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How to create Kodi and NextPVR guides with colour

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:55:03 +0000

This will be eventually make it to the wiki but I thought I'd start here to flesh out the steps involved in adding colour by genre to the NextPVR web and Kodi EPG. It should already work by default for DVB OTA and Schedules Direct guides.

This guide assume you can read English.

1. Locate the genre mapping table in the Program directory data folder called genre-mapping.xml.

Backup this file and work on the backup. I will call this the translation file.

2. Review the file the key values are the Standard DVB mappings at the beginning of the file. Colours are based on the type="" value.

3. Find the genres in your database that you want to map

I suggest using a sqlite tool suggest as sqlite3. To get this list try this

sqlite3 pathto/npvr.db3
SQLite version 3.28.0 2019-04-16 19:49:53
Enter ".help" for usage hints.
sqlite>.output genres.txt

sqlite>select genres, count(genres) as count from epg_event group by genres order by count desc;
sqlite>.exit

Then you should have a list of all your genres sorted by how often they occur.

4. Open the genres.txt file (I will call this the genres file) from step 3 and work from the top down, I leave it to you to determine how many you want to change some are pretty esoteric

For this example in the genre file I am using I found this

série d'animation|793

This I quickly match to "Cartoon/Puppets" in the translation file. Sometimes when it isn't clear it might help to look into the Schedules Direct mapping ("Animated") in the translation file

Using this inormation copy the existing line

to the bottom of the backup of translation file and edit it with the text you want

5. Move down the genres file and repeat the update for the items you want in step 4

6. Once you are satisfied with the translation file save it ( you might want to save more often) Then you can verify the file by opening it in Firefox or chrome to make sure it is valid xml

7. With admin/sudo right rename your original genre-translations.xml to genre-translations.bak and copy in the translation file (as genre-translations.xml)

8. Restart the NextPVR server and check the guide in NextPVR web. This is important if you don't see it you won't see your changes.

9. If it works with the web browser it should work with Kodi.

Martin

v4 Wiki is set Read Only ?

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:32:56 +0000

I have just tried to update the Logo zips in the v4 Wiki - mainly to include the updated logos that disappeared from the forum attachments when the software was updated.
I can log in to the Wiki, but I am getting a [Cannot modify site -- $EnableReadOnly is set] while trying to add attachments. Also they are not attaching to a post in the forum - I'm guessing, that at 5.5 Mb they are too big although it doesn't say so.

How to view the web API docs?

Sun, 17 Sep 2017 18:02:52 +0000

When I load C:/Users/Public/NPVR/web/API/default.html in a browser, I get a swagger page that says:

Please specify the protocol for file:///C:/Users/Public/NPVR/web/API/default.html/api-docs

This is with 3.9.2

??

Thanks!

Wiki page incorrect content - BatchFiles

Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:15:14 +0000

http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...BatchFiles

The wiki page indicates there are two batch files called during the archiving process - PreArchiving.bat and PostArchiving.bat, in reality, NextPVR calls PreArchive.bat and PostArchive.bat.

I still haven't gotten my wiki update access granted yet, if any of you wiki masters out there have a couple minutes, that would be a quick update.

Thanks.

Wiki page incorrect content - BatchFiles

Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:13:44 +0000

http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...BatchFiles

The wiki page indicates there are two batch files called during the archiving process - PreArcharving.bat and PostArchiving.bat, in reality, NextPVR calls PreArchive.bat and PostArchive.bat.

I still haven't gotten my wiki update access granted yet, if any of you wiki masters out there have a couple minutes, that would be a quick update.

Thanks.

Wiki Download Counters No Longer Working?

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:36:36 +0000

Pardon my Vanity

After updating the UK Freeview Freesat Logos 10 days ago (which set the counters to 0 due to new file names) I was slightly surprised nobody had downloaded them - so downloaded them myself just to check the links were OK - Honest :o

Still nothing showing on the counters - so are they not working any more?

