[mythtvnz] tv_grab_nz-py fails to validate

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Bob . <maillists.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 13:52 +1200, Bob . wrote:
>>> Does myth need to be configured in some manner to recognise the
>>> presence of xmltv or does it find it automatically?
>>
>> It doesn't.
>>
>> Run; `sudo -iu mythtv` then try running tv_grab_nz-py and see what
>> happens.
>
> Runs fine as far as I can tell...
>
> mythtv at neon:~$ tv_grab_nz-py
> INFO - Downloading data from nzepg.org...
> INFO - Done
> INFO - Parsing listings...
> <tv date="20100722125202 +1200"
> generator-info-name="epgsnoop-grabber"><channel
> id="tv1.freeviewnz.tv">
>                <display-name>TV One</display-name>
>                <icon
> src="http://www.freeviewnz.tv/images/uploads/tv_one.jpg" />
>        </channel>
>        <channel id="tv2.freeviewnz.tv">
>                <display-name>TV2</display-name>
>                <icon src="http://www.freeviewnz.tv/images/uploads/tv_2.jpg" />
>        </channel>
> [snip]
>        <programme channel="tv1.freeviewnz.tv" start="20100728053000
> +1200" stop="20100728053500 +1200">
>                <title>World Business Report</title>
>                <desc>The latest business news with informed analysis
> from the world's financial centres.</desc>
>                <category>tvshow</category>
>                <category>News</category>
>        </programme>
> </tv>
>
> mythtv at neon:~$ echo $?
> 0
>
>
> Hmmmm, looks like mythtv-setup is timing out before tv_find_grabbers
> completes hence doesn't present any of them as an option.  Running on
> an Acer Revo and the poor little fella is just too slow.  I got rid of
> all the other grabbers in /usr/bin and I can now select the NZ grabber
> in mythtv-setup.
>
> Is there any way to configure it to ignore some grabbers (rather than
> deleting stuff willy-nilly from /usr/bin)?

I remember having to do that now! I don't think there is another way
to do it, unless you change the timeout in the source code and
recompile.

>
> Unfortunately I'm still not getting guide data into myth successfully
> but I'll start another thread if necessary.
>

Take a look in mythweb at Setup (the spanner and key icon at the top)
then TV then Channel Info.