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09.06.2010
VERSIONS-1.6a
History:
========
1.6a- 2010-06-08 - bpmurray - Cleaned up the script, making the date
auto-detected, thereby fixing the 404 error. Also extended support for
other satellite areas - the full list is:
UK, NL/BE, CanalSat, Nordic, Dplus, Poland, SkyGermany, SkyItaly,
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, MEO/ZON, Germany/Austria/Swiss, Nova,
UPCDirect, SkylinkCZ/SK, ExyuSR/CG/HR, Bulsatcom, ZAMultichoice/DSTV/OSN,
OSN
Not my work, just found on the net.
I had difficulty installing it , but I think thats more to me being a Linux noob ....But I've got an EPG on my box , so I must of done something correct .
If you manage to get it working , it takes a long time to download , and load the information .
AZOpen - Open source tools for the AZBox
The EPG program is now stable and works rather well, even if I say so myself. There have been a number of comments indicating that some people are confused about how to install and run it, despite the detailed instructions in the README file. This is an attempt at providing simple instructions for technophobes, so here goes ...
Installation
Download the zip file to your machine. If you're using Windows, do not unzip the file on your PC because it will corrupt the scripts.
Next, you need to copy the zip file to the AZBox: how to do this depends on whether you have a hard disk in the box or you're using a USB memory stick (USB key).
1. USB Key:
* Copy the zip file to the key and unmount it from your PC.
* Plug the key into the box.
* Telnet to the box and change to the USB directory
2. Hard disk
* Connect to your AZBox using FTP and copy the zip file to the hard disk, i.e. to /DATA/hdb1. You can do this using the ftp command-line tool, or using one of the available tools , e.g. MaZ.
* Telnet to the box, and change to /DATA/hdb1
Now, the next part is the same for both USB and hard disk - create a new folder to contain the files, unzip the files into this and change to the bin folder: mkdir myEPG
cd myEPG
unzip ../azepgmgr_1.6a.zip
cd bin
The program has now been installed.
Running the program
There are a number of possible settings you can use for the program. However, for the sake of simplicity, this will only explain the most important options. The full description is in the README file that's in the zip. Every few days, you'll need to download the latest XMLTV data, i.e. the information for the EPG. You do this by running: ./azboxepg -l # That's an "l" for "Load"
This will download the data for the next 7 days, and insert it into the EPG. Top refresh the EPG, run: ./azboxepg -d 2 # 2 days
This actually only loads two day's worth, but since the box loses entries when more than that is loaded, there's really no point in loading more.
Probably the simplest way to run the program is to use its automatic updating feature: ./azboxepg -a # Automatic updates days
This will automatically download the EPG data if required, and will load two days worth of EPG events into memory.
Problems
There are still problems with this EPG program. The ones I know of are:
* When loading a large number of EPG entries, the box loses some of them (another reason to limit it to only a couple of days).
download:
_www.world-satellite.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4787&d=1276093492
_www.world-satellite.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4788&d=1276093492
VERSIONS-1.6a
History:
========
1.6a- 2010-06-08 - bpmurray - Cleaned up the script, making the date
auto-detected, thereby fixing the 404 error. Also extended support for
other satellite areas - the full list is:
UK, NL/BE, CanalSat, Nordic, Dplus, Poland, SkyGermany, SkyItaly,
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, MEO/ZON, Germany/Austria/Swiss, Nova,
UPCDirect, SkylinkCZ/SK, ExyuSR/CG/HR, Bulsatcom, ZAMultichoice/DSTV/OSN,
OSN
Not my work, just found on the net.
I had difficulty installing it , but I think thats more to me being a Linux noob ....But I've got an EPG on my box , so I must of done something correct .
If you manage to get it working , it takes a long time to download , and load the information .
AZOpen - Open source tools for the AZBox
The EPG program is now stable and works rather well, even if I say so myself. There have been a number of comments indicating that some people are confused about how to install and run it, despite the detailed instructions in the README file. This is an attempt at providing simple instructions for technophobes, so here goes ...
Installation
Download the zip file to your machine. If you're using Windows, do not unzip the file on your PC because it will corrupt the scripts.
Next, you need to copy the zip file to the AZBox: how to do this depends on whether you have a hard disk in the box or you're using a USB memory stick (USB key).
1. USB Key:
* Copy the zip file to the key and unmount it from your PC.
* Plug the key into the box.
* Telnet to the box and change to the USB directory
2. Hard disk
* Connect to your AZBox using FTP and copy the zip file to the hard disk, i.e. to /DATA/hdb1. You can do this using the ftp command-line tool, or using one of the available tools , e.g. MaZ.
* Telnet to the box, and change to /DATA/hdb1
Now, the next part is the same for both USB and hard disk - create a new folder to contain the files, unzip the files into this and change to the bin folder: mkdir myEPG
cd myEPG
unzip ../azepgmgr_1.6a.zip
cd bin
The program has now been installed.
Running the program
There are a number of possible settings you can use for the program. However, for the sake of simplicity, this will only explain the most important options. The full description is in the README file that's in the zip. Every few days, you'll need to download the latest XMLTV data, i.e. the information for the EPG. You do this by running: ./azboxepg -l # That's an "l" for "Load"
This will download the data for the next 7 days, and insert it into the EPG. Top refresh the EPG, run: ./azboxepg -d 2 # 2 days
This actually only loads two day's worth, but since the box loses entries when more than that is loaded, there's really no point in loading more.
Probably the simplest way to run the program is to use its automatic updating feature: ./azboxepg -a # Automatic updates days
This will automatically download the EPG data if required, and will load two days worth of EPG events into memory.
Problems
There are still problems with this EPG program. The ones I know of are:
* When loading a large number of EPG entries, the box loses some of them (another reason to limit it to only a couple of days).
download:
_www.world-satellite.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4787&d=1276093492
_www.world-satellite.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4788&d=1276093492
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