[mythtv-users] mythfilldata base question...

Charlie Brej brejc8 at vu.a.la
Sun Aug 1 16:17:57 EDT 2004


Craig Tinson wrote:
> in further trying to fix my previous recording problems.. I might have
> come across something..
> 
> at the moment I use the following to populate my EPG:
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt --slow --days 1 --get-categories > ~/sched.xml
> mythfilldatabase --file 2 0 ~/sched.xml
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> and this populates the EPG nicely with all the cateogies and episode and
> descriptions filled in.. but it won't record..
> 
> however.. if I just run "mythfilldatabase".. the recordings start
> working but I lose all the categories and stuff..
> 
> the only difference I can see in the database is that using the first
> way.. all the chanid begin 20xx.. and the second way they begin 10xx.. I
> don't know if that could be causing problems.. but I don't know why the
> first way should be any different..
> 
> can someone shed light on this?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Craig

run
  mythfilldatabase --graboptions "--slow --get-categories" --update
instead

Is your source ID really 2? is it not 0?


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