[mythtvnz] epg help new box

ajp at cantabrian.co.nz ajp at cantabrian.co.nz
Fri Feb 6 23:13:39 GMT 2015


>>
>>Hi Guys
>>I need some help please, my linux knowledge and all my myth knowledge 
>>is google based and lurking on this forum for years.
>>  I have a dual core 2.6 running box 4 gig of ram
>>  nova 550t tuner and gt 220 vid card
>>  new drive are 120g solid state and I have a 2 t wd black.
>>  I have not configured the wd on to the system yet and that will be 
>>another challenge
>>  I have been meaning to upgrade my box for a while. It was running 
>>version 0.24 And now I need to as it has died I had a partially 
>>installed version of Ubuntu 12 on the 120g So I upgraded to 14.04 Did 
>>channel scan and have channels work and had a 2 hr epg as it was 
>>looking at EIT data
>>  Changed it from a localhost to its ip on the network and upgraded  
>>the other front end.
>>  And then copied the script I have attached below and I am stuck on 
>>why this does not work,
>>  Also now I am not getting any epg data now
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>#! /bin/bash
>>wget http://epg.org.nz/freeview.xml.gz
>>gunzip freeview.xml.gz
>>mythfilldatabase --file 1 freeview.xml --manual
>>
>>  I realize the has to be changed to --update once I have run this once 
>>and I may have to remove the freeview file
>>
>> .....
>
>You have the mythfilldatabase command options wrong.  The builtin help does
not make the correct syntax at all clear.  I believe this is what you need
now:
>
>  mythfilldatabase --file --sourceid 1 --xmlfile freeview.xml --manual
>
>See:
>
>  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythfilldatabase
>

Not sure if its any help but the following blog post explains how I did it:

http://www.zoyinc.com/?p=1843 




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