[mythtv-users] MythTV not getting program listings

ray cielencki mythtv at rayslinky.com
Wed Sep 24 11:54:55 EDT 2003


earlier, i ran
tv_grab_na --configure --zipcode 02130 --list-providers
and manually changed my xmltv config file in the ~/.mythtv directory

then mythfilldatabase picked up the 2 missing days.

/rr

>  > Rerunning mythfilldatabase gives me an error, "zap2it
>>  page format looks okay, but no programs found (no
>>  available data yet ?)".  I tried blowing away the
>>  database, and running mythfilldatabase again, no dice.
>>   I blew the database away again and updated to XMLTV
>>  CVS, again, no dice.  XMLTV is, however grabbing
>>  listings.
>
>did you go to zap2it.com to see if your provider changed?  have any of your
>channel lineups changed recently?  zap2it seems to create a new database
>entery (and thus, a new # associated with your provider) when info
>changes... you have to rerun setup in myth (./setup--not the setup in the
>frontend) and re-setup your provider .xmltv file when this happens.  have
>you done this, to be sure its correct?
>
>>  Is anybody else seeing this happen?
>
>a few weeks ago i had a situation where the cron job suddenly stopped
>working.... i never really noticed why or specifically when, but i assume it
>was after a cvs upgrade.  the problem was easy to fix..  it was actually
>running, but not as root anymore.  thus mythfilldatabase was looking for the
>file in /root/.mythtv/ so i just copied it to the user it was running as and
>it works now.  i don't think thats your problem, though:o)
>
>-dane
>
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