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

[Tim Westbrook]

On 22 April 2013 18:32, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:26:42 +1200, Tim Westbrook <iondiode at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How did you verify it was working (the network?) did you try wget?
>> zless? what is in that file?
>>
>
> Sorry,by "working" I meant the network is functioning ok. Although I have
> used wget on other addresses
> While the grabber problem was there and those commands executed
> sucessfully.I will try your suggestion and look at the output
> as soon as I get the opportunity.
>
>
> Paul


No worries, just as an example, I have a wonky vpn configured. For
some reason some stuff works , but epg.org.nz does not want to work on
it. If I run the mythfill database script with no options while my vpn
is enabled I get

iondiode at iondiode-Dell-DM051:~$ mythfilldatabase
<snip>
2013-04-22 18:52:13.775230 I  Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
2013-04-22 18:52:13.778125 I  Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1299
2013-04-22 18:52:13.821656 I  Updating source #1 (hd0) with grabber
tv_grab_nz-py
2013-04-22 18:52:13.822127 I  Found 13 channels for source 1 which use grabber
2013-04-22 18:52:13.822532 I  Starting process manager
2013-04-22 18:52:13.822624 I  Starting process signal handler
2013-04-22 18:52:13.822834 I  Starting IO manager (write)
2013-04-22 18:52:13.838326 I  Starting IO manager (read)
2013-04-22 18:52:14.073280 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline
manualconfig preferredmethod cache
2013-04-22 18:52:14.225313 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2013-04-22 18:52:14.226055 I  XMLTV config file is:
/home/iondiode/.mythtv/hd0.xmltv
2013-04-22 18:52:54.681924 E  FillData: xmltv returned error code 1
2013-04-22 18:52:54.682838 E  Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
2013-04-22 18:52:54.682956 I  IconData: Updating icons for sourceid: 1
2013-04-22 18:52:54.683679 I  No programs found in data.
2013-04-22 18:52:54.701695 E  Failed to fetch some program info
2013-04-22 18:52:54.701858 I  Adjusting program database end times.
2013-04-22 18:52:54.748105 I      0 replacements made
2013-04-22 18:52:54.748118 I  Marking generic episodes.
2013-04-22 18:52:54.796851 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:52:54.796938 I  Extending non-unique programids with
multiple parts.
2013-04-22 18:52:54.829223 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:52:54.829281 I  Marking repeats.
2013-04-22 18:52:54.877352 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:52:54.877368 I  Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
2013-04-22 18:52:54.884091 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:52:55.069001 I  Marking episode first showings.
2013-04-22 18:52:56.776354 I      Found 3218
2013-04-22 18:52:56.776391 I  Marking episode last showings.
2013-04-22 18:52:58.484862 I      Found 3218
2013-04-22 18:52:58.487069 I
<snip>

While if I run it with vpn down

iondiode at iondiode-Dell-DM051:~$ mythfilldatabase
<snip>
2013-04-22 18:44:36.322850 I  Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1299
2013-04-22 18:44:36.365834 I  Updating source #1 (hd0) with grabber
tv_grab_nz-py
2013-04-22 18:44:36.366328 I  Found 13 channels for source 1 which use grabber
2013-04-22 18:44:36.366839 I  Starting process manager
2013-04-22 18:44:36.367034 I  Starting IO manager (read)
2013-04-22 18:44:36.370244 I  Starting process signal handler
2013-04-22 18:44:36.370593 I  Starting IO manager (write)
2013-04-22 18:44:36.570823 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline
manualconfig preferredmethod cache
2013-04-22 18:44:36.771883 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2013-04-22 18:44:36.772678 I  XMLTV config file is:
/home/iondiode/.mythtv/hd0.xmltv
2013-04-22 18:44:39.088384 I  IconData: Updating icons for sourceid: 1
2013-04-22 18:44:39.610918 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier:
choice.freeviewnz.tv - Skipping channel.
2013-04-22 18:44:40.634126 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier:
parliament.freeviewnz.tv - Skipping channel.
2013-04-22 18:44:45.149010 I  Updated programs: 0 Unchanged programs: 2173
2013-04-22 18:44:45.167939 N  Data fetching complete.
2013-04-22 18:44:45.168011 I  Adjusting program database end times.
2013-04-22 18:44:45.213942 I      0 replacements made
2013-04-22 18:44:45.213955 I  Marking generic episodes.
2013-04-22 18:44:45.260671 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:44:45.260760 I  Extending non-unique programids with
multiple parts.
2013-04-22 18:44:45.284090 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:44:45.284149 I  Marking repeats.
2013-04-22 18:44:45.328216 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:44:45.328234 I  Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
2013-04-22 18:44:45.332746 I      Found 0
2013-04-22 18:44:45.549339 I  Marking episode first showings.
2013-04-22 18:44:47.298778 I      Found 3218
2013-04-22 18:44:47.298792 I  Marking episode last showings.
2013-04-22 18:44:49.001785 I      Found 3218
2013-04-22 18:44:49.003935 I
<snip>