[mythtv-users] XMLTV and mythfilldatabase

[Jack McGee]

On 3/28/20 10:51 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> On 2020-03-27 2:14 p.m., Jack McGee wrote:
>>
>>>> 2020-03-27 06:19:26.741158 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline 
>>>> manualconfig preferredmethod lineups apiconfig
>>>> 2020-03-27 06:19:27.241881 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
>>>> 2020-03-27 06:19:27.242539 I  XMLTV config file is: 
>>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/SD.xmltv
>>>> 2020-03-27 06:20:48.346124 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 
>>>> I100147.json.schedulesdirect.org - Skipping channel.
>>>> 2020-03-27 06:20:48.346434 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 
>>>> I100561.json.schedulesdirect.org - Skipping channel.
>>>> (snip)
>>>>
>>>> whole bunch of these
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2020-03-27 06:24:21.006700 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 
>
> My previous response seems to have been lost due to the detour into 
> whether the grabber was running. This output shows that it is running.
>
> 2020-03-27 06:19:27.242539 I  XMLTV config file is: 
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/SD.xmltv
> 2020-03-27 06:20:48.346124 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 
> I100147.json.schedulesdirect.org - Skipping channel.
> 2020-03-27 06:20:48.346434 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 
> I100561.json.schedulesdirect.org - Skipping channel.
>
> THIS output shows where the error lies.
>
> Edit your SD.xmltv file and try setting the wanted channel entries to 
> the format:
> channel=100147
> channel!100148 etc.
>
> and re-run /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase.
> Your setup is contacting the server, and downloading updates, but does 
> not know where to put them, as it does not recognize the channel 
> format. So, in the end, it deletes the updates.
>
>
thanks. How do I edit that?

mythuser at amethi:~/.mythtv$ cat SD.xmltv
database=/home/mythuser/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB
lineup=USA-OTA-76111
3rdparty-metadata=disabled
mythtv-categories=enabled


mythuser at amethi:~/.xmltv$ ls
SchedulesDirect.DB  tv_grab_zz_sdjson.cache tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite.conf