Tvheadend

Mario . wrote:

I've recently changed some elements in my tvheadend setting: I've switched on a sat-ip network device (octopus net) and I'm connected to my oscam server using dvbapi over TCP. I've to say that such configuration is even more stable and quicker than the previous (with two Tevii USB receivers). Thanks to all!

There is faulty point in my configuration: the opentv module of epgrap stopped to fill my EPG lists! I don't know if it is related to the use of a sat-ip adapter. My logs show that the opentv records are received but my EPG remains empty. The EPG entries of the eit module are present.

I'm attaching a relevant log where I tuned on the channel "NationalGeo" of sky-it where the data are usually transmitted. I hope it can help.

I'm seeing the same problem with Sky UK - all the channels which are on Freesat have EPG information, but those which are only on Sky* get Now/Next information (at best). I too have a Sat>IP tuner only now (Triax TSS400) but my old USB one died before upgrading to 3.9 so that may be a coincidence.

I had disabled all the channels on 11.778V to keep my services list clean, but have now tried enabling the EPG Background Audio service and mapping to a channel, when you tune to this channel the log shows the following:-

2014-07-06 18:07:58.840 [   INFO]:mpegts: 11778V - tuning on Astra 28.2ºE α
2014-07-06 18:07:58.841 [   INFO]:subscription: "127.0.0.1 [ XBMC Media Center ]" subscribing on "Sky EPG", weight: 150, adapter: "Astra 28.2ºE α", network:
"Astra - 28.2°E", mux: "11778V", provider: "BSkyB", service: "EPG Background Audio." 
2014-07-06 18:08:08.000 [   INFO]:mepgts: 11778V - scan needs more time
2014-07-06 18:08:08.725 [   INFO]:mpegts: 11778V scan complete
2014-07-06 18:08:09.490 [   INFO]:opentv-skyuk: channels complete

• mainly the Freesat From Sky services like Sony TV but also some other FTA services which aren't on the Freesat EPG but which are on Sky - e.g. Planet Pop.

Hmm,

At some point in the last couple of hours (I tried deleted the 11778V transponder last night and recreating it - EPG Background Audio is mapped to a channel and all other services except "IEPG data 1" are disabled) it's started getting EPG data - BUT all of it starts from the early hours of Thursday morning. Nothing between now and then.

Me again - I tried removing the epgdb.v2 file and restarting incase it was corrupted in the upgrade process, and happened too notice an epggrab running on 11778V this evening, alas it still didn't fill the gaps. Looks to be doing something for 4 minutes but getting nothing out of it.

2014-07-08 21:33:16.000 mpegts: 11778V - tuning on Astra 28.2ºE α
2014-07-08 21:33:16.001 subscription: 'epggrab' subscribing to mux, weight: 3, adapter: 'Astra 28.2ºE α', network: 'Astra - 28.2°E', mux: '11778V'
2014-07-08 21:33:26.235 opentv-skyuk: channels complete

# At approx 21:35 I noticed on the subscriptions tab an epggrab running on 11778V.

2014-07-08 21:37:26.000 subscription: "epggrab" unsubscribing
2014-07-08 21:37:26.087 mpegts: 11778V - tuning on Astra 28.2ºE α
2014-07-08 21:37:26.088 subscription: 'scan' subscribing to mux, weight: 1, adapter: 'Astra 28.2ºE α', network: 'Astra - 28.2°E', mux: '11778V'
2014-07-08 21:37:34.519 mpegts: 11778V scan complete
2014-07-08 21:37:34.519 subscription: "scan" unsubscribing

It could be related to an incorrect managemnt of the files in $HOME/.hts/tvheadend/epggrab/otamux/. I had such files from the past installation of tvheadend and with such files only EIT worked. Now, I've tried to delete such folder: even after some scanning, such files are not recreated and every kind of EPG grabbig stopped to work. Even EIT.
pohly (on IRC) has noted that: how does it get populated? I see that epggrab_ota_service_add creates entries in it, but epggrab_ota_service_add gets called from OTA modules like eit, which never get called because there are no muxes to be scanned - a chicken and egg problem, as far as I can tell. I'm really puzzled how this is supposed to work.

Fixed in the recent git tree.