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RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-11

Stream Search Tutorial

This addon is only for addons that frequently change their channel stream urls.
Use addons.ini Creator for ones that don't change very often.

Note: BBC One doesn't change much so don't use it in this addon in real life.

1. Folders - find an addon with a folder full of playable channels.
eg iPlayer WWW \ iPlayer: Watch Live

2. Folders - right click on the folder and Add Folder.
It is now in a list of candidate folders to search in.

3. Channels - right click Add Channel.
Call it whatever will match the channels in the folders you just added.
eg BBC One.

4. Channels - click on BBC One.
It should find:
BBC One
BBC One Cambridge
etc

5. Play the one you want.

6. TV Guide Fullscreen - link the channel:
BBC One \ Stream Setup \ Browse \ Stream Search \ Channels \ BBC One \ Save

7. TV Guide Fullscreen - play the channel and it should give you the list of BBC One streams.

Optional

* Import all the channels from TV Guide Fullscreen or any addon with an ini file containing Channel=Stream pairs.
Stream Searcher \ Channels \ right click \ Import Channels :
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen \ channels.ini


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-11

addons.ini Creator Tutorial

addons.ini Creator is a standalone version the functionality in TV Guide Fullscreen \ Stream Setup \ Browse

Note: If you add to addons.ini from TV Guide Fullscreen \\ Browse, the changes will be overwritten by this addon.

1. Backup the original addons.ini file:
rename
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen \ addons.ini
to
addons.ini.save

2. Choose where addons.ini Creator will create a new addons.ini file.
Settings \ Folder :
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen
Filename :
addons.ini

3. Subscribe - same as Folders in Stream Setup.
Find a playable folder full of streams.
right click \ Subscribe
The folder is now in a list of folders to search.

4. Create - creates the addons.ini file with all the Channel=Stream entries.

5. Play - test out the streams from the addons.ini file.

6. Channels - same as Stream Searcher.
right click \ Add Channel
eg
BBC One
Channels \ BBC One \ click - should give you all the matches to play

7. If you added the addons.ini to
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen
it should find them when you play a channel in TV Guide Fullscreen.


Optional

* Import all the channels from TV Guide Fullscreen or any addon with an ini file containing Channel=Stream pairs.
addons.ini Creator \ Channels \ right click \ Import Channels :
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen \ channels.ini


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - Hinkel - 2017-01-11

(2017-01-10, 20:25)primaeval Wrote: addons.ini Creator
version 0.0.7
- Channels menu

I've added the same new Channels menu into addons.ini Creator so you can use it in the same way as Stream Searcher but for more static addons.ini files.

I can't update to version 0.0.7. When Kodi is started, always appears that the script has been updated but the version continues .0.0.6, and continues to say that update is available. I have already uninstalled the addon and deleted it in userdata, I also deleted addons20 in database, restarted, etc .... I do not know what else to do. Can you give me a hand?

Note: Curiously the "channels" menu is appearing in the menu list.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-11

(2017-01-11, 18:33)Hinkel Wrote:
(2017-01-10, 20:25)primaeval Wrote: addons.ini Creator
version 0.0.7
- Channels menu

I've added the same new Channels menu into addons.ini Creator so you can use it in the same way as Stream Searcher but for more static addons.ini files.

I can't update to version 0.0.7. When Kodi is started, always appears that the script has been updated but the version continues .0.0.6, and continues to say that update is available. I have already uninstalled the addon and deleted it in userdata, I also deleted addons20 in database, restarted, etc .... I do not know what else to do. Can you give me a hand?

Note: Curiously the "channels" menu is appearing in the menu list.

My mistake. I didn't update the addons.xml file. Sorry. It should be ok now.
You actually did have version 0.0.7 but it said 0.0.6 still.
It should say 0.0.8 now.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-11

One more New Addon for now.

addons.ini Player

plugin.video.addons.ini.player


* Play streams from an addons.ini file.

* Channel menu for searching and linking channel streams.

This one won't affect your original addons.ini file at all.
You could use it from any other guide or Sports Fixtures to search and play streams from TV Guide Fullscreen's addons.ini file or another guide's addons.ini file.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - Hinkel - 2017-01-11

Thanks.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-11

If you haven't worked it out yet, all the new addons can be used to do a Stream Search by making a url with the encoded version of the Channel Name you are looking for.
eg
Code:
BBC One=plugin://plugin.video.addons.ini.player/stream_search/BBC+One

You have to encode +'s like this:
Code:
Canal+ Sport 1 Afrique=plugin://plugin.video.stream.searcher/stream_search/Canal%2B+Sport+1+Afrique

and unicode like this:
Code:
Stöd 2 Sport=plugin://plugin.video.stream.searcher/stream_search/St%C3%B6d+2+Sport

That means that you can use the new addons in a plugin or make a script that generates an addons.ini file without having to go through the Channels menus in the new addons.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - xDetoursx - 2017-01-11

(2017-01-11, 10:29)primaeval Wrote: addons.ini Creator Tutorial

addons.ini Creator is a standalone version the functionality in TV Guide Fullscreen \ Stream Setup \ Browse

Note: If you add to addons.ini from TV Guide Fullscreen \\ Browse, the changes will be overwritten by this addon.

