EPG on Canal Digital (DVB-EPG) Norway

corvy · 11. November 2018

Hello, I am on Canal Digital Norway and have successfully installed VDR 2.4.0 on Linux Mint, added patches for my CAM to enable dual decrypt patches applied.

But for EPG I only get the current and next program for each channel. On TV Mosaic/DVBlink I get all channels for about a week. On MediaPortal I had to select that all EPG data was on FOX HD to get the same. I read somewhere that you need to have a "modern" EPG scraper that supports getting all EPG data from a central channel to get all data. How can I do this with VDR? I have tried to install some plugins and change the settings but any plugin and setting just gives the same result.

Anyone have any experience with EPG distributed from on channel? Is there a plugin? Any other solution? And this is DVB-C.

corvy · 13. November 2018

Noone that can help me? I have tried everuthing to get EPG but still I get close to nothing. This is what I get; best case:

[Blockierte Grafik: https://preview.ibb.co/f4ha5A/Skjermbilde-2018-11-12-kl-06-54-37.png]

I have tried to install xmltv2vdr plugin but I cannot understand how to match channels to epg source.

What I have done is to download XMLTV from xmltv.se and I have it stored as norwegian_tv.xmltv in /var/lib/epgsources

Created a norwegian_tv file with the following information:

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file
14
hd.v2.no

This gives me the plugin in the GUI with the source but how to I match the channel to the guide?

Not sure what to do. The WAF is all time low without EPG. I am open to all suggestions!

TheChief · 13. November 2018

I never used that plugin, but maybe you have to assign a channel to that source?! (maybe "configure source")

corvy · 13. November 2018

Thanks that line is a log entry not a selectable option. I would expect there should be something below ---- epg source channels ---- in the first OSD screenshot. The XMLTV file contains the IDs but I cannot get my head around how I match it to the channels.conf.

TheChief · 13. November 2018

Sorry, cannot really help:

Maybe this could help:
https://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Xmltv2vdr-plugin

Or you can find any clues here:

Help with vdr-plugin-xmltv2vdr

corvy · 13. November 2018

Just another information. If I tune FOX HD I get 5-6 days of EPG. This channel is the one that sends EPG for all channels but VDR only maps EPG for FOX, not the others. This is where I would hope there was a setting to accept EPG for all channels from this transponder/channel.

seahawk1986 · 13. November 2018

You could try the eepg plugin: https://projects.vdr-developer…ugin-eepg.git/tree/README which is intended to handle similar cases for DVB-S2.

corvy · 13. November 2018

Thanks seahawk1986. I have also tried this plugin but I do not understand how it is supposed to work. It states in the readme that:

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the EEPG data is loaded into additional channels if they are specified in the eepg.equiv

What does this mean? I have looked in the eepg.equiv file:

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# Simply add a list of the channels in this file with the following format:
#
# <OriginalChannelId> <OtherChannelId> <ChannelName>
#

S13.0E-64511-6700-11517 S13.0E-318-13000-14601 BBC Prime
S13.0E-318-5200-3401 S19.2E-1-1024-9015 Rai Uno
S13.0E-318-5200-3401 S13.0E-318-12400-8511 Rai Uno
S13.0E-318-5200-3402 S13.0E-318-12400-8512 Rai Due
S13.0E-318-5200-3403 S13.0E-318-12400-8513 Rai Tre
S13.0E-272-6000-3 T-272-905-143 Rete 4
S13.0E-272-6000-2 T-272-905-141 Canale 5
S13.0E-272-6000-1 T-272-905-142 Italia 1
S13.0E-64511-8600-11733 T-29-514-1 La 7
S13.0E-64511-6700-11504 S13.0E-318-200-13831 Eurosport

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My channels.conf looks like this (example section):

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FOX HD;Canal Digital KTV:306000:C0M256:C:6952:1261=27:3347=eng@3:0:B00:1094:70:7:0
TV2 HD;Canal Digital KTV:338000:C0M256:C:6952:1247=27:3243=nor@3:6365:B00:6401:70:2:0
TV2 Zebra HD;Canal Digital KTV:298000:C0M256:C:6952:1291=27:3378=nor@3:0:B00:7065:70:6:0
TV2 Livsstil HD;Canal Digital KTV:338000:C0M256:C:6952:1069=27:3168=nor@3:0:B00:163:70:2:0
TV2 Humor HD;Canal Digital KTV:338000:C0M256:C:6952:1394=27:3418=nor@3:0:B00:153:70:2:0
TV2 Nyhetskanalen HD;Canal Digital KTV:418000:C0M256:C:6952:1395=27:3419=nor@3:0:B00:7148:70:15:0
TV2 Danmark HD;Canal Digital KTV:378000:C0M256:C:6952:1303=27:0;3299=dan@106:6368:B00:4068:70:11:0
TV2 Sport 2;Canal Digital KTV:418000:C0M256:C:6952:1277=27:3381=nor@3:0:B00:7018:70:15:0

How am I supposed to configure this plugin? It does not work by itself at least....

