channels are well curated.

Cheers,
John T

G Kazaroth

Looks like USTVGO is no more. Will need to pick a new plugin to replace it. Best if it was not a subscription based provider.

Also for John. The numbers can be removed through the settings. Just increase the settings view and it should appear. The reason I had is default on is that I have many Comet stations all with the name Comet and it was hard to tell which one was which and I did not want them multiplexed. That is really no longer the case, so will probably make is default to off.

Martin Runneals

I see at the link https://i.mjh.nz/ in the /frndly_tv/ folder there is a app.json file and app.json.gz file. how are these uses? This looks the channels I want. Hallmark, decades and hereos and icons. I don't see m3u files in some of the folders does the app.json somehow replace the m3u file?.

G Kazaroth

frndly tv is a subscription service which costs a minimum of $6.99 a month. The json only provides the channel list and not any info as to how to connect, so it won't be effective using it. So, in short, it would not work to use the json even if a plugin was available.

G Kazaroth

To John on VOD. What VOD does different from regular streams is that VOD has the entire movie or show ready from the provider at the start. Cabernet queues it up and will send the stream as fast as the DVR requests it. For TVH, it will squelch the stream after a short buffer. VLC also squelches the stream. I have used the Linux WGET command to pull the entire contents and it does not squelch. A two hour movie takes about 3 minutes to download using WGET from Cabernet with my internet.

If you turn on logging to Info or Notice, you will see the rate at which 6 second packets are being sent to the DVR. That along with the NextPVR log should give you info as to what is happening.

Robert Coupee

Can you provide details of how you do a WGET? What url do you do use?

Thanks.

G Kazaroth

Here is what I do. This will be for the XUMO provider. First, the VOD channels are listed in the Channel Editor on the last column. Just filter to VOD. Next to get the channel URLs, you can use the channels.m3u or lineup.json based on the format you like. For me, I will use the channels.m3u. The URL is http://IPADDRESS:6077/xumo/channels.m3u Place results in an editor and under each #EXTINF: is a URL for that channel. The channel name is on the end. I pick the "The Johnny Carson Show" with a URL of
http://IPADDRESS:5004/XUMO/watch/99991157 Now to request the stream using WGET.


wget -O tmp.ts http://IPADDRESS:5004/XUMO/watch/99991157

The display will show you are getting data downloaded to the file from Cabernet. This will continue for about 1-2 minutes and then the data rate will fall to "--.-KB/s". When this happens, the file has been downloaded. You can CTRL-C out of the wget command and use the file. The file for this show is about 45 minutes and about 250MB. VLC opens it no matter what the trailer is on the file...

A Cabernet update with USTVGO removed should be out soon. The new plugin info will be tracked under issue:
https://github.com/cabernetwork/cabernet/issues/35

G Kazaroth

0.9.7.6 released.
It will run with USTVGO cached data, but some cleanup would be helpful after the update.
# Edit config.ini and remove any ustvgo sections
# Remove the folder provider_video_ustvgo from the plugins folder and all its contents
# From the 6077 website, go to Data Mgmt
# Within Delete Instance, go to the pull down and select each USTVGO instance and click Delete
# Within Reset Scheduler Tasks, go to the pull down and select USTVGO then click Reset

# restart Cabernet

If this is too complex, I could add a script to go through and do this during the updates; however, I found file permissions may make it difficult to remove all USTVGO files.

Dan Schmidt

Quick yes/no - Does the EPG still come from https://i.mjh.nz/PlutoTV/? (If so, I really should buy the guy a coffee)

G Kazaroth

EPG for the PlutoTV plugin comes from PlutoTV and not from a foreign website.

Dan Schmidt

Thkx & let me know if U put up "buy me a coffee/beer" page

G Kazaroth

0.9.8.0 Added 123TV plugin
The release notes indicate the details on how best to add the plugin and other information. In general, the channels are working fairly good. EPG data is iffy on some of the channels, so a default set of EPG is currently being used...
This plugin is using the tvguide data to some degree. I have some ideas on creating a EPG plugin enhancement. stay tuned for that.

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