[mythtv-users] the best mythfilldatabase strategy

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 18:39, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/25/06 17:52, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >Is it better to run mythfilldatabase
> >
> >1. Daily in a cron job?
>
> Definitely not for North American users because
>
> >2. Using the mythfrontend setting that asks the data-provider?
>
> using the provider's suggested download time helps TMS spread out usage
> of DataDirect so that they can continue to provide data rather than
> dropping the free-of-charge service because of expense/resource issues.
>
> >3. Some other way
>
> Not necessary.  Myth takes care of it for you.  :)
>
> >I am in North America and have about 50 channels of analog cable
> > (Shaw).
>
> And, in North America, you have the privilege of having access to the
> exact-same high-quality data sold to TiVo users.
>
> Just set these settings:
> Automatically run mythfilldatabase: checked
> mythfilldatabase Run Frequency (Days): 1
> mythfilldatabase Execution Start: 0
> mythfilldatabase Execution End: 24
> (the start and end time will be changed every time you grab data based
> on the provider's suggested time)
> Run mythfilldatabase at time suggested by the grabber.: checked
> mythfilldatabase Path: (leave it at the default)
> mythfilldatabase Arguments: (I like "--no-delete --remove-new-channels"
> (no quotes) for the reasons described below)
> mythfilldatabase Log Path: (fill in with the path (including filename)
> of a mythfilldatabase-only log file to which the user running
> mythbackend has write access)
>
> The arguments I use for mfdb allow me to
>     a) keep old listings for 7 days (rather than deleting information
> within 24 hours of the program's airing) with "--no-delete".  This is
> very useful when something doesn't record.  You can go back and look to
> see if it was a conflict or--more likely--if the schedule changed.
>     b) remove new channels from my listings.  TMS often adds new
> channels to those available for my service (DISH network locals) and by
> default puts them in my lineup even though I can't get them because I
> didn't pay DISH to receive them.  The "--remove-new-channels" argument
> tells Myth to remove any channels from my DataDirect lineup that are not
> in the MythTV database.  If I wanted to add a new channel, I would just
> add it to my DataDirect lineup (through http://labs.zap2it.com/ ) and
> run "mythfilldatabase --no-delete" from the command line once (and it
> would work properly from then on).

OK I did all that and it makes sense, but according to the mythbackend log 
mythfilldatabase is never run. I still have to run it manually.