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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Aaron Drysdale <Aaron.Drysdale@provencocadmus.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 12:22:05 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [mythtvnz] Xmltv NZ configuration in Mythtv<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Following advice from this mailing list last week, I downloaded a python script, installed XMLTV and configured my Mythtv backend to use xmltv data to populate the EPG. Once it was all installed and configured, I thought it would then download new Xml data automatically to keep 7 days of EPG, however last night when I checked I found that the guide hadn’t updated since I installed it.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I tried running mythfilldatabase manually from a terminal window, and sure enough it downloaded new data and updated the guide.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">So, do I need to created a cron task to do this automatically? Or, is something in my configuration of this in the Myth backend broken? If I need setup a task to do this, should I run mythfilldatabase, or the python script itself?</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Many thanks</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Aaron</P>
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<P>There is a setting in the frontend that runs Mythfilldatabase automatically - ensure that the item about allowing the schedule source to set when it will run is unchecked.</P>
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<P>As long as your backend is always running it will get new schedule data daily (or however often you set it). There may be ways to set it to work with a backend that shuts down when not in use.</P></div><br>
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