Installation

Installation

Requirements

• An Enigma2 box with a Python 3 based image (OpenViX and compatible).
• An Internet connection. The programme data and pictures come from websites.
• A directory /data that is writable (the cache lives in /data/TVC).
• Channels in a bouquet that the plugin knows (see Channels).

Package

enigma2-plugin-extensions-tvmagazinecockpit, architecture independent. It depends on:

Package	Why
enigma2-plugin-skincomponents-componentscockpit	Skin components
enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-covercockpit	Cockpit family dependency

Install it and restart Enigma2.

Where it appears

The plugin menu and the extensions menu (blue button): TVMagazineCockpit, described as "Browse TV Magazine".

What happens at start-up

When Enigma2 starts, the plugin prepares today's data in the background so that the first open is quick:

1. Folders of earlier days in /data/TVC are deleted.
2. If there is no cache file for today yet, the programmes of all channels of your bouquet are downloaded for today.
3. Then, in a background thread, the pictures of the 20:15 programmes are downloaded.

This happens once per day. Opening the plugin later the same day reads the cache. Details are on the Cache page.

On a box that is started only to record, with no Internet access, the download simply fails and is tried again the first time you open the plugin.

Removing

Remove the package with the package manager. The cache folder /data/TVC can be deleted by hand. Your own channel dictionary in /etc/enigma2/tvc_channel_dict.json, if you made one, stays.