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Author:  wulf [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:59 am ]
Post subject:  Autostart of nxtvepg in LinHES?

Hey Guys,

how can I add a commando to autostart in Archlinux eg. LinHES?

Because in Germany we don`t have a good EPG Grabber, I use the broadcasted Analog one.

I grab that via Nextview. For that I use the command:

Code:
nxtvepgd -rcfile ./nxtvepg.conf

(This would be great to add to autostart but I dont understand the mechanism in Archlinux.)
I set the capturing to passive and the starting channel to the on that sends the epg data.
Than I start nxtvepg from time to time and export the current status as an xml file.
(Is it possible to do that also from the commandline?)
And that I run
Code:
mythfilldatabase --file 2 ./epg/nxtvepgexport.xml


Well that works but has to be done by hand... :(

Do you have an Idea how I can automate this process?

In this Link the most things are explained, but not how to get this into cron?!?

Thanks!

Author:  wulf [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:11 pm ]
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OK, this means its not possible to autostart a commandline program in linhes :?:

Author:  alien [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:09 am ]
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Check out "man 1 crontab" and "man 5 crontab".

Basically, you want to do a crontab -e (edit crontab) as the user that needs to run the command and add a line like:

05 9 * * * /myth/bin/nightly-cron.pl

This will run nightly-cron.pl every morning at 09:05.

I haven't used nxtvepgd in years... You might want to switch to DVB. The EPG for digital works out-of-the-box with mythtv. Whether you use satellite or cable, the selection of unencrypted digital channels should be the same or better than the analog ones. Just make sure you get a DVB card that works in linux....

Author:  wulf [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:17 am ]
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OK Thanks I'll check that.

is ther also an option to run a script just at startup?

i wanna use the analog stuff because the privat dvb-c channels in germany are encrypted and i wont pay for watching ads o i use the analog cards for these channels.
i have a working dvb-c hdtv card but only for the free to air channels.

Author:  brfransen [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:30 am ]
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To run at startup put it in /etc/runit/1.local or ~/.fluxbox/apps.

Author:  alien [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:44 am ]
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Note that you can't record or watch liveTV when the nxtvepg is running. If I remember correctly, it takes about 10 mins to do the scan, that is why I didn't run it at startup.

I'm surprised you have unencrypted analog cable channels that are encrypted in digital. It wasn't like that when I had cable a couple of years ago.... I guess it has changed.

Author:  wulf [ Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:14 am ]
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alien wrote:
Note that you can't record or watch liveTV when the nxtvepg is running. If I remember correctly, it takes about 10 mins to do the scan, that is why I didn't run it at startup.


Normally thats right, but I set up the nextview config, that it passively collects the epg information.
Code:
acq_mode = passive

so it collects as along as i dont switch to another channel.
and cause i have two pvr cards this doesnt happen often.

alien wrote:
I'm surprised you have unencrypted analog cable channels that are encrypted in digital. It wasn't like that when I had cable a couple of years ago.... I guess it has changed.


Yeah, that changed and is a pitty. But thats the way it works if US Investors take over the german cable net. they want the people to get to "pay per view". hopefully this doesnt work :cry:

Author:  wulf [ Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:35 am ]
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brfransen wrote:
To run at startup put it in /etc/runit/1.local or ~/.fluxbox/apps.


Is it run by mzthtv if I use this location or do i have to add something - so mythtv is the owner?

Author:  brfransen [ Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:00 am ]
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Put it in ~/.fluxbox/apps if you want it to be run by mythtv.

Author:  wulf [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:10 am ]
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Well that doesn't really work.

I tried to write the commandline in there
Code:
nxtvepg -rcfile /home/mythtv/.nxtvepgrc


but that didn't start the programm - so i wrote a script with the command in there and wrote on the fluxbox app file only
Code:
sh /home/mythtv/bin/nextviewstart


that also did not work.
how do I have to put it in there?

Author:  brfransen [ Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:13 am ]
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In ~/.fluxbox/apps the line needs to be something like:
Code:
[startup] {nxtvepg -rcfile /home/mythtv/.nxtvepgrc}

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