[mythtv-users] SOLVED: UK xmltv/tv_grab - just a couple more general problems

[Stephen Tait]

Damnit, I hate replying to admit my own idiocy! Sorry about the last post 
guys. Almost everything is all OK...!

After delving into XMLTV and trying to figure out how it worked (as well as 
the very few similar errors google reported from other users), I deleted 
the file ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf, which was the file holding the 
channel name/URL thingies. Then I ran mythfilldatabase, and it all went in. 
Seems that xmltv checks this file as a global, and if the data coming down 
doesn't match it exactly it chokes and dies. Hence deleting it removed my 
problem, wahoo! A quick SQL query shows both the channel and program tables 
are choc-full of data.

The quality of the TV is wicked, considering my crummy little aerial... and 
playback uses absolutely *no* CPU which, seeing as I'm using a PVR-250, I 
must put down to the supposed MPEG2 acceleration in my GeForceFX (with evil 
tainted drivers, unfortunately).

Now my only problems (fairly minor and niggling ones) are that:

1) I can't seem to change channels whilst watching TV (it seems to be want 
to subject me to some program involving bad lookalikes of Marylin Monroe 
and Einstein), but I've seen other people with this problem so it shouldn't 
be too hard to fix

2) Both the program guide, manual schedule and the OSD are all empty, which 
I find odd to say the least. Especially considering that the program finder 
is packed with all kinds of stuff. Well, not all kinds, just TV kinds of stuff.

3) Arr. Myth is displaying the wrong time - it's running an hour ahead of 
BST. Oops, just checked system time and *that's* an hour ahead too - d'oh!. 
Sorry, ignore this one!

Once the above two are sorted out I'll start collating my UK howto from all 
the greppy little text files I've left lying about everywhere. Thanks for 
all your help guys!

One highly satisfied MythTV user. Congrats to all on a job damned well done :)