[mythtvnz] Fwd: New channels happening from March 21st

[Paul]

On 22/03/22 15:52, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:07:20 +1300, you wrote:
>
>>> Is anyone (other than me) using the "Over the air" (EIT) grabber
>>>
>>> I have been using it successfully for a few years but after a new
>>> channel scan today I have not got data for all channels.
>>>
>>> I did try rerunning mythfilldatabase after a while and got a bit more.
>>>
>>> Should I just be more patient?
>> This is still annoying me.
>>
>> MythWeb shows this:-
>>
>> Last mythfilldatabase run started on Tue 22 March, 9:17 AM and ended on
>> Tue 22 March, 9:17 AM. Successful.
>> Suggested next mythfilldatabase run: Wed 23 March, 9:17 AM.
>> There's guide data until 2022-03-29 22:30:00 (8 days).
>>
>> But I only see some data (on MythWeb, kodi frontends and MythTV frontend)
> That status message just looks for the latest dated EPG data anywhere
> in the database - it does not check each channel for EPG data.  So it
> can be very misleading.
>
> As far as I know, EIT is not an officially supported source of EPG
> data for FreeviewHD.  It is possible that the new channels do not have
> any EIT EPG being broadcast, if the engineers forgot to set it up.
>
> If you are using EIT for the EPG, you should not be running
> mythfilldatabase.  Since mythfilldatabase clearly is running, it may
> be where you are actually getting EPG data from, and if it is using
> downloaded EPG data, the source may not yet have been reconfigured for
> the channel changes.
>
> Run mythtv-setup and see what you have set up under Video sources >
> <your source> > Listings grabber.  Does it have EIT selected, or is a
> grabber selected?  If it is available, do a right arrow and check if
> the "Perform EIT scan" option is selected.  Go the Channel Editor,
> select one of the channels not getting EPG data and check if its "Use
> 'Over-the-Air' programme listings" option is set.
>
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I have EIT sourced EPG data for the new channels for 7 days , downloaded 
yesterday.

-Paul