[mythtv-users] where is grabber local database?

[Paul Harrison]

On 05/07/2021 21:18, Lloyd Chittenden wrote:

> The XMLTV setup nightmare continues.  Thanks to advice from this list 
> I switched to the sqlite grabber, and I was able to do a channel scan 
> (even though the documentation says a cable card can't do a channel scan).
>
> Now I still can't successfully run mythfilldatabase.  I don't know the 
> name of the local database created by tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite 
> --manage-lineups.  I don't know if I already created one or not.  
> Where would it be if it already exists?  What would it look like?
>
> Lloyd
>
>

Normally it's a file called  SchedulesDirect.DB in the hidden .xmltv 
directory in the home directory of the user that ran 
tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --manage-lineups.

So if you used the mythtv user it will be in 
/home/mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB


The actual location of the database can be set in the .xmltv config file 
for the source. This is mine for a source called FreeviewHD

$ cat FreeviewHD.xmltv

database=/home/mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB
lineup=GBR-1000040-DEFAULT
mythtv-categories=enabled

Paul H.