[mythtv-users] silence.py with 0.28

[Roger Siddons]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:54:46 -0000, Mark <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> With the patch I get:
> 2015-10-28 13:13:33.488855 D [20389] Python Database Connection Trying  
> database credentials from: /home/mythtv/config.xml
> 2015-10-28 13:13:33.544067 I [20389]  mythcommflag:
> 2015-10-28 13:13:33.565025 I [20389]  mythcommflag: Seeking chanid 1022,  
> starttime 2015-10-27 23:28:00+10:30
> 2015-10-28 13:13:33.601900 E [20389]  mythcommflag: Failed due to:  
> "DBData() could not read from database"
>
>
> It appears to be reading the config.xml file correctly as if I change  
> the user/password/database to an incorrect value then the script  
> silently fails. Plus I added additional logging at one point and it  
> appeared to be getting the database url correctly (and I couldn't work  
> out how to log the user / password it was using so I eventually gave  
> up). Any other suggestions on what I can try to do to troubleshoot?
>

That error usually means the recording can't be found.

Your post appears to be coming from a BE log, but it doesn't appear to be  
using a %JOBID% (I'd expect to see: "Starting job ...").

So check you're using version 5 (Oct 2014) of silence.py. That has an  
(undocumented) option "--dump" that will dump the stack.

The data isn't particularly helpful but I suspect, at the bottom, it will  
show:

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MythTV/database.py", line  
203, in _pull

confirming you have no database entry for that chan/time. It will also  
show the ProgId, which is the Chan/UTC that Myth uses.

Do you have a file 1022_20151027125800.ts ? The TV guide for your area  
doesn't appear to show anything starting around then.