[mythtvnz] Channel id to name tables: Where are they?

Tony Sauri hoiho.nz at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 21:03:14 BST 2012


On 24/10/12 08:44, Worik Stanton wrote:
> On 23/10/12 23:38, Steve Hodge wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Worik Stanton <worik.stanton at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Yes.  chanid not channid but I did that.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, sorry.
>>
>> Personally I would switch off the MythTV EIT stuff:
>> update channel set useonairguide = 0;
>> But first make sure the tv_grab_dvb stuff is working correctly. If you can
>> see 6+ days of guide data it is, if you can only see a couple of hours it's
>> not. It's probably set to run overnight so check tomorrow.
>
> When I go to...
>
> Manage Recordings -> Schedule Recordings -> Program Guide
>
> I see about the next half to two hours programming information.  This is
> usual, it has been like that for a long time.
>
> When I go to...
>
> Manage Recordings -> Schedule Recordings -> Program Finder
>
> I see the same programmes and nothing else.  I used to see a weeks worth
> of programmes.
>
> I ran mythfilldatabase from the command lnie and it spun its wheels
>
>
> It had an error:
>
> 2012-10-24 08:31:59.980 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.14
> CRITICAL - Not configured! Perhaps you meant to run with --config-file
> or --configure?
>
> Perhaps this is the problem?
>
> I have attached the fill out put.
>
> Is there a place where the process of updating the scheduling info is
> documented?  I am unsure of what all the acronyms mean, and whilst I
> have a vague idea that there are two processes (one taking data from the
> broadcasters via the transmition and one downloading an XML listings
> file) I have no idea of the details.
>
>
>
>>
>> BTW I cannot find the cron jopb that launches the the pythen script that
>>> grabs listings.  Is it a cron job?  How is it run?
>>>
>>
>> mythbackend runs it. It's configured in the video source.
>>
>
> That is helpful.  Thank you.  Obvious really!
>
> cheers
> Worik
>
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You are missing a configuration file (or perhaps it is in the wrong 
location.

Can you post the result of this command please:

sudo find /home -name "*xmltv"


Tony





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