[mythtv-users] Different mythfilldatabase commands for different sources

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Ian,

Monday, February 1, 2016, 12:23:51 AM, you wrote:

> On Jan 31, 2016 6:08 PM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hoi Ian,
>>
>> Sunday, January 31, 2016, 11:40:06 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> > On Jan 31, 2016 4:49 PM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hoi Ian,
>> >>
>> >> Sunday, January 31, 2016, 9:38:42 PM, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I'm in North America and use Schedules Direct and the recommended
>> >> > dd-grab-all for the listings.
>> >>
>> >> > I am looking at adding Metabroadcast to the mix to grab the listings
> for
>> >> > one UK channel via HLS. The mythtv wiki page for Metabroadcast says
> it
>> >> > should be run with a refresh 0-99.
>> >>
>> >> > Is there a way to specify different mythfilldatabase commands for
>> > different
>> >> > sources? And is there a guide for mixing grabbers like this?
>> >>
>> >> > Thanks
>> >>
>> >> See mythfilldatabase --help
>> >> If your data is in xmltv format you use something like:
>> >>
>> >> /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --syslog local5 --file --xmlfile ${xml_file}
>> > --sourceid $1
>> >>
>>
>> > And doing cron runs for the British xmltv won't affect the automatic
> runs
>> > for Schedules Direct?
>>
>> It is less invasive. If they have different data for the same channel,
>> the one run last will win. So either exclude those you want to fill
>> through xmltv from SD or make sure it runs after SD is completed.
>> As far as I know, but you will know better, SD does not use an xmltvid.
>> You will have to set them in Mythtv-Setup for the channels you want to
>> fill through xmltv. If SD does use them, you have a problem as they
>> probably will not be the same. You then must exclude them from SD.
>>

> There won't be any duplicates. As stated SD is for my North American
> channels and I just want listings for one lone channel from Britain via
> HLS. It should be an interesting exercise. I wonder if I have to adjust the
> time zone for the UK listing or it might be in UTC.

That means it is on a separate source. You can set-up the grabber
through the source and let it run automatically.


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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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