[mythtvnz] EPG update problems

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Curtis Walker <sultanoswing at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10 June 2012 12:24, David Moore <dmoo1790 at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/06/12 09:31, Paulgir wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> Till now,due to the lack of a permanent LAN connection,I have been
>>> updating the EPG by manually running tv_grab_nz-py and then
>>> mythfilldatabase weekly.
>>> I now have a wireless LAN,so I am trying to automate the process.
>>> I have run into problems.I have followed these instructions:
>>>
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/501519?search_string=tv_grab_nz-py;#501519
>>>
>>> Am I correct to think that running tv_grab_nz-py should automatically
>>> cause mythfilldatabase to run,updating the EPG.In my case it doesn't.
>>> I can only achieve this by manually running mythfilldatabase.
>>> I have tried to use this alternative method From another thread:
>>>
>>> "Oh - and once you're done - here's an easy script to import the EPG
>>> data:
>>>
>>> #! /bin/bash
>>> wget http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz
>>> gunzip freeview.xml.gz
>>> mythfilldatabase --file 1 freeview.xml --update
>>> rm freeview.xml
>>> exit
>>>
>>> Paste it into a text file, save it with a ".sh" extension, make it
>>> executable (chmod +x) then run it as a daily cron task at, say, 3am and
>>> you never need be without an up-to-date EPG!"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This also does not work for me.When I run this script in a terminal I
>>> get the following output:
>>>
>>> myth at myth:~$ /home/myth/nzepg_download.sh
>>> --2012-06-10 09:01:34-- http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz
>>> Resolving nzepg.org... 74.207.253.88
>>> Connecting to nzepg.org|74.207.253.88|:80... connected.
>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>>> Length: 189441 (185K) [application/octet-stream]
>>> Saving to: `freeview.xml.gz'
>>>
>>> 100%[======================================>] 189,441 227K/s in 0.8s
>>>
>>> 2012-06-10 09:01:36 (227 KB/s) - `freeview.xml.gz' saved [189441/189441]
>>>
>>> Boolean type options do not accept values:
>>> --file
>>> Received '1' but unassociated arguments have not been enabled
>>> mythfilldatabase version: fixes/0.25 [v0.25-94-gec51a97] www.mythtv.org
>>>
>>>
>>> Mythfilldatabase does not run as a result of this script.
>>> Any suggestions that might get either method working will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>
>> They changed the mythfilldatabase syntax in 0.25. Grr. God knows why they
>> couldn't just _extend_ it instead of changing it and immediately breaking
>> thousands of myth user scripts. Really dumb IMHO. Anyway you now need this:
>>
>> mythfilldatabase --file --sourceid 1 --xmlfile freeview.xml --update
>>
>>
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>
>
> As David says, that change will get my script working again :)
>
> I have did update the instructions for it on the archives here once I
> realised Myth had changed the syntax requirements.

You don't need to run any script. Simply set tv_grab_nz-py as your
xmltv grabber in mythtv-setup. mythfilldatabase will run automatically
every day.