[mythtv-users] Re:Mythfilldatabase question

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Alexander P.
> Petkov
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:30 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re:Mythfilldatabase question
>
>
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> > I got the system configured and compiled correctly (I think) > And I
> ran mythfilldatabase last night.  It took over 12 hours > to grab 8
> days data.  Is this normal for a dialup connection?
> =======
>
> It seems rather long. It takes me about 30-40 minutes to grab 7-8
> days
> of schedule data through my modem. I run mine pretty much when I get
> "UNKNOWN" program names for the next day (once a week). Is this with
> the tv_grab_na?
>
>
> Alex

Hmmm... I think if you run mythfilldatabase nightly, it will only end up
grabbing 2-3 days' worth of listings (tomorrow, today, and today+8), plus
any missing days in between.  This ensures that today & tomorrow's listing
are corrected for any last-minute changes in programming by the station, and
it doesn't tie up your modem as long as a full 8-day listing download.  Your
total time dialed in is more, but it's spread over 8 days.  Of course, if
you're incurring phone charges per minute, then what you're doing now is
probably best.

To the original poster:  what's your dialup speed?  check the output of
mythfilldatabase and see if it's dropping connections & retrying... maybe
you need to tweak your timeout value for tv_grab_X

-JAC