[mythtv-users] XMLTV and mythfilldatabase

[Jack McGee]

On 3/26/20 6:41 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 3/26/20 5:57 PM, Jack McGee wrote:
>>
>> On 3/26/20 2:18 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 3/26/20 1:57 PM, Jack McGee wrote:
>>>> OK, I don't understand.
>>>>
>>>> mythtvsetup on backend:
>>>>
>>>> I deleted the VideoSource. Created a new one.
>>>>
>>>> I go into Input connections, set each to that new source, and click 
>>>> fetch listings from lisitings source.
>>>>
>>>> Says it may take a long time. how much time.  I never see any 
>>>> changes in that screen after I click that.
>>>
>>> You can type: watch ls -l /tmp/myth??????. It should be growing. 
>>> Control-c to exit.
>>>
>>> I don't remember how long my 1st download lasted.
>>>
>>
>> that maybe a clue. I don't have that directory:
>
> To be clear, the file, not directory, only exists while the grabber is 
> running.
>
> Don't know if you mean that the original command is still running, 
> which would
> seem too long.
>
> You could run mythfilldatabase with -v system . You'll see the actual 
> command that's run
> (and you can run that command directly from the command line.)
>
> An example would be:
>
>    tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --config-file 
> '/home/mythuser/.mythtv/antenna_xmltv.xmltv' --output /tmp/myth123456
>
> In the above, I dropped the --quiet option. The output may yield a clue.
>

I used Jim Abernathy's guide:

https://mythtv-rp4.blogspot.com/2019/12/installing-mythtv-on-raspberry-pi-4.html

which moved me to sqlite version, but that is fine.

I never got the fetch listings from listings source to do anything.

I did see the file when I ran

mythuser at amethi:~/.mythtv$ ls -l /tmp/myth??????
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mythuser mythuser 0 Mar 26 21:01 /tmp/myth123456

but it never changed in file size.

If I run

mythuser at amethi:~/.mythtv$ tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --config-file 
'/home/mythuser/.mythtv/antenna_xmltv.xmltv' --output /tmp/myth123456
Database not defined in config file 
/home/mythuser/.mythtv/antenna_xmltv.xmltv.
Please run 'tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --configure'


In the above writeup, he says:

In Input Connections go through each and select Video Source "SD" and 
only do the scan in the first Input Connection

Should I be doing "scan for channels"  or "fetch listings from listings 
source"

I think originally, I did scan for channels because I could not get 
fetch listings to work.