EPG database structure¶

This page is a work-in-progress to document the internal EPG database structure in tvh.

The "HTSP" column indicates the name of the field in the HTSP event message.

The "Populated from" columns indicate which EPG grabbers can populate that field.

• Table of contents
• EPG database structure
  • Brand object - epg_brand_t
  • Season object - epg_season_t
  • Episode object - epg_episode_t
    • Episode numbering object - epg_episode_num_t:
  • Broadcast object - epg_broadcast_t
  • SeriesLink object - epg_serieslink_t

Brand object - epg_brand_t¶

					Populated from
Field	Type	Description	HTSP		DVB EIT	OpenTV	XML TV	PyEPG
id	uint32_t	Internal ID	brandId
uri	char*	Unique ID (from grabber)
title	lang_str_t*	Brand name
summary	lang_str_t*	Brand summary
season_count	uint16_t	Total number of seasons
image	char*	Brand image
seasons	epg_season_list_t	Season list
episodes	epg_episode_list_t	Episode list

Season object - epg_season_t¶

					Populated from
Field	Type	Description	HTSP		DVB EIT	OpenTV	XML TV	PyEPG
id	uint32_t	Internal ID	seasonId
uri	char*	Unique ID (from grabber)
summary	lang_str_t*	Season summary
number	uint16_t	The season number
episode_count	uint16_t	Total number of episodes
image	char*	Season image
brand	epg_brand_t	Parent brand
episodes	epg_episode_list_t	Episode list

Episode object - epg_episode_t¶

					Populated from
Field	Type	Description	HTSP		DVB EIT	OpenTV	XML TV	PyEPG
id	uint32_t	Internal ID	episodeId
uri	char*	Unique ID (from grabber)			Yes
title	lang_str_t*	Title	title		Yes	Yes
subtitle	lang_str_t*	Sub-title
summary	lang_str_t*	Summary	summary*
description	lang_str_t*	An extended description	description*
image	char*	URL of episode image	image
genre	epg_genre_list_t	Episode genre(s)	contentType*		Yes	Yes
epnum	epg_episode_num_t	Episode numbering
is_bw	uint8_t	Is black and white			Yes
star_rating	uint8_t	Star rating	starRating
age_rating	uint8_t	Age certificate	ageRating		Yes
first_aired	time_t	Original airdate	firstAired
brand	epg_brand_t*	(Grand-)Parent brand
season	epg_season_t*	Parent season
broadcasts	epg_broadcast_list_t	Broadcast list

• summary/description will be replaced with the versions in the specific broadcast, if they differ.
• contentType contains only the first genre in the case where multiple genres are stored.

Episode numbering object - epg_episode_num_t:¶

This is for some back-compat and also to allow episode information to be "collated" into easy to use object

					Populated from
Field	Type	Description	HTSP		DVB EIT	OpenTV	XML TV	PyEPG
s_num	uint16_t	Series number	seasonNumber
s_cnt	uint16_t	Series count	seasonCount
e_num	uint16_t	Episode number	episodeNumber
e_cnt	uint16_t	Episode count	episodeCount
p_num	uint16_t	Part number	partNumber
p_cnt	uint16_t	Part count	partCount
text	char*	Arbitary text description of episode num	episodeOnscreen

Broadcast object - epg_broadcast_t¶

This object contains the details of a specific airing (channel & time) of an episode.

				Populated from
Field	Type	Description	HTSP		DVB EIT	OpenTV	XML TV	PyEPG
id	uint32_t	Internal ID	eventId
uri	char*	Unique ID (from grabber)			No
dvb_eit	uint16_t	DVB Event ID			Yes
start	time_t	Start time (UTC)	start		Yes
stop	time_t	Stop time (UTC)	stop		Yes
is_widescreen	uint8_t	Is widescreen			Yes
is_hd	uint8_t	Is HD			Yes
lines	uint16_t	Lines in image (quality)
aspect	uint16_t	Aspect ratio (*100)
is_deafsigned	uint8_t	In screen signing			Yes
is_subtitled	uint8_t	Teletext subtitles			Yes
is_audio_desc	uint8_t	Audio description			Yes
is_new	uint8_t	New series / film premiere
is_repeat	uint8_t	Repeat screening
summary	lang_str_t*	Summary	summary*		Yes	Yes
description	lang_str_t*	An extended description	description*		Yes	Yes
episode	epg_episode_t*	Link to tvheadend episode object
serieslink	epg_serieslink_t*	SeriesLink	serieslinkid
channel	struct channel*	Channel being broadcast on	channelId

• summary/description will override the versions in the episode object

SeriesLink object - epg_serieslink_t¶

This object represents a related set of broadcasts intended to be automatically recorded by a DVR

				Populated from
Field	Type	Description	HTSP		DVB EIT	OpenTV	XML TV	PyEPG
id	uint32_t	Internal ID	eventId
uri	char*	Unique ID (from grabber)			Yes	Yes
broadcasts	epg_broadcast_list_t	List of broadcasts