Kodi PVR Channel Template Loader

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Alucard

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#1
I think I finally have this running good enough to share. This is a tool to create templates for all your channels and groups so you do not have to spend hours resetting your guide back to the way you had it because you had to reset your your guide data. This tool will only run on Windows. Their is a pdf that contains the instructions on how to use it. It also includes utilities to help reset MAC Addresses and First time Stalker Setup.

Some Features:
Creates a group (My Channels) that contains all the channels you have enabled.
All hidden channels also have epg disabled to prevent loading of EPG data that is not needed
When loading template, it will let you know how many new channels have been added since last time the channels were updated.
PPV are always added
Channel Renaming
Deleted channels are automatically removed from your groups
Channel reordering, You can use back-end channel order or the order that you placed them in under My Channels


For Android devices, you will have to copy the TV database to the Windows machine so the database can be updated and then copied back. This is in the included instructions.

Just unzip the folder to the c:\ drive and run the exe in the folder. If updating extract the .exe file and overwrite the one you currently have.

2015-10-04: Ver. 1.1.1 release:
Application now will look first in the Kodi Database folder for the TV289.db, then the template loader folder and if not found will ask for the folder location where the TV29.db can be found.
 
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Hi Alucard,

This looks great! only problem is that I want to use it for KodiBuntu,
I tried following the android instructions by copying TV29.db to C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\Database
But no luck! Your app could not find the database...
The only other thing that might interfere is that I'm running KODI nightlies (Isenguard).

Can this be made to work for me?

Many thanks
 
#4
Linux doesn't use the path your using,its like this on my Linux pc.
/home/YOUR PC NAME/.kodi/userdata/Database

notice the .kodi,its a hidden folder(like appdata in windows) so u must select show hidden files,google it for the Linux distro you use.
 
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Blackbear199 said:
Linux doesn't use the path your using,its like this on my Linux pc.
/home/YOUR PC NAME/.kodi/userdata/Database

notice the .kodi,its a hidden folder(like appdata in windows) so u must select show hidden files,google it for the Linux distro you use.
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Alucard said:
The application is a Windows app so you need to copy the TV29.db to a Windows machine and then back. Just like you would for an Android box but you use your path instead.
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Thanks guys for your replies...

I am aware of which .db file I need (TV29.db) and the location from which to retrieve it from the KodiBuntu install,
and have in fact already FTP'ed from the linux machine to the (windows) path given in supplied readme.

I have copied TV29.db to C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\Database

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You can see from the snipped image that both the file and location are correct (I think!)

But when I run the app I get:

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The only other thing I can think of is that I don't actually have Kodi installed on my Win machine....

Any other thoughts?!!

Thanks

*Edit* eventually when I get this work I was hoping run this automatically (if possible) on the windows machine, and have the linux machine retreive it using rsync via a cronjob on the kodibuntu install after startup...
 
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Thank you very much Alucard. This is the first time I can have my own custom channel group and it does not reset every time I run Kodi. I've done it for both Windows 10 and Nexus player and for some reason when I used the working tv29.db file on Nexus player, it did not like it. I ended up using the tv29.db file form the Nexus player, modified and now it works. So at least those two do not seem to be interchangeable even after deleting the epg10.db file.

Much appreciated!
 
#8
tinybilbo said:
Thanks guys for your replies...

I am aware of which .db file I need (TV29.db) and the location from which to retrieve it from the KodiBuntu install,
and have in fact already FTP'ed from the linux machine to the (windows) path given in supplied readme.

I have copied TV29.db to C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\Database

View attachment 1072

You can see from the snipped image that both the file and location are correct (I think!)

But when I run the app I get:

View attachment 1073

The only other thing I can think of is that I don't actually have Kodi installed on my Win machine....

Any other thoughts?!!

Thanks

*Edit* eventually when I get this work I was hoping run this automatically (if possible) on the windows machine, and have the linux machine retreive it using rsync via a cronjob on the kodibuntu install after startup...
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Can you post your tv29.db. Maybe it is different in linux but would not think so. I will see about have an option to select the db file if not found. I will work on that this weekend.
 
