OpenDCT: An open source digital cable tuner.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by jpwegas

Not a firewall issue, they are both attached to the same switch. Neither host has a host firewall enabled.

And only one SageTV server running on the network at the moment.

This is my main SageTV server, won't it save the stream to one of the default recording directories? I know the Sage can write to those.

--John

We've also seen some performance issues with NTFS if it's being used for a recording location on a Linux install.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by jpwegas

I've been playing with getting a Generic Pipe working and failing.

I have OpenDCT running on the SageTV host with an InfiniTV and I can see the InfiniTV device in Sage and record from it, so my OpenDCT <-> SageTV communication is working. But the pipe config is failing me.

My opendct.properties device for my test device is:

sagetv.device.-518298344.consumer=opendct.consumer.DynamicConsumerImpl
sagetv.device.-518298344.custom_channels=
sagetv.device.-518298344.device_name=DCT-HDPVR2 Samsung-1
sagetv.device.-518298344.encoder_listen_port=9001
sagetv.device.-518298344.encoder_merit=0
sagetv.device.-518298344.encoder_pool=generic_pipe
sagetv.device.-518298344.fast_network_encoder_switch=true
sagetv.device.-518298344.last_channel=-1
sagetv.device.-518298344.stopping_executable=
sagetv.device.-518298344.streaming_executable=/usr/bin/perl /opt/sagetv/hdhomerun/samsung_wrapper Samsung-1 %c%
sagetv.device.-518298344.transcode_profile=
sagetv.device.-518298344.tuning_delay_ms=0

If I run the streaming executable manually, it tunes the device and I get an MPEG-TS stream to stdout as required by OpenDCT.

I see things in the OpenDCT wrapper.log file like:

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2020/09/21 23:20:44.931 | 23:20:44.836 [GenericPipeLoader-44] INFO  SageTVManager - The capture device 'DCT-HDPVR2 Samsung-1' is ready.
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2020/09/21 23:22:18.502 | 23:22:18.457 [ChannelManager-90] INFO  ChannelManager - The static channel lineup DCT-HDPVR2 Samsung-1 (generic_pipe) will remain unchanged.
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2020/09/21 23:24:24.924 | 23:24:24.881 [SageTVManagerShutdown] INFO  SageTVManager - The capture device 'DCT-HDPVR2 Samsung-1' is being unloaded.

But when I "Add New Source" in Sage, I don't see the new device.

Is populating custom_channels required? I don't want this pipe device to have any "new" channels, I already have a TV provider lineup configured in Sage for this device.

Been trying various things for a while now and I'm stumped.


--John

Edited: To be clear, this is with OpenDCT running on the same host as SageTV, and is a separate problem from the NON_MEDIA problem I mentioned in the earlier post.

No, just adding the device name to generic.pipe.device_names_csv= should be sufficient if you followed the directions for it to show up as a device in SageTV.

If you're comfortable with reading code, I would look up NON_MEDIA in the SageTV source code to see what other reasons this might happen. I believe you can also enable media server debugging in the Sage.preferences file to see more of what SageTV sees in its logs.

[jpwegas]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

We've also seen some performance issues with NTFS if it's being used for a recording location on a Linux install.

Filesystem is ext4.

--John

[jpwegas]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

No, just adding the device name to generic.pipe.device_names_csv= should be sufficient if you followed the directions for it to show up as a device in SageTV.

If you're comfortable with reading code, I would look up NON_MEDIA in the SageTV source code to see what other reasons this might happen. I believe you can also enable media server debugging in the Sage.preferences file to see more of what SageTV sees in its logs.

This is a separate problem from the NON_MEDIA error.

In this case, I am running OpenDCT on the same box as the SageTV server. No VM, No Docker. Just running on straight Ubuntu 16. The pipe device just isn't showing up in Sage at all.

Does OpenDCT do anything to "verify" the pipe device exec can run? Or should it be discoverable by SageTV just by having an entry in opendct.properties? Is there more detail if I set logging to DEBUG? I followed the directions step by step, so really confused why it's not appearing.

Thanks,

--John

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by jpwegas

This is a separate problem from the NON_MEDIA error.

In this case, I am running OpenDCT on the same box as the SageTV server. No VM, No Docker. Just running on straight Ubuntu 16. The pipe device just isn't showing up in Sage at all.

Does OpenDCT do anything to "verify" the pipe device exec can run? Or should it be discoverable by SageTV just by having an entry in opendct.properties? Is there more detail if I set logging to DEBUG? I followed the directions step by step, so really confused why it's not appearing.

