UK TV Listings, Sage TV V2, trial

[newschapmj1]

Has anybody got the XMLTV stuff from the tv_grab_rt_uk to work
with Sage TVV2?

I'm new to Sage, have followed the links and generated an epgdata.xml file but can't get any listings to appear in Sage.

This now seems out of date for V2
http://mta.techno.org/epg/

Thanks in advance for any comments.

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Links:
http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...&threadid=1484

uk
http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...?threadid=2234
)

[nielm]

The instructions at the link were also out of data for v1.4.10 but the plugin still works. I am using the plugin from the UK forum to be able to get the additional actor info when i run tv_grab_uk_rt in --slow mode.

Obvious question to start with: is there both channel and programme data in your epgdata.xml, if not then it is not Sage's problem

When you configured the source, did you get a channel lineup with the channel names you selected for the grabber -- if so it means the plugin is probably working, but there is a possible problem with the data. If not, it means that either the plugin is not working, or the data is not valid.

Frequent problems are:
spaces or other special characters at the end of the sage.properties line specifying the epgplugin
editing the sage.properties file while sage is running/asleep -- sage needs to be closed!
capitalisation of the pugin name -- it is case sensitive...


Have you tried the plugin tester(s) (which read the xml file in the same way that Sage does, but via a command line, shwoing error messages)?
http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthr...=7250#post7250
http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthr...5744#post15744

[newschapmj1]

Thanks for the swift and helpful response.

I had a .xml file but if failed the plugintest.

After editing the channel names to start 1 BBC1, 2 BBC2 etc as suggested in a linl
it looks better
<--------------start----------->
java -cp .;Sage.jar PluginTester
<snip>
in addAiringPublic

in addShowPublic

in addAiringPublic

in setLineup

Test complete, result was 'true'.
<--------------end-------------


I'm now confused as to how to combine the datasource with the tuner.
(I'm assuming I now have a small set of valid data in the .xml file.)


eg Setup,setup wizard,Add new source

select my (only card) Hauppage WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
Use tuner on capture card to tune Antenna/Broadcast

2 options follow
a) Use Programming Data Guide with this source
b) Do not use programming data guide with this source

a) Gives 2 choices
Cable or satelite, please enter your zip code
Local broadcast over the air

b) gives me no options


What do I do to show the UK channels in my .xml file?

==========================

A different less important question is can you delete/hide unused
channels?
say you use 10 channels out of 60, can you display just the 10?

[m1ketuck]

Originally posted by newschapmj1
Thanks for the swift and helpful response.

I had a .xml file but if failed the plugintest.

After editing the channel names to start 1 BBC1, 2 BBC2 etc as suggested in a linl
it looks better
<--------------start----------->
java -cp .;Sage.jar PluginTester
<snip>
in addAiringPublic

in addShowPublic

in addAiringPublic

in setLineup

Test complete, result was 'true'.
<--------------end-------------


I'm now confused as to how to combine the datasource with the tuner.
(I'm assuming I now have a small set of valid data in the .xml file.)


eg Setup,setup wizard,Add new source

select my (only card) Hauppage WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
Use tuner on capture card to tune Antenna/Broadcast

2 options follow
a) Use Programming Data Guide with this source
b) Do not use programming data guide with this source

a) Gives 2 choices
Cable or satelite, please enter your zip code
Local broadcast over the air

b) gives me no options


What do I do to show the UK channels in my .xml file?

==========================

A different less important question is can you delete/hide unused
channels?
say you use 10 channels out of 60, can you display just the 10?

once you are happy that the plugin is working you need to got to;

add new source > Use Programming Data Guide with this source > Local broadcast over the air , Then enter zipcode as 00000

This Should then list XMLTV and you select it.

You shoudd then see a list of channels from your XMLTV file, if you are viewing overair channels thorough a tv tuner you will need to remap the channel numbers (for example 50 is C4)

Also if there are some channels that you dont want listed that are in your xmtv file you can deselect then at this stage

[newschapmj1]

Thanks for the suggestions on EPG data but I have not succeeded yet.

the data does pass the PlugInTester

Has anybody got a working listings file for the UK?
Perhaps I can load this up as a next step.

What I did:

from main menu, setup, setup wizard:
choose "use programming guide data with this source"
2 options:
Cable or Satellite
Local Broadcast

Select Cable or Satellite
Enter zip code:
If enter 00000
get choice of 4:
cband
directtv
dishnetwork
voom

If enter 'TRIAL' (no quotes)
Error connecting to SageTV server.
Please be sure your internet connection is established


If I select "Local broadcast" I can pick from list of US stations and it retrieves today's listings

Thanks in advance for any comments.

[m1ketuck]

you may already have this but this is how it is done

http://mta.techno.org/epg/

make sure you have the line

epg/epg_import_plugin=xmltv.XMLTVImportPlugin

in your sage.properties file aswell

[nielm]

Sorry, I missed this before... European (and probably everywhere apart from US and CA) users are better off using this plugin which does not need channelnumbers in the XMLTV chanel display name:


http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...4666#post14666