1. Backup the original addons.ini file:
rename
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen \ addons.ini
to
addons.ini.save

2. Choose where addons.ini Creator will create a new addons.ini file.
Settings \ Folder :
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen
Filename :
addons.ini

3. Subscribe - same as Folders in Stream Setup.
Find a playable folder full of streams.
right click \ Subscribe
The folder is now in a list of folders to search.

4. Create - creates the addons.ini file with all the Channel=Stream entries.

5. Play - test out the streams from the addons.ini file.

6. Channels - same as Stream Searcher.
right click \ Add Channel
eg
BBC One
Channels \ BBC One \ click - should give you all the matches to play

7. If you added the addons.ini to
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen
it should find them when you play a channel in TV Guide Fullscreen.


Optional

* Import all the channels from TV Guide Fullscreen or any addon with an ini file containing Channel=Stream pairs.
addons.ini Creator \ Channels \ right click \ Import Channels :
userdata \ addon_data \ script.tvguide.fullscreen \ channels.ini

Thanks for the explanation, very helpful. Not sure what my issue is though. Everything works fine through step 5 and I can see the channels after clicking on plugin.video.xxxxx from the Play folder, but they won't play from there or the guide. The addon I'm using requires a login though, could that be the reason?


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - Cangeoboy - 2017-01-11

Kodi attempted to update to 0.291 but is giving me an update failed error. I running Kodi 17 RC2. Anyone else getting this?


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - dgreenmon - 2017-01-12

Hi there all

first of all I must say this is really a amazing guide, can some please help me out here i have asigned a program to auto play it turns red but when it comes to that time it doesnt play at all

am i missing something can someone please give steps to set up autoplay i just presued you click autoplay and select once or allways and what is the difference with auto play and auto play with

sorry if this questions seems daft to those reading could be lack of sleep


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-12

(2017-01-11, 23:23)xDetoursx Wrote: Thanks for the explanation, very helpful. Not sure what my issue is though. Everything works fine through step 5 and I can see the channels after clicking on plugin.video.xxxxx from the Play folder, but they won't play from there or the guide. The addon I'm using requires a login though, could that be the reason?

There are a couple of sneaky addons that can still defeat these addons unless you modify a bit of their code.

Make sure you can play the stream normally in its own addon.

Check if another addon will play. I always use iPlayer WWW to test but pick one that you have access to in your country.

If you get stuck pm me with some more info and I'll see if I can help.

There are still a few unicode problems that I'm coming across and trying to fix.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-12

(2017-01-12, 04:29)dgreenmon Wrote: Hi there all

first of all I must say this is really a amazing guide, can some please help me out here i have asigned a program to auto play it turns red but when it comes to that time it doesnt play at all

am i missing something can someone please give steps to set up autoplay i just presued you click autoplay and select once or allways and what is the difference with auto play and auto play with

sorry if this questions seems daft to those reading could be lack of sleep

AutoPlays should turn purple. AutoPlayWiths should turn red.

AutoPlays will only play the primary stream that you set up for that channel, not the Alternative Streams.
Make sure it is a simple stream that doesn't use a dialog box if you want it to just play.
I'm not convinced it still works properly on a restart of Kodi. Maybe someone can confirm or deny that?

AutoPlayWiths need a bit of setting up first.
There are 2 ways to do it.

1. Set a PlayerCoreFactory.xml player in Settings \ Program Scheduler \ PlayerCoreFactory.xml player.

2. Follow this post to copy some code from the addon folder to the addon_data folder and set it up for whatever external play or record method you like. You can get it to launch something on another device if you need to.
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=282157&pid=2414068&highlight=playercorefactory.xml#pid2414068

Here are a few more useful posts about it and some that follow.
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=282157&pid=2479360#pid2479360
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=282157&pid=2479441#pid2479441
and just search this thread for playercorefactory.xml


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-12

(2017-01-11, 23:24)Cangeoboy Wrote: Kodi attempted to update to 0.291 but is giving me an update failed error. I running Kodi 17 RC2. Anyone else getting this?

It just worked for me with
http ://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/win32/kodi-17.0-Krypton_rc2.exe

You might have been unlucky and tried to update when I had just changed the repo.
I made a lot of releases yesterday for various addons.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - FXB78 - 2017-01-12

AutoPlay and AutoPlayWiths both work fine for me, I use them a lot. Make sure you have a stream assigned to that channel otherwise it will do nothing. If it does fail it usually leaves some info in the log file so having a look in there should give you an idea why it failed.


RE: TV Guide Fullscreen - possibly the most powerful TV Guide in the world. ;) - primaeval - 2017-01-12

(2017-01-12, 10:37)FXB78 Wrote: AutoPlay and AutoPlayWiths both work fine for me, I use them a lot. Make sure you have a stream assigned to that channel otherwise it will do nothing. If it does fail it usually leaves some info in the log file so having a look in there should give you an idea why it failed.

Good to hear. Could you let me know how you've set up the Autoplaywiths so I can add in a few options. pm if you like.