Sage v9 Linux EPG from DVB

[s.bryant]

Hi Guys,

I've been running Sage on Windows since 2008 but have recently started to move across to Sage v9 on Linux. The setup and install went easily and I have a functioning server for my 3 HD300s using my two Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2200 cards.

The issue I have is that I'm not getting EPG data from the DVB-T cards. I live in Australia so the usual inbuilt Sage EPG isn't an option for me. On my Windows setup I had no issues populating my EPG from DVB-T EIT data. The data is there on the Linux server as I can use Xine to display it. I haven't used the Linux version before so I'm wondering whether the Linux version can populate its EPG from the EIT data? If it does is there any troubleshooting I can do? Or should I be looking at an alternative i.e. an XMLTV source? I'm running 9.0.4.252.

Thanks in advance.

[mwnswiss]

I have the same issue in Europe/Switzerland using DVB-C with HDHomeRun devices. The EPG works on the old V7/Windows setup but does not work on V9/Linux. I got lost in searching, not even understanding if it is related to the native layer or the java layer. See as well my bug on github https://github.com/google/sagetv/issues/58


I have a workaround now with XMLTV. Have a look, probably Australia is supported as well. See http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63249 for complete description.

[s.bryant]

Agree, looks like the same issue. I'm a loath to go the XMLTV path as I ditched that 18 months ago as the local provider I was using didn't have full coverage of all the channels.

Anyone else having this problem?

[Narflex]

There has been somebody else working on the Linux DVB code recently...they might be willing to look into this for you (I can't recall who it was off the top of my head, just take a look at other threads relating to DVB in the open source forum and you should find them)

[Fuzzy]

Alternatively, I believe Schedules Direct has started supporting quite a lot of regions.

http://www.schedulesdirect.org/regions

[echoes]

I'm one person who's been poking around the Linux native DVB code recently. I seem to recall the EIT data made it to EPG for me though before I configured my EPG import plugin.

I'll give it a try soon and report back - it will only be test for DVB-S though.

[s.bryant]

I got the XMLTV importer working as per the link. Thanks mwnswiss!

I still have approx 70% coverage of channels in the XMLTV data. I tried two providers and basically the same result.

echoes, Is there anything I can do to help test this?? This is currently running v9 on my linux test server so I'm happy to help debug. I'll just need some guidance on what to test and what logs to capture.

[echoes]

Originally Posted by s.bryant

echoes, Is there anything I can do to help test this?? This is currently running v9 on my linux test server so I'm happy to help debug. I'll just need some guidance on what to test and what logs to capture.

Sure - I'm in the process of getting some other DVB fixes ready for submission. I'll post back on here when there's anything to see or test. Apologies if it takes a while though - I don't get that much time to spend on this.