This is what is in my syslog:

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Nov 13 13:02:13 timeshift vdr: [29648] Attached EEPG filter to device 0
Nov 13 13:02:13 timeshift vdr: [29648] Attached EEPG filter to device 1
Nov 13 13:02:13 timeshift vdr: [29648] Attached EEPG filter to device 2
Nov 13 13:02:13 timeshift vdr: [29648] Attached EEPG filter to device 3
Nov 13 13:02:22 timeshift vdr: [29653] EEPG: setstatus 0
Nov 13 13:02:22 timeshift vdr: [29653] EEPG: setstatus 1
Nov 13 13:02:22 timeshift vdr: [29653] EEPG: Filter Pid:0x0,Tid:0x0 added.
Nov 13 13:02:25 timeshift vdr: [29653] EEPG: PMT scan idle
Nov 13 13:02:25 timeshift vdr: [29653] EEPG: Ended all processing
Nov 13 13:03:14 timeshift vdr: [29648] EEPG: setstatus 0
Nov 13 13:03:15 timeshift vdr: [29662] EEPG: setstatus 0
Nov 13 13:03:15 timeshift vdr: [29662] EEPG: setstatus 1
Nov 13 13:03:15 timeshift vdr: [29662] EEPG: Filter Pid:0x0,Tid:0x0 added.

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seahawk1986 · 13. November 2018

I have never used this plugin myself, but according to the README I would try to tune the portal channel (Fox HD) and let it collect the epg data for a while.

corvy · 13. November 2018

Thank again I will leave it on FOX for a while and see. My logs look interesting at least

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Nov 13 14:17:04 timeshift vdr: [31973] VNSI: Started streaming of channel FOX HD (timeout 10 seconds)
Nov 13 14:17:04 timeshift vdr: [32350] device 1 receiver thread started (pid=30092, tid=32350, prio=high)
Nov 13 14:17:04 timeshift vdr: [32353] device 1 TS buffer thread started (pid=30092, tid=32353, prio=high)
Nov 13 14:17:04 timeshift vdr: [32351] VNSI: Created stream for pid=1261 and type=8
Nov 13 14:17:04 timeshift vdr: [32351] VNSI: Created stream for pid=3347 and type=2
Nov 13 14:17:05 timeshift vdr: [30097] EEPG: setstatus 0
Nov 13 14:17:05 timeshift vdr: [30097] EEPG: setstatus 1
Nov 13 14:17:05 timeshift vdr: [30097] EEPG: Filter Pid:0x0,Tid:0x0 added.
Nov 13 14:17:05 timeshift vdr: [32351] VNSI: Audio stream change, pid: 3347, channels: 2, samplerate: 48000
Nov 13 14:17:05 timeshift vdr: [30097] EEPG: PMT scan idle
Nov 13 14:17:05 timeshift vdr: [30097] EEPG: Ended all processing
Nov 13 14:17:05 timeshift vdr: [32351] VNSI: Video stream change, pid: 1261, width: 1920, height: 1080, aspect: 1,777778
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] cAddEEPGEventThread thread started (pid=30092, tid=32370, prio=high)
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] --- begin invalid lock sequence report
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30103  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30103  -  *  -  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30103  -  *  -  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30103  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30100  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30100  -  *  -  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30100  -  *  -  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30100  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30106  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30106  -  *  -  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30106  -  *  -  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30106  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 32351  -  -  -  -  R  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 32351  -  -  -  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30097  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30097  -  *  -  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30097  -  *  -  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 30097  -  U  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  U
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 32370  -  -  -  -  W  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 32370  -  R  -  -  *  -  -  -  -  -  L
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] 32370 invalid lock sequence: 2 Channels
Nov 13 14:17:07 timeshift vdr: [32370] full backtrace:
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] /usr/local/bin/vdr cStateLock::Lock(cStateKey&, bool, int) calling ?? at ??:0
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] /usr/local/bin/vdr cChannels::GetChannelsRead(cStateKey&, int) calling ?? at ??:0
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] /usr/local/lib/vdr/libvdr-eepg.so.2.4.0 util::GetChannelByID(tChannelID const&, bool) at util.c:37
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] /usr/local/lib/vdr/libvdr-eepg.so.2.4.0 util::cAddEventThread::Action() at util.c:213
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] /usr/local/bin/vdr cThread::StartThread(cThread*) calling ?? at ??:0
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 at pthread_create.c:463
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 clone at clone.S:97
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] --- end invalid lock sequence report
Nov 13 14:17:08 timeshift vdr: [32370] --- THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER REPORTS UNTIL VDR IS RESTARTED!
Nov 13 14:17:12 timeshift vdr: [32370] cAddEEPGEventThread thread ended (pid=30092, tid=32370)
Nov 13 14:20:32 timeshift vdr: [32425] cAddEEPGEventThread thread started (pid=30092, tid=32425, prio=high)

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seahawk1986 · 13. November 2018

Are you using the most recent git commit for the plugin? Aas far as I know the changes in August of 2018 should have fixed the invalid order for taking locks.

corvy · 13. November 2018

I think I am on latest version:

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root@timeshift:/opt/vdr/vdr-2.4.0/PLUGINS/src/eepg# git rev-parse HEAD
c46be443988489780f993a47d23a42936b49d6c0
root@timeshift:/opt/vdr/vdr-2.4.0/PLUGINS/src/eepg# git pull
Already up to date.

haraldov · 13. November 2018

Hello Corvy.

