[mythtv-users] Problem Running mythcommflag in 0.23RC

[Ian Barton]

On 06/04/10 18:40, Ian Barton wrote:
> On 05/04/10 19:47, Ian Barton wrote:
>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> On 04/05/2010 06:27 AM, Ian Barton wrote:
>>>> I have just upgraded my MBE to 0.23 and am having problems running
>>>> mythcommflag to clear cut lists. The command I am using is:
>>>>
>>>> mythcommflag --clearcutlist -f
>>>> /media/recordings/mythtv/1020_20100121105900.mpg
>>>>
>>>> I am seeing the following errors:
>>>>
>>>> mythtv at mythtv:/home/ian$ mythcommflag --clearcutlist -f
>>>> /media/recordings/mythtv/1020_20100121105900.mpg
>>>>
>>> ...
>>>> 2010-04-05 11:14:32.293 MSqlDatabase::OpenDatabase(), db object is
>>>> not valid!
>>>> QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
>>>> QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
>>>> 2010-04-05 11:14:32.344 Driver error was [1/-1]:
>>>> Driver not loaded
>>>> Database error was:
>>>> Driver not loaded
>>>>
>>>> It looks as though mythcommflag can see the Master backend. I am
>>>> running the job as the mythtv user and my ~/.mythtv.config.xml looks
>>>> like:
>>>
>>> I'm assuming that's a typo and you really meant ~/.mythtv/config.xml
>>>
>>>>
>>>> <Configuration>
>>>> <UPnP>
>>>> <UDN>
>>>> <MediaRenderer>6248ef12-d606-4866-8d15-81ded57b4c5e</MediaRenderer>
>>>> </UDN>
>>>> <MythFrontend>
>>>> <DefaultBackend>
>>>> <DBHostName>192.168.0.31</DBHostName>
>>>> <DBUserName>mythtv</DBUserName>
>>>> <DBPassword>password</DBPassword>
>>>> <DBName>mythconverg</DBName>
>>>> <DBPort>0</DBPort>
>>>> </DefaultBackend>
>>>> </MythFrontend>
>>>> </UPnP>
>>>> </Configuration>
>>>
>>> I'm guessing (based on the directory you're in and the end result)
>>> that you've sudo'ed or su'ed and you didn't do it properly, so you
>>> still have the old HOME, so you're not using
>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml, but using
>>> /home/ian/.mythtv/config.xml. To fix it, you should start a login shell.
>>>
>>
>> I was su'ing to the myth user. However, I have the same config.xml in
>> /home/ian, which is readable by MythTV. I also get the same errors when
>> I log in as mythtv. The command is from a script which is run by the
>> mythtv user. This all worked fine before the upgrade from 0.22->0.23, so
>> I am assuming it's connected with the upgrade:)
>>
>
> I have done some more experimenting. I think this may be a big. Just
> running commflagging on its own seems OK (see below). However, it dies
> if I specify --clearcutlist.
>
> mythtv at mythtv:~$ mythcommflag -f
> /media/recordings/mythtv/1020_20100121105900.mpg
> 2010-04-06 18:36:51.896 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2010-04-06 18:36:51.897 Using configuration directory =
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> 2010-04-06 18:36:51.898 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2010-04-06 18:36:52.457 Cannot find default UPnP backend
> 2010-04-06 18:36:52.482 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2010-04-06 18:36:52.492 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2010-04-06 18:36:53.334 mythcommflag version: 0.23.20100314-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2010-04-06 18:36:53.334 Enabled verbose msgs: important
>
> MythTV Commercial Flagger, started at Tue Apr 6 18:36:53 2010
> Flagging commercial breaks for:
> ChanID Start Time Title Breaks
> ------ -------------- ----------------------------------------- ------
> 2010-04-06 18:36:53.339 ProgramInfo(): Updated pathname '':'' ->
> '1020_20100121105900.mpg'
> 1020 20100121105900 The X Files 2010-04-06 18:36:53.687 New DB
> connection, total: 2
> 2010-04-06 18:36:53.759 Using protocol version 56
>

In fact the cutlist is cleared even though mythcommflag errors. I have 
opened a ticket: http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8310

Ian.