[mythtvnz] EPG stops on Friday

[Robert Fisher]

Yes it does.

Robert Fisher

On 3/11/2017 7:37 PM, "Curtis Walker" <sultanoswing at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3 Nov 2017 7:31 pm, "Robert Fisher" <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:
>
> These are the notes that I used when I first setup my system:-1)
> Download tv_grab_nz-py from http://nice.net.nz/tv_grab_nz-py/
>
> 2) Copy tv_grab_nz-py to /usr/local/bin.  Make sure that it is executable.
> (sudo chmod +x tv_grab_nz-py)
>
> 3) Configure it. Note that the configuration file name must match that
> name of the video source configured in mythtv-setup for the
> mythbackend/mythfilldatabase to use this grabber.
> tv_grab_nz-py --configure --config-file ~/.mythtv/<video sources
> name>.xmltv
> Step 3 had some problems for me but it was overcome by copying and editing
> another <video sources name>.xmltv
>
> You also need to symlink otherwise mythfilldatabase will not work
> automatically (it uses the user mythtv)
> sudo ln -s */home/yourusername/*.mythtv/Freeview.xmltv */home/mythtv/*.m
> ythtv/Freeview.xmltv
>
> 4) To see if the xmltv side of things works run
> tv_find_grabbers
>
> This should return a list of all the installed grabbers, which should
> include tv_grab_nz-py.
>
> 5) To see if the myth side of things works run
> mythfilldatabase
> Pay close attention to the output of this. If it looks like it worked,
> the MythWeb status page should also show a successful run.
>
> 6) On the master backend run mythsetup and
> a) In Video Sources set "New Zealand (py)" as the grabber for your
> Video Source.
> b) In General, on the Mythfilldatabase page (its the last page) enable
> "Automatically run mythfilldatabase". Configure time, frequency, etc
> to suite. Now Myth should use tv_grab_nz-py to update EPG
> periodically. The MythWeb status page shows when it was last run and
> what the results were.
>
> Robert Fisher
>
> On 1/11/2017 11:54 AM, "me" <08004us at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Could someone contact me off-list wrt activating the EPG grabber py.
>>
>> I'm Linux literate, and have re-vamped most of the menus for our own
>> needs, but...
>>
>> I need a shove in the right direction to implement the automated script
>> to harvest the fruits of the EPG fairy!
>>
>> After many years of MythTV being in our home, we're getting a bit over
>> missing programs because they are "all new" etc.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Noel.
>>
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> Great guide, thanks Robert.
>
> Quick question (since I can't remember from when I did use this grabber
> and source), does this pull in EPG data for Al Jazeera? For some reason
> that's the only channel that isn't getting over the air EIT for me, and I
> may use tv_grab_nz-py for this channel alone.
>
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