[mythtv-users] Schedule mythfilldatabase

George Mari george_mythusers at mari1938.org
Tue Dec 2 16:10:47 UTC 2008


Jason Gauthier wrote:
> Hokay, so.
> 
>  
> 
>   I am having some trouble with mythfilldatabase.   Long story short:
> it's process intensive and disrupts regular TV viewing.  It should be
> running at downtime.. and I've been waking the system up at 2am to run..
> but it doesn't.  So, I changed the configuration to run between 2am and
> 3am, and ignored running at the recommended time.
> 
> I checked my logs, and it still didn't run at 2am.  Looking for some
> suggestions. I know I could just cron it.. but I'd rather keep it inside
> of myth.
> 
> When my myth boots, it will shut down after 10 minutes of idle.
> 
>  

Have you confirmed that running mythfilldatabase manually from the 
command line works, and runs to completion, and populates you guide with 
new data?


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