Thanks,

--John

No verification on the OpenDCT side of things. You may need to restart the SageTV service on the SageTV server for it to discover the new tuner. That's about all I can think of.

[nyplayer]

I was able to get Telly to mimic an HdhomRun is there a way that I can add it to SageTV using Opendct ...? These are the TVE streams from Channels DVR.

<root xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:device-1-0">
<specVersion>
<major>1</major>
<minor>0</minor>
</specVersion>
<URLBase>http://10.0.0.75:6077</URLBase>
<device>
<deviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaServer:1</deviceType>
<friendlyName>telly</friendlyName>
<manufacturer>Silicondust</manufacturer>
<modelName>HDTC-2US</modelName>
<modelNumber>HDTC-2US</modelNumber>
<serialNumber/>
<UDN>uuid:12345678</UDN>
</device>
</root>

time="2020-10-04T05:51:35-07:00" level=info msg="telly is preparing to go live (version=1.1.0.8, branch=dev, revision=96424a4719f33de9c1b66d8d2186e0452e45a234)"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:35-07:00" level=info msg="Loading M3U from http://mediapc:8089/devices/ANY/channels.m3u?format=ts"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:35-07:00" level=info msg="Loading XMLTV from R:/hold/curl/CableEPG.xml"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded 231 channels into the lineup from "
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="telly is live and on the air!"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="Broadcasting from http://10.0.0.75:6077/"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="EPG URL: http://10.0.0.75:6077/epg.xml"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="Lineup JSON: http://10.0.0.75:6077/lineup.json"

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I was able to get Telly to mimic an HdhomRun is there a way that I can add it to SageTV using Opendct ...? These are the TVE streams from Channels DVR.

<root xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:device-1-0">
<specVersion>
<major>1</major>
<minor>0</minor>
</specVersion>
<URLBase>http://10.0.0.75:6077</URLBase>
<device>
<deviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaServer:1</deviceType>
<friendlyName>telly</friendlyName>
<manufacturer>Silicondust</manufacturer>
<modelName>HDTC-2US</modelName>
<modelNumber>HDTC-2US</modelNumber>
<serialNumber/>
<UDN>uuid:12345678</UDN>
</device>
</root>

time="2020-10-04T05:51:35-07:00" level=info msg="telly is preparing to go live (version=1.1.0.8, branch=dev, revision=96424a4719f33de9c1b66d8d2186e0452e45a234)"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:35-07:00" level=info msg="Loading M3U from http://mediapc:8089/devices/ANY/channels.m3u?format=ts"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:35-07:00" level=info msg="Loading XMLTV from R:/hold/curl/CableEPG.xml"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded 231 channels into the lineup from "
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="telly is live and on the air!"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="Broadcasting from http://10.0.0.75:6077/"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="EPG URL: http://10.0.0.75:6077/epg.xml"
time="2020-10-04T05:51:37-07:00" level=info msg="Lineup JSON: http://10.0.0.75:6077/lineup.json"

Very cool. Unfortunately, OpenDCT uses the fastest control path on all devices and for the HDHomeRun, that happens to be their native protocol. It doesn't know to expect HDHomeRun devices via UPnP, so if it finds one it will not set it up. There would be some code changes needed to support this in a manner that would actually work. It might be easier to directly interface with Channels DVR using a new device for OpenDCT instead of using an intermediary. If there are others interested in having this, I will try to make it happen. I am intrigued, but can't really justify licensing Channels DVR for my own use at this time.

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Very cool. Unfortunately, OpenDCT uses the fastest control path on all devices and for the HDHomeRun, that happens to be their native protocol. It doesn't know to expect HDHomeRun devices via UPnP, so if it finds one it will not set it up. There would be some code changes needed to support this in a manner that would actually work. It might be easier to directly interface with Channels DVR using a new device for OpenDCT instead of using an intermediary. If there are others interested in having this, I will try to make it happen. I am intrigued, but can't really justify licensing Channels DVR for my own use at this time.

Would building Locast support into OpenDCT be a possibility?

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by KeithAbbott

Would building Locast support into OpenDCT be a possibility?