#9
Alucard said:
Can you post your tv29.db. Maybe it is different in linux but would not think so. I will see about have an option to select the db file if not found. I will work on that this weekend.
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Sure... here it is...

http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g64049a9b57eac35699972964973157cf1ea3bc099

And thanks for taking the time to look into this.

My (uneducated) guess, is that the database has changed for Isenguard...
It's certainly the case for the movie .db...
I had to roll back to helix in order to export the library out manually, then upgrade to Isenguard and import manually to fix my library...
 
#10
tinybilbo said:
Sure... here it is...

http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g64049a9b57eac35699972964973157cf1ea3bc099

And thanks for taking the time to look into this.

My (uneducated) guess, is that the database has changed for Isenguard...
It's certainly the case for the movie .db...
I had to roll back to helix in order to export the library out manually, then upgrade to Isenguard and import manually to fix my library...
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I checked your file and I can open it with the tool. I updated the tool so you can just drop the DB in the same folder as the TemplateLoader.exe file if Kodi is not installed on the computer.
 
#11
Alucard said:
I checked your file and I can open it with the tool. I updated the tool so you can just drop the DB in the same folder as the TemplateLoader.exe file if Kodi is not installed on the computer.
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Works fine now!

Must be a quirk with my Win7 install...

Thanks for taking the time to alter it for me! (I guess no-one else has had this problem!)
 
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#12
@Alucard this is great app, but I'm running raspberry pi 2 and OpenELEC, and I can't copy tv29.db with kodi off, but when I copied it to computer putting it both in kodi folder and same folder as koditemplate always says unable to load database. Windows computer is running Windows 10 if that's of importance.
 
#16
I reinstalled Kodi had some beta 15 ver. now with final 15.2 and it actually opens tv29.db that I copied from Raspberry Pi 2. So everything seems to be working, thanks a lot for the app its extremely useful tool.
 
#17
Update: So I modified the list, made template but when I apply changes, it doesn't update tv29.db when I open it again it's the same unmodified version, and you can see while applying changes there's file tv29 - journal but the main tv29.db after applying stays unmodified (timestamp doesn't change)
 
#18
Puska said:
Update: So I modified the list, made template but when I apply changes, it doesn't update tv29.db when I open it again it's the same unmodified version, and you can see while applying changes there's file tv29 - journal but the main tv29.db after applying stays unmodified (timestamp doesn't change)
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If you do not get any errors, it is updating. If the tool could not apply the changes to the DB it would through an error.
 
#19
Alucard said:
If you do not get any errors, it is updating. If the tool could not apply the changes to the DB it would through an error.
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No tool isn't throwing any errors whatsoever, but that same tv29.db if I try to load it again it is my understanding should show changes for groups, renamed channels, like it is in template correct ? But for me it just loads same unmodified tv29.db. I tried copying it regardless but it doesn't show, and of course I did turn off all those sync options with backend.
 
#20
Alucard said:
I think I finally have this running good enough to share. This is a tool to create templates for all your channels and groups so you do not have to spend hours resetting your guide back to the way you had it because you had to reset your your guide data. This tool will only run on Windows. Their is a pdf that contains the instructions on how to use it. It also includes utilities to help reset MAC Addresses and First time Stalker Setup.

Some Features:
Creates a group (My Channels) that contains all the channels you have enabled.
All hidden channels also have epg disabled to prevent loading of EPG data that is not needed
When loading template, it will let you know how many new channels have been added since last time the channels were updated.
PPV are always added
Channel Renaming
Deleted channels are automatically removed from your groups
Channel reordering, You can use back-end channel order or the order that you placed them in under My Channels


For Android devices, you will have to copy the TV database to the Windows machine so the database can be updated and then copied back. This is in the included instructions.

Just unzip the folder to the c:\ drive and run the exe in the folder. If updating extract the .exe file and overwrite the one you currently have.

2015-10-04: Ver. 1.1.1 release:
Application now will look first in the Kodi Database folder for the TV289.db, then the template loader folder and if not found will ask for the folder location where the TV29.db can be found.
Click to expand...


Mate you are a legend and your contribution with this Loader will go a long way in defining this service. Have been able to create my ideal channel list and works like clockwork. NFPS please take note!!!
 
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