[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase

Sun Mar 4 12:33:16 UTC 2018

Le dimanche 4 mars 2018, 11:39:19 CET John Pilkington a écrit :
> On 04/03/18 11:13, Klaus Becker wrote:
> > Le samedi 3 mars 2018, 10:27:28 CET Barry Martin a écrit :
> >> Re: [mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase
> >> From:	Barry Martin <barry3martin at gmail.com>
> >> To:	mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >> Date:	Hier 17:27
> >> Hi Klaus!
> >> 
> >> Your "the error seems to be 'No channels are configured to use grabber'"
> >> is probably correct.  Of course the thing is figuring out where.  I
> >> think your "the grabber" is going to be the German equivalent of here in
> >> the U.S. SchedulesDirect. I'll admit to being a little more confused as
> >> it appears your e-mail in French-based and the error messages are
> >> partially in French.
> >> 
> >>> 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:
> >> I think you're confusing two different things,   and don't get worried:
> >> we all were newbies and had to learn.  I'm an amateur and answering to
> >> try to be able to bridge some of the more complex and detailed answers
> >> the others will respond with.   "Channel scan" is for watching Live TV
> >> and I don't think has anything to do your mythfilldatabase problem.
> >> ...Well, maybe.
> >> 
> >> Mythfilldatabase can obtain its information two ways.  One is from
> >> "EIT", which is the programming information provided by the TV stations
> >> in their live over-the-air signal.  Here in the U.S. sometimes data for
> >> only the next three or four hours, sometimes for a period of time up to
> >> the next day or two (24 to 48 hours).  The other way to obtain
> >> programming data is via SchedulesDirect, though that's U.S.-only, no
> >> idea what the European version is.
> >> 
> >> One quirk (oddity) I noticed when I was playing here with EIT is there
> >> is a setting (configuration) which will have the tuner do nothing but
> >> detect the EIT data; it won't be able to be used as a tuner.  Elsewhere
> >> in MythTV that tuner will always appear as 'busy'.  (This paragraph does
> >> and does not have anything to do with your current problem; I'm just
> >> trying to point out a potential problem.)
> >> 
> >>> $ 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
> >> 
> >> Somewhat how to read these things:  year - month - date
> >> time_to_ididy-bitty_seconds.  Next column is more helpful when looking
> >> for errors:  "C" I think is 'comment', 'N' for 'notification', "I" for
> >> "information'.  'W; for 'warning', "E" for 'error'.
> >> 
> >>> 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').
> >> 
> >> Umm, the 'warning' line doesn't like something - I have no idea what.
> >> 
> >>> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.479415 N  Empty LocalHostName.
> >>> 2018-03-03 12:40:42.479434 I  Using localhost value of 2stein
> >> 
> >> Again a mistake someplace but the system is correcting itself.
> >> 
> >>> 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.
> >> 
> >> I think  this is the start of the mythfilldatabase error you are
> >> having.  My guess is "tv_grab_eu_egon" is the equivalent of my
> >> "SchedulesDirect" and it (*egon) has to be configured to which TV
> >> stations you want.  You will need to go to the *egon website, login,
> >> select where you are, and then select/deselect the available TV channels.
> >> 
> >>> 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.
> >> 
> >> That is my guess also.
> > 
> > Hi Barry,
> > 
> > Thanks for your answer.
> > 
> > My native language is german, but I live in France since a long time.
> > 
> > So if I understand you well, regarding live tv should be possible even if
> > there is a problem with mythfilldatabase ?
> > 
> > In this case I will first try to get live tv working, and than recording.
> > 
> > http://www.epgdata.com/ is commercial and this should not be necessary. I
> > also have a dreambox and it works without any commercial service. (I want
> > to replace the dreambox by mythtv because the box is buggy).
> > 
> > I tried a channel scan with a free grabber for Europe, but the result is
> > the same: the scan works, I get a liste of hundreds of channels, but I
> > cannot regard any.
> > 
> > I do not really understand if a grabber is necessary to watch tv. The
> > french mythtv site recommands to choose no grabber in setup.
> > 
> > My channel list is at
> > http://supplement.xmltv.org/tv_grab_eu_epgdata/channel_ids
> > 
> > When I choose "watch tv", nothing happens. When I try to record tv, I see
> > the channel list, but impossible to watch or record any.
> > 
> > I started mythfrontend in a shell and I have the error message
> > 
> > "It appears that your backend may be misconfigured.  Check your backend
> > logs to determine whether your inputs, lineups, channels, or storage
> > configuration are reporting errors.  This issue is commonly caused by
> > failing to complete all setup steps properly.  You may wish to review the
> > documentation for mythtv-setup."
> > 
> > I rebegan mythtv-setup step for step, I cannot see what is wrong.
> > 
> > I shall review the documentation, but perhaps you have an idea about the
> > mistake ?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Klaus
> 
> I have no experience of German tv but I would expect you to be able to
> get schedule information by EIT - which might be what the French Mythtv
> site is calling 'no grabber'    EIT works well for me in the UK; it just
> doesn't give as much detail as the commercial services.
> 
> There's a comment above about an EIT setting that doesn't allow
> recording.  I don't think that's true.  Perhaps it doesn't allow *other*
> software to use that tuner.
> 
> John P

Hi John,

I tried EIT, the result is the same.

I shall also study XMLTV wiki page on mythtv.org

Bye

Klaus