EPG grabber seems successful but no EPG

Added by manley mannerson almost 9 years ago

I've recently set up tvheadend 4.0.8 on Ubuntu Server 14.04 via the repo and set up my HDHomerun successfully. I have channels in Configuration > Channel/EPG > Channels that I can stream via VLC and the tvheadend-ng channel on my Plex server.

I'm trying to set up the EPG/PVR functionality but have come to an issue I'm not sure how to resolve.

I have an active membership with Schedules Direct and ran tv_grab_na_dd --configure, gave my credentials and saw that it pulled down channel info. I set Configuration > Channel/EPG > EPG Grabber > Internal Grabber to XMLTV: North America (Data Direct) and then removed the check from all boxes in the OTA Grabber (as none of the grabbers pertained to my region).

Nothing shows up in the EPG tab but when I check the system log, I see that it fetches the data from SD successfully:

2016-01-31 16:22:13.569 spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd" 
2016-01-31 16:22:14.189 spawn: using config filename /home/hts/.xmltv/tv_grab_na_dd.conf
2016-01-31 16:22:22.458 spawn: Fetching from Schedules Direct     Fetched 8129 k/bytes in 8 seconds
2016-01-31 16:23:00.098 spawn: loading data: ##################################################
2016-01-31 16:23:00.098 spawn: NOTE: Your subscription will expire: 2016-10-21T20:01:58Z
2016-01-31 16:23:00.098 spawn: Use of uninitialized value $newOutput in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/XML/Writer.pm line 473.
2016-01-31 16:23:28.410 spawn: Writing schedule: #################################################
2016-01-31 16:23:28.410 spawn: Downloaded 15245 programs in 74 seconds
2016-01-31 16:23:28.887 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd: grab took 75 seconds
2016-01-31 16:23:29.009 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd: parse took 0 seconds
2016-01-31 16:23:29.009 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd:   channels   tot=   71 new=    0 mod=    0
2016-01-31 16:23:29.009 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd:   brands     tot=    0 new=    0 mod=    0
2016-01-31 16:23:29.009 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd:   seasons    tot=    0 new=    0 mod=    0
2016-01-31 16:23:29.009 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd:   episodes   tot=    0 new=    0 mod=    0
2016-01-31 16:23:29.009 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd:   broadcasts tot=    0 new=    0 mod=    0
2016-01-31 16:23:29.009 /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd: grab /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd

This is repeated every minute until I change the Internal Grabber to Disabled (instead of XMLTV: North America (Data Direct)). I don't want to keep hitting SD for 500 MB an hour.

I also see in Channels configuration that there is no EPG Source available for any channel.

Is the "uninitialized value $newOutput" error a possible cause? What should I check to try to troubleshoot this?

Thank you!

Replies (5)

RE: EPG grabber seems successful but no EPG - Added by Mark Walker almost 9 years ago

Which apt repo did you use? I could never get it to work "out of the box."
Also which model HDHomeRun are you using?

Thanks.

RE: EPG grabber seems successful but no EPG - Added by Mark Walker almost 9 years ago

Have you tried restarting the tvheadend service?
I had to do that to get the EPG sources to show up in the channel editor (so the sources can be assigned to the channels).
Then I had to restart again and they showed up in the main EPG.

Of course, YMMV.

RE: EPG grabber seems successful but no EPG - Added by manley mannerson almost 9 years ago

I installed the release version from http://dl.bintray.com/tvheadend/deb as described on the page linked to from the download link in the menu at the top of the page.

The tuner is an HDHomerun Dual, HDHR3-US, going on three years old now but still works great. It seems to be doing well with Tvheadend so far, if only I could get this EPG issue beat.

I've restarted the server itself several times, though never just restarting the service. I'll stat there and keep plugging away.

Thanks for your help!

RE: EPG grabber seems successful but no EPG - Added by manley mannerson almost 9 years ago

Ok, it's working now!

I re-enabled the "XMLTV: North America (Data Direct)" option in my EPG settings, rebooted the server. System log said EPG downloaded once instead of re-downloading it every minute. I went to the Channels settings and I could now add EPG sources to each channel. After setting them all up I rebooted again and a moment later had EPG.

Thank you for the suggestions, Mark. I may not have so diligently rebooted after each move without your advice.

RE: EPG grabber seems successful but no EPG - Added by Mark Walker almost 9 years ago

You're welcome, good to hear it's working.

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