Single EPG: highlight day change

[sub3R]

I think there may be a problem when installing this after the latest on-line f/w update to 19.3 20211010 from 19.3 20210901.

On both our U4s I got a crash log after the on-line f/w update when I installed enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-epg-hide-hl_1_all.ipk then opened the single EPG & selected MENU. The crash occurred as soon as MENU was selected from the EPG.

I didn’t disable epg_hide via Live TV > EPG > MENU before doing the f/w update. Should I have done this?

From U4_01:

Enigma2_crash_2021-10-11_12-32-54.log

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From U4_02:

Enigma2_crash_2021-10-11_11-31-49.log

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[adoxa]

I flashed 20211008, installed epg-hide-hl, restarted, all working. Offline updated to 20211010, epg-hide-hl was automatically removed, rebooted. Installed epg-hide-hl, restarted, all working. The line number in the crash looks to be from the original config.py, not epg-hide-hl's version, so it doesn't appear to have installed correctly. Perhaps a simple remove/install will fix it.

[sub3R]

Just to clarify; I didn’t restart the GUI or reboot either U4 prior to Live TV > EPG > MENU where it crashed, & on both U4s epg-hide-hl did appear to be working ok immediately following the crash. Both U4s did exactly the same.

I will un-install epg-hide-hl, re-install it, revert to an older f/w version via USB with restore then try & replicate the issue, but that probably won’t be for a couple of days.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

I had the same crash as Dennis -

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{2182}< 23517.161>   File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components/config.py", line 2208, in __getattr__
{2182}< 23517.162> AttributeError: enhanced_hide

Following adoxa's suggestion to uninstall/re-install, the Single EPG MENU now works.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

I believe originally I didn't restart/reboot between performing the online f/w update and before re-installing epg-hide-hl (i.e. I (i) online updated, (ii) installed epg-hide-hl, (iii) rebooted).

This time I didn't restart/reboot after I removed the plugin, as I just ran these two commands in succession -

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opkg remove enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-epg-hide-hl
opkg install enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-epg-hide-hl_1_all.ipk

[sub3R]

... revert to an older f/w version via USB with restore then try & replicate the issue, ...

I could replicate it & the reason appears to be me not re-booting after installing epg-hide-hl before opening the SingleEPG & pressing MENU.

Basically I flashed back to 19.3 20211008 with restore, installed OverlayHD & restarted the GUI, installed AutoMute plug-in & rebooted, installed epg-hide-hl & rebooted, opened the SingleEPG & pressed MENU – no crash. I then basically online updated to 19.3 20211010 with restore, installed epg-hide-hl but didn’t follow this with a re-boot, opened the SingleEPG & pressed MENU – crashed immediately.

I repeated the above but re-booted after installing epg-hide-hl before opening the SingleEPG & pressing MENU - & it didn’t crash. I did this on both U4s.

I’ve made a note to myself to reboot immediately after installing epg-hide-hl.

Crash log:

Enigma2_crash_2021-10-14_14-11-31.log

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[adoxa]

What looks to be happening is that it's reading the updated setup.xml (containing config.epgselection.enhanced_hide), but still using the old UsageConfig.py (so it's not defined). I'll see if I can reload them, whenever I get around to updating it...

[adoxa]

This update:

• fixes the issue on install (reloading wasn't feasible, so it renames setup.xml on first start);
• changes the default to off, so you'll want to turn "Hide titles" on;
• adds INFO on "Hide titles" to display a longer description (could probably do with a bit of tweaking);
• adds long STOP to bring up the five most recent hidden or ignored items, then everything else;
• preserves the event (when possible) when toggling show/hide;
• fixes a bug with twice daily, missing a transition in some circumstances;
• prevents hiding a title that has been ignored (could occur after a restart).

[sub3R]

I’ve just got around to installing this latest version of epg-hide-hl on one of our U4s & got the attached execution progress.

The procedure I used was probably a bit over the top:

In epg-hide-hl ver:1 plugin I disabled Hide titles & changed Highlight transition from Daily to Off (Highlight period was already disabled) > saved > rebooted > removed epg-hide-hl via LiveTV > Setup > Plugins > Remove plugins > systemplugins > epg-hide-hl (1) > OK > rebooted > installed epg-hide-hl ver:2 (got the attached execution progress) > rebooted.

It seems to have installed ok.

[adoxa]

I never saw the tar error, as I install through the package installer (when I attach the USB). Safe to ignore, as I do backup the normal file. And yeah, that was a bit OTT (just upgrade, restart, re-enable).

One more thing I want to do is change the colour of the selection. Currently my own version uses the same foreground (i.e. a selected transition/period is yellow/green on blue). Yellow looked fine on the test V2 and acceptable on the T2; green doesn't look so good at all. Of course, with user-defined colours, a user preferring a blue highlight would not want that on a blue background. Would just having a custom selected foreground be sufficient, or should I go the whole hog and add custom background, too? Would that then mean the normal alternative colours should also allow a custom background?

[sub3R]

And yeah, that was a bit OTT (just upgrade, restart, re-enable).

I did what you advised on the next U4 (U4_01) & got the attached execution progress. It installed ok but I had to restart the GUI after that to get MENU from EPG to populate with the epg-hide-dl options.

I like what you’ve done with Long STOP & INFO. I found that Long STOP then OK on the highlighted item restores that item – perhaps that could be added to the bottom of your info screen, but you may not have the room for that seeing the top is slightly cut off.

In regards to your colour questions. I’m a bit conservative when it comes to text & background colours. I like a black background on everything with no Live TV showing through – which OverlayHD gives me. But for someone who is content to use one of the lesser pre-installed skins, the text & background colour choice would possibly be different, so they may have a different view.

Previously I spent a fair amount of time experimenting with text colours to try & get colours that were easier to read even if they didn’t look that impressive. I have a different text colour for each TV because what works well on one TV doesn’t look so good on the other TV & vice versa (see below & attachments).

I’m happy to keep using a custom /etc/enigma2/skin.user.xml for colours that I prefer, though for some users it probably isn’t that convenient, but having a decent range of colours selectable via the GUI like Ian has in OverlayHD Skin Manager would probably be a lot of work.

For what it is worth these are the text colours I settled on. Highlight period I usually don’t use so I didn’t spend much time on the colours for that.

Colours I use for U4_01’s TV:

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<parameter name="EPGTransitionColor" value="#D2B48C" />
    <parameter name="EPGSinglePeriodColor" value="#A0A0A0" />

Colours I use for U4_02’s TV:

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<parameter name="EPGTransitionColor" value="#C0C0C0" />
    <parameter name="EPGSinglePeriodColor" value="#D2B48C" />