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C Island

Sterling

I believe CoreELEC uses busybox. The 'which' command does not show it is all. If you do a 'ls -al' command you will see that it uses busybox. Here is the output from a CoreELEC box I have.

CoreELEC:~/.kodi/addons # which bash /usr/bin/bash CoreELEC:~/.kodi/addons # ls -al /usr/bin/bash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 6 02:42 /usr/bin/bash -> busybox

BTW: I deleted my previous comments about using a python based tv_grab_url because it does not work on CoreELEC (the script would need to be converted to python3)

C Island

TVHeadend is implemented as a Kodi addon in Kodi. Writing a Kodi addon can be somewhat complicated for someone who has not written a Kodi service previously.

The good news is that CoreELEC has 'systemd' that can be used to create your own services which is pretty straightforward.

The directory containing systemd unit files is /storage/.config/system.d. There are some example unit files in that directory.

You can find info about how to create a service using systemd all over the web. Here is an example of a 'how to' https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/start-service-at-boot/

Sterling Rorden

G Kazaroth wrote:
> Looks like we are moving in the right direction...
> 1) The number column does require a number only and cannot use letters. If you use the same number, then Kodi will place the channels next to each other in the list (which is a good thing). Locast will still have the channel number in the channel name, so you will know which is the Locast channel. The ZAP2EPG may not add the channel number to the channel name, but I found this to be deficient since there are numerous channels with the same name (such as COMET). To fix this, I added the channel number to the channel name. I do this even with the Zap2It xmltv.xml file.
>
> 2) yes, you can update the top line of the file to point to the correct location of bash. If you could try something first. Try changing the line to a more portable text
> [...]
> and see if that works. If so, I will make the change.
>

> During my testing of a clean tvheadend install, I did also find that I had made a mistake on settings in the Network area. All of this is going into the configuration notes, but I need to let you know the change. If you edit the Network in TVHeadend and change the view level to at least Advanced, you will see "Re-fetch period (mins)" and is set to 60. There is no need to grab channels every hour, so the recommendation is to make it 1-2 days. One day would be 1440, but I would recommend something like 1460 or slightly over 1 day. I will update the default update rate in cabernet to 1 day and that should make it all work.

1) Thanks, I'll go with your suggestion.

2) I tried both "#!/usr/bin/env bash" and "#!/usr/bin/bash" as the first line in the tv_grab_url file. Both still have the line 6 error in TVHeadend. C Island confirmed CorELEC uses busybox but I don't understand the implications of this.

I changed the fetch period to 1460.

Sterling Rorden

C Island wrote:
> TVHeadend is implemented as a Kodi addon in Kodi. Writing a Kodi addon can be somewhat complicated for someone who has not written a Kodi service previously.
>
> The good news is that CoreELEC has 'systemd' that can be used to create your own services which is pretty straightforward.
>
> The directory containing systemd unit files is /storage/.config/system.d. There are some example unit files in that directory.
>

> You can find info about how to create a service using systemd all over the web. Here is an example of a 'how to' https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/start-service-at-boot/

Systemd looks like a little bit of a learning curve for me, which I'm willing to do if necessary.
Is there a problem with using the Python3 tvh_main.py in the autostart.sh file? I don't understand the difference between a service and using autostart.sh.

C Island

autostart.sh should work as well. I have used systemd directly but not autostart.sh. I think autostart.sh is a simple service run by systemd so it should work.....

Sterling Rorden

G Kazaroth wrote:
> Hi Sterling, I will try to convert the script to Bourne shell and see if that will work. Give me some time and I will get back to you.
>

> Sorry, but I had to let everyone know. I checked edit4ever tv_grab* file that you are using and he uses #!/bin/bash in the top line. However, his script has no bash specific lines in it; it is all bourne shell.

Thanks!

Sterling Rorden

G Kazaroth wrote:

> 0.8.6b has the updated script written in Bourne Shell. Give it a try and let me know.

That appears to have worked! No errors and a list of updated channels when I forced a re-run of the internal grabbers.

