Live TV program guide

[Tony5104 0]

I added a TV tuner card to my emby server, and that works fine. My problem is the program guide isn't showing anything. I've searched through the forums and tried setting the zip code to less tha n10 miles from the TV towers but still nothing. What am I missing?

[sa2000 674]

6 hours ago, Tony5104 said:

 My problem is the program guide isn't showing anything. I've searched through the forums and tried setting the zip code to less tha n10 miles from the TV towers but still nothing.

On the Settings for Live TV, you went through Guide Data Sources and Add Guide Data Source and selected a country from the drop-down and then picking Emby Guide Data and on next screen entering zip code and then picking a lineup from the drop-down? 

Is this OTA or Cable?

The countries that have Emby Guide Data are USA, UK and Canada - otherwise you would have to use an XMLTV source

See https://emby.media/support/articles/Live-TV.html

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by sa2000

[Tony5104 0]

I did all the setup, its OTA and in the US

 

[Luke 42079]

What zip code did you enter?

[sa2000 674]

13 minutes ago, Tony5104 said:

 OTA and in the US

and which lineup did you pick from the drop-down after entering your zip code

[Tony5104 0]

I tried both my local zip code, and one from the same city as the towers are in, and chose local over the air broadcast from the dropdown

[sa2000 674]

without an actual zip code and exact lineup name i cannot check if there is an issue with the guide 

Does the tuner show all channel numbers and channel names correctly ?

[sa2000 674]

anyway - you could download the server logs and attach here - the logs covering the time of adding the guide

See https://emby.media/support/articles/Log-Files.html

you could enable debug logging beforehand

Edited December 5, 2024 by sa2000

[Tony5104 0]

I used my zip code of 56303 and the Minneapolis zip code of 55401, and chose local over the air broadcast from the dropdown. 

I'm at work so I can't attach the log files right now

[Luke 42079]

And then what did you see after that?

[Tony5104 0]

It added the scheduled task and tried to download the program guide for about 1.5 seconds

[Tony5104 0]

Ok, I just noticed none of the channels are mapped, I did one manually and it works fine. Do I have to do that to all 60odd channels manually?

[Luke 42079]

What type of tuner do you have? Usually they map automatically but sometimes we see users with channel names and numbers from the tuner that don't match up.

[Tony5104 0]

A hauppauge  HVR-1800

[sa2000 674]

@Tony5104If you look in the Emby Server App data folder in sub-folder livetv - there will be a json file holding the channel details provided by the tuner with numbers and titles = filename would be "tuner_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_channels" - suggest you copy that file out and browse to see what channel numbers are being set by the tuner

There would be an equivalent json for the EPG channel numbers and titles - file named "listings_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_channels" - again to ensure you do not lock the file out, just copy it out and look at it offline

 

 

Edited December 11, 2024 by sa2000

[Luke 42079]

@Tony5104has this helped?