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<blockquote data-quote="MPBuddy" data-source="post: 867051" data-attributes="member: 123163"><p>Thanks<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/etheesdad.84335/" target="_blank"> etheesdad<span style="color: #000000">, below is a variation to your method that I use for paytv program </span></a>information.</p><p>This method launches virtualbox/linux/shepherd once a day at 3am from the windows sheduler.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Install virtualbox with linux mint 12 and shepherd as you described.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Add a shared folder so that linux can write files directly to the windows xmltv folder.<br /> In virtualbox menu devices->shared folders add a share called xmltv and select the windows xmltv folder.<br /> Check "make permanent", but not automount. On win7 and MP1.2.3 the xmtv folder was "C:\program data\TeamMediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\xmltv"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">From the linux command line make the directory //media/share-xmltv then add the following command to "//etc/init.d/rc.local" so it mounts on boot.<br /> [CODE]mount -t vboxsf xmltv //media/share-xmltv<br /> [/CODE]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Give the linux user shutdown privilages. Add the following to /<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/etheesdad.84335/" target="_blank">/etc/sudoers</a><br /> [CODE]<username> ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown -h now[/CODE]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In the linux users home folder add the following script called epg.sh<br /> [CODE]perl shepherd<br /> echo copying epg to windows share<br /> cp ~/.shepherd/output.xmltv //media/share-xmltv/tvguide.xml<br /> echo Ctrl-C now to prevent shutdown.<br /> sleep 60<br /> echo shutting down now!<br /> sudo shutdown -h now<br /> sleep 10[/CODE]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Create the scipt epg-startup.sh so that shepherd runs in a terminal<br /> [CODE]xterm -e ./epg.sh[/CODE]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Now you need to run this script on linux boot. In mint12 I did this using the "startup applications preferences" tool found in Applications->Other->Startup Applications. Add an item to run epg-startup.sh</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Now you need to launch virtualdub and linux from the windows command line. I created epg.bat on the windows desktop.<br /> [CODE]echo EPG run on %date% at %time% > epg.log<br /> "c:\program files\oracle\virtualbox\vboxmanage.exe" startvm <virtualmachine name>[/CODE]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In media portal configuration PowerScheduler++ add VirtualBox to the list of programs to prevent the computer from going to sleep while virtualbox is running.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Run the epg.bat script from the windows task sheduler, say every morning at 3am. In win7 I found this only worked if used "Run only when the user is logged in". Maybe a permissions issue?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In media portal configuration select to use xmltv. This plugin periodically checks to see if the tvguide.xml file has been updated.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Map your channels to the epg data in the xmltv plugin.</li> </ol><p>NB. The first time shepherd is run it can take a few hours.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MPBuddy, post: 867051, member: 123163"] Thanks[URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/etheesdad.84335/'] etheesdad[COLOR=#000000], below is a variation to your method that I use for paytv program [/COLOR][/URL]information. This method launches virtualbox/linux/shepherd once a day at 3am from the windows sheduler. [LIST=1] [*]Install virtualbox with linux mint 12 and shepherd as you described. [*]Add a shared folder so that linux can write files directly to the windows xmltv folder. In virtualbox menu devices->shared folders add a share called xmltv and select the windows xmltv folder. Check "make permanent", but not automount. On win7 and MP1.2.3 the xmtv folder was "C:\program data\TeamMediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\xmltv" [*]From the linux command line make the directory //media/share-xmltv then add the following command to "//etc/init.d/rc.local" so it mounts on boot. [CODE]mount -t vboxsf xmltv //media/share-xmltv [/CODE] [*]Give the linux user shutdown privilages. Add the following to /[URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/etheesdad.84335/']/etc/sudoers[/URL] [CODE]<username> ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown -h now[/CODE] [*]In the linux users home folder add the following script called epg.sh [CODE]perl shepherd echo copying epg to windows share cp ~/.shepherd/output.xmltv //media/share-xmltv/tvguide.xml echo Ctrl-C now to prevent shutdown. sleep 60 echo shutting down now! sudo shutdown -h now sleep 10[/CODE] [*]Create the scipt epg-startup.sh so that shepherd runs in a terminal [CODE]xterm -e ./epg.sh[/CODE] [*]Now you need to run this script on linux boot. In mint12 I did this using the "startup applications preferences" tool found in Applications->Other->Startup Applications. Add an item to run epg-startup.sh [*]Now you need to launch virtualdub and linux from the windows command line. I created epg.bat on the windows desktop. [CODE]echo EPG run on %date% at %time% > epg.log "c:\program files\oracle\virtualbox\vboxmanage.exe" startvm <virtualmachine name>[/CODE] [*]In media portal configuration PowerScheduler++ add VirtualBox to the list of programs to prevent the computer from going to sleep while virtualbox is running. [*]Run the epg.bat script from the windows task sheduler, say every morning at 3am. In win7 I found this only worked if used "Run only when the user is logged in". Maybe a permissions issue? [*]In media portal configuration select to use xmltv. This plugin periodically checks to see if the tvguide.xml file has been updated. [*]Map your channels to the epg data in the xmltv plugin. [/LIST] NB. The first time shepherd is run it can take a few hours. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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