[mythtv-users] XMLTV RT GRabber Channels but No Programs

[Charlie Mason]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 August 2010 09:13, Charlie Mason <charlie.mas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am trying to get MythTV to use XMLTV to grab listings for UK Freesat
>> using the Radio Times grabber. I have configured the Freesat.xmltv in
>> the ~/.mythtv directory. I have also input the XMLTV ids into the
>> channel table.
>>
>> When I run mythfilldatabase it seems to run XMLTV fine, it even
>> imports the Channel Icons, but I don't get any listings data populated
>> for the Freesat Channels.
>
> Listings have been missing from the Radio Times server on and off for
> the last few days. This is being discussed on the xmltv-users list,
> which you might want to follow if you use XMLTV.

Thanks for the info. I was trying various times yesterday and assumed
it was my fault but I couldn't see any part of the config I had
missed. Do you know of a URL I can use just to see sample of the data
RT are providing the so I can see if its missing in future?


> Listings do seem to have been restored this morning, so I'd try again
> now if you haven't tried yet this morning (after 0600).
>
>> I diced to manually run the grabber with the Freesat.xmltv config
>> file. The output XML contains all the Channel entries and the URLs to
>> the channel icons. It does not contain any Program entries, which
>> would explain why no listings are getting updated.
>
> Run the grabber with the '--debug' option to get more detailed
> information on what's going on. If you still don't get any listings,
> please send me the debug info.
>
>> I did have to upgrade XMLTV because the RT grabber is broken in Ubuntu
>> Lucid Lynx so I installed a more up to date version from an Ubuntu PPA
>> specifically built to resolve the Lucid Lynx issue. From what I can
>> tell XMLTV is installed ok.
>
> What's the output from:
>
> $ tv_grab_uk_rt --version

When I ran it this morning it got further and then produced an error
about a Time Zone delta. Googling I found it was an XMLTV bug that's
been patched. So I manually installed XMLTV from source so I am now
running 0.5.57 before it was using 0.5.56.

It now seems to be working fine now.

Thanks for the info.

Charlie M