stuartf

The first two lines in your script should be one line with the | (pipe) symbol between them My script: #!/bin/bash cd ~/.xmltv /opt/local/bin/tv_grab_zz_sdjson --days 14 | /opt/local/bin/tv_sort --by-channel --output ~/.xmltv/mytv.xml # load xml EPG in EyeTV /usr/bin/open -a /Applications/EyeTV.app ~/.xmltv/mytv.xml The cd line is not really needed Hope this helps Stuart

I have the following in my script /usr/bin/open -a /Applications/EyeTV.app ~/.xmltv/uk.xml where ~/.xmltv/uk.xml is the path to my xml file

There is still no fix for the xmltv project tv_grab_uk_tvguide grabber Recent attempts by xmltv project members to use the new API seem to have been blocked by the owners of TV Guide. In the interim I have been looking at the pay service provided by Schedules Direct. This supports the xmltv grabber tv_grab_zz_sdjson. Schedules Direct offer a 7 day free trail of the service. You have to sign up to get a login. Then a $35 annual charge (the underlying data is provided by Gracenote) https://www.schedulesdirect.org (I have no affiliation with SD) My experience so far is that it seems to work with a few minor issues (such as no BBC1 HD listing), probably a config issue by me likely to be resolved by running config with a different option It was simple enough to configure by simply switching out the tv_grab_uk_tvguide in my xmltv_refresh.sh script for tv_grab_zz_sdjson and running tv_grab_zz_sdjson —config to set up for the first time The data seems good over a 10 day period and has successfully updated over the past couple of days. Based on this I plan to subscribe once my weeks trial is over next week EyeTV 3 lives on for a bit and possibly this will even work with EyeTV 4. Although I doubt the latter will ever be updated for Apple Silicon Macs Stuart Edit: I forgot to mention that the download time for listings from SD is really quick!

There still seems to be no resolution in sight for the issue with the UK xmltv grabber from TVGuide If you are thinking about trying EyeTV 4 don't. I did that experiment for you The guide is as expected broken there too! The server never responds The DVB option only grabs the next on air program, not the week it should process and add. Plus it does not run automatically making this useless too! If you are on Apple Silicon the program will crash frequently. It seems OK on my old Intel Man mini. So pretty much every problem that has been raised in the topic area is still not fixed I have challenged support on these issues and asked for a refund they cannot or will not be fixed Stuart

It looks like tvguide have changed their API As a result the UK TV grabber is completely broken at the moment There is at least still an API being exposed so there is hope that this can be fixed The issue has been opened at https://github.com/XMLTV/xmltv/issues/214 I tried the suggested $ua workaround but that did not work Stuart

It came back this morning. I reran my my download script about 09:30. Just a week of listings so far with some data missing I'm wildly speculating that the person responsible for this was on holiday for the past two weeks! It was enough of a scare to make my weekend project buying and setting up a HD Homerun Quatro on my Plex server. Works flawlessly but zero option to edit the recording (one of the best features of EyeTV 3). I did first try to connect my NetStream 4 Sat but just could not get it to work this time around. It previously seemed to work. At least now I have options for recording from Sat and DTV! Stuart

If anyone is using the xmltv refresh script from above you may have noticed that the EPG has defaulted to 5 days recently I think the 14 day listing option has gone away. Change —days from 14 to 10 /opt/local/bin/tv_grab_uk_tvguide --nodetailspage --days 10 Stuart

Sorry I have not used xmltv for BBC Radio stations. It could be that they have been renamed. You may want to rerun the channel config from scratch, but be warned that is quite painful unless you select all ! Stuart

Apologies I missed a # from the first line of xmltv_refresh.sh should be #!/bin/bash See OldGoat's post above

tv_grab_eu_epgdata is the grabber name but I just went to their site and it looks like they have stopped providing the EPG I must be lucky that the EPG in the UK is provide by TV Guide and free of charge The full list of grabbers installed by xmltv is: tv_grab_ar tv_grab_eu_epgdata tv_grab_fr tv_grab_it tv_grab_na_tvmedia tv_grab_uk_tvguide tv_grab_ch_search tv_grab_fi v_grab_huro tv_grab_na_dd tv_grab_pt_meo tv_grab_zz_sdjson tv_grab_fi_sv tv_grab_is tv_grab_na_dtv tv_grab_tr

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FYI - You will have to set up any season/episode recording again, at least I had to

