CHANNELS DVR with Generic Pipe Capture (PLUTO TV as well)

[boukmandutty]

@Nyplayer do you get the issue every now and then where a TVE channel might take a few extra seconds to turn and throw up errors before it finally does?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

@Nyplayer do you get the issue every now and then where a TVE channel might take a few extra seconds to turn and throw up errors before it finally does?

Yes I try again and it works trying to see if that has anything to do with tuning timing... I am also going to try Raw as opposed to FFMPEG consumer.

[hb4]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Any reason why you are transcoding those channels ? I do a simple remux on 99% of my channels and the few I cannot tune I transcode ..

I think I was using this code that I copied from a earlier post on this thread:

c\:\\FFMPEG\\ffmpeg.exe -i http\://192.168.1.143\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/hls/master.m3u8? -f mpegts -codec\:v copy -codec\:a copy -

But I really don't know what I'm doing; Presently I am successfully making and playing back Sage recordings using that streaming executable code from Channels and ecstatic that I stumbled into something that works. Sage saves .ts files for me.

Is there a better ffmpeg setup that works? All I need to do is play Sage recordings locally recorded and played through a firestick 4K at the moment. In the future I will be playing them through a remote server to take advantage of a much higher speed download pipe than I am able to get here, and perhaps Xfinity cable TV. Here, I can only record two or at most three streams at a time using Channels and do not have access to cable.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hb4

I think I was using this code that I copied from a earlier post on this thread:

c\:\\FFMPEG\\ffmpeg.exe -i http\://192.168.1.143\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/hls/master.m3u8? -f mpegts -codec\:v copy -codec\:a copy -

But I really don't know what I'm doing; Presently I am successfully making and playing back Sage recordings using that streaming executable code from Channels and ecstatic that I stumbled into something that works. Sage saves .ts files for me.

Is there a better ffmpeg setup that works? All I need to do is play Sage recordings locally recorded and played through a firestick 4K at the moment. In the future I will be playing them through a remote server to take advantage of a much higher speed download pipe than I am able to get here, and perhaps Xfinity cable TV. Here, I can only record two or at most three streams at a time using Channels and do not have access to cable.

Looks like you have it setup correctly and working ... The limitation I see is your download speed of your internet ... nothing you can do about that you are limited by your download speed as to how many streams you can watch or record.

[boukmandutty]

I recently switched from windows 10 to a linux for sagetv server. I find linux much more stable and certainly much faster when using android based clients (nvidia shield tv).

My current opendct command looks like this:

ffmpeg -i http\://127.0.0.1\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/stream.mpg?format\=hls -f mpegts -codec\:v copy -codec\:a copy -

I tried the command @nyplayer suggested above:

ffmpeg -i http\://127.0.0.1\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/stream.mpg?format\=ts -codec copy -preset medium -codec\:v libx264 -f mpegts -

The playback was choppy for some reason.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

I recently switched from windows 10 to a linux for sagetv server. I find linux much more stable and certainly much faster when using android based clients (nvidia shield tv).

My current opendct command looks like this:



I tried the command @nyplayer suggested above:

The playback was choppy for some reason.

I could not find Linux install documentation ... I have an UBUNTU server the only thing missing is Sagetv. Maybe you can point me in the right direction.

Is this what you used ?

https://github.com/OpenSageTV/sagetv-linux/releases

i ran this ... everything looks ok.

sudo apt install /tmp/sagetv-server_9.2.8_amd64.deb


Just need help with OPENDCT ... found doc was easy ...

https://github.com/enternoescape/opendct

[boukmandutty]

I actually complied it from source then installed the .deb file.


I just checked though, and Stuckless has posted a set of v9.2.8.1 files here.

https://github.com/OpenSageTV/sagetv-linux/releases

The only thing you would have to do is to get java installed as described in the first post on this page:

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62985

And then install the deb. I sort of deviated from what you see there and went with the defalut openjdk packages. I used openjdk-11:

sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre

I am about to test out the version Stuckless uploaded to see how it compares to the one I have or if I need to compile based on his new source.

[boukmandutty]

Just saw your edits. Did you install the opendct 64bit deb?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

Just saw your edits. Did you install the opendct 64bit deb?

Yes but getting this error .... not sure I installed ffmpeg correctly. Channels DVR is installed on the same machine.
sagetv.device.3421340.streaming_executable=/bin/ffmpeg -i "http\://127.0.0.1\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/stream.mpg?format\=ts" -c copy -f mpegts -


15:18:25.758 [StreamLogger-552] DEBUG GenericPipeCaptureDevice - err: "http://127.0.0.1:8089/devices/ANY/channels/712/stream.mpg?format=ts": No such file or directory


EDIT Figure it out it does not like the quotes qround http blablahbla

[boukmandutty]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Yes but getting this error .... not sure I installed ffmpeg correctly. Channels DVR is installed on the same machine.
sagetv.device.3421340.streaming_executable=/bin/ffmpeg -i "http\://127.0.0.1\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/stream.mpg?format\=ts" -c copy -f mpegts -


15:18:25.758 [StreamLogger-552] DEBUG GenericPipeCaptureDevice - err: "http://127.0.0.1:8089/devices/ANY/channels/712/stream.mpg?format=ts": No such file or directory


EDIT Figure it out it does not like the quotes qround http blablahbla

Yeah it doesnt like the quotes that seem to work in windows.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

Yeah it doesnt like the quotes that seem to work in windows.

