[mythtv-users] running mythfilldatabase as part of mythtv-setup?

James Abernathy jfabernathy at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 17:57:39 UTC 2020


On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 1:17 PM Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/26/20, Yann Lehmann <aristide at free-it.ch> wrote:
> > Le 25.04.20 à 13:23, Jim Abernathy a écrit :
> >> Historically, I could not start, stop, or run mythfilldatabase as a part
> >> of mythtv-setup.
> >>
> >> Now that I'm using v31 start and stop work perfectly when using
> >> mythtv-setup, but what about mythfilldatabase?
> >>
> >> I'm setup with a standard Ubuntu install for mythtv but run mythtv-setup
> >> as my normal user, jim. So I've always let mythtv-backend run
> >> mythfilldatabase except when I do maintenance. Then I run it as user
> >> mythtv.
> >>
> >> So the basic question is: if I am running mythtv-setup as 'jim', can I
> >> select run mythfilldatabase on exit and have it run as user 'mythtv'?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > AFAIK, if you have the xmltv config file in your /home/jim/.mythtv
> > directory (or a link to the one of the mythtv user), mythfilldatabase
> > should run fine.
> >
> > I used to test the xmltv stuff as my "normal" user, and once all was as
> > liked, I copied the xmltv config file to the /home/.../.mythtv of the
> > user running mythtv.
> >
> > Yann
>
> I used to occasionally run mythfilldatabase as my regular user on
> occasion, but since switching to SDJSON (tv_grab_zz_sdjson in my
> case), I tend to always run it as the mythtv user (often by using "su
> - mythtv" as root). While it should work as you're regular user
> assuming the xmltv config is there and correct, there are some other
> things to consider. For example, any icons that may get downloaded
> will be going to your own home and not to the one that MythTV will be
> using.
>
> Not a big deal really, but I prefer knowing that I'm running it in the
> exact same manner as MythTV does.
>
> Tom
>

Good info. I think I'll continue to exit mythtv-setup without running
mythfilldatabase. Then sudo su mythtv before running it if needed.

Jim A
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