[mythtv-users] MythNews - failed to retrieve news

[Paul Harrison]

B Gates wrote:
> When I try to view G4 TVs RSS feeds in MythNews, I get the error message of "failed to retrieve news".  I think it happens in all RSS feeds, not just G4 TVs.  
>
> In the mythfrontend log I get:
> MythNews: NewsEngine: failed to set content from xmlfile
> MythNews: NewsEngine: failed to set content from xmlfile
> MythNews: NewsEngine: failed to set content from xmlfile
> HttpComms::done() - NetworkOperation Error on Finish: No server set to connect to (1): url: 'file:/'
>
> I am running Fedora 10 with the latest updates and mythtv-0.21-203 (the latest from ATRPMS).
>
> Thanks
>
>   

Looks like they have changed their URLs slightly. You just need to
remove the www  from the front of the URL. So for example change  :-
http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/podcasts/5/Attack_of_the_Show_Daily_Video_Podcast.xml
to
http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/podcasts/5/Attack_of_the_Show_Daily_Video_Podcast.xml

You can either edit the URLs from the MythNews screen or find and edit
the news-sites.xml file and reselect the feed in MythNews's setting
page. (Note editing the URLs in MythNews will _not_ update
news-sites.xml it only updates the copy in the database)

If you are feeling in a generous mood you could look on the g4tv.com
website and add/edit the news-sites.xml file with any new/changed feeds
and post the changes or email them to me and I will update the version
in svn so everyone can benefit :-)

Paul H.