[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase

Sat Mar 3 12:46:54 UTC 2018

On 3 March 2018 10:22:14 pm Klaus Becker <colonius at free.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am a newby on MythTV.
>
> I got a digital antenna and I want to watch german televison. I have a
> dreambox that works, but it does not work with MythTV.
>
> Channel scan works, but I cannot regard televison. There is a problem with
> mythfilldatabase. I telles me:
>
> $ mythfilldatabase
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.466101 C  mythfilldatabase version: fixes/0.28
> [8238e839c9] www.mythtv.org
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.466118 C  Qt version: compile: 5.7.1, runtime: 5.7.1
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.466123 N  Enabled verbose msgs:  general
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.466131 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.477049 I  Added logging to the console
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478279 I  Setup Interrompre handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478303 I  Setup Complété handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478331 I  Setup Erreur de segmentation handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478349 I  Setup Abandon handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478370 I  Setup Erreur du bus handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478389 I  Setup Exception en point flottant handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478411 I  Setup Instruction non permise handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478435 I  Setup Signal de temps-Réel 0 handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478461 I  Setup Fin de la connexion (raccroché) handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478564 N  Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478573 N  Using configuration directory = /home/
> klaus/.mythtv
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478733 I  Assumed character encoding: fr_FR.utf8
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.478751 W  This application expects to be running a locale
> that specifies a UTF-8 codeset, and many features may behave improperly with
> your current language settings. Please set the LC_ALL or LC_CTYPE, and LANG
> variable(s) in the environment in which this program is executed to include a
> UTF-8 codeset (such as 'en_US.UTF-8').
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.479415 N  Empty LocalHostName.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.479434 I  Using localhost value of 2stein
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.499316 N  Setting QT default locale to de_FR
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.499327 I  Current locale de_FR
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.499363 E  No locale defaults file for de_FR, skipping
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.500333 I  Loading de translation for module mythfrontend
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.501492 I  Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer):
> 1344
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.503461 I  MythCoreContext::ConnectCommandSocket():
> Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.504699 I  MythCoreContext::CheckProtoVersion(): Using
> protocol version 88 XmasGift
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.504951 I  Opening blocking connection to master backend
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.505768 I  Updating source #1 (Astra) with grabber
> tv_grab_eu_egon
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.505918 I  No channels are configured to use grabber.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.506133 I  Starting process manager
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.506212 I  Starting process signal handler
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.506228 I  Starting IO manager (read)
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.506283 I  Starting IO manager (write)
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.857053 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline manualconfig
> tkconfig apiconfig cache
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.857203 I
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.857215 I  Checking day @ offset 0, date: sam. mars 3 2018
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.860589 I  Data refresh needed because no data exists for
> day @ offset 0 from 8PM - midnight.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.860601 N  Refreshing data for sam. mars 3 2018
> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.861299 I  XMLTV config file is: /home/klaus/.mythtv/
> Astra.xmltv
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.208824 E  FillData: XMLTV grabber returned error code 2
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.209763 E  Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.217069 I  No programs found in data.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.217240 I  Grabber is no longer returning program data,
> finishing
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.217484 E  Failed to fetch some program info
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.217497 I  Adjusting program database end times.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.217745 I      0 replacements made
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.217748 I  Marking generic episodes.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.219110 I      Found 0
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.219116 I  Extending non-unique programids with multiple
> parts.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.222043 I      Found 0
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.222048 I  Fixing missing original airdates.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.222917 I      Found 0 with programids
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.226834 I      Found 0 without programids
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.226847 I  Marking repeats.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.234177 I      Found 0
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.234189 I  Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.234513 I      Found 0
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.253277 I  Marking episode first showings.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.314732 I      Found 638
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.314741 I  Marking episode last showings.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.376025 I      Found 636
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.377120 I
> ===============================================================
> | Attempting to contact the master backend for rescheduling.  |
> | If the master is not running, rescheduling will happen when |
> | the master backend is restarted.                            |
> ===============================================================
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.378051 N  mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2018-03-03 12:40:43.378668 I  Waiting for threads to exit.
>
>
> The error seems to be "No channels are configured to use grabber."
>
> So what can I do ? I searched a lot on the web without finding a solution.
>
> Cheers
>
> Klaus
> _____________________________________________

I guess you either didn't create a video source (using the correct grabber) 
or didn't map the the capture card to the video source. In mythtv-setup. 
Check menu items 3 and 4.