[mythtv-users] Trying to get schedules direct working

[Bill Meek]

On Saturday 16 May 2026 06:57:29 PM (-05:00), Douglas Peale via mythtv-users wrote:

> On 5/16/26 16:35, Bill Meek wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> Isn't that what I did with this?
> 
> To allow MythTV to sleep, mythfilldatabase must be working.
> need to install
> xmltv
> xmltv-util
> need to run:
> sudo runuser -l mythtv
> tv_grab_zz_sdjson --configure --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/North.xmltv
> tv_grab_zz_sdjson --configure --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/NorthWest.xmltv
> tv_grab_zz_sdjson --configure --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/NorthWest\ ATSC3.xmltv
> tv_grab_zz_sdjson --configure --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/South.xmltv
> exit

Looks like it, but I don't know how the prompts were filled out (and
recall, I don't use that grabber.)

Looking at the Perl souece it appears that the file doesn't exist?

    if( not defined( $conf ) )
    {
    print STDERR "You need to configure the grabber by running it with --configure \n";
    exit 1;
    }

Does this work:

  ls -ld '/home/mythtv/.mythtv/NorthWest.xmltv'1

Try this, from the above:

  tv_grab_zz_sdjson --config-file '/home/mythtv/.mythtv/NorthWest.xmltv' --output /tmp/just_testing

You can add the --debug switch to the above, see if that gives any more hists.

-- 
Bill