[mythtv-users] Lost EPG

[Emmanuel]

Melanie a écrit :
> On Sunday 13 June 2010 12:46:01 Nick Morrott wrote:
>   
>> On 13 June 2010 10:56, Melanie <melanie.t23 at ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>>     
>>> All the indications are that my system is set up to collect listing data
>>> but is unable to do so, the question is why?
>>>       
>> Have you checked your database for errors? The optimize_mythdb.pl
>> script will do this for you and try to correct any errors it finds. It
>> is possible a crashed table could be causing your problem even if all
>> MythTV settings are correct.
>>
>> Do you have active EIT configured (Recording Options button on the
>> capture card screen in mythtv-setup)? If not, listings will only be
>> collected during a recording/LiveTV session.
>>
>> Are you able to successfully watch LiveTV or configure manual recordings?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nick
>>     
>
> In reverse order:-
>
> 1.  Live TV and manual recording both function.
>
> 2.  /Backend setup/Capture card/Setup/Recorder options/
> /Use DVB for active EIT scan is enabled.
>
> 3.  /usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/maintenance/optimize_mythdb.pl
>
> generates screenfulls of	"Repaired/Optimized nnnnn"
> 			"Analyzed nnnnn"
> messages, doesn't indicate any errors BUT I now have programme guide 
> information again - magic.
>
> I now understand a little more about the structure of MythTV and have some new 
> directories to explore.
>   
I have this script running as an hourly cron job (I think that my EPG 
which is proprietary was causing too many problems if the script ran 
only daily, but this might be sufficient for you).
Bye
Manu