[mythtv-users] Myth and XMLTV

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Ray Olszewski
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 1:22 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Myth and XMLTV
>
>
> I recall that a few weeks ago, there was a problem with MythTV
> 0.10 and the
> newest version of XMLTV. Has that problem been corrected yet?
>
> Specifically, if I update my Debian-Sid Myth system using the current (as
> of this morning) .deb packages, I am unable to grab NA channels.
> mythtv-config (the modified name of the bankend configuration program in
> the Debian packages) seems to hang when I ask it to get a list of
> providers
> using /usr/bin/tv_grab_na .
>
> If I run that program from the command line, as "/usr/bin/tv_grab_na
> --configure", it works. But even if I then rename the downloaded
> script to
> match the name Myth expects for the video source (" cp tv_grab_na.conf
> Comcast-analog.xmltv" as root, followed by suitable chown and chgrp), I
> cannot fill the database. Instead, running /etc/cron.daily/mythtv-backend
> AGAIN gives this result:
>
>
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/Comcast-analog.xmltv: format
> needs
> upgrading, re-run --configure:
>
> So ... two questions.
>
> 1. Am I running into the known XMLTV problem from several weeks ago, or
> something different? (The current version of XMLTV in Debian-Sid
> is 0.5.15-1.)
>
> 2a. If the first, is a fix expected anytime soon? In the
> meantime, what are
> other Debian-Sid users doing as a workaround?
>
> 2b. If the second, can anyone help me figure out what is going on?
>
> I had put off updating my Myth system to wait for the XMLTV stuff to get
> sorted out ... but circumstances forced me to go ahead with an update
> yesterday for non-Myth reasons (I needed new versions of libavifile and
> vcr, in addition to the usual security upgrades).


You need CVS Myth to use XMLTV 0.5.15.

-JAC