[mythtv-users] Runnig Mythfilldatabase deletes DataDirect lineup???.

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/08/2007 11:15 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> A weird problem has arisen. I have 2 lineups at labs.zap2it.com, one for 
> analog cable and one digital.
> Whenever mythfilldatabase runs automatically, the analog cable lineup 
> gets cleared (except for 3 channels which are also in the digital lineup 
>   at different channels, but which zap2it describes with the same xmltvid).
>
> And every evening for the last couple of days, when I check the EPG, 
> everything after midnight is 'Unknown' as the channels have been deleted 
>   , at the datadirect end!! Today's data is not affected.
>
> I cannot even guess how this is happening. I would have thought that 
> mfdb could NOT affect zap2it...But...
>
> I have tested the problem by logging on to labs.zap2it.com, setting up 
> the cable lineup with some 35 channels, updating, logging out. (If I go 
> back and check, everything is fine). Then I run mfdb. After it has run, 
> I can log in again, and the lineup is gone!. Only the first day's data 
> (today) is downloaded, from which I deduce that something that mfdb does 
> at the end of the first day retrieval cycle is the source of the problem.
>
> Interestingly the digital lineup is unaffected. I have tried deleting 
> and recreating the lineups at zap2it but this does not affect the 
> problem. Weird and bothersome but not fatal. Probably terminal however...
>
> Mythtv version is SVN trunk 13339 on Fedora 6.
>
> Anyone else seen something similar?

You've got a broken video sources configuration.  My recommendation is 
to use Delete all video sources.  
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034

mythfilldatabase automatically removes from your DataDirect lineup any 
channels that are not being used so that you don't waste DataDirect 
processing/bandwidth.  My guess is that you've got a video source you 
don't know about that's not connected to anything (and therefore has no 
channels) or you've specified DataDirect as the grabber type for a video 
source that should be set to "No grabber" or "EIT only".

Mike