[mythtv-users] XMLTV and mythfilldatabase

[Jim Abernathy]

On 3/26/20 10:08 PM, Jack McGee wrote:
>
> On 3/26/20 6:41 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>> On 3/26/20 5:57 PM, Jack McGee wrote:
>>>
>>> On 3/26/20 2:18 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>>> On 3/26/20 1:57 PM, Jack McGee wrote:
>>>>> OK, I don't understand.
>>>>>
>>>>> mythtvsetup on backend:
>>>>>
>>>>> I deleted the VideoSource. Created a new one.
>>>>>
>>>>> I go into Input connections, set each to that new source, and 
>>>>> click fetch listings from lisitings source.
>>>>>
>>>>> Says it may take a long time. how much time.  I never see any 
>>>>> changes in that screen after I click that.
>>>>
>>>> You can type: watch ls -l /tmp/myth??????. It should be growing. 
>>>> Control-c to exit.
>>>>
>>>> I don't remember how long my 1st download lasted.
>>>>
>>>
>>> that maybe a clue. I don't have that directory:
>>
>> To be clear, the file, not directory, only exists while the grabber 
>> is running.
>>
>> Don't know if you mean that the original command is still running, 
>> which would
>> seem too long.
>>
>> You could run mythfilldatabase with -v system . You'll see the actual 
>> command that's run
>> (and you can run that command directly from the command line.)
>>
>> An example would be:
>>
>>    tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --config-file 
>> '/home/mythuser/.mythtv/antenna_xmltv.xmltv' --output /tmp/myth123456
>>
>> In the above, I dropped the --quiet option. The output may yield a clue.
>>
>
> I used Jim Abernathy's guide:
>
> https://mythtv-rp4.blogspot.com/2019/12/installing-mythtv-on-raspberry-pi-4.html 
>
>
> which moved me to sqlite version, but that is fine.
>
> I never got the fetch listings from listings source to do anything.
>
> I did see the file when I ran
>
> mythuser at amethi:~/.mythtv$ ls -l /tmp/myth??????
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 mythuser mythuser 0 Mar 26 21:01 /tmp/myth123456
>
> but it never changed in file size.
>
> If I run
>
> mythuser at amethi:~/.mythtv$ tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --config-file 
> '/home/mythuser/.mythtv/antenna_xmltv.xmltv' --output /tmp/myth123456
> Database not defined in config file 
> /home/mythuser/.mythtv/antenna_xmltv.xmltv.
> Please run 'tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --configure'
>
>
> In the above writeup, he says:
>
> In Input Connections go through each and select Video Source "SD" and 
> only do the scan in the first Input Connection
>
> Should I be doing "scan for channels"  or "fetch listings from 
> listings source"
>
> I think originally, I did scan for channels because I could not get 
> fetch listings to work.
>
For me using either networked tuners or PCIe tuners I would setup the 
first Input Connection by entering the Video Source name to match and 
make sure it also matched what I did external from mythtv-setup. In my 
case 'SD'. The Scan for channels was uses as is, sometimes I'd set the 
channel scan range to eliminate the scan of the channels above which I 
know I won't find any.

Jim A