[mythtvnz] New install setup - recording problem

[Paulgir]

>> I don't appear to have freeview.xmltv in /home/<mythtv> user>/.mythtv in
>> either 12.04 or 16.04 so I don't know why 12.04 works.
>> I'll create the file.
>
> The <mythtv user> bit in the file path is a placeholder for whatever
> user name you use that runs mythfrontend.  Mythfilldatabase, in my
> system, is run by that user.  I do not use the standard system for
> running mythfilldatabase though, so I am not entirely sure if the
> .xmltv file needs to be in /home/mythtv/.mythtv (if mythfilldatabase
> is run by user mythtv) or in /home/<mythtv user>/.mythtv (if it is run
> by the user that runs mythfrontend).  To be safe, I think it should
> probably be put in /home/mythtv/.mythtv, and then these commands used
> to put a link to it under the mythfrontend user:
>
> cd /home/<mythtv user>.mythtv
> ln -s /home/mythtv/.mythtv/<your .xmltv file>.xmltv
>
> The name used for the .xmltv file needs to be the name used for
> defining the MythTV "source", with the .xmltv extension added.  My
> source is "FreeviewHD" for my DVB-T channels and "SkyNZ-Digital" for
> my DVB-S Sky channels.  So I have two .xmltv files:
>
>   /home/stephen/.mythtv/FreeviewHD.xmltv
>   /home/stephen/.mythtv/SkyNZ-Digital.xmltv
>
> The case of the filename must match.
>
> In your case, if you are doing your EPG the same way in 12.04 and
> 16.04, you should already have the files in your 12.04 setup in the
> right place, so the simple thing to do is to just copy them from there
> to the same place in your 16.04 system.
>
> The channels in the .xmltv files vary depending on what is available
> in each part of the country, so just copying mine would not work
> completely.  And every time a new channel appears or one is renamed or
> disappears, you have to make the corresponding change in your .xmltv
> files manually, unless you completely delete all your channels and set
> them up from scratch again (not recommended).  The tv_grab_nz-py EPG
> grabber does not have the ability to modify the .xmltv files, but
> IIRC, it can create them on initial setup.  But it is a long time
> since I used tv_grab_nz-py like that, as I do my channel setup using
> other means, so I may be wrong about that.
>

I realise the path you gave was generic.I appear to have a file called  
tv_grab_nz-py.conf with the same xmltv.id data in /home/<mythtv>  
user>/.mythtv  in 12.04.Perhaps mythfilldatabase is using that.
I'm not too concerned.It works.I'll create the correct file in 16.04.