[mythtv-users] DataDirect problems?

[Paul Archer]

As an update: my script to toss the unwanted channels is OK, but I'm seeing 
another problem. Again, I can't tell if the problem is on the mythtv side, 
or the DataDirect side.
Basically, I'm getting several channels that have different channel numbers 
and frequency numbers (channum and freqid fields in the channels table of 
the database don't match).
I've tracked part of the problem down to the output of DataDirect (by using 
xmltv). DD sends several different descriptions, one of which is the 
broadcast frequency (marked with 'fcc'). And sure enough, every channel that 
is wrong has the broadcast frequency. Now, I can fix this, but some (but not 
all) of the channels also have the wrong programming data.
I'm using the latest revision of mythtv out of SVN.
Any ideas/suggestions on how to, at the very least, get the right guide data 
in the database?

Paul Archer


Yesterday, Paul Archer wrote:

> I've got a wierd problem that I think is on DataDirect's side, but I can't 
> say for sure. I've got two lineups, one for direct tuning, and one for a 
> cable box. The direct lineup seems OK, but everytime I try to fetch the cable 
> box lineup, I get *every* channel. I've resorted to writing a mysql script to 
> rip out the unwanted channels.
> Here's some of the output from mythtv-setup:
>
> 2006-05-07 20:26:46.375 Updating source #2 (cable box) with grabber 
> datadirect
> 2006-05-07 20:26:46.390 Grabbing login cookies and lineups
> 2006-05-07 20:26:49.412 Grabbing lineup TX42630:X for modification
> 2006-05-07 20:26:53.443 Selecting all channels in lineup TX42630:X
> 2006-05-07 20:26:53.443 Saving lineup TX42630:X with 320 channels
> 2006-05-07 20:27:03.027 Grabbing channel data
> 2006-05-07 20:27:11.146 New DB DataDirect connection
> 2006-05-07 20:27:11.148 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> 172.25.25.100
> 2006-05-07 20:27:11.166 DataDirect: Your subscription expires on 08/07/06 
> 20:38:18
> 2006-05-07 20:27:13.266 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2006-05-07 20:27:13.268 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> 172.25.25.100
> 2006-05-07 20:27:13.894 Data fetching complete.
> 2006-05-07 20:27:58.913 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
> 2006-05-07 20:27:58.928 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-05-07 20:27:58.934 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> 172.25.25.100
> 2006-05-07 20:27:58.939 Running for sourceid 1 ONLY because --sourceid was 
> given on command-line
> 2006-05-07 20:27:58.941 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2006-05-07 20:27:58.942 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> 172.25.25.100
> 2006-05-07 20:27:59.123 Updating source #1 (basic cable) with grabber 
> datadirect
> 2006-05-07 20:27:59.123 Grabbing login cookies and lineups
> 2006-05-07 20:28:01.922 Grabbing lineup TX42630:R for modification
> 2006-05-07 20:28:04.529 Selecting all channels in lineup TX42630:R
> 2006-05-07 20:28:04.529 Saving lineup TX42630:R with 74 channels
> 2006-05-07 20:28:08.172 Grabbing channel data
> 2006-05-07 20:28:11.352 New DB DataDirect connection
> 2006-05-07 20:28:11.353 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> 172.25.25.100
> 2006-05-07 20:28:11.371 DataDirect: Your subscription expires on 08/07/06 
> 07:07:47
> 2006-05-07 20:28:11.823 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2006-05-07 20:28:11.824 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> 172.25.25.100
> 2006-05-07 20:28:11.831 Data fetching complete.
>
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