[mythtvnz] Schedules Direct trial for NZ

Tue Aug 30 23:53:03 BST 2016

I'm not a developer, and I've got schedules direct up and running on my
Ubuntu 16.04 system.

Steps:

*0.  Back everything up first!*

*1. Sign up for an accoun*t on www.schedulesdirect.org and follow the
instructions linked to above to get your 90 day voucher.

*2. Install xmltv 0.5.68-1 from Debian Sid* from here
https://packages.debian.org/sid/xmltv . There are 4 .deb packages you need:
xmltv, libxmltv-perl, xmltv-gui, xmltv-util.

   Download these into a new folder, open a terminal, cd to that folder and
install them with "dpkg -i *.deb"

*3.  Verify that the Schedules direct JSON module is now a recognised
grabber:*

tv_find_grabbers|grep json

should return:

/usr/bin/tv_grab_sd_json|Schedules Direct JSON API

*4.  configure your Schedules direct grabber*

tv_grab_sd_json --configure

Follow the on screen prompts.  I chose to use a "channels" config, rather
than a "lineup" config because I wanted a more fine-grained control over my
listings.  I don't know whether this is worthwhile or not. YMMV.

This creates a .conf file in your ~/.xmltv folder

For convenience, I then created a symbolic link to this file in my .mythtv
folder

ln -s ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_sd_json.conf ~/.mythtv/SchedulesDirect.xmltv

The name of the link should match the name of the Video Source that you set
up in step 5 below.

In the end, I created two links in .mythtv and two Video Sources - one for
my DVB-T feed, and one for my DVB-S feed.  This allows for different
channel configs between satellite and terrestrial.

*5. Add new video source(s) in mythtv-setup*

Set the "listings grabber" field to "Schedules Direct JSON API (xmltv)"

You also need a unique video source name that matches the symbolic link
name that you created in step 4 above.  Do not click configure.  Do not
check the "use EIT" box.

*6. Input connections *

Connect your existing capture cards to the video sources that you just
created.  You should not need to scan for new channels or do any other
configuration here.  Do not fetch channels from listing source.

*7. Channel editor.*

I managed to delete all of my channels and had to do a full channel scan on
both my satellite tuners and my HDHomeRun (sigh).

It would be better to edit your existing channels to include the Schedules
Direct channel IDs.  Again, there may be a better way of doing it, but I
edited each channel one by one.

You need to enter the Schedules Direct Channel ID in the "XMLTV ID:" field.

You can get this info by running

tv_grab_sd_json | grep -A1 '<channel id="' > output.txt

Or, you can use the handy table that I've compiled already:
*XMLTV ID* *Display Name* *#*
INZ406723.json.schedulesdirect.org TV ONE 001
INZ406725.json.schedulesdirect.org TV2 002
INZ406726.json.schedulesdirect.org TV3 003
INZ431675.json.schedulesdirect.org Bravo 004
INZ406728.json.schedulesdirect.org Maori Television 005
INZ430333.json.schedulesdirect.org TVONE +1 006
INZ431132.json.schedulesdirect.org TV2 +1 007
INZ406735.json.schedulesdirect.org TV3 PLUS 1 008
INZ431676.json.schedulesdirect.org Bravo Plus 1 009
INZ410759.json.schedulesdirect.org Prime NZ 010
INZ431295.json.schedulesdirect.org The Edge TV 011
INZ429922.json.schedulesdirect.org Choice TV 012
INZ431540.json.schedulesdirect.org DUKE 013
INZ431179.json.schedulesdirect.org Te Reo 015
INZ431268.json.schedulesdirect.org Al Jazeera NZ 016
INZ431677.json.schedulesdirect.org HGTV 017
INZ430670.json.schedulesdirect.org Firstlight 026
INZ431608.json.schedulesdirect.org Hope Channel 027
INZ406728.json.schedulesdirect.org Parliament TV 031
INZ431075.json.schedulesdirect.org Canterbury Television 040
INZ406795.json.schedulesdirect.org Radio NZ National 050
INZ406796.json.schedulesdirect.org Radio NZ Concert 051
INZ406797.json.schedulesdirect.org Base FM 071

*8.  Fill your boots / database*

close mythtv-setup, restart your backend cross your appendages and run:

mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all

All the usual disclaimers apply.  I am not an expert, this is simply what
has worked for me.

The Schedules Direct data does seem to be of a higher quality, and my
recording rules still seem to work.  There is no guide data for Shine TV,
nor for some of the regional channels such as Dunedin TV.

Anecdotally yours,

Rory

On 30 Aug 2016 2:06 p.m., "Robert Fisher" <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:

>
>
> On 30 August 2016 at 10:02, Tony Sauri <hoiho.nz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Sorry
>> I left the following links out of my prior messages
>>
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Migrating_to_Schedules_Direct_in_the_UK
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Setup_Video_Sources
>>
>> As I said before these links will probably be helpful and provide clues
>> about what to do next to people who have some development experience.
>
>
> It would be great (for people like me without the development experience)
> if someone could test and confirm that those Wiki posts are appropriate for
> us.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Robert Fisher
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