[mythtv-users] Trying to get schedules direct working

[Bill Meek]

On Saturday 16 May 2026 06:19:29 PM (-05:00), Douglas Peale via mythtv-users wrote:

> On 5/16/26 16:13, Bill Meek wrote:
> > sudo --set-home --user=mythtv mythfilldatabase --verbose=system,xmltv
> 
> I'm afraid the results don't make much sense to me.
> 
> $ sudo --set-home --user=mythtv mythfilldatabase --verbose=system,xmltv

> 2026-05-16 16:15:55.942792 I  XMLTV config file is: /home/mythtv/.mythtv/NorthWest.xmltv
> 2026-05-16 16:15:55.943532 I  Grabber Command: nice tv_grab_zz_sdjson --config-file '/home/mythtv/.mythtv/NorthWest.xmltv' 
> --output /tmp/myth6sDm0y
> 2026-05-16 16:15:55.943533 I  ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> 2026-05-16 16:15:55.945170 I  Managed child (PID: 57014) has started! * command=nice tv_grab_zz_sdjson --config-file 
> '/home/mythtv/.mythtv/NorthWest.xmltv' --output /tmp/myth6sDm0y, timeout=0
> 2026-05-16 16:15:56.226226 I  Managed child (PID: 57014) has exited! command=nice tv_grab_zz_sdjson --config-file 
> '/home/mythtv/.mythtv/NorthWest.xmltv' --output /tmp/myth6sDm0y, status=256, result=1
> 2026-05-16 16:15:56.242723 I  You need to configure the grabber by running it with --configure <<<------------

I see 4 attempts (1 per source), 3 of them show --configure needs to be run,
the last log line above. I'd start trying to fix them 1st.

-- 
Bill