[mythtv-users] Unknown programs for Ottawa CBC area

Mike mythtv at dtmc.ca
Mon May 2 23:20:57 UTC 2011


On 2 May 2011 19:13, Mike <mythtv at dtmc.ca> wrote:
> On 2 May 2011 18:29, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
>> On 11-05-02 11:05 AM, Mike wrote:
>>> The past week my mythtv system has reported 'unknown' programming
>>> since about last Monday.  It says EPG data is up to date until 5th
>>> May.
>>> I've re-run fillmythdatabase but CBC channel is still 'unknown'.
>>
>> I noticed this myself just a couple of hours ago here.
>>
>> Here's what I did to fix it (dunno which step helped):
>>
>> 1. Went to schedulesdirect, and did a "re-add all lineups".
>> 2. Ran mythtv-setup, and edited the callsign to exactly match schedulesdirect:
>> CBOTDT
>> 3. Double-checked that the xmlid was the same in mythtv and schedulesdirect.
>> 4. Ran "mythfilldatabase --refresh-all".
>> 5. It now has data through May-14, one day less than all other channels (except
>> 20-1).
>>
>> SunTV CKXTDT3 (20-1) was also showing data only up to May 5,
>> and now has the same amount of data (to May-14) as CBOTDT.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>
>
> So I've just checked my system and I've been using EIT program data.
> I dont have a schedules direct listing service and never have done.
> I've restarted the backend, told it to fill the database.
>
> I see some EIT data for some channels, CBC and Omni1 has Unknown.
> Omni 1 has EIT epg data sometimes.  CBC-French & OMNI2 have epg data.
>
> I noticed, by scrolling backward the last time I had epg data on CBC
> was up until 10pm 27 April.
>
> I'm guessing since I've not changed anything in my system that CBC has
> decided to not bother sending program information EIT... I now have
> one massive "unknown".
>
> But I'm open to other suggestions and I suppose eventually I will
> subscribe to a better XMLTV source.
>
> Mike.
>

I dont know if these logs shed any light... they seem happy...

mythfilldatabase --refresh-all
2011-05-02 19:09:49.402 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
2011-05-02 19:09:49.402 Using configuration directory = /home/michcook/.mythtv
2011-05-02 19:09:49.402 Empty LocalHostName.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.402 Using localhost value of mediapc
2011-05-02 19:09:49.416 New DB connection, total: 1
2011-05-02 19:09:49.418 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2011-05-02 19:09:49.423 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2011-05-02 19:09:49.423 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2011-05-02 19:09:49.424 Current locale EN_CA
2011-05-02 19:09:49.424 Reading locale defaults from
/usr/local/share/mythtv//locales/en_ca.xml
2011-05-02 19:09:49.429 Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
2011-05-02 19:09:49.430 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1264
2011-05-02 19:09:49.431 New DB connection, total: 2
2011-05-02 19:09:49.431 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2011-05-02 19:09:49.435 Source 1 configured to use only the
broadcasted guide data. Skipping.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.439 Data fetching complete.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.439 Adjusting program database end times.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.441     0 replacements made
2011-05-02 19:09:49.441 Marking generic episodes.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.448     Found 0
2011-05-02 19:09:49.448 Fudging non-unique programids with multiple parts.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.450     Found 0
2011-05-02 19:09:49.450 Marking repeats.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.454     Found 0
2011-05-02 19:09:49.454 Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.455     Found 0
2011-05-02 19:09:49.470 Marking episode first showings.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.684     Found 261
2011-05-02 19:09:49.684 Marking episode last showings.
2011-05-02 19:09:49.887     Found 261
2011-05-02 19:09:49.887
===============================================================
| Attempting to contact the master backend for rescheduling.  |
| If the master is not running, rescheduling will happen when |
| the master backend is restarted.                            |
===============================================================
2011-05-02 19:09:49.891 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server:
30.30.1.28:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2011-05-02 19:09:49.892 Using protocol version 63
2011-05-02 19:09:49.940 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
2011-05-02 19:09:50.938 mythfilldatabase run complete.
2011-05-02 19:09:50.939 DataDirect: Deleting temporary files


Not sure about this line:

2011-05-02 19:09:49.435 Source 1 configured to use only the
broadcasted guide data. Skipping.


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