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XMLTV for NZ

Added by Bas van Rijn about 12 years ago

Hi
I am from NZ. The only way to retrieve epg data for the whole week is manually retrieve the mheg data (redbutton), convert it to xmltv and the let tvheadend read the file with an XMLTV script.
This worked fine with tvheadend 2.12 versions and tvheadend-Ekass

I have installed the latest version from tvheadend (3.1.665.gbae7a) turn EIT for all channels off and configured the script and checked update channel, number and icon.
tvheadend reads the (at least at start-up) but only reads title, start, duration and channel. There is no description details or details from other columns.
Programming via the electronic programming guide works fine, but I miss the description.

Is there anything that I can do?

Cheers,
Bas


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RE: XMLTV for NZ - Added by Richard Leckinger about 12 years ago

Bas, I've done a long form description (comment 7) of how I got the xmltv working for my NZ Freeview PVR here:
https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/boards/12/topics/1664?r=6053

Try this idea below before using my whole methodology and you might be sweet. Sometimes switching from EIT to xmltv won't let the database get updated.

I used the suggestion from this tvheadend wiki thread:
https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/boards/5/topics/5937?r=5971#message-5971
..and killed off the existing EPG database and restarted tvheadend, and all was well.

"So, I stopped tvheadend, deleted /home/hts/.hts/tvheadend/epgdb.v2 (the EPG database file), and re-started the daemon again..."

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