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RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - gillmacca - 2017-02-17
Let's see if any of you guys can come up with a solution for this.
In the uk, we have sky movie channels. Some of the channels change their names for a month or so (sky greats become sky star wars and then goes back to sky greats). I could leave it just as sky greats, but I like the guide to be accurate. I have no problem getting the listings, logo and changing the channel name (in the xmltv file), the problem I have is the channel will not appear in the categories under movies, if I change the channel name.
Now I know I can just add it each time they change, or I could create a separate channel and just hide it, and unhide the channel when the name changes, but I am setting this up for my dad as well, who lives elsewhere, and I'm setting it up so he can just use it, without having to change things.
Anyone have any ideas about this?
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - DarrenHill - 2017-02-17
How are you receiving Sky Channels via Kodi?
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-02-17
(2017-02-17, 15:46)gillmacca Wrote: Let's see if any of you guys can come up with a solution for this.
In the uk, we have sky movie channels. Some of the channels change their names for a month or so (sky greats become sky star wars and then goes back to sky greats). I could leave it just as sky greats, but I like the guide to be accurate. I have no problem getting the listings, logo and changing the channel name (in the xmltv file), the problem I have is the channel will not appear in the categories under movies, if I change the channel name.
Now I know I can just add it each time they change, or I could create a separate channel and just hide it, and unhide the channel when the name changes, but I am setting this up for my dad as well, who lives elsewhere, and I'm setting it up so he can just use it, without having to change things.
Anyone have any ideas about this?
The easiest way to have complete control over a remote device is to add the stream url for the channel into the xmltv channel element. That has been possible since the original TV Guide and should work in all of them.
eg
Code:
<channel id="BBC News">
<display-name lang="en">BBC News</display-name>
<url>http://www.tvguide.co.uk</url>
<stream>http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio_video/simulcast/hls/uk/abr_hdtv/ak/bbc_news24.m3u8</stream></channel>RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - TheNudeLion - 2017-02-18
Hi, sorry I am new to both Kodi and the Forum.
I wanted to know how long the fullscreen guide usually takes to update once launched, after reading a message about how long it took on Jarvis.
I am on 17.0, and it has been stuck on "Loading data from external source" for a bit, but did notice the message on the bottom changed to "Calculating remaining time..."
Just to note my computer is in the 100th percentile as far as hardware goes, top of the line. However, my internet is very unstable and slow
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-02-18
(2017-02-18, 07:07)TheNudeLion Wrote: Hi, sorry I am new to both Kodi and the Forum.
I wanted to know how long the fullscreen guide usually takes to update once launched, after reading a message about how long it took on Jarvis.
I am on 17.0, and it has been stuck on "Loading data from external source" for a bit, but did notice the message on the bottom changed to "Calculating remaining time..."
Just to note my computer is in the 100th percentile as far as hardware goes, top of the line. However, my internet is very unstable and slow
It depends on how big your xmltv file is. The xml parsing is done in python so it is very slow compared to the Kodi PVR clients.
Even on a desktop machine it can take a several minutes to load a big file with a few hundred channels.
There might be something wrong with your files or something got stuck.
Have a look in kodi.log for any error messages about script.tvguide.fullscreen.
You might have to do a database reset in the Settings or manually delete the downloaded xmltv file in the addon data folder.
userdata\addon_data\script.tvguide.fullscreen
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - kroken - 2017-02-18
Okay so im using this for libreelec on my box, how can i customize this so i only have this on my kodi screen? i want it to look lika tv box
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-02-18
(2017-02-18, 20:17)kroken Wrote: Okay so im using this for libreelec on my box, how can i customize this so i only have this on my kodi screen? i want it to look lika tv box
Startup options:
Settings \ Startup
Make your own skin:
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=282157&pid=2448861#pid2448861
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - TheNudeLion - 2017-02-19
(2017-02-18, 10:19)primaeval Wrote:(2017-02-18, 07:07)TheNudeLion Wrote: Hi, sorry I am new to both Kodi and the Forum.
I wanted to know how long the fullscreen guide usually takes to update once launched, after reading a message about how long it took on Jarvis.
I am on 17.0, and it has been stuck on "Loading data from external source" for a bit, but did notice the message on the bottom changed to "Calculating remaining time..."
Just to note my computer is in the 100th percentile as far as hardware goes, top of the line. However, my internet is very unstable and slow
It depends on how big your xmltv file is. The xml parsing is done in python so it is very slow compared to the Kodi PVR clients.
Even on a desktop machine it can take a several minutes to load a big file with a few hundred channels.
There might be something wrong with your files or something got stuck.
Have a look in kodi.log for any error messages about script.tvguide.fullscreen.
You might have to do a database reset in the Settings or manually delete the downloaded xmltv file in the addon data folder.
userdata\addon_data\script.tvguide.fullscreen
You sir, are the man!
