[mythtv-users] need help getting mythvidexport working

[Chris Gaskell]

I've had to do a new install of mythtv after a hard drive failure.  I used to use 0.24 and used mythvidexport.py without any issues. I'm now running 0.26 and just cannot get mythvidexport working.  I'm using the recent version of the script on the Mythtv web site but can't get it to work from command line or in Mythtv.  I thought it may be a permissions problem but have tried various options with no luck.  I'm a linux ignoramous and am at a loss as to how to figure this out.  My log files don't even seem to get created.  The best I can offer is this output from the terminal.
Can anyone help steer me to a path to track and resolve the problem?

Thanks


chris at Ion3D:~$ /usr/local/bin/mythvidexport.py --loglevel info--logfile=/home/mythvidexport --chanid=1022 --starttime=20130921024500
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/mythvidexport.py", line 435, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/mythvidexport.py", line 407, in main
    export = VIDEO(opts)
  File "/usr/local/bin/mythvidexport.py", line 58, in __init__
    self.rec = Recorded((self.chanid,self.starttime), db=self.db)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MythTV/dataheap.py", line 295, in __init__
    DBDataWrite.__init__(self, data, db)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MythTV/database.py", line 311, in __init__
    DBData.__init__(self, data, db)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MythTV/database.py", line 179, in __init__
    self._pull()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MythTV/database.py", line 381, in _pull
    DBData._pull(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MythTV/database.py", line 197, in _pull
    raise MythError('DBData() could not read from database')
MythTV.exceptions.MythError: DBData() could not read from database
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