[mythtv-users] All's well with DataDirect again

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Apr 8 12:50:03 UTC 2007


On 04/08/2007 01:21 AM, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 04/07/2007 10:36 PM, Bruce Markey wrote:
>>     
> ...
>   
>>> $ mythfilldatabase --refresh-all
>>>
>>> This should only be done when you know that the data in your
>>> database is incorrect, say, today for example.
>>>       
>> OK, fine, feel free to run a --refresh-all if it makes you feel better.  
>> ;)  But, all you users, before you do, *please* at least check your logs 
>> to see what happened on your normal run today.  (You do have 
>>     
> If there weren't an excess of days with sparse data, then
> it might only grab tomorrow and any new days at the end and
> leave all the days in between (known to be full of inaccuracies)
> in place.

Right.  As I had explained in the 2nd post in the thread.

>   Either way, listings will be incorrect until refreshed.
> I'd suggest taking care of it manually now and moving forward
> with good listings.
>> a "--refresh-anything" would be a waste.
>>     
> Waste of what? The corollary to 'if it ain't broke, don't
> fix it' is 'if it's broke, fix it' ;-)
>   

But 'if it fixes itself,' 'don't fix it again.' ;)

>> 2007-04-07 17:10:10.775 Checking day @ offset 2, date: Mon Apr 9 2007
>> 2007-04-07 17:10:10.797 Data refresh needed because only 15 out of 30 
>                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Well, that's no good. You can not assume that is the case for
> everyone else (or for almost anyone else).
>   

Which is why I asked people to check logs before refreshing.

> Thirty channels makes me think that maybe this was one of more
> than one source perhaps? If so, did it refresh for your other
> sources?
>   

One source.  OTA HDTV for central Florida.  (Yep, we have a /lot/ of 
digital channels available.  Granted all but about 7 are not worth 
watching... :)

> In light of this, I highly recommend that users do a --refresh-all
> so there is no ambiguity. After a manual refresh, the next automatic
> grab will certainly be for just 'tomorrow' and any new days.

Yeah.  Since it's an unusual occurrence, it's probably not that big a 
deal--even if every North American MythTV user does a --refresh-all 
right after their automatic daily run refreshes 13 of 14 days, 
anyway--but I'm just hoping that people don't go too far.

BTW, the below is from another Myth box I maintain for a friend...  It's 
basic analog cable (also central Florida) and it did the same.

Oh, and neither box had been refreshing more than tomorrow and +13 (or 
so) on any previous runs ("Data is already present for ..., skipping".  
I can't (yet) explain that (as the data shouldn't have changed if mfdb 
didn't change it--and no one has touched the DB manually)...  (But my 
beach volleyball game beckons.)

Mike

2007-04-07 15:00:08.122 Updating source #1 (Brighthouse) with grabber 
datadirect
2007-04-07 15:00:08.124 Found 19 channels for source 1
...
2007-04-07 15:00:08.124 Checking day @ offset 0, date: Sat Apr 7 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:08.184 Data is already present for Sat Apr 7 2007, skipping
...
2007-04-07 15:00:08.185 Checking day @ offset 1, date: Sun Apr 8 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:08.185 Refreshing data for Sun Apr 8 2007
...
2007-04-07 15:00:14.323 Checking day @ offset 2, date: Mon Apr 9 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:14.357 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 2 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 19 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:00:20.947 Checking day @ offset 3, date: Tue Apr 10 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:20.979 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 3 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 18 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:00:26.807 Checking day @ offset 4, date: Wed Apr 11 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:26.839 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 4 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 18 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:00:33.584 Checking day @ offset 5, date: Thu Apr 12 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:33.616 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 5 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 18 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:00:39.966 Checking day @ offset 6, date: Fri Apr 13 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:39.999 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 6 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 18 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:00:45.821 Checking day @ offset 7, date: Sat Apr 14 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:45.854 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 7 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 18 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:00:51.340 Checking day @ offset 8, date: Sun Apr 15 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:51.373 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 8 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 19 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:00:56.038 Checking day @ offset 9, date: Mon Apr 16 2007
2007-04-07 15:00:56.071 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 9 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 19 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:01:02.140 Checking day @ offset 10, date: Tue Apr 17 2007
2007-04-07 15:01:02.174 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 10 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 19 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:01:07.763 Checking day @ offset 11, date: Wed Apr 18 2007
2007-04-07 15:01:07.798 Data refresh needed because only 16 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 11 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 19 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:01:13.993 Checking day @ offset 12, date: Thu Apr 19 2007
2007-04-07 15:01:14.028 Data refresh needed because only 0 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 12 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 19 channels with data in that time period.
...
2007-04-07 15:01:20.255 Checking day @ offset 13, date: Fri Apr 20 2007
2007-04-07 15:01:20.290 Data refresh needed because only 0 out of 19 
channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 13 from 8PM - 
midnight.  Previous day had 19 channels with data in that time period.




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