no EPG after building package

Added by Ralf Brinkmann almost 10 years ago

I have testet the tvheadend version 3.9.2316 as recommended in the wiki •Building Tvheadend.

It worked fine for me, so I did the next step and build a package with
$ ./Autobuild.sh t precise-i386
I got the following output:
-rw-r--r- 1 ralf ralf 1227 Jan 5 16:43 tvheadend_3.9.2316~gc051d0b~precise_i386.changes
~~rw-r--r-~~ 1 ralf ralf 3968092 Jan 5 16:43 tvheadend_3.9.2316~gc051d0b~precise_i386.deb
~~rw-r--r-~~ 1 ralf ralf 2010800 Jan 5 16:43 tvheadend-dbg_3.9.2316~gc051d0b~precise_i386.deb

Then i did:
sudo dpkg -i /tvheadend_3.9.2316~gc051d0b~precise_i386.deb

with sudo service tvheadend start it is running.
Live TV is working, and in the channel list I can see the currently running program.
even more I can get the program information (program description).

But the main EPG (main menu TV - EPG) is empty. Even on the Webfrontend the EPG is empty.

If I stop the service, and run ./build.linux/tvheadend, the EPG data is filled immediately.
What am I doing wrong?

after packing ist shows 3.9.2316~gc051d0b

Replies (6)

RE: now EPG after building package - Added by Prof Yaffle almost 10 years ago

When you run from build.linux, what user are you running as? That's almost certainly the problem - when running as a service, you'll be using hts:video. Also, what EPG grabber are you using? If it's OTA, so long as you have access to the tuners then you should get the data (... eventually); if it's XMLTV, it needs to be configured as the UID as which you're running the program.

RE: now EPG after building package - Added by Ralf Brinkmann almost 10 years ago

It is the user ralf.
The grabber ist OTA.
I have had a standard tvheaden install before, there the EPG was no problem.

when I run
sudo ./build.linux/tvheadend
I have the same reult, no EPG. But what have I done wrong with building the package?

RE: now EPG after building package - Added by Prof Yaffle almost 10 years ago

Mmm, but I'd still look into permissions as the problem.

Running from build.linux, you're presumably launching tvheadend as ralf:ralf unless you're specifying -u and -g (ps -eaf | grep tvh will tell you). Running as a service, you'll get -f -u hts -g video.

What I can't immediately explain is why you can access the tuners to watch TV, unless ralf is a member of the video group.

However, running as a different user will also pick up an entirely different configuration - if you're running as ralf normally, then /home/ralf/.hts/tvheadend will contain the config files, versus /home/hts/.hts/tvheadend when running as a service. That means a different superuser (sudo dpkg-reconfigure tvheadend to change), different accesscontrol entries, different everything (inc. mux/service/channel definitions and what EPG grabber to use).

You can also look at /var/log/syslog and see what tvheadend is saying as it starts up and/or starts scanning - that will give you some clues. Also^2, you can switch on debugging in the web interface (double-arrow in the bottom right, then the little gear/cog that appears as it rolls up) to get more information.

RE: no EPG after building package - Added by Ralf Brinkmann almost 10 years ago

This is the log for starting as root:

ralf@SATdebianServer:~/tvheadend$ sudo ./build.linux/tvheadend
[sudo] password for ralf:
2015-01-05 19:24:03.529 [ INFO] main: Log started
2015-01-05 19:24:06.033 [ INFO] linuxdvb: adapter added /dev/dvb/adapter2
2015-01-05 19:24:06.048 [ INFO] linuxdvb: adapter added /dev/dvb/adapter1
2015-01-05 19:24:06.085 [ INFO] linuxdvb: adapter added /dev/dvb/adapter0
2015-01-05 19:24:06.087 [ INFO] dvr: Creating new configuration 'default'
2015-01-05 19:24:06.087 [ INFO] dvr: Creating new configuration ''
2015-01-05 19:24:06.088 [ INFO] CSA: Using SSE2 128bit parallel descrambling
2015-01-05 19:24:06.088 [ INFO] epggrab: module eit created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.088 [ INFO] epggrab: module uk_freesat created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.088 [ INFO] epggrab: module uk_freeview created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.088 [ INFO] epggrab: module viasat_baltic created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.094 [ INFO] epggrab: module opentv-skyuk created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.094 [ INFO] epggrab: module opentv-skyit created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.096 [ INFO] epggrab: module opentv-ausat created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.100 [ INFO] epggrab: module pyepg created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.100 [ INFO] epggrab: module xmltv created
2015-01-05 19:24:06.103 [ INFO] spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/tv_find_grabbers"
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_pt_meo created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_dk_dr created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_in created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_se_tvzon created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dtv created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_no_gfeed created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_se_swedb created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_is created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_ch_search created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_hr created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_it created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_huro created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_fr created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.448 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_combiner created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_es_laguiatv created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_ar created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_fr_kazer created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_il created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_fi created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_eu_egon created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_eu_epgdata created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_za created
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epgdb: loaded v2
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epgdb: config 1
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epgdb: channels 0
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epgdb: brands 0
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epgdb: seasons 0
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epgdb: episodes 0
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] epgdb: broadcasts 0
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ NOTICE] START: HTS Tvheadend version 3.9.2316~gc051d0b started, running as PID:14712 UID:0 GID:0, CWD:/home/ralf/tvheadend CNF:/root/.hts/tvheadend
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] htsp: Got connection from 192.168.0.143
2015-01-05 19:24:07.449 [ INFO] htsp: 192.168.0.143: Welcomed client software: XBMC Media Center (HTSPv8)
2015-01-05 19:24:07.451 [ INFO] htsp: 192.168.0.143 [ XBMC Media Center ]: Identified as user tvHO
2015-01-05 19:24:08.411 [ INFO] AVAHI: Service 'Tvheadend' successfully established.
2015-01-05 19:24:12.453 [ INFO] htsp: 192.168.0.143 [ tvHO | XBMC Media Center ]: Disconnected

