[mythtv-users] One Complaint About mythtv-Important

[Colin Armstrong]

This explanation of my problem and Troy's problem (below), which are
both similar.

The reason that we are both having problems is due to the naming rule
differences in XMLTV and mythtv. XMLTV always looks for files in all
capitol letters, but mythtv lets you name files with a mixture of the
two types of letters. The file that both I and Troy were having trouble
with is a mixture of the two kinds of letters. This file is what we
called our TV input when we setup mythtv. When we setup mythtv, in the
connections screen is where you name your inputs. When you have a TV
connection mythtv asks XMLTV to write a config file for this connection.
However the problem lies in the interpretation of the data between the
two programs. XMLTV takes the information from mythtv and instead of
writing the config file like the user typed it into mythtv, XMLTV writes
the config file in all capitol letters. This is not a problem until you
run mythfilldatabase. mythfilldatabase asks XMLTV for the config file
exactly how you typed it into mythtvsetup. XMLTV then goes and looks for
that exact config file and does not see it. The only config file there
is the one you want except it is in all capitol letters. For this reason
XMLTV does not see a config file for that input. This is also why it
tells you to run tv_grab_na with configure, it wants you to create a
config file. However, there is no create config file option for
tv_grab_na that I saw so this does not solve the problem.
The only solution that I see to this problem is to only let the user
enter in capitol letters in the connection names box. This way there
will not be any communication problem.
So far in from all my battles with mythtv, the only complaint I have is
the lack of cooperation mythtv has for XMLTV's naming conventions.
I would strongly urge someone to add this to the documentation of
mythtv, so people will be able to find out what the problem is in the
future.
Also, if anyone does not believe me, check /root/.mythtv for your config
file and you will see that it does not match the name you gave to your
TV connection in mythtvsetup if that named contained lower case letters.
Thank You,
Colin

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 08:08, Colin Armstrong wrote:
> No running it as root makes no difference. I have the same problem and I
> tried that an hour ago. Now interestingly I just tried running
> tv_grab_na --config --debug which seemed to have worked; because then I
> ran just normal tv_grab_na and it got some program information, I do not
> know how much because i outputs as some sort of hard to read
> information. tv_grab_na did not worked until I ran it with --configure
> --debug. But even after it debugged itself it still gives me the
> parameterless error. Also, tv_grab_na even if it works does not do
> anything for mythtv's program guide unless it is run through
> mythfilldatabase, which is very unfourtunate. If anyone has any other
> ideas please let me know.
> Thanks,
> Colin
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 07:52, Dane Kantner wrote:
> > > > parameterless b
> > > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XMLWriter.pm line 16
> > > >
> > > > using config file /root/.mythtv/Cox.xmltv
> > > >
> > > > /usr/bin/tv_brab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/Cox.xmltv does not
> > > > exist, run me with b
> > > >
> > 
> > are you running mythfilldatabase as root? try that and see if it works...
> > you might need to change the permissions on the file?
> > 
> > have you tried running ./setup again to redo the cable provider?  i've
> > gotten that when error when i was manually changing around xmltv stuff and
> > deleted the old one... if you wanna clean it out, go to the database and
> > delete that particular input but keep the others
> > 
> > -dane
> > 
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