[mythtv-users] Cannot Download Listings

Stephen Boddy stephen.boddy at btinternet.com
Tue Apr 18 22:15:47 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 18 April 2006 22:30, jazzy 639 wrote:
> Hello, Hope you can help
>
> I dont have a TV Card ATM, as I am wanting to get this working first.
>
> I am in the UK and trying to get TV listings.
>
> Ive got my uk_rt.conf with some channels. Then when I run
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file /home/mythtv/.mythtv/uk_rt.conf >
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/uk_rt.xmltv, it produces the file fine. When I then
> run mythfilldatabase, I get: /home/mythtv/.mythtv/uk_rt.xmltv: 1: bad line
> <?xml version=...
> ...
> Unexpected end of file
> ...
> Failed to fetch some program info

Are you passing the correct parameters to mythfilldatabase, i.e.:

/usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 2 -1 ~/.xmltv/rt_listings.xml

From memory 2 is the sourceid, -1 means all days of date (14 with RT) then the 
file with the d/l'd listings.
-- 
Steve Boddy


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