WITH NO EPG

This is the other one:
ralf@SATdebianServer:~/tvheadend$ ./build.linux/tvheadend
2015-01-05 19:27:09.110 [ INFO] main: Log started
2015-01-05 19:27:11.817 [ INFO] linuxdvb: adapter added /dev/dvb/adapter2
2015-01-05 19:27:11.856 [ INFO] linuxdvb: adapter added /dev/dvb/adapter1
2015-01-05 19:27:11.884 [ INFO] linuxdvb: adapter added /dev/dvb/adapter0
2015-01-05 19:27:11.899 [ INFO] dvr: Creating new configuration ''
2015-01-05 19:27:11.900 [ INFO] CSA: Using SSE2 128bit parallel descrambling
2015-01-05 19:27:11.900 [ INFO] epggrab: module eit created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.900 [ INFO] epggrab: module uk_freesat created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.900 [ INFO] epggrab: module uk_freeview created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.900 [ INFO] epggrab: module viasat_baltic created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.903 [ INFO] epggrab: module opentv-skyuk created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.903 [ INFO] epggrab: module opentv-skyit created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.904 [ INFO] epggrab: module opentv-ausat created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.905 [ INFO] epggrab: module pyepg created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.905 [ INFO] epggrab: module xmltv created
2015-01-05 19:27:11.907 [ INFO] spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/tv_find_grabbers"
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_pt_meo created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_dk_dr created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_in created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_se_tvzon created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dtv created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_no_gfeed created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_se_swedb created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_is created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_ch_search created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_hr created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_it created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_huro created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_fr created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_combiner created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_es_laguiatv created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_bleb created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_ar created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_fr_kazer created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_il created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_fi created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_eu_egon created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_eu_epgdata created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.247 [ INFO] epggrab: module /usr/bin/tv_grab_za created
2015-01-05 19:27:13.868 [ INFO] epgdb: loaded v2
2015-01-05 19:27:13.868 [ INFO] epgdb: config 1
2015-01-05 19:27:13.868 [ INFO] epgdb: channels 0
2015-01-05 19:27:13.868 [ INFO] epgdb: brands 0
2015-01-05 19:27:13.868 [ INFO] epgdb: seasons 0
2015-01-05 19:27:13.868 [ INFO] epgdb: episodes 36220
2015-01-05 19:27:13.868 [ INFO] epgdb: broadcasts 36215
2015-01-05 19:27:14.204 [ NOTICE] START: HTS Tvheadend version 3.9.2316~gc051d0b started, running as PID:14818 UID:1000 GID:1000, CWD:/home/ralf/tvheadend CNF:/home/ralf/.hts/tvheadend
2015-01-05 19:27:14.927 [ INFO] AVAHI: Service 'Tvheadend' successfully established.
2015-01-05 19:27:19.000 [ INFO] mpegts: 10773.25H in SAT Astra - tuning on Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0
2015-01-05 19:27:19.104 [ INFO] subscription: 0001: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 4, adapter: "Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0", network: "SAT Astra", mux: "10773.25H", hostname: "<N/A>", username: "<N/A>", client: "<N/A>"2015-01-05 19:27:19.104 [ INFO] mpegts: 11934V in SAT Astra - tuning on Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0
2015-01-05 19:27:19.208 [ INFO] subscription: 0002: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 4, adapter: "Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0", network: "SAT Astra", mux: "11934V", hostname: "<N/A>", username: "<N/A>", client: "<N/A>"
2015-01-05 19:27:22.937 [ INFO] mpegts: 10773.25H in SAT Astra scan complete
2015-01-05 19:27:22.937 [ INFO] subscription: 0001: "scan" unsubscribing
2015-01-05 19:27:22.939 [ INFO] mpegts: 12421.5H in SAT Astra - tuning on Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0
2015-01-05 19:27:22.961 [ INFO] subscription: 0003: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 4, adapter: "Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0", network: "SAT Astra", mux: "12421.5H", hostname: "<N/A>", username: "<N/A>", client: "<N/A>"
2015-01-05 19:27:23.000 [ INFO] mpegts: 10773.25H in SAT Astra - tuning on Sundtek DVB-S/S2 (IV) : DVB-S #0
2015-01-05 19:27:23.661 [ INFO] subscription: 0004: "epggrab" subscribing to mux, weight: 3, adapter: "Sundtek DVB-S/S2 (IV) : DVB-S #0", network: "SAT Astra", mux: "10773.25H", hostname: "<N/A>", username: "<N/A>", client: "<N/A>"
2015-01-05 19:27:23.955 [ INFO] HTTP: 192.168.0.143: /1_0_19_2B7A_3F3_1_C00000_0_0_0.png -- 1
2015-01-05 19:27:23.959 [ INFO] HTTP: 192.168.0.143: /1_0_19_2B7A_3F3_1_C00000_0_0_0.png -- 1
2015-01-05 19:27:23.959 [ INFO] HTTP: 192.168.0.143: /1_0_19_2BA2_3F2_1_C00000_0_0_0.png -- 1
2015-01-05 19:27:23.963 [ INFO] HTTP: 192.168.0.143: /1_0_19_2BA2_3F2_1_C00000_0_0_0.png -- 1

