[mythtv-users] MythTV UK scripts + PVR350 + FF and RW

[mythtv-users at fastdruid.co.uk]

Matt wrote:

<snip>
> 
> Maybe my bleb script would of use to someone else too ?
> 
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> #!/bin/sh
> echo "-Remove old data.xml file if it exists..."
> rm -f /tmp/data.xml >nul
> rm -f /tmp/raw.xml >nul
> rm -f /tmp/log.tmp >nul
> echo "-Download updated listings from www.bleb.org..."
> wget -q -O /tmp/tvdata.zip
> 
> "http://www.bleb.org/tv/data/listings?days=0..6&format=xmltv&c
hannels=bbc1,bbc2,itv1,ch4,five,bravo,discovery,>
e4,men_and_motors,paramount,paramount2,scifi,sky_one,sky_one_m
> ix,uk_gold,sky_movies1,sky_movies2,sky_movies3,sky_movies4,sky
> _movies5,sky_movies6,sky_movies7,sky_movies8,sky_movies9,uktv_
> documentary&file=zip"
> >nul
> echo "-Uncompress.."
> cd /tmp
> unzip /tmp/tvdata.zip >nul
> echo "-Update MythTV.."
> mythfilldatabase --file 1 -1 /tmp/data.xml >nul
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> 
> Maybe it's not pretty but it works OK! You need to have the 
> channels setup in the mythconverg database first. I'm not 
> sure of an automated way to do this since as far as I know 
> the mythfilldatabase uk sites (including RT) don't work anymore.

Blimey, why don't you just do 

/usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file /home/mythtv/.mythtv/<Channel
Listing>.xmltv | /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --update --file 1 -1 -

Where <Channel Listing>.xmltv is a listing of all the channels required
(eg Terrestrial.xmltv), gives you 14days worth of listings.

> I also create mpeg links to my nuv files on a samba share so 
> that I can play the files over my LAN.
> 
> The script gets the program name out of the database and uses 
> that to create the link.
> 
> This is the script to do that -
> 
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> #!/bin/bash
> rm -f /home/video/mpeg-links/*
> x=1
> y=1
> for FILE in `ls /home/video/*.nuv`
> do
> 
> part1=`echo $FILE | cut -d/ -f4 - | cut -d_ -f1 -`
> part2=`echo $FILE | cut -d/ -f4 - | cut -d_ -f2 -`
> part3=`echo $FILE | cut -d/ -f4 - | cut -d_ -f3 - | cut -d. -f1 -`
> 
> filename[$x]=$FILE
> outfile[$x]=$part3
> 
> string="select title, subtitle, starttime from recorded where 
> chanid=$part1 and starttime=$part2 and endtime=$part3" 
> title[$x]=`mysql mythconverg -e "$string" --skip-column-names 
> -B -si` files[$x]=$FILE program_title=`echo ${title[$x]} | 
> sed 's/ /_/g' | sed 's/:/_/g'` ln -s $FILE 
> /home/video/mpeg-links/$program_title.mpeg
> let x=x+1
> done
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Handy, I was just thinking about doing that and up it pops :-)

TVM

Druid