[mythtv-users] now: mythfilldatabase - how to turn it off

[Roger Siddons]

On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:17:50 -0000, A. F. Cano <afc at shibaya.lonestar.org>  
wrote:

> We'll see if mythfilldatabase fills automatically only the
> channels that I have configured in the channel scan.  Right now I have
> more of them than in the last few days, but still only about 1/2.  This
> might be because the EIT data is better right now than it has been.
> We'll see.
>

You shouldn't use mythfilldatabase and EIT at the same time for a specific  
channel. They will overwrite each other and possibly corrupt the guide.

If your guide isn't populating quickly check you are you using Active EIT  
Scanning. Turn it on via mythtv-setup/Capture Cards/<card n>/Recording  
Options/'Use DVB card for Active EIT Scan' for one of your tuners only.  
This will cause Myth to use that tuner (when idle) to cycle over all  
multiplexes gathering EIT data & populate the guide pretty quickly.

If you don't do this then Myth will only do Passive EIT scans, i.e. it  
only collects EIT data on multiplexes that your tuners happen to tune to  
when recording/Live TV. Thus the EIT for some channels may never appear  
until you try to watch them!