How to set up pvr.stalker.NFPS and have a Full EPG

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dara said:
Possibly due to a recent change on the server, (bigger EPG?) PVR Stalker is having problems connecting, so you need to extend the timeout. Look for the settings.xml for the PVR.Stalker addon_data and change it manually to a number greater than 60.

Visiting the server via a browser will get that message. It's normal.
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See...
You ask the right people and community, and you get the right answer. :)
Thank you Dara! Indeed, timeout was the issue. Per your prescription, I changed it so something greater than '60',
(I selected 120), and it eventually connected (... I would say around 35 seconds, or so).
Glad to also know that the "STB Blocked" message in a browser is something that I can ignore.

I was tearing my hair out for the past week. LOL :)

A patch to the client seems necessary (to extend the enumeration to larger timeout values), but it was not a big deal to vim(1) the user settings.xml file manually. :)

Thank you so much again!
 
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Using Nvidia Shield console and all was working fine until a few days ago and now nothing but a message stating Stalker Client unable to load channels. Changed the timeout to 15 as this is the highest I could go. Anyone have or know of a solutions.?
 
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dara said:
Possibly due to a recent change on the server, (bigger EPG?) PVR Stalker is having problems connecting, so you need to extend the timeout. Look for the settings.xml for the PVR.Stalker addon_data and change it manually to a number greater than 60.

Visiting the server via a browser will get that message. It's normal.
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Dara,

I have opened the settings.xml file within PVR.Stalker. using gedit. the line says;

<setting id="connection_timeout" type="enum" label="30003" values="1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15" default="5" />

What should I change it to?
 
#46
that's not right file but u could keep adding after 15.example 14|15|20|30|40|50 and so on.i just did it and can change the timeout via pvr.stalker gui in pvr.clients.u have to open it with sudo gedit though to have permission to save it again.
btw the right file is .kodi(its hidden).on my Linux box its in /home/kodi(that's my pc name)/.kodi/ect,ect to settings.xml
 
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Thanks Blackbear. Unfortunately for me I am using windows 8.1. Any idea where that file is on that? Adding the additional or removing numbers in that sequence doesn't work.

I have gone through the kodi file and looked at all of the settings.xml files and this was within;

C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\addons\pvr.stalker\resources.

I'm scratching my head on where it might be.
 
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on win 8.1 its in
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\addon_data
in order to see appdata folder(its hidden) under views in top of explorer window select hidden items.

btw if you look around in the kodi folder u will find the above file where u can also change the timeout setting setting for the gui.
 
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Hi @BP_85...

The second file that @Blackbear199 alludes to -- which is the per-user settings file -- is the correct place to make the change. Although it is possible to make changes in the first file that you found, your changes will be wiped out as soon as you upgrade the Stalker PVR plugin (or even when you just upgrade Kodi itself, which will one day include the Stalker PVR plugin, too).

So, pretending that the LINUX username that you log in with is jdoe , then the file that you want to edit is located here:
Code: 
/home/jdoe/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/pvr.stalker/settings.xml
And. more specifically, here is the line that you want to change:
Code: 
<setting id="connection_timeout" value="15" />

In my previous post (just above), I mentioned trying '120' for the value (2-minutes). That worked to give the Stalker PVR client enough time to connect to the service (no problems there); but I later realized that that timeout value is also the amount of time that you have to wait when connecting to a channel that is not available (... meaning, you'll be watching the little Working ... semi-circle spin for 2-minutes each time you to tune into a channel that is not up).

So I would, say start with a value of '60' and, if you can connect to the service, gradually decrease it from there. Or gradually increase, if that's not enough time to connect to the service. Try that approach.

P.S. While typing this, I saw that you said that you're a Windows 8.1 user. Even in this case (i.e. for Windows 8.1, too), you'll want to edit the per-user settings file that @Blackbear199 pointed you to. Not the original one that you found (for the reason above).
 
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Hi Guys,

Excuse the noob question, but I have IPTV Simple Client installed on my Kodi HTPC with around 19 channels from a list I created myself. I would like it to have EPG for the channels that I have in my list.

What do I have to do to get the EPG for these channels?

Would really appreciate some help.

Thanks!
 
#53
Hustler said:
Hi Guys,

Excuse the noob question, but I have IPTV Simple Client installed on my Kodi HTPC with around 19 channels from a list I created myself. I would like it to have EPG for the channels that I have in my list.

What do I have to do to get the EPG for these channels?

Would really appreciate some help.

Thanks!
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Look at this thread:

http://iptvtalk.net/showthread.php?2940-NFPS-xmltv-EPG-Grabber

The techniques to create your own EPG are in there. The hard part is finding the data source for them.
 
#55
I finally figured out how to correctly set the time in the EPG on a Fire TV / Fire TV Stick.

After initially setting up PVR Stalker with the NFPS settings, open Kodi, clear the TV guide, then close Kodi. Go to the Fire TV's / Fire TV Stick's settings and change the time zone to anything other than the current setting. Open Kodi, wait for the TV guide to load and verify that the times in the guide have changed along with the time zone change. Now close Kodi, change the time zone back to it's correct time in the Fire TV / Fire TV Stick settings, then open Kodi again. The TV guide should now have the proper times for your time zone.

You will have to repeat this process anytime the cache is cleared in Kodi or the TV guide.
 
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Thanks It worked

Y.G. said:
I finally figured out how to correctly set the time in the EPG on a Fire TV / Fire TV Stick.

After initially setting up PVR Stalker with the NFPS settings, open Kodi, clear the TV guide, then close Kodi. Go to the Fire TV's / Fire TV Stick's settings and change the time zone to anything other than the current setting. Open Kodi, wait for the TV guide to load and verify that the times in the guide have changed along with the time zone change. Now close Kodi, change the time zone back to it's correct time in the Fire TV / Fire TV Stick settings, then open Kodi again. The TV guide should now have the proper times for your time zone.

You will have to repeat this process anytime the cache is cleared in Kodi or the TV guide.
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Thank You It Worked for Me
 
#58
VegasGuy said:
Hi all, first post.

I am new to IPTV but have been using XBMC since Gotham, currently running Isengard. I installed the Stalker addon but my 1.0.18 version does not have the General tab. This prevents me from following the directions to enter settings under this tab. Do I have the wrong Stalker addon? Screen shots attached.

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You are using IPTV stalker, not PVR stalker.
 
#60
VegasGuy said:
Well dang, no wonder. Dara, thank you for catching this. I was flummoxed by the lack of the General tab.
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No problem. PVR Stalker 0.82 is preinstalled into the Kodi 15.0 RC. You may have to manually modify the maximum timeout in order to connect, I think that's discussed in this thread and elsewhere as well.
 
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