Thanks everything is working now next step is moving everything over my fav. recordings etc... Like you said response is much better.... but now to focus on football.

[boukmandutty]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Thanks everything is working now next step is moving everything over my fav. recordings etc... Like you said response is much better.... but now to focus on football.

I just updated to 9.2.8 from 9.2.6.

It seems I will have to configure my mappings from scratch. I tried to move over the Sage.properties file but it appears to impact my ability to install the plugins I was using. A couple of them fail and I think it is for for that reason.

I was updating to see if the new version might get the complimentary metadata search to work in linux. It seems to have stopped working since I moved over the linux. Let me know if it works for you.

But yeah football... and by that I mean soccer. Premier League returns next week.

Let me know if you are able to get fanart for new recordings.

[hb4]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Any reason why you are transcoding those channels ? I do a simple remux on 99% of my channels and the few I cannot tune I transcode ..

Is that because Sage likes .mkv containers more than .ts ones?

How does one do a simple remux?

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

I just updated to 9.2.8 from 9.2.6.

I was updating to see if the new version might get the complimentary metadata search to work in linux. It seems to have stopped working since I moved over the linux.

Perhaps start a new thread on the CMT search issue and post logs after the search fails and we can try to find the issue.

K

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

I just updated to 9.2.8 from 9.2.6.

It seems I will have to configure my mappings from scratch. I tried to move over the Sage.properties file but it appears to impact my ability to install the plugins I was using. A couple of them fail and I think it is for for that reason.

I was updating to see if the new version might get the complimentary metadata search to work in linux. It seems to have stopped working since I moved over the linux. Let me know if it works for you.

But yeah football... and by that I mean soccer. Premier League returns next week.

Let me know if you are able to get fanart for new recordings.

My search is working on cmt/linux Sage TV version 9.2.8.1

[boukmandutty]

You are able to get posters and banners?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by boukmandutty

You are able to get posters and banners?

I do not use posters and banners ... I thought you meant IMDB search.

[boukmandutty]

Figured it out... I was using the native openjdk java on ubuntu. I changed to the oracle version and everything works now. The metadata and fanart downloads, except for the banners. I saw where the problem with the banners has to do with the tvdb API itself.

@nyplayer -- Did you get any leads on the delay that sometimes happens before tuning a tve channel? I am wondering if a pre-tuning command is in order.

[hvymetal]

Still work in progress but here is an update compiled version of Xteve for linux. This was being excuted inside the SageTV docker for unraid.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjc...ew?usp=sharing

Fix I made if others want to compile for other OS
https://github.com/xteve-project/xTeVe/issues/288


Xteve allows channels to be tune via the channel number mapped via Xteve. Xteve allows for multiple stream sources. Then channels are assigned to fixed channel numbers associated to the XMLTV guide data.

Make sure in docker you map the port for Xteve and then you should be to tune the streams as follows but I have having trouble still with the audio.

streaming_executable=/bin/ffmpeg -i http\://192.168.10.175\:34400/auto/v%c% -b\:v 6000k -c\:a mp2 -ac 2 -ab 192k -ar 44100 -f mpegts -codec\:a aac -

Next step is get XMLTV plugin working and use the XMLTV file that is created by Xteve.

Also here is Bonus I found search on tvheadend forum for stream that ready to be used.

https://i.mjh.nz

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Still work in progress but here is an update compiled version of Xteve for linux. This was being excuted inside the SageTV docker for unraid.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjc...ew?usp=sharing

Fix I made if others want to compile for other OS
https://github.com/xteve-project/xTeVe/issues/288


Xteve allows channels to be tune via the channel number mapped via Xteve. Xteve allows for multiple stream sources. Then channels are assigned to fixed channel numbers associated to the XMLTV guide data.

Make sure in docker you map the port for Xteve and then you should be to tune the streams as follows but I have having trouble still with the audio.

streaming_executable=/bin/ffmpeg -i http\://192.168.10.175\:34400/auto/v%c% -b\:v 6000k -c\:a mp2 -ac 2 -ab 192k -ar 44100 -f mpegts -codec\:a aac -

Next step is get XMLTV plugin working and use the XMLTV file that is created by Xteve.

Also here is Bonus I found search on tvheadend forum for stream that ready to be used.

https://i.mjh.nz

How do you install XTEVE in Sage linux ?