[mythtv-users] Mythfilldatabase options

[Thomas Fjellstrom]

On Wednesday 24 September 2008, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 24/09/2008, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> > Jelle De Loecker wrote:
> >  > Hi everyone,
> >  >
> >  > It took a long time, but my grabber's configuration is finally
> >  > working.
> >  >
> >  > The only problem I have now: where can I configure mythfilldatabase
> >  > itself? I don't see any configuration options in mythtv-setup
> >  > regarding when and how it should run.
> >  >
> >  > I have come across a few values in the settings table of the
> >  > mythconverg database, but I can't be 100% sure about what they do.
> >  >
> >  > I could run a cron job, of course, but I thought getting it straight
> >  > in mythtv itself is why it's there.
> >
> > For some bizarre reason, the configuration of Mythfilldatabase takes
> > place in the front-end setup, even though the program is only of interest
> > to the master backend. Some distros do set up a cron job to handle it,
> > but it's probably better to let the system decide for itself when to run
> > the job - in my case around 0630 every morning currently.
> >
> >  I can't remember exactly where it is - probably towards the end of the
> > "general" menu option, after you have filled in the IP addresses etc.
>
> Yes - should be the last page of the Setup -> General settings pages.
> Not sure either why these settings are not in mythtv-setup's Video
> Sources section.

What's strange is since I upgraded my backend to the fixes branch, it no 
longer runs mythfilldatabase for me, even though its been told to. I've had to 
add it to crontab. :(

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Thomas Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom at shaw.ca