I have the same problems as you and I use Canal digital kabel. Vdr support extracting EIT information (dvb-epg) from the incoming stream, but it is limited to how many days of data the eit stream has. EIT do not have all the program data as xmltv data has.

I use the xmltv data from Honeybee which I pay for, but it has EPG images and channel logos. But if you want to show the images in vdr with a skin you must manipulate the xmltv data.

Setting up vdr-plugin-xmltv is not trivial. You have done everything nearly correct, but I think xmltv plugin do not find the xmltv source. I am going to post a howto setup the xmltv plugin with the honeybee xmltv data.

Harald

corvy · 13. November 2018

haraldov That sounds amazing! Am and not afraid of paying for a service if it works reliably. If you could give me some pointers in e-mail or similar I would be happy! My email is stian ATT barmen DOTT nu.

On a sidenote I got help from Klaus Schmidinger on e-mail and he is looking into the issue. I think both ways with Honeybee and proper EPG fix would be grand!

Thanks for all help from all that responded

haraldov · 13. November 2018

Corvy

For a minimal xmltv2vdr setup you need to do this:

Source: https://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Xmltv2vdr-plugin

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1) Make a control file in /var/lib/epgsources with a name you choose yourself without extension. I named the control file "honeybee". It must be readable by the vdr user. The control file I use contain this content, because I want xmltv2vdr to read the xmltv file in /var/lib/epgsources. 

file
7
1879.honeybee.it;NRK1
1880.honeybee.it;NRK2
1881.honeybee.it;NRK3
2013.honeybee.it;TV2
2048.honeybee.it;TVNORGE

The names NRK1, NRK2, NRK3 ... are from the channelid tag in the honeybee.xmltv file. You can write a human-friendly name after the semi-colon. This data is ignored by the xmltv2vdr plugin

<channel id="1879.honeybee.it">

The channel id must not contain spaces.

2) Copy your xmltv file to /var/lib/epgsources. The name of the xmltv file must be the same as the controlfile with the extension xmltv. For me the xmltv file was named "honeybee.xmltv".

hts@vdrsrv02:/var/lib/epgsources$ ls
honeybee  honeybee.xmltv

3) Then you must make a executable file in /usr/bin with the same name as the control file, but it must be executable. In a minimal setup you need only need this content in the file:
#!/bin/sh

hts@vdrsrv02:~$ chmod +x honeybee
hts@vdrsrv02:~$ sudo cp honeybee /usr/bin/

If you want to extend this executable file to grab from xmltv source you can find more information here Grab xmltv and here grab xmltv2

After a restart of vdr you must use the vdr osd to map the channel id to the vdr channel names and setup the information you want to import.

Hope it helps.

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corvy · 14. November 2018

haraldov thank you

I contact Honeybee to get a demo xmltv file to try to set this up. This exact process I followed to get xmltv.se to work but I could never get the "use the vdr osd to map the channel id to the vdr channel names and setup the information you want to import" to work. I could not for the life of me understand how this was done.

Lets see if Honeybee gives me an xmltv to play with

haraldov · 14. November 2018

Zitat

"use the vdr osd to map the channel id to the vdr channel names and setup the information you want to import" to work

Sorry for being unclear, Corvy.

What I meant was to navigate in vdr menu to the xmltv2vdr plugin like this: Setup-->Plugins-->xmltv2vdr. After you have done this you must choose "epg sources"-->honeybee. You get a new menu where you can choose "update option" and "channels provided". In the menu "channels provided" you must map (select the channel id in the control file - example 1879.honeybee.it (NRK1) to the vdr channel name (NRK1 Sørlandet, which vdr writes to the channels.conf ( /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf)).

In "epg source channel options" you can specify what you want to import from the xmltv file (example category, credits, rating, season and episode...) and if you want to merge the data with the eit data or create a new epg for the channel.

Every mapping is written to the vdr "setup.conf" file.

.

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hts@vdrsrv02:/etc/vdr$ ls -l /var/lib/vdr/setup.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 vdr vdr 6346 Nov 14 08:31 /var/lib/vdr/setup.conf

hts@vdrsrv02:/etc/vdr$ less /var/lib/vdr/setup.conf
xmltv2vdr.channel.1879.honeybee.it = 0;5147;C-70-9-108
xmltv2vdr.channel.1880.honeybee.it = 0;5139;C-70-9-201
xmltv2vdr.channel.1881.honeybee.it = 0;5139;C-70-9-301
xmltv2vdr.channel.2013.honeybee.it = 0;5139;C-70-2-6401
xmltv2vdr.channel.2048.honeybee.it = 0;5139;C-70-6-410

haraldov · 14. November 2018

Some pictures:

[Blockierte Grafik: https://imgur.com/a/sJggo4F]

haraldov · 14. November 2018

More pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/aN3ahLb

corvy · 14. November 2018

Thanks this helps! If I now get a xmltv file to play with I should be ready to go.

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