[mythtv-users] xmltv grabber scripts failing

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Hika,

Saturday, January 13, 2018, 5:12:59 AM, you wrote:

> Hoi Mark,

> Saturday, January 13, 2018, 12:55:50 AM, you wrote:

>> On 13 January 2018 7:29:39 am Tim Draper <veehexx at zoho.com> wrote:

>>> I've no idea what's happened here, but my BE is now failing to run the 
>>> grabber scripts with perl issues.
>>> It has been running fine as i have guide data up to tomorrow morning, but 
>>> no further. mythweb is showing a potential grabber error.
>>> I run mythfilldatabase and shows grabber script errors so i look at that 
>>> side of things with the following results:
>>>
>>> as root user:
>>> Name "Params::Validate::NO_VALIDATION" used only once: possible typo at 
>>> /root/perl5/bin/tv_grab_zz_sdjson line 238.
>>> You need to configure the grabber by running it with --configure
>>>
>>> as mythtv user:
>>> Can't locate XMLTV.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 
>>> /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl 
>>> /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at 
>>> /usr/bin/tv_grab_zz_sdjson line 52.
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/tv_grab_zz_sdjson line 52.
>>>

>> Possibly when running as mythtv user your environment is not set correctly.
>> Possibly you are running as "sudo -umythtv mythfilldatabase" from a prompt
>> logged in as your desktop user?  Running something like "export 
>> PERL5LIB=/.../.../" with path to XMLTV.pm might get past this error but it
>> may just fail at the next. Instead maybe try logging in as user mythtv (or
>> specifically the user that runs your BE) on a different tty (on Centos
>> ctrl+alt+f[2-7]) and run mythfilldatabase from there.

>> But neither of these may be the problem your backend is seeing. What shows
>> in the BE log?


> If Marks suggestions do not pan out, I would suggest presenting your
> issues on the xmltv (xmltv-devel at lists.sourceforge.net) panel. They
> are more versed on the perl/xmltv issues.
> But a user rights issue might very wel be the cause. Do run
> --configure and the grabbing as the same user as all results of
> --configure are store under .xmltv in the users home directory!
> Also be aware that mythtv when running --configure through there or
> grabbing through there expects the configuration file that by default
> is placed in ~/.xmltv is in ~/.mythtv. So either do configuring and
> grabbing through mythtv or outside. Do not mix the two!


To be precise mythtv expects the configuration file to be named:
~/.mythtv/<sourcename>.xmltv


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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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