[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct guide data for AU / NZ

[Mike Bibbings]

On 01/09/16 02:23, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> On 30/08/16 09:09 PM, David Whyte wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 at 14:03 Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com
>> <mailto:nick.rout at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     Robert, thanks for the 90 day trial. Is there a definitive howto for
>>     setting up mythtv for the json version of SD? I have ignored all SD
>>     stuff i the past as it has been irrelevant to us NZers. There are a
>>     number of people keen to start trialling, but unsure which of the
>>     unofficial looking howtos thrown up by google to follow.
>>     (Particularly as no one wants to damage their existing setup!)
>>
>>
>> I will second this request.  I got the 90 trial code then sat at my
>> laptop and effectively stared at the screen.  I came up stumped!
>
> For the users of mythtv, there are now THREE routes to using the JSON 
> SD service. Although Robert Kulagowski (RK) claims that his mfdb-json 
> program is a 'work in progress', it really is a fully featured 
> replacement for mythfilldatabase and transparently enters EPG data 
> into mythtv.
>
> I was probably the first alpha tester for RK and have been using the 
> mfdb-json package since at least August 2014. I have been using it 
> with mythtv 0.28/master and it 'just works'. Presently I get 20 to 21 
> days data in Ontario. YMMV. It is quite a bit faster than a 
> mythfilldatatbase --dd-grab-all, due to it only downloading new or 
> changed data, and only grabbing one copy for all repeat showings of a 
> program.  (I know RK through SchedulesDirect).
>
>
> So if you are using mythtv, then:
>
> cd /usr/local/bin
> git clone https://github.com/SchedulesDirect/mfdb-json.git
> That will make an mfdb-json directory.
> cd mfdb-json
> git checkout API-20141201
> git pull
>
> You will find a quite comprehensive README.md file in the mfdb-json 
> directory.
> After installing the prerequisite packages (set out in the README.md 
> file), you will use mythtv-setup and the provided sd-utility.php 
> program serially to configure the setup. Note that you go back and 
> forth between them: don't second guess what is being done, and don't 
> skip any steps!
>
> NOTE that you set the channels for which you want data, in mythtv, 
> using the channel editor in mythtv-setup. (step 6)
>
> ALSL note that this will create another mysql database called 'sd' 
> which will hold mfdb-json specific data.
>
> When setup is complete you can create an executable script in 
> /usr/local/bin to be called by mythtv to get the data. I call mine 
> 'grabber2'
> The script is entered into mythtv-setup -> General ...page 4 (iirc??) 
> (replacing the mythfilldatabase entry).
>
> I update the program on every call in order to keep up to date during 
> testing. So I have the following three lines before the actual data 
> pull: good practice at any time.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> # grabber2 script for mythtv
> cd /usr/local/bin/mfdb-json
> git checkout API-20141201
> git pull
>
> # pull data from SD
> #
> /usr/local/bin/mfdb-json/mfdb-json.php --x --force --dbhost=localhost 
> --dbname=mythconverg --dbuser=mythtv --dbpassword=mythtv --user=<your 
> -user-name-at-SD> --password=<your-SD-password>
> exit
>
> If anyone has problems with setup for mythtv, they can ping me. 
> Problems with actual data, ping RK. Problems with xmltv, not me: I 
> plead the Schultz defence.
>
>
>              R. Geoffrey Newbury
>
>
Note that mfdb-json does not currently work on Mythbuntu 16.04 with 
0.28/Fixes. I am currently using tv_grab_sd_json.

Peter Bennett reported problems (which I am also experiencing) see:

https://github.com/SchedulesDirect/mfdb-json/issues/20

Mike