[mythtv-users] How to set Active EIT Scan

[George]

Hi,

I didn't have time this morning to post. It seems that the EIT scan is
working fine.

I have set the EIT crawl to 9 minutes (because I have mythwelcome to
automatic shutdown on 8 minutes, otherwise system won't be idle to
shutdown ;) ). By running backend with -v eit I have seen that the
values are retrieved. And almost all channels are now fulfilled.

The problem is that for a couple of channels (all under the same main
multiplex channel) that the EPG is not retrieved. It is left to Unknown.
I don't know if it is due to expiration date on database or because it 
is unable to get it.

I think is the latter. When trying to watch these problematic channels, 
sometimes the system is not able to get the lock on the channel and 
others I get this error:
"Error opening jump program filebuffer"

Any further idea. What can be the cause of such an error?

Thanks

On 04/02/2010 11:31, Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 23:40 +0100, News Email wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have mythtv configured, up an running. I have also set
>> mythwelcome to automatically switch on/off the computer when needed
>> by recordings.
>>
>> Now I have discover the capabilities to set rules for recordings
>> based on EPG. However I have a problem. The EPG is not always
>> filled for some channels. Actually right now it seems that it only
>> updates the channels recording or that I've been watching with
>> LiveTV.
>>
>> I have read that is should be something like "Active EIT Scan", but
>> I haven't found such an option. This option should enable EPG to be
>> filled on every channel even not recording or watching.
>>
>> Mythbackend is configured as follows: - Listings grabber:
>> transmmited guide only EIT
>>
>> - Card - Recording Options ->   Open on demand (not checked) and
>> Use as EIT Scanning (checked)
>>
>> I have a NOVA T-500 and both tunners have the same options.
>>
>> Could you please give me some hint on how to set the active EIT
>> Scan? I have also set mythwelcome to switch on the computer at
>> 4.00AM thinking that it maybe something with the system busy. So at
>> 4.00AM nothing should be running, neither recording nor watching
>> and it should update the EPG, but it is not done.
>>
>> Do I have to run also mythfilldatabase frequently? Where do I set
>> that?
>>
>> Any help is more than welcome. I think the system is great for my
>> daily recordings but I need to update EPG automatically.
>
> It's my understanding that mythfilldatabase should update this for
> you.
>
> You could try setting it to run mythfilldatabse on start up in
> mythtv-setup in the General>  Shutdown / Wakeup Options.
>
>
> Rodd
>
>
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