Where are the channels stored

Hi all,

Im a software engineer and I'm looking for a way bulk sorting my channels.

I'm thinking of accessing the config files and editing them, I found the channel tags folder but im cant seem to find where the actual channels are stored. can anyone help?

Replies (9)

RE: Where are the channels stored - Added by Baum K about 11 years ago

Hi Steve,

For example ,if you're using an Openelec distrib, you will find channels in

//openelec/userdata/addon_data/service.multimedia.tvheadend/dvbtransports

Each service is stored in a file.

When the service is mapped, file is updated with fields :
- channelname
- mapped

Hope this helps

RE: Where are the channels stored - Added by steve parry about 11 years ago

Baum K wrote:

Hi Steve,

For example ,if you're using an Openelec distrib, you will find channels in

//openelec/userdata/addon_data/service.multimedia.tvheadend/dvbtransports

Each service is stored in a file.

When the service is mapped, file is updated with fields :
- channelname
- mapped

Hope this helps

Thanks for the info. Although I still cant seem to find where the tagging is stored.

e.g.
Channel Tag : "MyTag"
TV Channel : "MyChannel"

I add the tag "MyTag" to the channel "MyChannel" but I cant see where that has been stored

RE: Where are the channels stored - Added by Prof Yaffle about 11 years ago

/home/hts/.hts/tvheadend/channels

This folder contains a series of numbered files, each one corresponding to a channel; each file includes references to the tags, e.g.

hts@Server:~/.hts/tvheadend/channels$ more 406
{
    "name": "BBC ONE HD",
    "tags": [
        3,
        5,
        1,
        7
    ],
    "dvr_extra_time_pre": 0,
    "dvr_extra_time_post": 0,
    "channel_number": 141
}

and changing to ../channeltags then gives the corresponding tag files:

hts@Server:~/.hts/tvheadend/channeltags$ more 3
{
    "enabled": 0,
    "internal": 0,
    "titledIcon": 0,
    "name": "",
    "comment": "",
    "icon": "",
    "id": 3
}
hts@Server:~/.hts/tvheadend/channeltags$ more 5
{
    "enabled": 1,
    "internal": 0,
    "titledIcon": 0,
    "name": "BBC HD",
    "comment": "",
    "icon": "",
    "id": 5
}
hts@Server:~/.hts/tvheadend/channeltags$ more 1
{
    "enabled": 1,
    "internal": 0,
    "titledIcon": 0,
    "name": "TV channels",
    "comment": "",
    "icon": "",
    "id": 1
}
hts@Server:~/.hts/tvheadend/channeltags$ more 7
{
    "enabled": 1,
    "internal": 0,
    "titledIcon": 0,
    "name": "HDTV",
    "comment": "",
    "icon": "",
    "id": 7
}
hts@Server:~/.hts/tvheadend/channeltags$

RE: Where are the channels stored - Added by Akos Sz about 11 years ago

Hi,

I was also looking for a tool which makes possible mass editing of channels, mappings, favorite list, etc. I am not a software engineer, however I decided to write an application for myself. It is almost finished and I think it is quite powerful in comparision with TVH GUI.

If you are interested I can share it.

RE: Where are the channels stored - Added by Prof Yaffle about 11 years ago

Please do so - why not - I'm sure folks here can help if you're concerned about licence/legalities. But there are a couple of tvheadend "companion applications" (tvhguide, the mobile GUI) and more must always be good. You never know - maybe it could be incorporated as an official application!