[mythtv-users] Frequent mythfilldatabase download errors

[Dan Wilga]

On 11/20/14 4:57 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 11/20/2014 12:25 PM, Dan Wilga wrote:
>> The other night I realized that some regularly-scheduled programs 
>> weren't going to be recorded. I quickly discovered the problem: MFD 
>> had been
>> failing to download listings for one of my sources.
>>
>> I manually ran it from the commandline, and confirmed that it wasn't 
>> working. About 10 minutes later I tried the exact same commandline 
>> and it
>> DID work. It's been failing again for the last few days when run 
>> automatically.
>>
>> Here's are two logs I just produced. The first one fails and the 
>> second, a few minutes later, works. Is there anything I can do to get 
>> some
>> better error reporting on what is being sent to DD, and what comes back?
>
> There is. The popular command line for MFDB is:
>
>     mythfilldatabase -v file,network --loglevel debug --logpath /tmp 
> [[DW: add --dd-grab-all]]
>
> Take a look at the output. (and I don't know if you're version has the
> fix that removes your SD userid from the log file, so be sure to look
> for it and remove it should you need to pastebin it again. Or, based
> on your logs, it appears you're building from source, so just pull
> the latest and you're golden.
>
> If it's only one source, then going to the SD forum may be your best
> bet.
>
> Or, there's always Wireshark ;).
>
Of course, I tried it just now and it worked fine. I'll try again the 
next time I see a failure in the logs.
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