UNC Path for EPG URL not Working in Import Channels

[taylormia]

I'm on Windows version 7.0.0.241105.

When I import channels on an IPTV device with a UNC path (on a local server) for the m3u file and the EPG XML file and Update EPG (Fig. 1 and 2 in the Screenshots link below) - the EPG source is not imported for any channel (Fig. 3)
But, when I add the EPG Source manually (Fig. 4) and Edit the Channel details individually using this UNC path to the XML file (Fig. 5), the EPG is successfully updated (Fig. 6).

What is preventing the EPG source from being imported initially when the channels are imported into the IPTV device?

Thanks.

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[sub]

The NextPVR recording service does not run as your account by default. It runs as a user called 'localsystem'. This user account may not have access to your UNC path.

You could go into the service settings, and change it to run as your account.

[mvallevand]

Does file://\\rest of UNC name work? If it is the same UNC as the m3u it should work.

Martin

[taylormia]

The NextPVR recording service does not run as your account by default. It runs as a user called 'localsystem'. This user account may not have access to your UNC path.

You could go into the service settings, and change it to run as your account.

The service is already running under my account and not Local System.
Also, why would the UNC path work for the m3u file but not for the xml file when they are in the same folder and the path is the same. Why would the xml file UNC path work when it is added manually in EPG Sources but not in the Import Channels section?
I have tried mapping the network path to a local drive such as Z: and that does not work. I've also tried file://\\UNC path and that does not work either.

Thanks for your help.

[taylormia]

Does file://\\rest of UNC name work?  If it is the same UNC as the m3u it should work.

Martin

file://\\UNC path does not work. Also see my response to sub.

[sub]

It looks like it should work with file://\\unc\path for the epg. Try that, and post the logs.

Ultimately, I never test UNC paths so I'm not surprised if it doesn't work.

[mvallevand]

Sub I did try and I see and I figure it worked when I saw this for the EPG mapping

Code:

<epg>
  <source>XMLTV</source>
  <file>\\172.16.3.4\recordings\hdhomerun.xml</file>
  <mapping_id></mapping_id>
  <mapping_name>CBOT-DT</mapping_name>
</epg>

but I never ran one so I tried and nothing was loaded.  The UNC works in PreStartup.bat the type does display it.

Code:

2024-11-10 13:43:54.776    [DEBUG][94]    Loading XMLTV from: \\172.16.3.4\recordings\hdhomerun.xml
2024-11-10 13:43:54.777    [DEBUG][86]    Got request [127.0.0.1]: /services/service (system.epg.status)
2024-11-10 13:43:54.777    [DEBUG][86]    parameters:
2024-11-10 13:43:54.777    [DEBUG][86]       method: system.epg.status
2024-11-10 13:43:54.777    [DEBUG][86]       format: json
2024-11-10 13:43:54.777    [DEBUG][86]       sid: 07bf676f-a8a3-4319-bd92-d9157a737798
2024-11-10 13:43:54.778    [DEBUG][86]       client_ip: 127.0.0.1
2024-11-10 13:43:54.778    [DEBUG][86]       client_local: true
2024-11-10 13:43:54.778    [DEBUG][86]       user_agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:132.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/132.0
2024-11-10 13:43:54.778    [DEBUG][86]       host_callback: ...
2024-11-10 13:43:54.778    [DEBUG][86]    {"stat": "ok", "status": "Loading XMLTV listings  [\\\\172.16.3.4\\recordings\\hdhomerun.xml]", "updating": true}

[sub]

I think the XMLTV EPG source itself can work for loading a file from a UNC path. The issue is really at IPTV scan time, where it looks at the xmltv file to determine the mappings. This step looks like it only accepts an XMLTV file with file:// prefix.

[mvallevand]

That UNC didn't load and data though and I did give a file:// prefix (it shows in the IPTV_RECORDER table)

Martin

[taylormia]

Using only the UNC path for the M3U file and file://\\UNC Path for the XML file works in the Import Channels.
EPG source is shown as XMLTV in the Channels section
But the Source mapping is set to None in the Edit Channel Details window. It is not inserting the XML source link to the Channels.
Logs and screenshots attached

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