[mythtv-users] Problem with mythfilldatabase and UK listings

[Lee]

>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I am having a nightmare of a time configuring XMLTV for UK listings,
>so I really hope you can help. Firstly, this is my box:
>
> MythTV 0.18.1-5 in Ubuntu Breezy x86 on AMD64
> XMLTV 0.5.40-1ubuntu1
>
>I have a WinTV DVB card in there, although there is no arial hooked up
>and I am switching it for a PVR-350 when it arrives on Monday. The DVB
>card is not tuned in at all.
>
>So, this is what I do:
>
> 1. run mythtv-setup and clear my card and channel settings. In the
>video sources I use the United Kingdom (alternative) which uses
>tv_grab_uk_rt and I click Finish. At 50%, I flick to the terminal
>window and type 'all' to accept all channels. I then press esc to exit
>the setup program and run:
>
>  mythtv at bar:~$ mythfilldatabase
>
>It then gives me the following output:
>
>2005-10-28 17:21:36.121 New DB connection, total: 1
>2005-10-28 17:21:36.192 New DB connection, total: 2
>----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
>2005-10-28 17:21:36.256 New DB connection, total: 3
>All data is the copyright of the Radio Times website
><http://www.radiotimes.com> and the use of this data is restricted to
>personal use only.
>
>HASH(0x8ba018c)
>RT id 1877 (B TV) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1885 (Xtraview) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1942 (B4U Music) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1943 (Boro TV) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1944 (Channel M) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1953 (Discovery Home & Health +1) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1948 (Phoenix CNE) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1949 (Racing UK) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1950 (Stop & Shop) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1951 (TV Warehouse) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1952 (Thane Direct) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1955 (Teachers' TV (satellite/cable/DSL)) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1956 (Teachers' TV (digital terrestrial)) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1958 (Motors TV) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1959 (More4) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1961 (ITV4) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1962 (Sky Mix/Sky Two) not known in channel ids file
>RT id 1963 (Sky Three) not known in channel ids file
>channel gmtv2.gmtv.co.uk (1863) not seen on site at
>/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line 203.
>channel news.eurosport.com (1742) not seen on site at
>/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line 203.
>channel traveldealsdirect.com (593) not seen on site at
>/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line 203.
>channel africanandcaribbean.tv (1875) not seen on site at
>/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line 203.
>channel cable.travelchannel.co.uk (285) not seen on site at
>/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line 203.
>channel motors.tv (1581) not seen on site at /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line 203.
>channel gmtv.co.uk (1801) not seen on site at /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line 203.
>HASH(0x8cfecc8)
>
>At this point it seems to have hung, so I press Ctrl-C and it then displays:
>
>------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
>Error in 327653:388: unexpected end of file
>Updating icons for sourceid: 1
>2005-10-28 17:28:25.797 New DB connection, total: 4
>Updated programs: 0  Unchanged programs: 0
>Failed to fetch some program info
>
>I am now back at the prompt.
>
>What is wrong with this? My assumption was that there is a problem
>with gmtv.co.uk, but when I go to /usr/share/xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt, edit
>channel_ids and comment out gmtv.co.uk it throws up a problem with
>taste.co.uk.
>
>Can anyone help me with this?
>
Jono,

If you selected ALL, you have many many channels defined in your database...
Mythfill should work (I get the same errors - ignore them) but it will 
take a long time, I'm sure mine took a couple of hours last week on my 
new build...

The best bet is to use MythWeb (the webserver plugin) and delete any 
channels you don't get/want, this will speed up the fill.
Next time you run it it shouldn't take as long...

Lee