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Alnwlsn: /* EPG data */

2019-05-18T05:42:49Z

EPG data

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	Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>		Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>

	Find tv_grab_file script and edit it to point to the XML file you just made earlier (/home/pi/xmltv.xml). Place the edited tv_grab_file into the /usr/bin folder. Restart tvheadend.		Find tv_grab_file script and edit it to point to the XML file you just made earlier (/home/pi/xmltv.xml). Place the edited tv_grab_file into the <code>/usr/bin</code> folder. Restart tvheadend.
	Tvheadend should now recognize tv_grab_file as a valid EPG grabber. Disable all the other grabbers and enable this one, then trigger the internal grabbers. If you look at the log, you should see some channel data was parsed from the xml file (but no programs, yet).		Tvheadend should now recognize tv_grab_file as a valid EPG grabber. Disable all the other grabbers and enable this one, then trigger the internal grabbers. If you look at the log, you should see some channel data was parsed from the xml file (but no programs, yet).

Alnwlsn: /* General Setup Procedure */

2019-05-18T05:41:58Z

General Setup Procedure

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	Install tvheadend using the procedures listed at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories.		Install tvheadend using the procedures listed at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories.

	Upon reboot, go to <~~yourip~~>:9981 and enter the user/pass you specd in the tvheadend install. Go through the wizard, select the tuner, ATSC network, and scan for channels and stuff. At this point, you should have a working tuner setup and should be able to watch live tv if you click on a channel (in "Channels", I think).		Upon reboot, go to <raspiip>:9981 and enter the user/pass you specd in the tvheadend install. Go through the wizard, select the tuner, ATSC network, and scan for channels and stuff. At this point, you should have a working tuner setup and should be able to watch live tv if you click on a channel (in "Channels", I think).

	===EPG data===		===EPG data===

Alnwlsn: /* General Setup Procedure */

2019-05-18T05:41:28Z

General Setup Procedure

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	<code>dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw</code> and put it in <code>/lib/firmware/</code> though I found it was already there in the newer raspbian releases. Check <code>dmesg</code> to make sure the tuner is recognized after a reboot.		<code>dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw</code> and put it in <code>/lib/firmware/</code> though I found it was already there in the newer raspbian releases. Check <code>dmesg</code> to make sure the tuner is recognized after a reboot.

	Do apt-get update ~~and~~ upgrade ~~at some point, just cuz~~.		Do apt-get update. May want to upgrade too.

	Install tvheadend using the procedures listed at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories.		Install tvheadend using the procedures listed at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories.

Alnwlsn: /* EPG data */

2019-05-18T05:40:42Z

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	Lastly, go into the configuration -> channels and select the EPG data stream you need for that channel from the dropdown, for each channel. This part takes the longest. When done, click the run internal EPG grabbers button again, and you should see that you can go over to the Electronic Program Guide tab and see programs listed there.		Lastly, go into the configuration -> channels and select the EPG data stream you need for that channel from the dropdown, for each channel. This part takes the longest. When done, click the run internal EPG grabbers button again, and you should see that you can go over to the Electronic Program Guide tab and see programs listed there.

	Set the location to store recorded programs to wherever your hard drive is (eg, <code>/mnt/disk0</code>		Set the location to store recorded programs to wherever your hard drive is (eg, <code>/mnt/disk0</code> Do a test recording and make sure the file can be written to the disk; if not, check permissions first.

Alnwlsn: /* EPG data */

2019-05-18T05:38:44Z

EPG data

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	Find a perl program called Zap2XML, and put it in the pi home folder. Install missing perl libraries with <pre>sudo apt-get install libhttp-cookies-perl libjson-perl libwww-perl</pre>Test the script by creating the XML file of all the guide data using<pre>perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>		Find a perl program called Zap2XML, and put it in the pi home folder. Install missing perl libraries with <pre>sudo apt-get install libhttp-cookies-perl libjson-perl libwww-perl</pre>Test the script by creating the XML file of all the guide data using<pre>perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>

	Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>		Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>

			Find tv_grab_file script and edit it to point to the XML file you just made earlier (/home/pi/xmltv.xml). Place the edited tv_grab_file into the /usr/bin folder. Restart tvheadend.
			Tvheadend should now recognize tv_grab_file as a valid EPG grabber. Disable all the other grabbers and enable this one, then trigger the internal grabbers. If you look at the log, you should see some channel data was parsed from the xml file (but no programs, yet).

			Lastly, go into the configuration -> channels and select the EPG data stream you need for that channel from the dropdown, for each channel. This part takes the longest. When done, click the run internal EPG grabbers button again, and you should see that you can go over to the Electronic Program Guide tab and see programs listed there.

			Set the location to store recorded programs to wherever your hard drive is (eg, <code>/mnt/disk0</code>

Alnwlsn: /* EPG data */

2019-05-18T05:31:23Z

EPG data

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	To get guide data for actcually scheduling programs, make an account at zap2it.com. Remember your username and password, and then star every channel you want data for.		To get guide data for actcually scheduling programs, make an account at zap2it.com. Remember your username and password, and then star every channel you want data for.

