[mythtvnz] Epgsnoop how to use mythfilldatabase to load the listings.xml data

[tim Lockyer]

Joel

Thanks for your help.

  A quick question about -file


I have a Sky TV box and a FreeView PCI card how do I know which is 1 and
which is 2?


Thanks


Tim






On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Joel Wiramu Pauling <joel at aenertia.net>wrote:

> Tim an explanation of the mythfilldatabase script
>
> -file 1 : 1 is the source number with which to populate the epg data with,
> i.e if you have multiple epg sources and cards you might use 2 or 3 in some
> instances.
>
> --manual basically says anytime I am going to overwrite/populate something
> ask for interactive input. It generally isn't needed, it is useful the first
> time to so you can see what is happening.
>
> The most importantpart is ensuring that the channel i'd in the database
> match those in the xml
>
> i.e chan 2 = tv2.freeviewnz.tv otherwise the epg data will fail to update
> it correctly.
>
>
> After you have it working you can add a crontab entry like so:
>
>
> wget http://your.epg.source.gz -O - |gunzip|mythfilldatabase -file 1
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> -Joel W Pauling
>
>
>
>
> On 9 July 2010 15:18, tim Lockyer <drtimlockyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A little help – I have a Mythbuntu 10.04 up and running. Currently using
>> epg and want to change to epgsnoop. Have the programme running correctly,
>> have produced a listing.xml.
>>
>>
>>  Is this the correct command Mythfilldatabase –file 1
>> /home/tim/listings.xml.
>>
>>
>>  Do I then have to run mythfilldatabase --manual the first time? If so is
>> this run from a terminal?
>>
>>
>>  Do I have to do anything to get rid of the old EPG information?
>>
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