UpdateEPG not working with Extras

[loveridgem]

Hi,

I have been struggling since setting up Pluto TV to keep my EPG populated.  What I have found is that I need to run UpdateEPG from the Settings page.  This always works.  I've tried cron jobs to run either or both UpdateEPG.sh and PostUpdateEPG.sh and that hasn't worked.

UpdateEPG.sh
#!/bin/bash
python3 /var/opt/nextpvr/scripts/plutotv/pluto.py xmltv

PostUpdateEPG.sh
#!/bin/bash
# This is commented out becaue it's being done in a cron job
nohup python3 /var/opt/nextpvr/scripts/plutotv/pluto.py xmltv-update 120 &


Any ideas why this isn't working by itself without me having to click on UpdateEPG from Settings?

Thanks,
Mike

EDIT: I recently discovered I can put multiple times in on the UpdateEPG on the settings page. I'll see if that works.

[mvallevand]

Sorry Pluto TV in Canada sucks so I don't spend much time with it because of the shitty guide. There is a lock in the script that I don't think works very well especially if you shut down the server or ever run the script as sudo etc. A cron job is better but If you are going to do a cron jump make sure you don't use any parallel processing and just run

python3 /var/opt/nextpvr/scripts/plutotv/pluto.py xmltv

not the time on.

If you can't run via cron then it will likely be a python3 install issue you'd need to run as nextpvr user. The xmltv parameter doesn't need streamlink.

Martin

[loveridgem]

OK, thanks! Just to be sure I'm doing the right thing. I will take out the xmltv updates from UppdateEPG and PostUpdateEPG and then run a cronjob of:
python3 /var/opt/nextpvr/scripts/plutotv/pluto.py xmltv

Correct? The cron job should run every 2 hours?

Thanks,
Mike

[mvallevand]

You can leave it in UpdateEPG if you want if not it will use the result of your last cron job. I figure it the middle of the night it doesn't have to be perfect.

For the time frame, it really depends how often you look at the guide and how interested you are in having accurate data. There should be 4 hours look ahead. Updates can impact recordings too so the fewer the better. Your use case might be specifc times rather than every xx hours.

Martin

[loveridgem]

Thanks for the clarifications. There are series shows that are not in VOD and if the EPG is not up-to-date, the recorder doesn't record the shows.
I put the pluto.py xmltv in root's crontab running as user nextpvr. That should alleviate the lock issue.

Mike