The MMBox collects information using external tools or DVB. As external tools the MMBox supports collecting data with XMLTV-tools or Nxtvepg. To setup the tool of your choice, please read the documentation of the tool for correct configuration. This document assumes, that the tools are properly installed and configured. Make sure, that the binaries are contained in your PATH-environment-variable.
Download and install the XMLTV-tools or Nxtvepg. To use DVB-EPG you don't need to download extra software.
edit variables in .mmboxrc (MMBox-Configuration-File) as follows
The TVGuide supports collecting information from different sources simultanously. To use multiple sources specify how many sources you want to use by setting the epgsources_number-variable. Then you can set the different sources by setting the epgsource_x-variables where x is a number from 0 to epgsources_number-1.
epgsources_number=2 epgsource_0=xmltv epgsource_1=DVB |
DVB - if you use DVB as LiveTV-Source, you can use the EPG-information provided in the DVB-stream
xmltv - use a grabber from XMLTV-Package
nxtvepg - tool to collect schedule-information using bttv-TVCards. Nxtvepg must be running in daemon-mode in order to collect data.
To configure the epgsources the following variables are available:
select a xmltv-grabber by specifying a country-shortcut (eg 'de' for Germany)
specify, how often the update of the xmltv-information should be startetd. E.g. d1 means every day
specify the path to the nxtvepg-database (/usr/tmp/nxtvdb by default)
specify the hexadecimal-code of the provider delivering the programme-information. See nxtvepg-documentation for details
specify how often the nxtvepg-information should be started
Set an tv_channels.xml if the one that shold be used is different from default. To create such a file read the Section about setting up LiveTV.
If you are using XMLTV and missing the support for the grabber for your country, make sure, that it is specified in the file <nmmdir>/resources/tvguide/XMLTVPluginConf.xml