	Find a perl program called Zap2XML, and put it in the pi home folder. Install missing perl libraries with <pre>sudo apt-get install libhttp-cookies-perl libjson-perl libwww-perl</pre>Test the script by creating the XML file of all the guide data using<pre>perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml<pre>		Find a perl program called Zap2XML, and put it in the pi home folder. Install missing perl libraries with <pre>sudo apt-get install libhttp-cookies-perl libjson-perl libwww-perl</pre>Test the script by creating the XML file of all the guide data using<pre>perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>
	Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>		Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>

Alnwlsn: /* EPG data */

2019-05-18T05:31:03Z

EPG data

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	===EPG data===		===EPG data===
	To get guide data for actcually scheduling programs, make an account at zap2it.com Remember your username and password, and then star every channel you want data for.		To get guide data for actcually scheduling programs, make an account at zap2it.com. Remember your username and password, and then star every channel you want data for.

	Find a perl program called Zap2XML, and put it in the pi home folder. Install missing perl libraries with <pre>sudo apt-get install libhttp-cookies-perl libjson-perl libwww-perl</pre>Test the script by creating the XML file of all the guide data using<pre>perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml<pre>		Find a perl program called Zap2XML, and put it in the pi home folder. Install missing perl libraries with <pre>sudo apt-get install libhttp-cookies-perl libjson-perl libwww-perl</pre>Test the script by creating the XML file of all the guide data using<pre>perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml<pre>
	Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>		Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>

Alnwlsn: /* General Setup Procedure */

2019-05-18T05:30:40Z

General Setup Procedure

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	Install tvheadend using the procedures listed at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories.		Install tvheadend using the procedures listed at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories.

			Upon reboot, go to <yourip>:9981 and enter the user/pass you specd in the tvheadend install. Go through the wizard, select the tuner, ATSC network, and scan for channels and stuff. At this point, you should have a working tuner setup and should be able to watch live tv if you click on a channel (in "Channels", I think).

			===EPG data===
			To get guide data for actcually scheduling programs, make an account at zap2it.com Remember your username and password, and then star every channel you want data for.

			Find a perl program called Zap2XML, and put it in the pi home folder. Install missing perl libraries with <pre>sudo apt-get install libhttp-cookies-perl libjson-perl libwww-perl</pre>Test the script by creating the XML file of all the guide data using<pre>perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml<pre>
			Make a crontab -e entry to do this every now and then:<pre>10 00 * * * perl zap2xml -u yourusername@email.com -p password -o /home/pi/xmltv.xml</pre>

Alnwlsn: /* General Setup Procedure */

2019-05-18T05:21:13Z

General Setup Procedure

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	Install missing firmware for your tv tuner. For mine, I needed to get a file called		Install missing firmware for your tv tuner. For mine, I needed to get a file called
	<code>dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw</code> and put it in <code>/lib/firmware/</code> though I found it was already there in the newer raspbian releases. Check <code>dmesg</code> to make sure the tuner is recognized after a reboot.		<code>dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw</code> and put it in <code>/lib/firmware/</code> though I found it was already there in the newer raspbian releases. Check <code>dmesg</code> to make sure the tuner is recognized after a reboot.

			Do apt-get update and upgrade at some point, just cuz.

			Install tvheadend using the procedures listed at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories.

Alnwlsn: /* General Setup Procedure */

2019-05-18T05:18:06Z

General Setup Procedure

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	Install Raspbian. Add a blank <code>SSH</code> named file in the boot partition to enable ssh server. Run <code>rasppi-config</code> and go through all the usual setup stuff, but allocate more memory to the CPU (no need for GPU memory when headless).		Install Raspbian. Add a blank <code>SSH</code> named file in the boot partition to enable ssh server. Run <code>rasppi-config</code> and go through all the usual setup stuff, but allocate more memory to the CPU (no need for GPU memory when headless).

	Get an external drive and set it up with a linux file system (this is where recordings will go). Create mount point as empty folder <code>/mnt/disk0</code>. Edit fstab located at <code>/etc/fstab</code> and add line <pre>UUID=34bc2462-9358-424a-b27a-fa1803efd097 /mnt/disk0 ext4 defaults,nofail 0 0</pre> replacing with your uuid.		Get an external drive and set it up with a linux file system (this is where recordings will go). Create mount point as empty folder <code>/mnt/disk0</code>. Edit fstab located at <code>/etc/fstab</code> and add line <pre>UUID=34bc2462-9358-424a-b27a-fa1803efd097 /mnt/disk0 ext4 defaults,nofail 0 0</pre> replacing with your disk's uuid. Now the drive will automatically mount to <code>/mnt/disk0</code> on boot.

			Install missing firmware for your tv tuner. For mine, I needed to get a file called
			<code>dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw</code> and put it in <code>/lib/firmware/</code> though I found it was already there in the newer raspbian releases. Check <code>dmesg</code> to make sure the tuner is recognized after a reboot.