[mythtv-users] blank program guide

[starcycle]

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 05/04/2008 11:19 AM, starcycle wrote:
>  > okay - after some tinkering, listings are showing up in mythfrontend,
>  > but still not in mythweb. In the frontend, the channels are listed
>  > twice, with the second one showing "Unknown" for the listing.
>  >
>  > -> update -> I just deleted all the channels, and then re-scanned for
>  > the ones associated with the source, and now none are showing up. what
>  > is going on?
>
>  You've now broken your input connections configuration.
>  http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034
>
>  Mike

Okay thanks. here's what I did:

1. stopped the backend (/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend stop)
2. started mythtv-setup

3. selected Capture Cards, deleted all capture cards ("are you sure
you want to delete ALL capture cards?" "yes")
4. entered Video Sources, deleted all video sources ("are you sure you
want to delete ALL video sources?" "yes")

5. went back to Capture Cards, entered card (MPEG-2/PVR-*50) -- mapped
to /dev/video0 and named "Tuner 1"
6. went back to Video Sources, select New Source, scans for xmltv
grabbers, goes to options screen
7. entered Video Source name, "cable-1," listings grabber: "no grabber," finish

8. entered Input Connections, selected /dev/video0 -> Tuner 1,
optionally named it "cable-1," mapped it in Video Source to "cable-1"
9. wasn't sure, but selected "scan for channels." myth scans and adds
"us-cable" channels that have signals ("Added us-cable channel xx" --
seems to add them all); finish
10. esc to exit setup

11. started mythbackend (/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend start) - backend starts
12. ran cron job to grab channel guide info and add to database, runs
this script, which calls the zap2xml script I posted the output of
earlier:

========================
#!/bin/bash

DIR="/home/mythtv/programs/zap2xml"
email="starcycle at gmail.com"
pass="<password>"

cd $DIR
cache/* >/dev/null 2>&1

./zap2xml.pl -u $email -p $pass -d 14
mythfilldatabase --file 2 xmltv.xml
=========================

13. checked mythweb -- no listings
14. started frontend -- no listings
15. checked frontend info page -> system status -> Listings Status, says:

----------------------------------------
Mythversion blah blah -- exported
Last mythfilldatabase guide update:
Started <today> 13:50
Finished <today> 13:53
Result: successful
There is guide data until 2008-05-17 23:45 (13 days)
-----------------------------------------

but no guide data. :?:?:?:?:

what am I doing wrong? in step 7, do I need to have it initially scan
from one of the grabbers even though I'm adding from the zap2xml
script later?

like I said, I did *something* (deleted some of the channels, I think?
don't remember exactly), and then listings started showing up in
mythweb again, though not the frontend. this script is the same one
that's been working for a couple weeks, but as of last night, no
listings, and now I can't even get mythweb listings back. I guess
there could be something wrong with the script, but it *appears* to be
getting the data. maybe the database is messed up?

thanks for any help