[mythtv-users] Mythfilldatabase runs 8 times per day

[William Munson]

Tom Greer wrote:
> Reviewing my logs, I see that mythfilldatabase runs eight times per day. 
>
> Running cat /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.1 | grep "mythfilldatabase 
> run complete" on yesterday's log file gives me:
>
> 2007-08-29 09:52:06.016 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-08-29 12:54:25.956 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-08-29 15:56:23.826 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-08-29 18:58:30.373 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-08-29 22:00:34.480 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-08-30 01:02:30.282 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-08-30 04:04:39.380 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2007-08-30 07:06:46.141 mythfilldatabase run complete.
>
> In General Settings within mythfrontend,  I have the following options 
> set:
>
>     * Automatically run mythfilldatabase: Enabled
>     * Run mythfilldatabase at time suggested by the grabber: Enabled
>
> I know that there are ways that I could override these settings to 
> tell myth when to run, or to run mythfilldatabase via cron; but I'd 
> prefer to let myth schedule this based on the times suggested by 
> SchedulesDirect.
>
> Recommendations?
>
> Tom
>
>

First thing I would do is report it as a bug to the package manger so 
that it can get fixed. If building from source, use the myth trac system 
to report it. In the mean time, manually set a time and save the SD.org 
server the bandwidth.

Bill