[MOD] EPG with Genre Color (10.3.4)

[couch potato]

NO LONGER OPERATIONAL FOR SUPPORTED SERVERS. TRY A DIFFERENT ADD-ON, SUCH AS XTREAM-CODES, OR POTATO TV, OR AN ADD-ON THAT CAN PLAY M3U LISTS. - dara

Thanks to psycon & the epg-ninja team

I managed to add a new feature: the EPG web-server to generate xmtv EPG with genre color and metadata

BEFORE: (incomplete data in mono-color)

AFTER: (psycon's style in multi-genre colors with metada)



COMMAND LINE:

• check if the web-server is online
  

  http://localhost:8899/online

• 72 hours EPG
  

  http://localhost:8899/epg?xml=1

• 72 hours EPG offset 1 hour
  

  http://localhost:8899/epg?xml=2

• 24 hours EPG (good for any systems low spec/ram)
  

  http://localhost:8899/epg?xml=3

HOWTO: integrate the service with the PVR-Clients


A. MANUAL WAY


open & edit the "settings.xml" file


1. PVR IPTV Simple Client (req. any version of Kodi)

file: "Kodi/userdata/addon_data/pvr.iptvsimple/settings.xml"

    <setting id="epgCache" value="true" />
    <setting id="epgPath" value="" />
    <setting id="epgPathType" value="1" />
    <setting id="epgTSOverride" value="true" />
    <setting id="epgTimeShift" value="your_local_GMT_offset" />
    <setting id="epgUrl" value="http://localhost:8899/epg?xml=2" />

2. Stalker Client (built-in) (req. Kodi Isengard v15.x ++)

file: "/Kodi/userdata/addon_data/pvr.stalker/settings.xml"

    <setting id="guide_preference_[x]" value="3"/>
    <setting id="time_zone_[x]" value="your_local_GMT"/>
    <setting id="xmltv_scope_[x]" value="0"/>
    <setting id="xmltv_url_[x]" value="http://localhost:8899/epg?xml=2"/>

Notes:
[x] = the active portal tab # where you put your active mac/login/password settings
(e.g. guide_preference_1)

3. Stalker Client NFPS (req. Kodi Jarvis v16.x ++)

file: "Kodi/userdata/addon_data/pvr.stalker.nfps/settings.xml"

    <setting id="time_zone" value="your_local_GMT" />
    <setting id="guide_preference" value="3" />
    <setting id="xmltv_path" value="" />
    <setting id="xmltv_scope" value="0" />
    <setting id="xmltv_url" value="http://localhost:8899/epg?xml=2" />

B. AUTOMATIC WAY

You don't want to type all those codes above,
my addon can do it automatically for you

Note: ATM it only supports the Stalker Client (built-in)
So, you have to disable all pvr-client plugins, except for the Stalker Client (built-in)


1. run the add-on settings & open the "FEATURES" tab


2. enable the "[Acc.Sync] PVR Stalker Client (built-in)" option

3. enter your local timezone (default: blank = O/S timezone)

4. choose your preferred EPG xmltv source:

PROVIDER ONLY  :  96 hours EPG (incomplete in mono-color)

NINJA - 1  : 72 hours EPG (with genre color + metadata)
NINJA - 2  : 72 hours EPG (with genre color + metadata)  offset 1 hour
NINJA - 3  : 24 hours EPG

5. run the add-on & watch any channel you want



C. BORING PARTS

Both manual & automatic ways requires these following boring parts for the next steps

Note: Yes! I'm dumb and I don't know how to make these steps running automatically
Please let me know if you know how

1. disable the live-tv option
2. clear all channels cache
3. clear all epg caches
4. quit & restart Kodi
5. re-enable the live-tv option


THAT'S IT!


CHANGELOG:

http://pastebin.com/raw/AFyNsbgf

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/a3vrfmjmc90o8gc/plugin.video.stalker-10.3.4-r6_(EPG-Server).zip

NOTE! Yes! it's an EPG service for the pvr-client or any iptv-players (it works on any gadgets too)
if you insist to have the epg for the EPG for the addon, you'd better wait for my dev-release (NO ETA)
or use the iVue2 TV / Renegades Guide as an alternative


UPDATE




10.3.4-r6 (2016/08/17)
- fix VoD's issue: "list indices must be integers"
- fix some minor bugs


10.3.4-r5 (2016/07/18)
- fix VoD
- fix channel language filter



v10.3.4-r4
- add custom MAC prefix ("00:1A:78" -or- "00:1A:79")



v10.3.4-r3

- add the error-notification if there's no new EPG update available from the source (**********)



v10.3.4-r2

- add MAC prefix 00:1A:79 for rocket-22 account (dara's reference)