X-NEWA: Customize TV Guide to work with other Kodi Addons

[Bren]

I have 12 channels that work with my Tuner on Next PVR, I added a few premium channels to see whats playing throughout the day on those channels.

I pay for those premium channels through Verizon and usually access them using the Chrome launcher addon in Kodi.

Is there a way to modify the X-NEWA TV Guide to open those channels using the Addon Chrome Launcher? Is there a better way to add websites to my TV Guide I am overlooking?


Thank you.

[mvallevand]

I have 12 channels that work with my Tuner on Next PVR, I added a few premium channels to see whats playing throughout the day on those channels.

I pay for those premium channels through Verizon and usually access them using the Chrome launcher addon in Kodi.

Is there a way to modify the X-NEWA TV Guide to open those channels using the Addon Chrome Launcher? Is there a better way to add websites to my TV Guide I am overlooking?


Thank you.

Maybe if you are talking LiveTV. I use Direct mode to change NextPVR URL's to HDHR URLs for some channels, playing directly over the network. You could modify direct.py (save source) for a channel you want and then return the new url in Chrome launcher format.

Code:

plugin://plugin.program.chrome.launcher/?url=URLENCODED_URL&mode=showSite&stopPlayback=

I do pass that to the video player so maybe other stuff has to be done to launch it, it is also kind of how web client launches YouTube from the NextPVR addon.

Mar

[Bren]

Thank you!

It would be for Live TV

I'm not sure where to start with that info. Here is my direct.py, could you show me where to add that?

Code:

def LiveTV (parm):
        #return None
        try:
            #import hdhr
            #lineUp = hdhr.LineUp()
            #for channel in lineUp.channels.values():
            #    if parm[0]==channel.name:
            #        print channel.name
            #        print channel.sources
            #        return channel.sources[0]['url'] +  '?transcode=internet540'
            ##responses = hdhr.discovery.discover(discovery.TUNER_DEVICE)
    
            #if not responses: raise NoDevicesException()
    
            #if not lineUps: raise NoCompatibleDevicesException()
        catch:
            print "HDHR Not configured"

        if parm == '961':
            channel = 24
            program = 1
        elif parm == '968':
            channel = 42
            program = 1
        elif parm == '969':
            channel = 13
            program = 1
        elif parm == '978':
            channel = 43
            program = 1
        elif parm == '980':
            channel = 17
            program = 2
        elif parm == '981':
            channel = 20
            program = 3
        elif parm == '985':
            channel = 27
            program = 2
        elif parm == '989':
            channel = 22
            program = 3
        elif parm == '992':
            channel = 34
            program = 1
        elif parm == '993':
            channel = 30
            program = 2
        elif parm == '994':
            channel = 40
            program = 1
        elif parm == '995':
            channel = 25
            program = 3
        elif parm == '996':
            channel = 33
            program = 3
      
        elif parm == '6.1':
            channel = 14
            program = 1
        
         elif parm == '6.2':
            channel = 14
            program = 2
        else:            
            return None

        url = 'hdhomerun://103B4218-0/tuner0?channel=auto:' + `channel`+ '&program=' + `program`
        return url

[mvallevand]

The parm is the NextPVR channel number you want to watch you need to figure out what the urls are but this gives some idea.

Code:

def LiveTV (parm):

        if parm == '300':
            vzu = 'http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index'
        elif parm == '301':
            vzu = 'http://www.hbogo.com'
        elif parm == '302':
            vzu = 'http://www.cnn.com/video'
        elif parm == '303':
            vzu = 'http://entertainment.verizon.com/tv/3/landing/'
        else:            
            return None

        url = 'plugin://plugin.program.chrome.launcher/?url=' + vzu + '&mode=showSite&stopPlayback='
        return url

No idea if the plugin takes colons and slashes.

Martin

[Bren]

I cleared out my direct.py and pasted your version in.

I made a channel 300 that my guide picks up in x-newa. Nothing happens when I click watch on channel 300, I posted the log below.

Looks like the setting to use a plugin for channel 300 is not getting picked up.

Code:

17:15:25 T:12868 WARNING: could not find codec parameters for http://127.0.0.1:8866/live?channel=300&client=KNEWA-0x448a5b6a63aeL

[mvallevand]

I cleared out my direct.py and pasted your version in.

I made a channel 300 that my guide picks up in x-newa. Nothing happens when I click watch on channel 300, I posted the log below.

Looks like the setting to use a plugin for channel 300 is not getting picked up.

Code:

17:15:25 T:12868 WARNING: could not find codec parameters for http://127.0.0.1:8866/live?channel=300&client=KNEWA-0x448a5b6a63aeL

Did you change x-newa config to use direct mode?

Martin

[Bren]

yes

[mvallevand]

Can I see your whole log.

Martin

[Bren]

updated... http://xbmclogs.com/p0gwzwkma

[mvallevand]

That doesn't look like it is processing direct.py perhaps you have a tab error in it, python is picky. Maybe add print parm as the first line in it.

Martin