[mythtv-users] Updated MythTV - now my schedules no longer update. XMLTV woes

[James Abernathy]

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 1:48 AM Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net>
wrote:

> On 5/6/23 22:25, Will Dormann wrote:
> > Well, I suppose I celebrated too early in updating MythTV.  After my
> SchedulesDirect data expired, I now realize that I have
> > no program guide since I did the update.
> >
> > Apparently "DataDirect" is no longer a things that's supported, and I
> now need to use XMLTV.  The problem is, I can't seem to
> > find any guidance that I can understand.
> >
> > According to https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XMLTV , I should be able to
> just run mythtv-setup and tell MythTV to use XMLTV, and
> > everything should be fine.   When exiting mythtv-setup, and I'm prompted
> to run mythfilldatabase, I see a brief terminal
> > window that shows the usage for how to run mythfilldatabase.  After a
> bit of hassle, I finally realized that I had a
> > "--remove-new-channels" option set in my MythFillDatabaseArgs in the
> settings table. After removing this, the error went away.
> >
> > However, there's still nothing in my schedules.  There is no
> configuration file in $HOME/.xmltv.
> >
> > So I figure I'd try the command line setup as outlined at
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XMLTV
> >
> > I ran:
> > /usr/bin/tv_grab_zz_sdjson --configure --config-file
> $HOME/.mythtv/FiOS.xmltv
> >
> > only to be asked to select what sort of cable lineup I have in my
> zipcode.   Which is somewhat surprising to me, given that
> > I've already configured exactly how my channel lineup is in
> SchedulesDirect directly.
> >
> > Elsewhere in this list I saw the advice to run --manage-lineups instead
> of --configure.  I tried this, and it seems that I
> > could add a generic FiOS lineup, but not the one that I had already
> configured in SchedulesDirect that matches what I actually
> > subscribe to.
> >
> > When I try to edit the channel lineup, I get:
> >> Select one: [0,1,2,3,4,5 (default=0)] 5
> >>
> >> Database has not been initialized (or cannot be opened)
> >
> > Nothing I've tried has resulted in any .xmltv file being written. I do
> have a SchedulesDirect.DB in my ~/.xmltv directory.
> >
> > All of this has been quite frustrating.  Does anybody have any guidance
> on how a normal human being can update from an old
> > (DataDirect SchedulesDirect) configuration to a new one that uses XMLTV?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > -WD
> >
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> One thing that I did not get from the wiki is that you MUST run
> tv_grab_zz_sdjson as user mythtv with user mythtv's environment.
>
> Running this from within mythbackendsetup does not work since it will save
> the config files in your local environment.
>
> I found that I was able to do this by running:
>
> sudo runuser -l mythtv
>
> which switches you to a shell as user mythtv in the mythtv environment,
> then running:
>
> tv_grab_zz_sdjson --configure --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/North.xmltv
>
> exit
>
> where you replace the word "North" with whatever name you called your
> "video source" when you set it up.
>
> Look in /var/log/mythtv/mythfilldatabase.log for clues about whatever else
> is going on.
>
> everything else in https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XMLTV made enough sense to
> me for me to get it working.
>
>
I have XMLTV on ubuntu/debian based systems working. What I do is basically
follow the wiki exactly which means that I don't rename anything.  So when
I get back to mythtv-setup I delete all video sources and create a new one
called "SD". I select the Multinational json sqlite grabber and then scan.

The Wiki says do this as user 'mythtv'  and it means it since the
backend.service runs a user mythtv.

Just make sure you add your lineup by zip code if your country uses that.
The questions asked require mostly defaults if you use SD as the video
source name.

tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --manage-lineups --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/SD.xmltv

tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --configure --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/SD.xmltv

tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --days 0 --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/SD.xmltv
tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --manage-lineups --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/SD.xmltv
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