[mythtv-users] Manually entering tv schedule info

[Raymond Wagner]

On 1/9/2011 13:17, Adam Cooper Wood wrote:
>
> On Jan 8, 2011, at 1:54 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>
>> On 1/8/2011 01:44, George Nassas wrote:
>>> On 2011-01-07, at 3:21 PM, Adam Wood wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am interested in having mythtv record some time slots on a local 
>>>> channel for shows in the coming months (they do not submit their 
>>>> schedules to the schedule gods or however that process works). Can 
>>>> I safely add them to the database (beyond the 2 weeks of data SD 
>>>> gives me) or will mythfilldatabase erase them when it populates the db?
>>>
>>> I'm guessing you have a non-myth way to get good schedule data for 
>>> this one channel and want it to work naturally with mythtv. If so it 
>>> looks like it's not safe to mix your schedule data with that pulled 
>>> in my mythfilldatabase. That's assuming your data is coming from 
>>> Schedules Direct which, for most people in North America, is the case.
>>>
>>
>> Presumably they're going off an ad about a new show airing a month or 
>> two out, beyond the two weeks Schedules Direct offers.
>
> It's actually a schedule of local hockey & basketball games up through 
> March. New info- it turns out that EIT data is actually transmitted 
> for the channel! 'Perform EIT Scan' is ticked in mythbackend, and I 
> also have 'useonairguide' flagged for the specific channel. Does this 
> mean Myth should be pulling the data into MYSQL  or is this not how it 
> works?

If you have EIT enabled on those channels, MythTV will pull in whatever 
data is provided by the broadcaster and inserted into the database.  If 
need be, it will overwrite whatever show already exists at that point in 
the stored guide data.  If you are using both XMLTV and EIT data on the 
same channel, you will end up with all sorts of weird scheduling 
anomalies, and non-functional duplicate matching.

In North America, EIT data usually gets you a few hours.  Some lucky 
people with gracious broadcasters may give you a day or two.  You will 
certainly not be getting events two months out through that interface.
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