Enigma2 support for Plex DVR/LiveTV!

Live TV & DVR
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@plexip said:
Be happy that we have people like andyblac1974 they wrote a plugin for Enigma2 boxes and you can use it with Plex DVR :smile:

“Normally” the big advantage in Plex DVR -among others- is the EPG from Gracenote. Today it is not complete but it grows over time. If we miss a channel in a specific provider list we can tell it Plex.

The other way is a XMLTV file, which you have to provide to your Plex DVR server. Use tools like WebGrabPlus for that.

Tried WebGrab++ and it runs now on my Synology… so far so good and a good idea to get the latest epg files. But I noticed that I don’t get “posters” in the EPG-View in Plex, only empty placeholders. Description is there but no posters for the events. What I’m I doing wrong or do I need another tool for the posters?

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@RSchally Does your XMLTV file contains “icon src” values?

Here an example

 <programme start="20170622075500 +0000" stop="20170622084400 +0000" channel="Das Erste HD">
    <title lang="en">Sturm der Liebe</title>
    <desc lang="en">Werner versucht, Alvarez auf den Zahn zu fühlen...</desc>
    <credits>
      <director>Lutz von Sicherer</director>
      <actor>Julia Alice Ludwig</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2017</date>
    <category lang="en">soap/melodrama/folkloric</category>
    <icon src="https://wp7-images-de-dynamic.horizon.tv/Linear_Images/29094262.box.p.d26b6e895f36f9a2c66903a3d0cd86fa9f5a5ea3.jpg" />
  </programme>
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Will have to check when back home but I guess not… does WebGrab++ support that?

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The question is whether or not the supplier in the backend supports it. My skyonline entries have src img tags, my tvtv ones do not…

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“icon src” is not to be found in the .xml file

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Can’t seem to find this on Wooshbuild v5 is there a way to manually install?

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sure, download these file from the git and copy the files to your box in /usr/lib//enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/PlexDVRAPI :slight_smile:
https://github.com/OpenViX/PlexDVRAPI/tree/master/PlexDVRAPI/src

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hello and a big thank you for this but I need a little help please
I’ve downloaded PlexDVRAPI.zip unzipped it and transferred it to
usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/PlexDVRAPI
on my zgemma 2s running wooshbuild v5 (v6 is not available for 2s)
I go to plugins after reboot and can see the Plex DVR api for enigma2
it shows http://192.168.1.146:6083 I’ve forwarded this in my router as well
but plex gives me an error: There was a problem adding the device: http://192.168.1.146:6083

any ideas where I’m going wrong ?

TIA

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@britdub said:
hello and a big thank you for this but I need a little help please
I’ve downloaded PlexDVRAPI.zip unzipped it and transferred it to
usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/PlexDVRAPI
on my zgemma 2s running wooshbuild v5 (v6 is not available for 2s)
I go to plugins after reboot and can see the Plex DVR api for enigma2
it shows http://192.168.1.146:6083 I’ve forwarded this in my router as well
but plex gives me an error: There was a problem adding the device: http://192.168.1.146:6083

any ideas where I’m going wrong ?

TIA

no need to forward in router, what version of PMS are you running ?

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Hi Andy I’m running Version 1.7.3.3937

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Have you created the api files (?) as described in the instructions. I believe: install, reboot, enter the plugin, create the api files (green?), reboot.

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no sorry I hadn’t but I’ve just tried it and got a
really sorry your receiver encounter a software problem and needs to reboot message with a lot of text
and then reboots, I’m not sure how to find the log file on the box

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hi here is the crash report from trying to create hope it helps

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It says that /www/satellite is missing. Try creating it… I did not need to but others also said /www had to be created. Are you sure you are using the latest GitHub version?

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No its from page 2 of this thread, I did try github but I’m not sure which part of the zip I downloaded to add to the box, I’ll give it another go tomorrow from the github zip, thanks for everyone’s help and patience

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To quote Andy:

grab from here https://github.com/OpenViX/PlexDVRAPI/tree/master/PlexDVRAPI/src grab the file and upload to you box in a folder called /usr/Iib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/PlexDVRAPI

Please use the latest version!

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@andyblac1974 said:
guy’s just to let you know I have created a Pull Request on PLI, it is now up to you to get them to accept it :slight_smile:

add PlexDVRAPI plugin to feeds. by andyblac · Pull Request #254 · OpenPLi/openpli-oe-core · GitHub

Hi @andyblac1974 and thanks for the good work. I’m going to ask them to consider your requests. In the meanwhile, can I add it manually to my OpenPli plugins or not?

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yes, should work, get the source files form the link in my signature. just give me credit etc.

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@radar said:

@andyblac1974 said:
guy’s just to let you know I have created a Pull Request on PLI, it is now up to you to get them to accept it :slight_smile:

add PlexDVRAPI plugin to feeds. by andyblac · Pull Request #254 · OpenPLi/openpli-oe-core · GitHub

Hi @andyblac1974 and thanks for the good work. I’m going to ask them to consider your requests. In the meanwhile, can I add it manually to my OpenPli plugins or not?

openpli already included plexdvrapi, into their next version, which is OpenPLi 5 I think.

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@andyblac1974 said:
yes, should work, get the source files form the link in my signature. just give me credit etc.

I have the following error (translated from french):
Some plugins are not available. SystemPlugins/PlexDVRAPI (no module named email.utils).