[mythtv-users] No listing or guide data showing in mythweb or mythfrontend

Brett R rollnthndr at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 21:11:31 UTC 2016


On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi Brett,
>
> Friday, October 21, 2016, 10:56:09 PM, you wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hoi Brett,
> >
> >  Friday, October 21, 2016, 10:18:32 PM, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>  >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
>  >> Hoi Hika,
>  >>
>  >>  Friday, October 21, 2016, 9:48:28 PM, you wrote:
>  >>
>   >>> Hoi Brett,
>  >>
>   >>> Friday, October 21, 2016, 9:39:29 PM, you wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>   >>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Hika van den Hoven <
> hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >>
>   >>>> Hoi Brett,
>   >>>>
>   >>>>  Friday, October 21, 2016, 9:25:16 PM, you wrote:
>   >>>>
>   >>>>
>   >>>>
>   >>>>
>   >>>>
> >    >>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Hika van den Hoven <
> hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>   >>>>
> >    >>>> Hoi Brett,
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>  Friday, October 21, 2016, 9:05:04 PM, you wrote:
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>
>  >>    >>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Hika van den Hoven <
> hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >    >>>>
>  >>    >>>> Hoi Brett,
>  >>    >>>>
>  >>    >>>>  Friday, October 21, 2016, 8:17:52 PM, you wrote:
>   >>>>    >>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Hika van den Hoven <
> hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >>    >>>>
>   >>>>    >>> Hoi Brett,
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>  Friday, October 21, 2016, 6:52:57 PM, you wrote:
>   >>>>    >>>
> >    >>>>    >>> Hi,
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>
> >    >>>>    >>> Hoping someone is willing to give me a hand getting this
> working.
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>
> >    >>>>    >>> I can run MFDB, pull in data from Sched Direct and
> populate the
> >    >>>>    >>> program table. When running the frontend, looking at the
> mythbackend
> >    >>>>    >>> debug logs it appears that the sql queries are returning
> rows (not
> >    >>>>    >>> that I know which query is for which operation, but they
> are
> >    >>>>    >>> definitely connecting and returning data). Yet nothing is
> appearing
> >    >>>>    >>> when looking at the guide in either the frontend or
> through mythweb.
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>
> >    >>>>    >>> Fresh install of fixes/0.27 (compiled locally on RPI3;
> 0.27 for
> >    >>>>    >>> intentional reasons) and fresh database. I have scoured
> the net for
> >    >>>>    >>> about a week now but not making any progress. So far most
> everything
> >    >>>>    >>> else seems to be working correctly but honestly haven't
> used it much
> >    >>>>    >>> since the guide is not working. Hoping to tackle this
> first.
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>
> >    >>>>    >>> Thanks for any insight.
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>
> >    >>>>    >>> --
>   >>>>    >>>
> >    >>>>    >>> Brett
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>  Are you running mythfilldatabase automatically through
> MythTV or by
>   >>>>    >>>  hand? In the latter case are you using the right sourceid
> to import
>   >>>>    >>>  the data into?
>   >>>>    >>>
>   >>>>    >>>  Tot mails,
>   >>>>    >>>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>   >>>>    >>>
>  >>    >>>>
>   >>>>    >>> I'm running it by hand. I only have one source.
>  >>    >>>>
>  >>    >>>>  Please don't top-post! I corrected it.
>  >>    >>>>
>  >>    >>>>  Are you sure you use the right id:
>  >>    >>>>
>  >>    >>>>  SELECT sourceid, name FROM videosource
>  >>    >>>>
>  >>    >>>>  should give you your sources.
>  >>    >>>>
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>
>  >>    >>>> Sorry for top posting. This should be better. Thanks for
> helping me out here.
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>
>  >>    >>>> When I run mythfilldatabase I do not use any commandline
> options,
>  >>    >>>> but should I be? I appeared that is was pulling in the correct
> data.
>  >>    >>>> Running your select statement I get a valid sourceid and name.
> >    >>>>
> >    >>>>  It should if your videosource is configured correctly. So
> either SD or
> >    >>>>  the correct grabber should be selected and if you use an xmltv
> grabber
> >    >>>>  the configuration should be in ~/.mythtv of the user running
> >    >>>>  mythfilldatabase and is named <your videosource name>.xmltv
> >    >>>>
>   >>>>
>   >>>>
>   >>>>
> >    >>>> I'm using SD for my source. After running MFDB (without options)
> >    >>>> the PROGRAM table is full of 13 days worth of data.
>   >>>>
>   >>>>  So you only do not see it when you go to the program guide in the
>   >>>>  frontend or in MythWeb? Do you see channels? And if so all that
> should
>   >>>>  be there?
>  >>
>  >>
>   >>>> Correct. All the channels from my Schedules Direct source show up
>   >>>> in the program guide, in both the frontend and mythweb, but "No
>   >>>> Data" is all that is shown for each of them.
>  >>
>   >>> I then come back to my earlier guess. You can see the data in the
>   >>> database but not in the program guide. If the channels were not there
>   >>> it could be a channel filter. But like this I guess it is imported
>   >>> into other channels and most probably from another source. Or
>   >>> somewhere in the database an old sourceid is still present or so.
>  >>
>   >>> I think the simplest way to exclude this is to delete all
> videosources
>   >>> in mythtv-setup, create a new one and run mythfilldatabase again.
>   >>> Deleting all videosources will delete all channel and programme info!
>  >>
>  >>  Oh, be sure to select "Delete All" and not just the one you see!
>  >>
> >
> >
>  >> Thanks for your patience with all of this.  I've have tried this
>  >> already as well, a few times and making sure I used "Delete All".
>  >> Then I even went as far as deleting mythconverg and started the
>  >> setup all over again. I am pretty stumped at this point. My next
>  >> thought is to completely remove MythTV and rebuild/install it. My
>  >> worry is that I won't be able to completely remove it all, like all
>  >> the libraries, etc. It had 0.28 on this computer briefly before I
>  >> reverted back to 0.27. 0.28 was installed and removed with apt-get
>  >> whereas I compiled 0.27.  Is there a chance that there is still some
>  >> 0.28 files laying around that may be causing this?
>  >>
> >
> >  Dit you on removing 0.28 also remove the .mythtv directory for the
> >  user who ran that backend?
> >  Could it be that somewhere the 0.28 database is still hanging around
> >  and that your ~/.mythtv/config.xml is pointing wrong? If MythWeb and
> >  your frontends are looking at one instance and mythfilldatabase is
> >  adding data to another. I don't know if that is possible by accident,
> >  but there are ways to run two versions in parallel.
> >
> >  How about not removing MythTV, but clearing the disk and reinstall????
> >  It seems somehow somewhere there are some hidden artefacts and why not
> >  make sure that can not be on that machine! You can keep your
> >  recording/data disk or backup important stuff to another disk/machine.
> >
>
>
>
> > That's about where I'm at, I think I will just completely start
> > from scratch. I'll save an image (in case i feel like trying this
> > setup again) and blow it all away.  Arrgh!   :)  It's all on a RPI3
> > so it's painfull to get anywhere quickly!
>
>
> > Thanks for all the help.--
>
> > Brett
>
> De Nada! I like a good puzzle, but also to find the solution. Keep us
> informed if you find the cause. I almost certainly is something
> stupidly simple. To simple to see!
>
> Have you tried setting up a emulator on a fast machine. Makes the
> installing and testing easier (ones you have that emulator setup)
>
> I actually haven't tried an emulator but will certainly look into it.

-- 
Brett
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