Can NextPVR import TitanTV .TVPI files to schedule a recording

[dayvboy]

It's very feasible, you can PM me with a link if you want, and feel free to change any passwords afterwards, I don't need to watch any more TV channels.

If you want you can back up your npvr.db3, and then delete the IPTV source and restore your backup.

I see a major issue mapping keeping the channel names and numbers in sync with IPTV XMLTV though so it would be better to see what you've got.

Martin

[dayvboy]

I am able to manually edit the channel numbers on my Titan TV setup to match my NPVR numbers. Here is a sample of the TVPI file produced. It passes the channel number in an element called RF-Channel and states its a digital cable channel. In the sample below its passing 3554 in the RF-Channel tag which matches my NPVR channel.number in NPVR.db3 and matches channel_mapping.channel_source_number. Hoping its irrelevant that the xml calls it a digital cable channel when its really and IPTV source. I believe once we have the channel number, the rest of the required information to setup a manual recording is there ?

I setup Titan TV to use 3554 for CFTO TV Toronto and my NPVR channel is mapped to the same station.

<tv-program-info version="1.0">
<program>
<station>FYI-CFTO</station>
<tv-mode>digital_cable</tv-mode>
<program-title>Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer</program-title>
<episode-title>Movie Night Meltdown</episode-title>
<program-description>Martin the Butler takes the ladies to a surprise movie night, but when the focus shifts back on them emotions run high and secrets come out.</program-description>
<start-date>20220121</start-date>
<start-time>01:00</start-time>
<end-date>20220121</end-date>
<end-time>02:00</end-time>
<duration>01:00</duration>
<rf-channel>3554</rf-channel>
</program>
</tv-program-info>

[mvallevand]

I've written the utility and someone else offered to test it.

The logic is if the channel name is exact it will record the program on the channel.

If the channel number, I also support digital tv major.minor, matches then if the the title matches exactly it will be scheduled

Finally if those don't match it checks on exact title and subtitle on the first channel it matches.

The time must also match all three.

Martin

[dayvboy]

wow, very nice. Appreciate the NPVR community support. I will donate once again to this great program ! Thanks.

[mvallevand]

Testing is complete, thanks VCR58, so attached is the app but you should note that I decided to release it as "shareword", I just coined the term.  It will stop working after January, but I will happy to release an unlocked version if post about it on the TitanTV Twitter page or write to antennaweb@titantv.com explaining what it does and see if they promote it. Try and use NextPVR not NPVR as the short form can be confusing.

To install unzip the attached file into the NextPVR program folder usually "C:\Program Files\NextPVR"

To run it is NextTVPI.exe  filename.tvpi

To integrate with Windows, download a tvpi file.  Then with Windows Explorer find the tvpi file, and right click  and open Properties.  There should be an option "Opens with"  From the button beside that navigage to the NextTVPI.exe utility you just unzipped.

To test you can click on a tvpi file in File Explorer and your should have a recording.

Your browser should use this setting too.  When you click the red Save you should be prompted to run NextTVPI  If not check if you browser has its one default setting for downloading.

If you have any issues let me know.

Martin

[dayvboy]

Thanks, works great and I will definitely share the word. In order for them to evaluate it, they would likely need a copy. Do you have any objections if I send them a copy of the "shareword" version ?

[mvallevand]

No problem, it is still a public release.

Martin

[dayvboy]

Thanks for this great utility Martin. I have some testing suggestions for it. Sometimes the program title isn't an exact match so the program doesn't schedule. For example, the Titan EPG calls it "OAN News 1pm ET / 10 am PT" and my Scheudled Direct EPG in NextPVR calls it "One American News" (just an example, I don't actually watch OAN !). It would be nice to get some kind of notification when a program is not accepted for recording. Even nicer, if only the title fails in the matching criteria, have an option to go ahead and schedlue it anyways (either as a pop up at run time or perhaps a configuration parm somewhere that you can turn on or off). Lastly, I'd suggest to include the channel number and times in the downloaded Progam.TVPI filename for example, Progarm_nnnn_hhmm_hhmm.TVPI. This would make a bit it easier to investigate any issues that may arise. Thanks again, i'm very impressed with both the fucntionality and the speed at which you created a bug free utility !

[mvallevand]

I am not planning on any UI for this you always have the NextPVR UI. To avoid this you would need to name the channels exactly the same since those matches are based solely only time, that is not safe on channel numbers.

There are log created in the NextPVR log folder NextTVPI.log and it should log whether it fails or not. There might be a console log too.

Martin

[dayvboy]

thanks, I should have read your design notes more carefully ! That works when I set the channel names the same, the only thing though is that the Titan implementation is passing what they call "CallSign" and its limited to 10 characters. A lot of my NPVR names are longer. Any chance there could be an option to match up to the first 10 characters of the channel name ? That would make initial configuration a lot easier. Thanks again, love this plugin.