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - enerdude - 2017-02-19
While we on the topic of the time it take for downloading the EPG data, this would be a nice to have, not sure how much work it would involve: I am using lab2 with tvguide.co.uk as source in conjunction with a email address to download 2 days of data of my chosen channels (about 90). Download interval is set to 24 hours. But every 24 hours I need to wait 3-4 minutes for it to download the data. Would it be possible to create some kind of background function to download the data lets say every (download interval - 1 = 23 hours in my case) so as to make the process transparent without the need to wait for the data to download while browsing the EPG?
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-02-19
(2017-02-19, 14:50)enerdude Wrote: While we on the topic of the time it take for downloading the EPG data, this would be a nice to have, not sure how much work it would involve: I am using lab2 with tvguide.co.uk as source in conjunction with a email address to download 2 days of data of my chosen channels (about 90). Download interval is set to 24 hours. But every 24 hours I need to wait 3-4 minutes for it to download the data. Would it be possible to create some kind of background function to download the data lets say every (download interval - 1 = 23 hours in my case) so as to make the process transparent without the need to wait for the data to download while browsing the EPG?
It should work on the background timer in Settings \ Startup.
If the Service Interval is less than the File Download Interval it should always download in the background.
That was the plan anyway.
It might be broken. Let me know if it is.
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - enerdude - 2017-02-19
(2017-02-19, 15:08)primaeval Wrote:(2017-02-19, 14:50)enerdude Wrote: While we on the topic of the time it take for downloading the EPG data, this would be a nice to have, not sure how much work it would involve: I am using lab2 with tvguide.co.uk as source in conjunction with a email address to download 2 days of data of my chosen channels (about 90). Download interval is set to 24 hours. But every 24 hours I need to wait 3-4 minutes for it to download the data. Would it be possible to create some kind of background function to download the data lets say every (download interval - 1 = 23 hours in my case) so as to make the process transparent without the need to wait for the data to download while browsing the EPG?
It should work on the background timer in Settings \ Startup.
If the Service Interval is less than the File Download Interval it should always download in the background.
That was the plan anyway.
It might be broken. Let me know if it is.
Thanks - will try it. Never even noticed that setting under startup
So I assume this background service is started when Kodi is startup even if TVGF is not open?
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-02-19
(2017-02-19, 15:18)enerdude Wrote:(2017-02-19, 15:08)primaeval Wrote:(2017-02-19, 14:50)enerdude Wrote: While we on the topic of the time it take for downloading the EPG data, this would be a nice to have, not sure how much work it would involve: I am using lab2 with tvguide.co.uk as source in conjunction with a email address to download 2 days of data of my chosen channels (about 90). Download interval is set to 24 hours. But every 24 hours I need to wait 3-4 minutes for it to download the data. Would it be possible to create some kind of background function to download the data lets say every (download interval - 1 = 23 hours in my case) so as to make the process transparent without the need to wait for the data to download while browsing the EPG?
It should work on the background timer in Settings \ Startup.
If the Service Interval is less than the File Download Interval it should always download in the background.
That was the plan anyway.
It might be broken. Let me know if it is.
Thanks - will try it. Never even noticed that setting under startup
You can also make it update when Kodi starts while you pour yourself a beer or make a cup of tea.
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - enerdude - 2017-02-19
(2017-02-19, 15:22)primaeval Wrote:(2017-02-19, 15:18)enerdude Wrote:(2017-02-19, 15:08)primaeval Wrote: It should work on the background timer in Settings \ Startup.
If the Service Interval is less than the File Download Interval it should always download in the background.
That was the plan anyway.
It might be broken. Let me know if it is.
Thanks - will try it. Never even noticed that setting under startup
You can also make it update when Kodi starts while you pour yourself a beer or make a cup of tea.
As in my edited post above, will the background service start when kodi is started? E.g. say I have the following scenario:
I used TVGF more than 24 hours ago and then quit Kodi. I now start kodi and watch a 2 hour movie in kodi after which I open TVGF, it should already have the EPG data without having to wait?
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-02-19
(2017-02-19, 15:39)enerdude Wrote:(2017-02-19, 15:22)primaeval Wrote:(2017-02-19, 15:18)enerdude Wrote: Thanks - will try it. Never even noticed that setting under startup
You can also make it update when Kodi starts while you pour yourself a beer or make a cup of tea.
As in my edited post above, will the background service start when kodi is started? E.g. say I have the following scenario:
I used TVGF more than 24 hours ago and then quit Kodi. I now start kodi and watch a 2 hour movie in kodi after which I open TVGF, it should already have the EPG data without having to wait?
If you turn on Settings \ Startup \ Update at Logon it should always update in the background when Kodi starts.
There is no visual feedback for tvguide.co.uk though.
I think there is a message in the log when it is done.
If Settings \ Startup \ Service Interval has passed since the last update it should update in the background.
It might be at startup or it might be later.
RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - sbougie - 2017-02-22
Can someone tell me where is the export folder when you export the channel mapping
Thanks