[mythtvnz] No EPG, what am i doing wrong

Robert Fisher robert at fisher.net.nz
Tue Apr 5 12:02:28 BST 2022


I might have stumbled on something.

At https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Scanning  I found.....

"If you have more than one capture card connected to the same video 
source then you need to select *Use DVB card for active EIT scan* only 
for one card."

I'll try that tomorrow.

On 5/04/22 22:48, Robert Fisher wrote:
>
> I have been using EIT for a few years but after upgrading to V32 and 
> several rescans since March 21st I still do not have 7 days for all 
> channels.
>
> In fact at the moment I have 7 days for Maori and Prime but only about 
> 1 to 3 hours on the other channels (and nothing for eden or Rush).
>
> My tuners are HDHomeruns, could that be the problem or have I missed a 
> setting somewhere?
>
> Rob
>
> On 5/04/22 22:37, Daniel Carter wrote:
>> So... it seems NZ now broadcasts EIT data?  I thought it was only now 
>> and next, but I have enabled the EIT scanner and have 7 days data.  
>> Happy days!
>>
>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 21:19, Daniel Carter <dantheperson at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>     OK it's not my setup... the guide data on
>>     http://epg.org.nz/freeview.xml.gz is old, most recent listing
>>     from the March 29th.
>>
>>     So... what is everyone else doing for guide data?
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Dan.
>>
>>     On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 20:48, Daniel Carter
>>     <dantheperson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Folks,
>>
>>         So after the march 21 update i stopped getting any guide data.
>>
>>         After several attempts to rescan did not improve things
>>         deleted all channels via mythtv-setup channel editor and
>>         rescanned.
>>
>>         Now i have a nice clean list of channels in the channel
>>         table, and i've updated the xmltvids, but still no guide data!
>>
>>         Also i can't pick up Prime when i scan (based in auckland)
>>         can everyone else get Prime?  The 21 march changes didn't say
>>         anything about loosing Prime.
>>
>>         Here's the mythfilldatabase output, it says no data, but when
>>         i download http://epg.org.nz/freeview.xml.gz there is data...
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>         Dan.
>>
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:57.962284 I  Opening blocking connection to
>>         master backend
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:57.978664 I  Updating source #1 (epg.org.nz
>>         <http://epg.org.nz>) with grabber tv_grab_nz-py
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:57.979437 I  Found 11 channels for source 1
>>         which use grabber
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:57.984866 I  Starting IO manager (write)
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:57.984951 I  Starting IO manager (read)
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:57.985016 I  Starting process manager
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:57.986161 I  Starting process signal handler
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:58.146066 I  Grabber has capabilities:
>>         baseline manualconfig preferredmethod cache
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:58.298060 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:58.302230 I  XMLTV config file is:
>>         /home/mythtv/.mythtv/epg.org.nz.xmltv
>>         *2022-04-05 20:37:59.771206 I  No programs found in data.*
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.775019 N  Data fetching complete.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.775059 I  Adjusting program database end
>>         times.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.775598 I      0 replacements made
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.775601 I  Marking generic episodes.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.788125 I      Found 0
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.788129 I  Extending non-unique programids
>>         with multiple parts.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.802184 I      Found 0
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.802187 I  Fixing missing original airdates.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.809089 I      Found 0 with programids
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.824942 I      Found 0 without programids
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.824947 I  Marking repeats.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.848944 I      Found 0
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.848949 I  Unmarking new episode
>>         rebroadcast repeats.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.875595 I      Found 0
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.914044 I  Marking episode first showings.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.942070 I      Found 4
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.942075 I  Marking episode last showings.
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.968114 I      Found 4
>>         2022-04-05 20:37:59.998049 I
>>
>>         ~/.xmltv$ cat tv_grab_nz-py.conf
>>         channel=tv1.freeviewnz.tv <http://tv1.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=tv2.freeviewnz.tv <http://tv2.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=tv3.freeviewnz.tv <http://tv3.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=bravo.freeviewnz.tv <http://bravo.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=maori-tv.freeviewnz.tv <http://maori-tv.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=duke.freeviewnz.tv <http://duke.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=bravo-plus1.freeviewnz.tv
>>         <http://bravo-plus1.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=prime.freeviewnz.tv <http://prime.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=tv3-plus1.freeviewnz.tv <http://tv3-plus1.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=hgtv.freeviewnz.tv <http://hgtv.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=aljazeera.freeviewnz.tv <http://aljazeera.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=firstlight.freeviewnz.tv
>>         <http://firstlight.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=parliament.freeviewnz.tv
>>         <http://parliament.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel!tv-hawkes-bay.freeviewnz.tv
>>         <http://tv-hawkes-bay.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=rnz-national.freeviewnz.tv
>>         <http://rnz-national.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=rnz-concert.freeviewnz.tv
>>         <http://rnz-concert.freeviewnz.tv>
>>         channel=basefm.freeviewnz.tv <http://basefm.freeviewnz.tv>
>>
>>
>>
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