[mythtv-users] Different mythfilldatabase commands for different sources

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Ian,

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, 7:49:34 PM, you wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> Hoi Ian,
>>
>> Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 11:47:36 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > [snip]
>>
>>
>> >> If you had used the Configure button in MythTV-Setup it would have
>> >> been placed there. You can also run the grabber with: `--configure
>> >> --config-file /var/lib/mythtv/.mythtv/HLS.conf` to place it there.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > I had tried using that but for some reason the config files weren't
>> getting
>> > created. Anyway, doing it manually and moving it to /home/mythtv/.xmltv
>> > worked and the grabber is running fine. Now to see what other channels
>> I'm
>> > doing via HLS have xmltv listings.
>>
>> > Thanks to you for your help.
>>
>> Good, no thanks :-)
>> Probably the config was created, but as I understand you did not run
>> myth-setup as your backend user, so they were double hidden. Not in
>> the right home directory AND in .mythtv, while you looked in .xmltv!
>>
>>

> A new twist to the situation (or maybe not, just observing this after a few
> days).

> mythfilldatabase is setup to run at the times automatically recommended by
> Schedules Direct to download the North American listings.

> For the one Euro HLS channel I'm running the Atlas grabber for, I run a
> cron job at midnight with the following command line:

> mythfilldatabase --sourceid 4 --refresh 0-99

> The --sourceid 4 is my HLS source. The --refresh 0-99 is recommended on the
> wiki at
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Metabroadcast_Atlas_Listings_Grabber

> Looking at my mythfilldatavase log, it appears that all sources were
> updated at midnight (including a Schedules Direct run) despite --sourceid 4
> being in the cron line. Shouldn't only the --sourceid 4 grabber run?

> Also despite saying it had data until the 21st, the SD North American
> listings only went until the 18th. When I did a manual run a few hours
> later to check, it appeared to have the same amount of data but filled the
> listings until the 21st this time.

> Are the two runs conflicting with each other?

I don't know why it would also run for the other source, but the other
thing could come from not running your cron job as the backend user. I
do not know if you do that?

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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