[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct DataDirect replacement service testing

[Mark Perkins]

> On 10 Oct 2014, at 2:09 pm, leo.butler at member.ams.org wrote:
> 
> Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>> On 10/09/2014 06:06 PM, leo.butler at member.ams.org wrote:
>>> Robert Eden <rmeden at yahoo.com> writes:
>>> 
>>>>> On 10/2/2014 7:38 AM, Leo Butler wrote:
>>>>> Done without incident. But it was so transparent as to be invisible:
>>>>> how can I know that the json service was used? I did
>>>>> 
>>>>> mythfilldatabase --dd-grad-all
>>>> The JSON service was not used, you would know if it was... you'd need to install a JSON grabber and set up lineups.
>>>> 
>>>> You tested a drop-in replacement for Tribune Media Services' Data
>>>> Direct service, developed and hosted by SD.  It's less efficient and
>>>> less featured than the SD JSON service, but I hope it is "good enough"
>>>> for folks that don't want (or can't) move.
>>> 
>>> I have been using the new service since you made this announcement. It
>>> has worked fine for 1 source (digital cable) but not another (analog
>>> cable). I have pasted the log file at
>>> 
>>> http://pastebin.com/RwCkRXFF
>>> 
>>> My cable supplier (CableOne in Fargo ND) runs both a digital and an
>>> analog signal on the same line, and I have an old pvr-150 that I use in
>>> addition to an hdhr3-cc. But I haven't seen any listings or recordings
>>> for this analog service since I changed over.
>> 
>> Thanks for the log.
>> 
>>   CoreContext datadirect.cpp:1029 (DDPost) - Downloaded 1633668 bytes
>>   CoreContext datadirect.cpp:1036 (DDPost) - Uncompressed to 19477801 bytes
>> 
>> That's roughly the same as I get. Robert, if you've got his data, it should
>> probably match the Uncompressed size. It doesn't appear to be a download
>> issue.
>> 
>>   Updating source #1 (sd-cable) with grabber schedulesdirect1
>>   Found 58 channels for source 1 which use grabber
>>   ...
>>   Updating source #2 (sd-digitial) with grabber schedulesdirect1
>>   Found 110 channels for source 2 which use grabber
>>   ...
>>   Updating source #3 (sd-antenna) with grabber schedulesdirect1
>>   No channels are configured to use grabber. <-----------------
>>   ...
>>   DataDirect: Not inserting channels into disconnected source 3. <----------
>> 
>> Leo, if you remove the entry in /etc/hosts and run it again, do the above lines
>> look the same?
> 
> Yes. The log is at
> 
> http://pastebin.com/kNgbAFr8
> 
> I don't see any significant difference between the two logs, but I don't
> know what to look for...
> 
>> 
>> If "analog cable" = source #1 sd-cable, then it looks like it's working.
> 
> Yes, sd-cable is the listing for the analog cable, and it is a mystery
> to me why it looks like it is working.
> 
>> However, sd-antenna doesn't appear to be setup completely.
> 
> You are correct. I would like to cut the cable cord, but haven't had
> time to set up the antenna correctly, so there are no tuners using that
> source. Sigh. Anyhow, that wasn't causing any problems with the original
> sd data and I doubt it is here, either.
> 
> Robert, Bill, thanks for looking into this.
> 
> Leo
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Sorry Leo, just to explicitly ask the question - So when you removed the entry from /etc/hosts you got all your missing listings data?