Custom cable provider

General Discussions Plex Features
1

Is there any way to define a custom cable provider in Plex? I need to specify frequency, symbol rate, modulation, network ID and so on. The current provider in my country is not listed when trying to configure the tuner.

2

Strange is that my provider is listed here:
https://www.plex.tv/features/live-tv-dvr/#remodal-channels

It is UPC in Romania.

But when trying to search using my TVButler and I choose Romania + Cable there is no mention of UPC or the other providers. And if I search I can find only 18 channels and no EPG for any of them so I cannot view any.

Thanks in advance for any help!

3

For Gracenote EPG issues report them here

I believe you can just make you own custom mappings.
To setup your own custom XMLTV file use using something like MC2XML try this

4

Thanks a lot for the answer. In the meantime I concluded that my issue is not with the EPG but with the parameters of the scan. If I choose Romania and Cable I can find only 18. Looking at the logs it is clear the search is done with wrong modulation and symbol rate. Is there any way to change those? Like defining a custom transponder file?

5

Found a temporary workaround for scanning UPC Romania channels.

Hop into /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Tuner/Shared/scanners/dvbc/fast_scan/.

Duplicate the ./8007.ini file, edit the content to the following
[SATTYPE]
1=8027
2=DVB-C ROMANIA (UPC, Fast Scan)
3=RO

[DVB]
0=1
1=306000,V,6900,QAM256

The frequency Qam and modulation is taken from here: https://www.upc.ro/pdf/manuale/manual-upc-digitalcard.pdf

After scanning a network id choice menu will apear and from there just make sure to pick the ID corresponding to the location you’re scanning from.

If you’re using plex inside a docker container, watch the application logs if it can open the device.
Sep 16, 2018 17:22:37.772 [0x7efdb67fc700] INFO - [I] v4l::DeviceGetList_impl. getting v4l device list
Sep 16, 2018 17:22:37.772 [0x7efdb67fc700] INFO - [I] v4l::DeviceGetList_impl. Successfully opened frontend /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
Sep 16, 2018 17:22:37.772 [0x7efdb67fc700] INFO - [I] v4l::DeviceGetList_impl. Successfully opened frontend /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0

These lines are esentually found here:
tail -f /config/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Logs/Plex\ Tuner\ Service.*

I was getting error id 13 and i had to fiddle around with the permissions inside the container so that plex could actually read /dev/dvb (chown plex:plex /dev/dvb -R)

6

Hi There,

Can you please tell me what tunner are you using for scanning UPC Romania channels?

Thanks,
Seb