[mythtvnz] Help-can't get grabber and mythfilldatabase to work right

Paulgir paulgir at gmail.com
Sun Apr 21 03:18:21 BST 2013


On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:20:55 +1200, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> This system is so bloody frustrating.
>
> I have just deleted Video Sources and repeated the set-up procedure.
>
> I have the grabber in usr/local/bin.
> I ran mythfilldatabase --manual and selected the channels I want.
> I have just added the xmltv ids to the channels in channel editor.
>
> I have followed this method:
>
> setup the grabber
> setup the EIT channels
> assign each EIT channel an appropriate channel number (up to you, I like  
> Prime on 5 myself) and the correct XML ID (look in  
> ~/.mythtv/freeview.xmltv)
> delete the channel number and mark not Visible any channel you don't  
> want to see
> quit mythtv-setup and run mythfilldatabase --manual - Now all the  
> discovered channels will have correct details filled out, and you won't  
> get "XMLTV channels" and "EIT channels" and life is good.
>
> When I ran mythfilldatabase --manual it did not ask me to accept or skip  
> anything.
>
> I still get this:
>
> FillData: xmltv returned error code 2 and Error in 1:1: unexpected end  
> of file
>
> Any help?
>
> Paul



Am I just banging my head against a wall here?
Can anyone confirm that epg.org.nz is functioning correctly?
I have,for some reason just had 4 hours of epg data loaded into the  
scheduler.
I guess it's better than nothing.

Latest mythfilldatabase output:

2013-04-21 14:05:41.389699 I  Updating source #1 (freeview) with grabber  
tv_grab_nz-py
2013-04-21 14:05:41.389972 I  Found 11 channels for source 1 which use  
grabber
2013-04-21 14:05:41.392800 I  Starting IO manager (write)
2013-04-21 14:05:41.392891 I  Starting IO manager (read)
2013-04-21 14:05:41.392963 I  Starting process signal handler
2013-04-21 14:05:41.393197 I  Starting process manager
2013-04-21 14:05:41.543371 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline  
manualconfig preferredmethod cache
2013-04-21 14:05:41.693798 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2013-04-21 14:05:41.694452 I  XMLTV config file is:  
/home/myth/.mythtv/freeview.xmltv
2013-04-21 14:05:41.794499 E  FillData: xmltv returned error code 2
2013-04-21 14:05:41.794948 E  Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
2013-04-21 14:05:41.795018 I  IconData: Updating icons for sourceid: 1
2013-04-21 14:05:41.795451 I  No programs found in data.
2013-04-21 14:05:41.795939 E  Failed to fetch some program info
2013-04-21 14:05:41.795972 I  Adjusting program database end times.
2013-04-21 14:05:41.824626 I      0 replacements made
2013-04-21 14:05:41.824634 I  Marking generic episodes.
2013-04-21 14:05:41.838853 I      Found 0
2013-04-21 14:05:41.838938 I  Extending non-unique programids with  
multiple parts.
2013-04-21 14:05:41.843062 I      Found 0
2013-04-21 14:05:41.843098 I  Marking repeats.
2013-04-21 14:05:41.851327 I      Found 0
2013-04-21 14:05:41.851332 I  Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
2013-04-21 14:05:41.851638 I      Found 0
2013-04-21 14:05:41.898801 I  Marking episode first showings.
2013-04-21 14:05:42.744488 I      Found 3227
2013-04-21 14:05:42.744498 I  Marking episode last showings.
2013-04-21 14:05:43.638220 I      Found 3227
2013-04-21 14:05:43.639143 I

-Paul



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