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what are the permissions of /home/hts and /home/hts/.xmltv? What are the permissions of the directory it is linked to?

Joe User wrote:

what are the permissions of /home/hts and /home/hts/.xmltv? What are the permissions of the directory it is linked to?

answered in the order in which you asked:

drwxrwxrwx 3 hts hts 4096 Oct 10 13:08 hts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 hts hts 25 Oct 10 13:08 .xmltv -> /home/administrator/xmltv
drwxrwxrwx 6 hts hts 4096 Oct 10 05:34 xmltv

sudo su hts
touch /home/hts/.xmltv/xmltv.xml

Then if you still get the error try changing the permissions on /home/hts/.xmltv/xmltv.xml to 777

If that doesn't work maybe you might find something helpful in https://freetoairamerica.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/some-hints-for-getting-free-to-air-satellite-channels-into-the-electronic-program-guide-in-kodi-or-xbmc-or-another-frontend/

Unfortunately nothing worked. I am open to any other suggestions.

/usr/bin/tv_grab_file is chmod 755?

yes thats correct.

I forced it again, but regardless the error is the same as in the first post. Nothing works

Joe Rizzo wrote:

Joe User wrote:

what are the permissions of /home/hts and /home/hts/.xmltv? What are the permissions of the directory it is linked to?

answered in the order in which you asked:

drwxrwxrwx 3 hts hts 4096 Oct 10 13:08 hts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 hts hts 25 Oct 10 13:08 .xmltv -> /home/administrator/xmltv
drwxrwxrwx 6 hts hts 4096 Oct 10 05:34 xmltv

the "hts" user probably does not have permission to see "/home/administrator", so it can not see "/home/administrator/xmltv" no matter what its permissions are.

The guide assumed some [user] which is normally not "administrator", which is a special user.

Better to just put the ".xmltv" directory directly in /home/hts

so THAT worked!

But, please see the following output from tvheadend:
018-11-12 00:01:27.203 xmltv: /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: channels tot= 74 new= 0 mod= 0
2018-11-12 00:01:27.203 xmltv: /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: brands tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2018-11-12 00:01:27.203 xmltv: /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: seasons tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2018-11-12 00:01:27.203 xmltv: /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: episodes tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0
2018-11-12 00:01:27.203 xmltv: /usr/bin/tv_grab_file: broadcasts tot= 0 new= 0 mod= 0

No new episodes, or anything? The xmltv.xml file is FULL of data, yet this output doesnt seem to be reflecting it, nor does the guide in Kodi. Any ideas?

I'm guessing Tvheadend read the file just fine but it isn't associating the guide data with your channels. Now you need to go to the Configuration | Channels/EPG | Channels tab and for each channel pick an EPG source (refresh your browser if you don't see any). You may also need to set "Use EPG running state" to Enabled. Then go to the EPG Grabber tab and click the "Re-run Internal EPG Grabbers" link.

that did it! Thanks