Also, for any CoreELEC user that comes across this thread in the future, the following autostart.sh script seems to work when put in the /storage/.config folder (I unzipped cabernet to a folder called tvheadend-locast in storage):

#!/bin/sh
(
sleep 10
python3 /storage/tvheadend-locast/tvh_main.py
) &

Sean Micklem

Hi, great to see you are working on this again. Could you perhaps explain a bit further what the scheduler does, and/or what is the advantage over the previous version? Or is this just an interim step needed for some future enhancements?

If I install 0.8.7 over version 0.8.6d will there be any issues, or will I need to adjust my configuration in any way?

Thanks!

Sterling Rorden

I had a power outage while I was on vacation. When I came back my Tvheadend box had rebooted but was having problems, didn't do any recordings after the outage, etc. I also lost all my custom channel groups on my client box.

I've got everything working again except for Locast. I get a no signal error when I try to watch a Locast channel, both from the guide and if I try to watch the channel directly. I get an unknown error message if I try to watch a Locast channel using the Tvheadend browser. I can watch Locast from the app on my Android box.

I can enter the Cabernet webpage and everything looks OK except that the Locast password field is blank (I don't know if this is normal). I re-entered the password and rebooted but it didn't help, and the password field is blank again.

Any recommendations on what I should do? Should I try upgrading to version 0.8.7?

Sterling Rorden

G Kazaroth wrote:
> You should not have to upgrade. Lets fix the issue first.
> First, the password is always blank since we do not send your password to the browser as a security reason.
>
> Much of below requires an expert level display. You can permanently change it to expert for now by going to the website > Internal > Display and changing the Display Level to 2-Expert.
>
> Also, lets turn on debug local logging by going to the website > Logging > and change the display level in the far right from 0-Basic to 2-Expert. Then go to File Log Handler and enable it and change the level to DEBUG. The log file will be in the <install>/data/logs/ folder. Restart the app and see what the log indicates.
>
> You might have seen a log entry indicating the locast account is locked. Check if locast locked out your account during the issue by going to the cabernet website > Providers > Locast and checking the login_invalid value (again change the display level to 2-Expert). It should be blank. If it is not, then the app got a message from locast that your account was locked. Try clearing the login_invalid field and restarting the app.
>

> The logs should indicate the issue.

The problem was I had a number in the invalid login field and I guess my account was locked (although I could use the same Locast account on other devices). I didn't try reviewing the log once that fixed it.

Thanks

Sean Micklem

G Kazaroth wrote:

> Well, ok. You asked for the data dump. I will try to answer the questions...

Thanks. These kinds of under-the-hood improvements are appreciated even if they don't seem to make much of a visible difference to the end user.

I was wondering, at one time I thought you had said something about the possibility of adding other sources besides Locast - was that something I imagined or were you still thinking about doing that? The reason I ask is because I saw an announcement that Plex added some new free channels, so I went to their site and saw that they have a guide that goes out for a week (https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/media/tv.plex.provider.epg) and they do actually have some interesting channels. It would be useful if those channels could appear as channels in Tvheadend but I have no idea how difficult that might be, or if that's something you'd even have any interest in doing.

EDIT: It appears that each channel has its own m3u8 link that can be found using the web browser's Developer Tools to monitor the network connections, but I would have no idea how you'd find those links other than by playing a little from each channel individually. And I also don't know if those links change periodically.

Sean Micklem

That's great, looking forward to it! Thanks!

By the way, just so there is no confusion, I do not now and do not want to install or run the Plex software, my desire was to see the free Plex channels that you can watch on the Plex web site appear as channels in Tvheadend. It sounds like that's where you are headed, but I've stumbled across several programs that do the opposite (make Tvheadend channels available in Plex) and that'snot what I'm wanting to be able to do.

Sterling Rorden

Just wanted to thank you for your efforts. I'm in a "If it's not broke, don't fix it" mode right now but I'll probably try the updates in the future.

