[mythtv-users] Grab EPG from DVB to XML

[James Linder]

> On 16 May 2015, at 11:20 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
>> I will try it.
> 
>> Regards.
> 
>> 2015-05-15 5:17 GMT+02:00 Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>:
>>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello list,
>>>> 
>>>> I have two mythtv backends configured with some USB DVB devices. The
>>>> problem is that sometimes I get kernel crash for the DVB USB module.
>>>> 
>>>> I read that it will be good idea to not configure the tunners to
>>>> active EIT scan.
>>>> 
>>>> I want to try to put a raspberrypi with a USB DVB adapter and grab all
>>>> EPG info and the store it as XML, then I will add this XML in the
>>>> backend.
>>>> 
>>>> I try with XMLTV, but there is no sources for Spain.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone could help with this?
>>>> 
>>>> Which tools need I use to get this information?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> epgsnoop (google it, sorry i don't have a link)
>>> _______________________________________________
> 
> Is there a proper source, a website or a json feed? I can easily add
> another source to my dutch grabber. It would take me a few days. The
> biggest thing is that on github the documentation is mainly in dutch.
> But in the configuration file it is in english. If there is such a
> source and you're interested? My Spanish though is almost nonexistent!
> So I might need some assistance on that part.

I too have been suffering from USB messiness so I too am interested.

Since you *have* 2 dongles (1 for the RaPI) why would this not work:

2 Dongles on backend

1st (best) dongle does NOT do EPG scan
2nd I guess hardly ever used (I manage from month-to-month with 2 tuners + 2 virtual tuners, I accept YMMV) does do EPG scan so the recording dongles never EPG, and the EPG channels don’t record.

James