[mythtv-users] XMLTV grabber returned error code 1

[DryHeat122]

On Wed, May 11, 2022, 4:43 PM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/11/22 16:39, DryHeat122 wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:48 AM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com <mailto:
> keemllib at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 5/11/22 12:59, DryHeat122 wrote:
> >
> >     I understand redoing a working setup may appear risky. I'd just COPY
> the files under your
> >     user to the same places in ~mythtv/.mythtv. Make all related files
> user:group mythtv
> >     and the <source>.xmltv file(s) points to mythtv's copy of the SQLite
> DB. Test that
> >     the 'normal' MFDB run by the backend works as does the mfdbrun above
> (or whatever
> >     you'd like to name it.) I recall that the .xmltv directory must also
> be mythtv:mythtv
> >
> >
> > I thought about that, but I worry that the frontend may reference these
> files and lose track of them if I change the directory.
>
> The files we're discussing are mainly used at mythfilldatabase run time.
> I'm ignoring the setup part of the puzzle.
>
> The files could vanish and the frontend wouldn't know about it until
> your listings ran out of data ;).
>

So let me ask this: What is it that normally runs mythfilldatabase? Does
the backend do it, or is it a cron job, or...

My thinking is that if I can disable that I can just substitute my own cron
job to run mythfilldatabase under my user, and Bob's your uncle.

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