Cl module

Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:31:07 +0000

I got the mail below from Digital Device

Can you confirm that the Cl function now is implemented in NexPVR ?

Can I run NextPVR side by side wit WMC ?

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this I can not say, whether NextPVR have implemented the CI function. On my test area are currently no NextPVR Installation. All Software Developers can get from us the the needed information and ressources to implement the CI Support in there Software. So best is you ask the NextPVR Team.

Digital Devices â Support

Newa and more wiki wide

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:58:54 +0000

Dear all, with some jostling I have been looking through the wiki again tonight. I think some tweaks are needed.

I don't mind slowly doing them.

But the big one for me at the moment is NEWA?

I could be wrong so please correct me, but how do people find NEWA on the wiki?

I always seem to go through Clients/Extenders then Web? And then a note about Enhanced Web Admin and a link?

Is that so?

Am I wrong? Surely NEWA comes bundled with NextPVR these days so something should be different on the wiki?

Thanks all just thoughts.

very best

Steeb

Anyone out there for wiki?

Sun, 08 Jun 2014 00:02:44 +0000

OK, I have a little more time on my hands than I had before. I am not sure, but I suspect, McBainUK may have moved onto different shores. It was his work that created what I think is a fairly solid wiki.

But times are a changing.

sub (as usual!) progresses NextPVR and so some wiki pages need some changes.

I say don't all shout at once. History shows you won't all shout at once anyway

I have no idea if even anyone is bothered by this (changes to wiki pages).

But if anyone was bothered about wiki page changes

1 What would they be?
2 Can anyone help!

cheers

steeb

Movies Plugin

Tue, 20 May 2014 21:51:06 +0000

Dear all, I find this a very interesting thread to follow as obviously no wiki documentation has been done?

If it needs documenting then I do not mind helping but likewise from what I can follow on this thread nothing is particularly clear as hints to pointing at other threads etc? This seems to be a very hard plugin to find! If it is no longer active then ignore this post

I cannot even find a quick forum link to install and test?

Anyways up to you all, I can get a wiki ball rolling if needs be .......

I did notice a post from Grampz some moons back:

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...ies-Plugin

to which no-one replied?

very best

Steeb

Misc option for "show video fan art for selected subdirectory"

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:47:11 +0000

There's a setting in the Misc tab for "show video fan art for selected subdirectory". What does it do?

Freeview and Freesat Channel logos

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:59:47 +0000

I am finding it a struggle to squeeze the logos into small enough file sizes to post on the forum even with ultra compression.

Do you think it would be appropriate to have a wiki page for Channel Logos?

If so if one of the nice wiki elves could put up a new page in an appropriate place in the wiki and let me have access I will look after the UK Freeview and Freesat logos (for the time being )

Also I am sure there are other people with logos - Jaggy NZ Freeview for one who could also contribute if they wanted.

Hauppauge SoftPVR Wiki page

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:44:41 +0000

According to the wiki page

Quote:Please note: The following bat files are configured for installing from WinTV7 v2.8a. For other versions of WinTV7 the bat file will need editing (in notepad) to change the version number of WinTV7 that has been downloaded.

But both the bat files still say 2.2d - latest haupauge from that linked page is 2.8a

I don't need it myself but it is causing confusion to new users.

Additionally - wouldn't it be better to rewrite the bat file and wiki page so that the installer and bat are placed in a folder in the root of C to run, rather than in program files - for UAC reasons? Especially with Windows 8

How do I add a new utility to the wiki "Utilities" section?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:12:28 +0000

The title says it all really - I don't think I've ever done it myself (or my little grey cells simply just aren't what they used to be and I can't remember).

Cheers,
Brian

Rename wiki page

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:05:11 +0000

Is there a way to rename a wiki page? I'd like to recommend renaming http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...geGrabLite that Braklet kindly wrote to http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...geGrabLite

Martin