[mythtv-users] Missing XMLTV grabbers from 0.23 video source setup

[Michael PARKER]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: steve.goodey at bt.com [mailto:steve.goodey at bt.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:22 PM
> To: michael.parker at st.com; mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Missing XMLTV grabbers from 0.23 
> video source setup
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael PARKER
> Sent: 07 April 2010 12:35
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Missing XMLTV grabbers from 0.23 
> video source setup
> 
> I've got a couple of Myth boxes, one running 0.22 on Fedora 
> 10 and one running 0.23RC2 on Fedora 12.
> 
> 
> Trying to add the UK Radio Times XMLTV grabber as a video 
> source is giving different results between
> boxes.
> 
> On the F10/0.22 platform, everything works as expected. 
> Navigating to the "Listings grabber" field
> in the mythtv-setup "Video source setup" window and cycling 
> through the options eventually gives
> "Loading XMLTV configuration". After a brief pause, all the 
> various XMLTV grabbers are available.
> 
> On the F12/0.23RC2 platform, cycling through the options of 
> "Listings grabber" field results in only
> the Argentina grabber being available. No "Loading XMLTV 
> configuration" message, no pause - just the
> Argentina grabber (which happens to be the first grabber 
> reported by a command line invocation of
> tv_find_grabbers). 
> 
> Invoking tv_find_grabbers from the command line results in 
> all the installed grabbers being reported
> well within the 30 second timeout. It just appears that the 
> first grabber reported is parsed by
> mythtv-setup and the remainder discarded/ignored. I can 
> workaround the problem by moving all the
> other grabbers out of /usr/bin, leaving just the Radio Times 
> grabber in /usr/bin.
> 
> Before reporting this as a bug, I thought I'd check to see if 
> anyone else can reproduce this
> behaviour or if I'm doing something obviously stoopid.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Not sure if this will help, but have you tried coming out of 
> the setup and trying again? I seem to remember I was having 
> the same problem and found retrying fixed it, and sometimes 
> just cycling through the available options on the page seemed 
> to kick start it.
> 
> Steve.
> 

Steve,

Like you, on previous platforms, I've found retrying or cycling through the options to work. I
think, however, this was due to my previous platform (a 500MHz P3) being on the borderline of being
able to supply the list of available grabbers within the 30 second timeout.

On this platform (F12/0.23RC2), I've tried both suggestions with no luck - the Argentian option is
repeatably the only XMLTV grabber available. The instant appearance of the grabber in the
"pull-down" without any prior "Loading.." information makes me think this is a different problem.

Cheers,

Mike