[mythtv-users] Re:Mythfilldatabase question

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Shirley, Mark R
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:36 AM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Re:Mythfilldatabase question
>
>
> Ok, so how do I troubleshoot it?  Is there a way to log file it?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alexander P. Petkov [mailto:ap154036 at selway.umt.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:26 AM
> > To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Re:Mythfilldatabase question
> >
> >
> > Mojo:
> >
> > The problem of the original poster is that it takes too long to
> > download using dialup, not cable connection. I simply offered my
> > download time (using dialup) as an indicator that 12 hours or more is
> > certainly way too long.
> >
> > Alex

Try running your XMLTV grabber manually.  If you're in North America, the
command is:

	nice -n 19 tv_grab_na -days 8 -offset 0 --config-file
${HOME}/.mythtv/<video source>.xml

where ${HOME} is the home directory of the user that normally runs
mythfilldatabase, and <video source> is the name of your video source.  This
command is not exactly the way mythfilldatabase does things, but it should
give you a general idea of how fast your listings grabber does things.
(mythfilldatabase actually does the following, at least for North America:
grab tommorrow (-days 1 -offset 1), then grab today and the next 7 days in a
loop (-days 1 -offset i [increment i from 0 thru 8])  So, by grabbing 8 days
at once, you'd actually get a lower bound on the *fastest* time you can
expect from mythfilldatabase.

-JAC