Lisa White

Hey guys, I am in need of some help. I have followed the directions within this script and I cannot get it going. When I enter cabernet port 6077, my m3u list is blank. This is the message that I get within terminal when I eecute the script:

me@tvheadend:~/locast/tvheadend-locast-0.8.8a$ python3 tvh_main.py
2021-08-01 17:50:28,936-WARNING:main #########################################
2021-08-01 17:50:28,936-WARNING:main MIT License, Copyright (C) 2021 ROCKY4546
2021-08-01 17:50:29,951-WARNING:user_config INVALID VALUE (0) FOR CONFIG ITEM [locast_default][epg-episode_adjustment]
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/locast/tvheadend-locast-0.8.8a/lib/clients/web_admin.py", line 205, in start
WebAdminHttpHandler.start_httpserver(
File "/home/me/locast/tvheadend-locast-0.8.8a/lib/clients/web_handler.py", line 197, 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/locast/tvheadend-locast-0.8.8a/lib/clients/web_tuner.py", line 237, in start
TunerHttpHandler.start_httpserver(
File "/home/me/locast/tvheadend-locast-0.8.8a/lib/clients/web_handler.py", line 197, in start_httpserver
server_socket.bind((_plugins.config_obj.data['web']['bind_ip'], _port))
OSError: [Errno 98] Address already in use

Can anyone help me out? Kudos to the developer for writting such a brilliant script.

Thanks,
Lisa

Lisa White

Thanks for replying.

I rebooted my server and ran the script again. The terminal displayed the following: 2021-08-01 20:55:38,079-WARNING:main #########################################
2021-08-01 20:55:38,079-WARNING:main MIT License, Copyright (C) 2021 ROCKY4546
2021-08-01 20:55:39,317-WARNING:user_config INVALID VALUE (0) FOR CONFIG ITEM [locast_default][epg-episode_adjustment]
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/hts/locast/lib/clients/web_admin.py", line 205, in start
WebAdminHttpHandler.start_httpserver(
File "/home/hts/locast/lib/clients/web_handler.py", line 197, 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/hts/locast/lib/clients/web_tuner.py", line 237, in start
TunerHttpHandler.start_httpserver(
File "/home/hts/locast/lib/clients/web_handler.py", line 197, in start_httpserver
server_socket.bind((_plugins.config_obj.data['web']['bind_ip'], _port))

OSError: [Errno 98] Address already in use

I logged into port 6077 and now the m3u and epg is listed, but the m3u files will not play in vlc. I loaded the m3u list into tvheadend and the muxes appear but they will not save for mapping when I run the automatic iptv. I tried to enter the m3u manually but I am in the same boat as the vlc with the m3u not playing.

Is there a log that can be reviewed and where would the file be located in linux? I am almost there and determined to get this baby running.

Thanks,
Lisa

Lisa White

You are correct and I do have 5004 running tvhproxy. Where did you catch that info about 5004 in the terminal? I did not see anything about 5004.

Thanks
Lisa

Lisa White

Should I change the port within the web? I tried that and the stream is still showing 5004. I left 6077 as is. Thanks

Lisa White

Would you happen to know the linux kill command for the cabenet locast script? I tried the service command but it will not shut down. I have to reboot server for changes to take effect and it is becoming a pia waiting for the server to restart . There has to be an easier way to kill the script. Thoughts? Thanks you

Sterling Rorden

Locast channels are no longer listed in my Kodi TVHeadend client.
The Locast channels are listed in the TVHeadend web interface but I get an unknown error when I try to play them.
The login_invalid field is blank.
I made a recent change to my service.tvheadend42.service file to add the lines "Wants=time-sync.target"
and "After=time-sync.target" to resolve an issue after power loss.

I've enabled debugging in the file log handler. I didn't see any errors, it acts like everything is running fine.

One thing I did notice is that it thinks I'm in the Los Angeles DMA. I'm actually in the Sacramento DMA. I use AT&T Fixed Wireless Internet which is actually through cell towers. I guess Locast uses the internet IP address for location information and it seems this information is incorrect for me. I had brought this to Locast's attention and they resolved it at that time but it looks like the problem is back. I tried the Locast app and it defaults to Los Angeles channels (which will play). If I change my location to Sacramento it won't let me play the channels. I have not done a channel rescan in TVHeadend.

Edit: I logged out of my account in the Locast app and logged back in again. This resolved the incorrect DMA in both the Locast app and cabernet log file.

Sterling Rorden

Thanks. I put my zipcode in the zipcode override box and rebooted. The channel numbers in my TVHeadend clients are a little screwy now but the Locast channels listed do play. And not everything is showing up in the guide (both in my clients and the TVH web EPG) but the channels are still listed in the TVH configuration. I'll give it a little time to see if it figures it out. A rescan may be in my future.

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