[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct DataDirect replacement service testing

[Yeechang Lee]

Robert Eden <rmeden at gmail.com> says:
> Thanks for the heads up.  I don't see any 504 errors from the Amazon
> load balancer, but I did up the connection timeout limit.  The vast
> majority of downloads take less than 10 seconds.

Looking back at my logs I found in another (not the one I provided the
pastebin for):

2014-10-04 20:50:49.076489 I [24225/24225] CoreContext filldata.cpp:233 (GrabDDData) - Grabbing ALL available data.
2014-10-04 20:50:49.076577 I [24225/24225] CoreContext datadirect.cpp:1155 (GrabData) - DataDirect: Grabbing listing data
2014-10-04 20:50:49.076885 I [24225/24225] CoreContext datadirect.cpp:1017 (DDPost) - Downloading DataDirect feed
2014-10-04 20:50:49.076912 D [24225/24225] CoreContext mythdownloadmanager.cpp:627 (postAuth) - DownloadManager: postAuth('http://webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com/schedulesdirect/tvlistings/xtvdService', '140737056242576')
2014-10-04 20:50:49.077524 D [24225/24242] DownloadManager mythdownloadmanager.cpp:693 (downloadQNetworkRequest) - Checking cache for http://webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com/schedulesdirect/tvlistings/xtvdService
2014-10-04 20:51:48.982248 D [24225/24242] DownloadManager mythdownloadmanager.cpp:943 (downloadError) - DownloadManager: downloadError 301 Error downloading http://webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com/schedulesdirect/tvlistings/xtvdService - server replied: Gateway Timeout
2014-10-04 20:51:48.982586 D [24225/24242] DownloadManager mythdownloadmanager.cpp:983 (downloadFinished) - DownloadManager: downloadFinished(140436303815248)
2014-10-04 20:51:48.982604 D [24225/24242] DownloadManager mythdownloadmanager.cpp:968 (redirectUrl) - DownloadManager: redirectUrl()
2014-10-04 20:51:48.982625 D [24225/24242] DownloadManager mythdownloadmanager.cpp:1062 (downloadFinished) - downloadFinished(13993408): COMPLETE: http://webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com/schedulesdirect/tvlistings/xtvdService
2014-10-04 20:51:48.983439 E [24225/24225] CoreContext datadirect.cpp:1184 (GrabData) - DataDirect: Failed to get data: Download error
2014-10-04 20:51:48.983470 E [24225/24225] CoreContext filldata.cpp:236 (GrabDDData) - Encountered error in grabbing data.

My lineups are unusually large, with 284 channels in one and 70 in
another; I'll bet Gary Buhrmaster's are, too. Even with Tribune's
servers I'd sometimes see a "did not insert new data into the guide"
error, and/or the suggested next time not being updated by the server;
since the feed would usually properly download the next day, and given
the 16 days of data it provides, there was always an ample margin of
error.

If the DD server's timeout tolerances are (still) tighter than
Tribune's that could explain why my downloads are failing with the
former; it would also explain why Bill Meek is seeing only one of his
two setups update the suggested next time. (Bill, am I correct in
assuming that your 12.04 box is substantially slower than the 14.04?)