An application to convert OpenTV EPG (used by eg Sky TV) into XMLTV format.

This application reads the EPG directly from the DVB-S tuner, however it cannot at present tune the receiver to the currect mux. It is necessary to do the tuning (and hold the receiver open) with another application such as Tvheadend.

USAGE

openTVtoXML [options]
Options:
  -d db_root    output folder (default: /tmp/xmltv)
  -x demuxer    dvb demuxer (default: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0)
  -l homedir    home directory (default: .)
  -p provider   opentv provider (default: skyuk_28.2)
  -k nice       see "man nice"
  -c            carousel dvb polling
  -f            Un-encrypted channels only
  -n            no dvb polling
  -r            show progress
  -s            show Sky channel numbers
  -y            debug mode for huffman dictionary (summaries)
  -z            debug mode for huffman dictionary (titles)
  -h            show this help

First, tune the DVB-S tuner to the Sky EPG mux (11778V for the UK). This can be done using the Tvheadend 'Mux Schedulers' screen. It is not necessary for Tvheadend to be using the mux as long as no other process (eg a timer) tunes away.

Run openTVtoXML:

cd /opt/openTVtoXML
./openTVtoXML -f -s

Once the output file has been created it is necessary to feed the data into the Tvheadend EPG grabber, using a command such as:

cat /tmp/xmltv/skyuk_28.2.xml | nc -w5 -U /home/hts/.hts/tvheadend/epggrab/xmltv.sock

(note that not all versions of netcat (nc) have the needed '-U' option.)

TODO:

• Add code to tune to mux.

• Add more elements to XML output (eg series link).