It depends on effort involved. This project provides more than I actually need personally and I thought the command line piping support would be sufficient for a lot of niche future wants, but I can see it is presenting some limitations. Although enough effort and creativity will get you around anything without code changes in OpenDCT, but you likely would need an intermediary to bridge them.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Very cool. Unfortunately, OpenDCT uses the fastest control path on all devices and for the HDHomeRun, that happens to be their native protocol. It doesn't know to expect HDHomeRun devices via UPnP, so if it finds one it will not set it up. There would be some code changes needed to support this in a manner that would actually work. It might be easier to directly interface with Channels DVR using a new device for OpenDCT instead of using an intermediary. If there are others interested in having this, I will try to make it happen. I am intrigued, but can't really justify licensing Channels DVR for my own use at this time.

Yea would be better of SageTV can Directly use the M3U from channels DVR ... no Problem was just looking for a way I soon see cable cards slowly disappearing. I more or less have moved from SageTV .. but others are vested in it ...

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Yea would be better of SageTV can Directly use the M3U from channels DVR ... no Problem was just looking for a way I soon see cable cards slowly disappearing. I more or less have moved from SageTV .. but others are vested in it ...

I see what you're saying. I've got baby #2 coming in December and really can't see myself investing significant time supporting this feature. I'll try to take a look at it some time in the next few weeks to see just how much work it would take to implement. If the bar feels low, I'll get it done.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

I see what you're saying. I've got baby #2 coming in December and really can't see myself investing significant time supporting this feature. I'll try to take a look at it some time in the next few weeks to see just how much work it would take to implement. If the bar feels low, I'll get it done.

Congrats on baby # 1 and upcoming baby #2

[hb4]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Very cool. Unfortunately, OpenDCT uses the fastest control path on all devices and for the HDHomeRun, that happens to be their native protocol. It doesn't know to expect HDHomeRun devices via UPnP, so if it finds one it will not set it up. There would be some code changes needed to support this in a manner that would actually work. It might be easier to directly interface with Channels DVR using a new device for OpenDCT instead of using an intermediary. If there are others interested in having this, I will try to make it happen. I am intrigued, but can't really justify licensing Channels DVR for my own use at this time.

+1 for this... Channels DVR has a one-month free trial subscription and beyond that if there were a way, I'd contribute $.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Congrats on baby # 1 and upcoming baby #2

Thank you! We've got a boy and we're having a girl. I think we're done after this one. Daycare costs more than my mortgage.

Originally Posted by hb4

+1 for this... Channels DVR has a one-month free trial subscription and beyond that if there were a way, I'd contribute $.

I really don't like receiving monetary compensation because I feel pressure to produce results when I probably should be doing other beneficial things like resting. I've got one other outstanding thing to look at for someone else before I'll look into this. From looking around the forums it does look like there is some indirect demand too.

[NetworkGuy]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Thank you! We've got a boy and we're having a girl. I think we're done after this one. Daycare costs more than my mortgage.

+1 Congratulations.

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

I really don't like receiving monetary compensation because I feel pressure to produce results when I probably should be doing other beneficial things like resting. I've got one other outstanding thing to look at for someone else before I'll look into this. From looking around the forums it does look like there is some indirect demand too.

When you have time to take a look, please let me know if I can help in any way.

Thanks!

[Telecore]

I would also be interested in a way to keep using SageTV to record streaming services (=cable replacement) like YoutubeTV with all of the SageTV benefits like Comskip, etc. Would this require a subscription to Channels DVR to access the TV Everywhere streams? Or is it possible to just enter credentials and access the TVE streams directly? Would recordings be limited to 720p (because this is on a computer) like with PlayOn?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by Telecore

I would also be interested in a way to keep using SageTV to record streaming services (=cable replacement) like YoutubeTV with all of the SageTV benefits like Comskip, etc. Would this require a subscription to Channels DVR to access the TV Everywhere streams? Or is it possible to just enter credentials and access the TVE streams directly? Would recordings be limited to 720p (because this is on a computer) like with PlayOn?

You would need to subscribe to Channels DVR ... Recordings are H264 some are 720P and some 1080 ... with Stereo audio.

[KryptoNyte]

Originally Posted by Telecore

Would this require a subscription to Channels DVR to access the TV Everywhere streams? Or is it possible to just enter credentials and access the TVE streams directly?

Actually, I believe that you can do what you are asking without Channels DVR, but you have to understand that you would need to login to each network individually, that's quite a job, even for the developers when they attempt to automate it.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

Actually, I believe that you can do what you are asking without Channels DVR, but you have to understand that you would need to login to each network individually, that's quite a job, even for the developers when they attempt to automate it.

And how do you propose to get this into SageTV ? I have 157 channels in TVE ....

[KryptoNyte]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

And how do you propose to get this into SageTV ?

I didn't.