[mythtv-users] UK xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt woes - argh!

[Adam Wood]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear about your xmltv troubles. I'm running Gentoo and havn't had
any problems with it, but I'll see if I can throw a few ideas your way
anyhow.

1) You shouldn't need to run "tv_grab_uk_rt --configure". The myth setup
program does that for you when configureing a TV source. Admittedly it's a
pain 'cos you think at first that it has hung, when in fact you just need to
ALT-Tab to your terminal window. There you'll see the configure run through
for xmltv. When you exit you should be able to run mythfilldatabase without
problems.

2) If you insist on running it yourself, you'll still need a source setup
and "attached" to the card input you'll be using. If we assume you've
managed to configure a ~/.mythtv/channel xmltv config file, you must run
"tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file ~/.mythtv/channel --output listings.xml". Once
you got the xml file you can run "mythfilldatabase --file 1 0 listings.xml"
which should populate your database.

As you can see it is far easier to set it up through the initial myth setup
prog. The xmltv ids (london.bbc1.bbc.co.uk etc.) aren't real URLs they are
just used for identifying channels withing xmltv. If you are still having
trouble with the channel numbers and xmltv ids then MythWeb is probably the
easiest way to adjust these. I found I had to do quite a bit of tweaking.

Hope some of that helps,

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Tait
> Sent: 04 May 2004 15:33
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] UK xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt woes - argh!
> 
> 
> OK, another guy with a fairly basic Myth setup. Ickle desktop 
> case with a 
> PVR-250 in it, running Gentoo with MythTV 0.13 and XMLTV 
> 0.5.32 (latest 
> version). ivTV works fine in mPlayer and all the rest of 'em 
> (I even got 
> audio working after I found out the UK version needed 
> different module 
> parameters!).
> 
> I've followed as many instructions as I could find to try and 
> get the TV 
> listings to work, but so far nada. I've made a similar post 
> on the Gentoo 
> forums and am about to go find somewhere to post it in the 
> XMLTV lists.
> 
> Initial Myth setup goes swimmingly until the time comes to 
> populate the 
> database.
> 
> I first set up XMLTV to use tv_grab_uk_rt (using the 
> --configure option) to 
> create my ~/.xmltv/channel file which lists all the channels 
> I want - BBC 1 
> & 2, ITV, Channel 4 and 5. When I run mythfilldatabase 
> --manual (or just 
> regular mythfilldatabase) everything goes pear shaped.
> 
> 1) Nothing ever gets written to the database in the 
> "channels" section. The 
> rest of the database (music, video, etc etc) all gets updated 
> immediately
> 
> 2) XMLTV is using the wrong channels. It lists BBC 1 on 
> channel 1, when 
> it's actually channel 26. Same for other channels.
> 
> 3) No program data is downloaded.
> 
> The text I get spewed back after XMLTV hangs (if I press 
> return five times, 
> this message pops up):
> 
> Unknown xmltv channel identifier: london.bbc1.bbc.co.uk 
> Skipping channel Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 
> channel4.com Skipping channel Unknown xmltv channel 
> identifier: channel5.co.uk Skipping channel Unknown xmltv 
> channel identifier: central.carlton.com Skipping channel 
> Unknown xmltv channel identifier: london.bbc2.bbc.co.uk 
> Skipping channel
> 
> XMLTV barfs on this, and then tries to download the next days 
> data, and 
> fails, ad inifinitum. It probably doesn't help that half of 
> those URL's 
> don't seem to exist - not that it shoud need them, since it's 
> grabbing from 
> radiotimes.co.uk right? - but then I don't know how XMLTV 
> works (though I 
> might have to find out at this rate).
> 
> Does anyone have a clue a) what's going wrong and b) how I 
> can fix it? I've 
> decided that what UK users need is a good consolidated howto 
> for setting up 
> MythTV in a limey environment, since documentation on the PAL side of 
> things is sketchy to say the least (oh google, where would I 
> be without 
> you?). If anyone has any help, I'd be exceedingly grateful 
> and have already 
> been compiling a step-by-step guide onto getting Myth and ivtv up and 
> running in a UK environment (tailored for Gentoo, but being 
> made relevant 
> to all distros).
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Tait
> 
> New found hater of XML file formats ;^)
> 
>