Domotiga/XMLTV

XMLTV Support

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As of version 0.1.183 we finally have a integrated TV Guide in DomotiGa, thanks to Kris Wauters.

He also pointed me to a better guide grabber called mc2xml, it uses Microsoft's database. It's license prohibits shipping it with any other software, but you can download and install it yourself with the notes below.

But DomotiGa's TV Guide can use any XMLTV compatible source, just enter your grabber command line and XML file location into the tv guide settings.

Install mc2xml

Download the mc2xml linux executable from  here and place it into the ~/domotiga/tvguide directory. 

$ cd ~domotiga/tvguide
$ cp ~/Downloads/mc2xml .
$ chmod 700
$ ./mc2xml -c <country> -g <postalcode>

For my location this is: 

$ ./mc2xml -c nl -g 3318
Loading ..... : mc2xml (c) <mc2xml@gmail.com> (v1.0)
Reminder .... : Unauthorized redistribution prohibited.
Reminder .... : If this software is useful, please donate!
Connecting .. : microsoft.com

Select lineup: 

  0: Analoge antenne nog niet in kaart gebracht (TER)
  1: Analoge kabeltelevisie nog niet in kaart gebracht (CAB)
  2: Analoge satelliet nog niet in kaart gebracht (SAT)
  3: Canal Digitaal (SAT)
  4: Digitale TV van KPN (TER)
  5: Digitale kabeltelevisie nog niet in kaart gebracht (CAB)
  6: Digitale satelliet nog niet in kaart gebracht (SAT)
  7: Digitale terrestri�le nog niet in kaart gebracht (TER)
  8: Digitenne (TER)
  9: UPC - digitaal (CAB)
 10: UPC analoog - Dordrecht (CAB)
 11: Ziggo Digitaal (CAB)

[mc2xml] (0-11): 9

Downloading . : microsoft.com
Downloaded .. : 566720 bytes in 3s
Source ...... : BDS
Headend ..... : 6500009
Version ..... : 2735576898
Start time .. : 2010-02-21T00:00:00 UTC
End time .... : 2010-03-07T23:55:00 UTC
Parsing ..... : UPC - digitaal
Writing ..... : xmltv.xml
Writing ..... : mc2xml.dat
Completed ... : 10901397 bytes in 39s, 140 channels, 20479 programs scheduled.

Now setup tv guide in DomotiGa's settings. Enabled the module. XML Grab Command String: 

/home/ron/domotiga/tvguide/mc2xml -c nl -g 3318 -D /home/ron/domotiga/tvguide/mc2xml.dat -o /home/ron/domotiga/tvguide/tvguide.xml

XML File: 

/home/ron/domotiga/tvguide/tvguide.xml

Click save.

For testing and first time usage from within DomotiGa you need to add -f to the XML Grab Command String, to force downloading and parsing. You can remove it after your guide is setup and working. Now you can download and parse the XML tv guide by clicking on the Import Guide button. Follow the result by watching your debug log. 

2010/02/21 13:49:47 [TVGuide] Started grabbing XML with '/home/ron/domotiga/tvguide/mc2xml -c nl -g 3318 -f -D /home/ron/domotiga/tvguide/mc2xml.dat -o /home/ron/domotiga/tvguide/tvguide.xml'.
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] EPG - Valid from:  2010-02-21T00:00:00 UTC
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] EPG - Valid until:  2010-03-07T23:55:00 UTC
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Identifier:  UPC - digitaal
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Parsing XML file ...
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 10
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 20
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 30
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 40
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 50
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 60
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 70
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 80
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 90
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 100
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 110
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 120
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 130
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Channels so far: 140
2010/02/21 13:49:56 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 1
2010/02/21 13:49:57 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 1000
2010/02/21 13:49:57 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 2000
2010/02/21 13:49:58 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 3000
2010/02/21 13:49:59 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 4000
2010/02/21 13:50:00 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 5000
2010/02/21 13:50:01 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 6000
2010/02/21 13:50:02 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 7000
2010/02/21 13:50:02 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 8000
2010/02/21 13:50:03 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 9000
2010/02/21 13:50:04 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 10000
2010/02/21 13:50:05 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 11000
2010/02/21 13:50:05 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 12000
2010/02/21 13:50:06 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 13000
2010/02/21 13:50:07 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 14000
2010/02/21 13:50:07 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 15000
2010/02/21 13:50:08 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 16000
2010/02/21 13:50:09 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 17000
2010/02/21 13:50:10 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 18000
2010/02/21 13:50:10 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 19000
2010/02/21 13:50:11 [TVGuide] Processing XML file ... Programs so far: 20000
2010/02/21 13:50:11 [TVGuide] Processing Categories ...
2010/02/21 13:50:11 [TVGuide] Summary: Finished. 140 Channels, 44 Main Categories and 20479 Programs processed !

NOTE: this is currently integrated into DomotiGa but will be split up into a separated script soon, so it will not interfere with the rest and you can run it from a cronjob at night.

After a successful import you can start to enable the channels you want from the TV Guide Channels menu, you can also assign channel logo's and color categories. If you have missing ones please mail them to me, they need to have the same image size at the current ones. They are located in domotiga/icons/tvlogos, if not copy them from your DomotiGa install directory.

Install tv_grab_nl (for reference)

This is not needed if you use mc2xml. 

$ mkdir -p ~/install/xmltv
$ cd ~/install/xmltv
$ wget http://home.tiscali.nl/~lteunissen/tv_grab_nl_C/tv_grab_nl_C-0.02.17.tar.gz
$ tar xzvf tv_grab_nl_C-0.02.17.tar.gz
$ cd tv_grab_nl_C-0.02.17
$ make
$ cp tv_grab_nl_C ~/domotiga/tvguide/

You need to configure it for your provider and channels, see the website or command help on how to do this. Place the resulting config file in ~/domotiga/tvguide/ Now you can fetch the channels and/or tvguide by clicking the import guide button in the xmltv settings window.

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