[mythtv-users] Problems with Virgin 1 (UK Freeview)

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Wed Jun 3 09:25:00 UTC 2009


I decided to re-scan to get the new Virgin1 & Virgin1+1 lineup - but 
I think I've broken something !

My Myth system is running Debian Lenny on AMD64 as a Xen guest. Myth 
is installed from the packages at debian-multimedia.fx-services.com.


Shut down the back end, went into mythtv-setup and attempted to 
delete all existing channels. At this point, the remote session 
stopped responding - then mother shouted from downstairs to ask if 
the internet was down. My otherwise stable Xen server had 
spontaneously rebooted !

When everything came back up, I tried again, but the delete all 
channels button didn't appear to do anything. I deleted the source, 
and that deleted all the channels. Rescanning worked (second time 
around) and appeared to pick up all the channels.

I ran my SQL script to set the channel numbers and xmltv_ids.

Next I edited channel_ids and channels_platforms in 
/usr/share/xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt

In channel_ids I changed :
freeview.1.virginmedia.com|2049|Virgin 1 
(Freeview)|http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/logo/tv/vv/virgin_1.jpg||1800-0600
to :
freeview.1.virginmedia.com|2049|Virgin 1 
(Freeview)|http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/logo/tv/vv/virgin_1.jpg||
tsod.plus-1.freeview.1.virginmedia.com|2049|Virgin 1+1 
(Freeview)|http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/logo/tv/vv/virgin_1.jpg|+1hour|1800-0600

And in channels_platforms I added :
tsod.plus-1.freeview.1.virginmedia.com|freeview

I ran "tv_grab_uk_rt --configure"

and then "mythfilldatabase --manual"


At some point I briefly got a glimpse of an error message along the 
lines of "not found" from rt_grab_uk_rt, which I think was it 
complaining that it couldn't find the Virgin 1 schedule data on the 
server. But it whizzed off the screen too quick to capture it (I had 
the grabber running in verbose mode).

Now in MythWeb I can see Virgin 1, without Logo, and with no 
scheduling. Virgin 1+1 is there, but with scheduling for more than 
6pm to 6am. If I click the Virgin1 link, instead of the page listing 
programs for that channel, I get an error due to too many redirects. 
If I use wget, I see this :

>$ wget http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014200
>--08:35:24--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014200
>            => `1244014200'
>Resolving eddi... 192.168.0.35, fe80::216:3eff:fe31:3029
>Connecting to eddi|192.168.0.35|:80... connected.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525 [following]
>--08:35:24--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525
>            => `1244014525'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525 [following]
>--08:35:25--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525
>            => `1244014525'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525 [following]
>--08:35:25--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525
>            => `1244014525'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525 [following]
>--08:35:25--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525
>            => `1244014525'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525 [following]
>--08:35:25--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525
>            => `1244014525'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525 [following]
>--08:35:25--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014525
>            => `1244014525'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526 [following]
>--08:35:25--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526
>            => `1244014526'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526 [following]
>--08:35:25--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526
>            => `1244014526'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526 [following]
>--08:35:26--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526
>            => `1244014526'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526 [following]
>--08:35:26--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526
>            => `1244014526'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526 [following]
>--08:35:26--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526
>            => `1244014526'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526 [following]
>--08:35:26--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526
>            => `1244014526'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526 [following]
>--08:35:26--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014526
>            => `1244014526'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527 [following]
>--08:35:26--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527
>            => `1244014527'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527 [following]
>--08:35:26--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527
>            => `1244014527'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527 [following]
>--08:35:27--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527
>            => `1244014527'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527 [following]
>--08:35:27--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527
>            => `1244014527'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527 [following]
>--08:35:27--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527
>            => `1244014527'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527 [following]
>--08:35:27--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527
>            => `1244014527'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527 [following]
>--08:35:27--  http://eddi/mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014527
>            => `1244014527'
>Reusing existing connection to eddi:80.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>Location: /mythweb/tv/channel/15304/1244014528 [following]
>20 redirections exceeded.


I'm guessing I've got something obvious and stupid wrong - can anyone 
tell me what ?

-- 
Simon Hobson

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