[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase with EIT data

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/20/2009 02:23 AM, Richard Morton wrote:
> I saw this on the wiki "Its only function is to use an XMLTV 
> <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XMLTV> or zap2it 
> <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Zap2it> grabber as defined in mythtv-setup 
> <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythtv-setup>"; I took it at face value 
> and went into the myth-frontend-setup and disabled the scheduled 
> mythfilldatabase task (on my only backend) which was scheduled between 
> 1 and 5 am.
>
> This worked fine until I had an electrician in to do some work; the 
> server/backend was shut down and on restart there was nothing in the 
> upcoming recordings. I was monitoring this remotely as we were away 
> and this remained empty from Friday evening to Sunday evening.
>
> Upon running mythfilldatabase when I got back everything returned to 
> normal.
>
> So my question is; what else does mythfilldatabase do? Does the Myth 
> database use in memory tables that need an initial kick?

Nope.

> Should mythfilldatabase need to be run on boot?

Nope.

> Is the wiki wrong?

Nope.

> I have rescheduled mythfilldatabase to run overnight.

If you're truly using an EIT-only setup, there's no reason for it.  
Something else was broken.

Mike