For me the start looks the same until the line " HTS Tvheadend version ... runnig".
The one with working EPG
goes on with:
2015-01-05 19:42:35.753 [ INFO] mpegts: 11934V in SAT Astra scan complete
2015-01-05 19:42:35.753 [ INFO] subscription: 0002: "scan" unsubscribing
2015-01-05 19:42:35.755 [ INFO] mpegts: 11523.25H in SAT Astra - tuning on Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0
2015-01-05 19:42:35.837 [ INFO] subscription: 0005: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 4, adapter: "Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0", network: "SAT Astra", mux: "11523.25H", hostname: "<N/A>", username: "<N/A>", client: "<N/A>"
2015-01-05 19:42:41.407 [ INFO] mpegts: 12421.5H in SAT Astra scan complete
2015-01-05 19:42:41.407 [ INFO] subscription: 0003: "scan" unsubscribing
2015-01-05 19:42:41.410 [ INFO] mpegts: 11685.5V in SAT Astra - tuning on Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0
2015-01-05 19:42:41.491 [ INFO] subscription: 0006: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 4, adapter: "Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020 : DVB-S #0", network: "SAT Astra", mux: "11685.5V", hostname: "<N/A>", username: "<N/A>", client: "<N/A>"

I think the root version does not start scanning

RE: no EPG after building package - Added by Prof Yaffle almost 10 years ago

When you start it as ralf:

HTS Tvheadend version 3.9.2316~gc051d0b started, running as PID:14818 UID:1000 GID:1000, CWD:/home/ralf/tvheadend CNF:/home/ralf/.hts/tvheadend

When you start it as root:

HTS Tvheadend version 3.9.2316~gc051d0b started, running as PID:14712 UID:0 GID:0, CWD:/home/ralf/tvheadend CNF:/root/.hts/tvheadend

And when you start it as an installed service, you'll get something else - probably CNF:/home/hts/.hts/tvheadend. Here's my log entry from a restart:

HTS Tvheadend version 3.9.2333~g1027f29 started, running as PID:7031 UID:120 GID:44, CWD:/ CNF:/home/hts/.hts/tvheadend

Each config is separate. Each needs to be set up independently (network, muxes, services, etc.).

Then, to scan, the UID or GID needs access to your tuners, e.g.

ll /dev/dvb/adapter0
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     120 Dec 19 19:21 ./
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root     140 Dec 19 19:21 ../
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 0 Dec 19 19:21 demux0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 1 Dec 19 19:21 dvr0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 Dec 19 19:21 frontend0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 2 Dec 19 19:21 net0

Somewhere in all that is your problem; when you start as ralf, you can access the tuners and can scan. When you're starting as root (generally a bad idea), you can't. From what you said originally, starting as a service (which should be user=hts, group=video) also doesn't work, which it should - as you can see from mine, group=video should give the tvheadend process access to the tuners. Check the permissions on /dev/dvb and below.

Also remember what I said above about separate configs, depending on who's starting the process. If you want to test this, take a copy of your config (do it as root and use -a to keep the permissions and ownerships), and then start tvh with -c <path-to-existing-config-directory>. The -c parameter allows you to specify the config rather than using the default of $HOME/.hts/tvheadend.

RE: no EPG after building package - Added by Ralf Brinkmann almost 10 years ago

I have uninstalled everything, and installed the from scratch.
Now it is working, tvheadend is running with the user HTS.
The EPG is now correct.

As you mentioned, I have had to setup all mixes, EPG channels, Tuner, and user.
The worst is to disable all the not used services...

All is fine now, thank you for your support!

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