[mythtv-users] Mythfilldatabase doesn't run automatically any more

[Michael Jones]

Thanks..  

I've been contemplating creating a cron entry to fix it.. I was trying to
avoid that since the automatic mythfilldatabase worked so perfectly before
it broke.

This seems to have happened after I changed the start/stop time in the
setup?  What SHOULD the values be for this option?

- Michael


> From: BlackCamera <chnewcomb at ev1.net>
> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:59:30 -0600
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythfilldatabase doesn't run automatically any
> more
> 
> Michael Jones wrote:
>> This has been happening since just before updating to .19 (so I don't think
>> it's related to the update).
>> 
>> In status the directory listing shows that the next suggested update time is
>> about 2 days ago, and I now only have 11 days of program data.
>> 
>> My setup has mythfilldatabase set to run automatically, and I've tried a few
>> different settings in the start and end fields with no luck.
>> 
>> So.. The question is.. Why won't mythfilldatabase run automatically any
>> more?  It runs just fine (and grabs a full 14 days) if I run it manually
>> from the terminal..
>> 
>> Any ideas?  
>> 
>> - Michael
> 
> 
> Michael,
>     I've never been able to get mythfilldatabase to run as it is in the
> setup.  I've alway had to run it as a cron job.  This is taken from
> Jared's site...
> 
> $ crontab -e
> ----Insert the following text into your mythtv user crontab----
> ### Run mythfilldatabase every night at some random time after 10:01am
> 01 10 * * * sleep $(expr $RANDOM \% 14400) && mythfilldatabase >
> /var/log/mythtv/mythfilldatabase.log 2>&1
> ----Cut above here (don't include this line)----
> 
> Personally I think this is one of the best ideas to run it this way.
> 
> --
> Regards
> Chris
> 
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