[mythtv-users] Program Schedules: working or not? How to (re)configure?

[Leif Pihl]

On Nov 12, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 09/23/2013 11:44 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Leif Pihl wrote:
>>> When either Broadcast or Cable is selected, 5/6ths of the data is identical:
>>> 
>>> Listings Grabber:  North American (schedulesdirect.org) (Internal)
>>> User id: xxxx.xxxx at xxxxx.xxx
>>> Password: xxxxxx
>>> Data Direct Lineup:  Comcast-Cable-Cable-55406- MN22623:-
>> That's your first problem.  You should not be using a comcast lineup
>> for a broadcast source.  You need to create a new lineup on the
>> schedules direct website for broadcast.
>> 
>>> x   Perform EIT Scan                    (it IS checked)
>> And turn that off.  It'll cause more harm than good to use that in the U.S.
> 
> And it will completely destroy your listings data (with Schedules Direct and EIT stomping all over each other) if you use it and Schedules Direct on the same channel.
> 
> You can only use one of Schedules Direct, XMLTV, or EIT on any given channel.  


Hmmm...  
I knew (as of just recently) that Schedules Direct and EIT were different, conflicting sources. 
I did NOT know that XMLTV was a 3rd animal; I thought it fed into one of the other two. 
   (I'm not being sarcastic - I really didn't know.) 

In any case, I THINK that's not my issue any more; I'll have to double check some time soon. 
I'm reasonably sure that THIS (schedule) issue has been resolved in favor of SD, and EIT is disabled. 

   {My audio problem (see other post(s)) is the current glitch I'm working on, I'll be revisiting the multiple tuner card after I've solved the audio issue.} 



SLIGHT TOPIC SHIFT: 

_IF_    
60 minutes is delayed by NFL football, AND the network(s) know it ahead of time,  
--AND/OR--
The President addresses the nation, 
--AND/OR--
Some other semi-predictable national/regional event is going to interfere with the TV schedule AFTER the schedules had initially had their (version 1.0) release, 
thus requiring a predictable shifting of the TV Schedules, 

_THEN_ 
Which schedule source would most likely have the CORRECTED TV schedule in advance of (or in real-time at) the event and/or programming ?


LP



> Generally, though, if you're in the US (possibly all of North America?), EIT listings are garbage and you wouldn't want them, anyway.  And, since Schedules Direct should have all of the channels you receive available, there's no need to use EIT on some channels and Schedules Direct on others, so, generally, you should just disable EIT on the entire Video Source and use Schedules Direct on every channel on the Video Source.
> 
> Mike