[mythtv-users] UK: tv_grab_uk_atlas swap over fail!

[Paul Harrison]

On 30 Sep 2014 11:45, "Paul Gardiner" <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
>
> I thought it was time I got around to swapping over from tv_grab_uk_rt
> to tv_grab_uk_atlas. All seemed to go well, nice easy set up, except
> it doesn't work :-( and I cannot figure what I've done wrong.
>
> I registered and obtained an API key, and ran
>
>  tv_grab_uk_atlas --configure
>
> That produced $HOME/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_atlas.conf with the new
> mysterious four letter channel ids.
>
> After that, running
>
>  tv_grab_uk_atlas --quiet
>
> seems to download the channel info. It also seems to pull down
> the file
.xmltv/supplement/tv_grab_uk_atlas/tv_grab_uk_atlas.map.channel.conf
> so that it can translate the four letter ids to something like
> the old ones, and the downloaded channel data does seem to mention
> old style ids. I noticed that some of these were slightly different:
> e.g., channel4.co.uk is now channel4.com, so I updated my mythconverg
> channels table with the new values.
>
> I then use the script below to fetch:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> TEMPFILE=/tmp/mythfill$$
> tv_grab_uk_atlas --quiet > $TEMPFILE
> mythfilldatabase --update --file --sourceid 1 --xmlfile $TEMPFILE
> mythfilldatabase --update --file --sourceid 2 --xmlfile $TEMPFILE
> mythfilldatabase --update --file --sourceid 3 --xmlfile $TEMPFILE
> rm $TEMPFILE
>
> but I get no new data and I have only 11 days worth, which I assume
> is from the last successful tv_grab_uk_rt fetch.
>
> I see in the output loads of
>
> "Unknown xmltv channel identifier:" even from ones that are clearly
> in myth's channel table. What am I doing wrong? Is there somewhere
> else myth keeps a list of these channels and checks against them?
> I no longer have a Freeview.xmltv file, but I assume that file's
> job is taken over by tv_grab_uk_atlas.conf.
>
> Very confused.
>
> Cheers,
>         Paul.

I think you will have to rename tv_grab_uk_atlas.conf to Freeview.xmltv for
Myth to find it.  I assume Freeview is the name you gave to the source in
Myth.

Paul H.
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