I managed to get XMLTV working in a couple of hours after some trial and error Hopefully just enough detail to get people going. I'm sure I reused previous knowledge from posts I found here and on Google This is all done in the terminal. If you are not comfortable with this I would avoid this option Pre-req is to install xcode and add-on's when prompted Google and Install macports (there is a package but I installed from the source tar. I recommend you do too as it will compile the version for your macOS). I'm doing this on an old mac running Sierra. Old OS and old shell https://www.macports.org/install.php Follow the instructions on the website including adding /opt/local/bin to your path or terminal will not find "port" once installed Once macports is installed: Install xmltv using sudo port install xmltv It may take a while as it takes care of all the required dependencies. This creates a series of tools in /opt/local/bin. I'm using the UK grabber but there are others. Then I ran /opt/local/bin/tv_grab_uk_tvguide --configure This creates the .xmltv directory in your user home and defines the cache location. You do want to go through the pain of selecting the channels in this config as selecting all will take the grabber forever to run. For the UK I had to say no or yes over a 1000 time. Yes it was pain but worthwhile One configured I created myself a script file in vi ~/.xmltv xmltv_refresh.sh Use your editor of choice. In this file I entered the following: !/bin/bash # Run the grabber, limit detail for speed 14 days, pass to sorter and output to an xml file /opt/local/bin/tv_grab_uk_tvguide --nodetailspage --days 14 | /opt/local/bin/tv_sort --by-channel --output ~/.xmltv/uk-tv-listings.xml # load xml EPG in EyeTV by passing the file /usr/bin/open -a /Applications/EyeTV.app ~/.xmltv/uk-tv-listings.xml Make the above file executable by running chmod u+x ~.xmltv/xmltv_refresh.sh Test the grabber by running the above script you saved: ~/.xmltv/xmltv_refresh.sh You can test this is eyeTV by selecting xmltv as the guide against a channel. You will instantly see the channel listings if it has worked Once happy you can add an entry to your crontab like: # 00 05 * * * $HOME/.xmltv/xmltv_refresh.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 00 17 * * * $HOME/.xmltv/xmltv_refresh.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 This will run the script twice a day ay 05:00 and 17:00. Choose times to suit Good luck. Hope this helps some people while we wait .. Stuart

The dates on the Geniatech website have been all over the place for years. Most just seem to show the current date

I have stopped receiving updates to Gracenote for the (UK) EU. I am getting "Update failed (could not connect to server)" I completed the checks on certificates at: https://www.geniatech.eu/faq/epg-gracenote-cannot-connect-to-server/. The last one fails due to an expired certificate My EPG subscription is valid for another month I also noticed that the option to buy an EPG subscription in the Geniatech shop is gone and now links to buy EYETV4 software Anyone else having issues? Is this finally the end of support? I did use xmltv for a while but when the API changes a few years back I could no longer get it to work Thanks in advance for any advice Stuart EYETV 3.6.9 (7524) on an old Mac mini running Sierra (as I found EYETV on High Sierra to be unstable)

I am experiencing issues with the record timings on this new version. The recording buffer setting preference "Extend Recording" seems to be ignored and default to 2 minutes I have reverted to the old version You may or may not experience this issue. Please comment if you do and/or have a workaround Stuart

Partially fixed for me. Some of the HD channel schedules are still missing in the UK Current workaround is to use the non HD listings

At least we know it isn't a canned response. "formed" was spelt correctly in yours 🙂

I have received a response overnight from Angela at Geniatech support: "It is an technical issue. We will fix it asap.and keep you infromed." Stuart

Same issue here. Nothing after about 11:00 on 3rd Jan. My subscription is valid until the end of July 2019 As far as I can determine there has been no Gracenote schedule update since before the Christmas holiday I raised a support ticket a few days ago but only got the canned automatic response Stuart

I gave up trying to get EyeTV too work on 10.13 Despite what Geniatech say it simply doesn't work reliably and they seem to have no interest in fixing the application I went back to running EyeTV 3 on an old MacMini with 10.12 and it has been completely stable EyeTV 3 is as good as abandonware since Elgato sold it to Geniatech. An absolute shame as I have used the hardware and software since first released and recommended it to many of my friends. Not any more

Please keep us posted on your experience with DVB. When I tried it a few weeks ago I only got a few hours of updates. In the past I woudl get 7-8 days after a few hours

Thank you. I was aware of this site and didn't realise I could simply use the feed directly without transformation

Still broken in yesterdays release of EyeTV

The problem with missing schedules is still happening after yesterdays update to EyeTV There is nothing showing after next Friday for me. I used to use xmltv for my listings which was flawless and free. Unfortunately the Radio Times feed was switched off a couple of years ago and I have failed to get the xmltv coder to work with the replacement (mostly my lack of patience) Also the DVB feed has been broken for a while too, so no option at the moment that this appalling Gracenote service Stuart