[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct - how to create 2 lineups from same source

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at gmail.com
Mon Jul 5 02:23:31 UTC 2010


On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 19:16, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 19:10, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  On 07/03/2010 10:29 AM, derdev wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:29:05 -0400, "Michael T. Dean" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 07/02/2010 09:51 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 18:44, Cecil Watson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Cecil. Let me ask a few questions, if you don't mind:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You're welcome.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If I delete the channels in the Channel Editor by source, wouldn't
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> also delete the channels to the other card that's using that
>>>>>>>>> download?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No, it won't. If card one if bound to my_provider and card two to
>>>>>>>> my_provider_all, deleting a channel for source my_provider won't have an
>>>>>>>> affect on my_provider_all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cool. I'll try it!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The critical distinction being that:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A MythTV Video Source is /not/ a Schedules Direct Lineup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Multiple MythTV video sources may share a single Schedules Direct
>>>>>> lineup.  Therefore, set up one lineup with all the channels and 2 video
>>>>>> sources--each with only the channels available on the input to which
>>>>>> that source is connected.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (So, yes, Cecil's approach is perfect, and it will work! :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Be sure to make the channels you don't want "not visible" instead of
>>>>> deleting them.  Otherwise they'll just pop in again when the lineup is
>>>>> refreshed.
>>>>
>>>> Not if you follow Cecil's instructions:  "Go back to General and add
>>>> '--remove-new-channels' to the 'mythfilldatabase Arguments'.  Manually run
>>>> mythfilldatabase with --remove-new-channels to update your guide data."  :)
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> Actually, http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-24.html#ss24.2
>
> this looks interesting, but I can never retrieve the channels.
> Mythsetup actually does go to SD to fetch, but it never retrieves
> anything (according to the terminal output)
>
> I can't seem to copy the text output (is that an xterm?) and I don't
> see this same output in the mythbackend.log,  but I see:
>
> .. Updating source #7 (Comcast Digital All) with grabber schedulesdirect1
> ... No channels are configures to use grabber.
> ... Grabbing channel data.
> ... http://webservices.....
> .
> .
>
> ...connected
>
> Then it goes thru the typical rolling <=> of mythfilldatabase and then quits.
>
> But, no data is downloaded.
>
> I have no problem with SD or mythfilldatabase as I just ran it and it
> downloaded fine.
>
> Any ideas?


Welll.. I tried it a couple more times. Then, myth setup hung. I
killed it. Started it again. tried it again and it downloaded the
channels.

Go figur.

Now I'm on to the next step


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