[mythtv-users] MythFillDatabase problem

[Piers Kittel]

Fixed this - the xmltv file for the DVB card wasn't populated.  I 
expected this to be done automatically but apparently not!

Cheers - Piers

Piers Kittel wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Have finally got my DVB card to work, but for some strange reason, it's 
> not downloading the info for any channels related to the DVB card though 
> BBC1 works just fine.
> 
> I've got 2 tuner cards, a PVR350 and a Nova-T card, the PVR350 is in the 
> main MythTV backend, and the Nova-T is in my main PC on a slave backend. 
>  The PVR350 has 2 sets of channels attributed to it, and the Nova-T has 
> one.  The PVR350 has two, one for the analogue RF input, and the other 
> for the S-Video input from the digital set top box.  This means I've got 
> 3 copies of some channels, and 2 copies of most channels.  For example, 
> take one channel, there's 3 copies, one for the external digital STB 
> box, one for the analogue RF input, and one for the DVB card.  Another 
> example, Sky News, there are 2 copies as Sky News isn't broadcast in 
> analogue.
> 
> Anyway, the channel editor has all channels, attributed to the correct 
> video source, and has the correct XMLTV ID - for example BBC2 for all 3 
> has the same XMLTV ID - then I run mythfilldatabase and it runs, and 
> ends with:
> 
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Updating icons for sourceid: 4
> Updated programs: 0  Unchanged programs: 0
> Failed to fetch some program info
> mythtv:/video#
> 
> and in mythweb, I get:
> 
> Last mythfilldatabase run started on 2005-06-05 19:05 and ended on 
> 2005-06-05 19:05. FAILED: xmltv returned error code 512.  There's guide 
> data until 2005-06-19 02:00 (14 days).
> 
> although it always failed before though with a different error code, 
> something like 1312 (don't remember the exact number).
> 
> I tried to run mythfilldatabase on the slave backend containing the DVB 
> card even tho mythsetup seems to say it isn't needed and I get:
> 
> desire:/home/piers# mythfilldatabase
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> <snip lots of messages>
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Updating icons for sourceid: 2
> Updated programs: 0  Unchanged programs: 0
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> <snip lots of messages>
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> Updated programs: 9  Unchanged programs: 423
> Failed to fetch some program info
> desire:/home/piers#
> 
> so I assume I do need to run mythfilldatabase on the slave backend as it 
> shows lots of messages relating to BBC1 such as:
> 
> removing existing program: south-west.bbc1.bbc.co.uk Under Siege 2 
> 2005-06-15T22:50:00 - 2005-06-16T00:25:00
> inserting new program    : south-west.bbc1.bbc.co.uk Under Siege 2 
> 2005-06-15T22:50:00 - 2005-06-16T00:25:00
> 
> but not any other channel, while mythfilldatabase on the main backend 
> does show messages like the above for other channels.
> 
> Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Thanks very much for your help in advance
> 
> Cheers - Piers
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