[mythtv-users] XMLTV errors (UK)

Mike Holden mythtv at mikeholden.org
Mon Mar 22 10:20:01 UTC 2010


I'm running a recent CVS version, and have had no new listings for a few days now.
mythfilldatabase is running successfully, but appears to be finding no new data. Is RT
data borked at the moment?

2010-03-22 07:11:41.976 Updating source #4 (Freeview) with grabber tv_grab_uk_rt
2010-03-22 07:11:41.977 Found 38 channels for source 4 which use grabber
2010-03-22 07:11:43.672 Grabber has capabilities: baseline manualconfig cache
preferredmethod tkconfig apiconfig lineups
2010-03-22 07:11:43.990 Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2010-03-22 07:11:43.991 New DB connection, total: 3
2010-03-22 07:11:43.991 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-03-22 07:11:43.992 XMLTV config file is: /var/lib/mythtv/Freeview.xmltv
2010-03-22 07:11:43.992 New DB connection, total: 4
2010-03-22 07:11:43.992 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
Using old-style config file
2010-03-22 07:13:40.468 New DB connection, total: 5
2010-03-22 07:13:40.469 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-03-22 07:13:41.070 New DB connection, total: 6
2010-03-22 07:13:41.070 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-03-22 07:13:41.095 IconData: Updating icons for sourceid: 4
2010-03-22 07:13:47.282 Updated programs: 1 Unchanged programs: 6390
2010-03-22 07:13:47.931 Updating source #7 (Virgin) with grabber tv_grab_uk_rt
2010-03-22 07:13:47.931 Found 94 channels for source 7 which use grabber
2010-03-22 07:13:48.247 Grabber has capabilities: baseline manualconfig cache
preferredmethod tkconfig apiconfig lineups
2010-03-22 07:13:48.584 Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2010-03-22 07:13:48.585 XMLTV config file is: /home/mike/.mythtv/Virgin.xmltv
Using old-style config file
2010-03-22 07:18:28.264 IconData: Updating icons for sourceid: 7
2010-03-22 07:18:43.400 Updated programs: 1 Unchanged programs: 17249
2010-03-22 07:18:43.782 Data fetching complete.
2010-03-22 07:18:43.782 Adjusting program database end times.
2010-03-22 07:18:44.616     0 replacements made
2010-03-22 07:18:44.623 mythfilldatabase: Listings Download Finished
2010-03-22 07:18:44.623 Marking generic episodes.
2010-03-22 07:18:45.124     Found 0
2010-03-22 07:18:45.124 Fudging non-unique programids with multiple parts.
2010-03-22 07:18:45.291     Found 0
2010-03-22 07:18:45.291 Marking repeats.
2010-03-22 07:18:45.663     Found 0
2010-03-22 07:18:45.663 Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
2010-03-22 07:18:45.709     Found 0
2010-03-22 07:18:46.758 Marking episode first showings.
2010-03-22 07:19:09.507     Found 18672
2010-03-22 07:19:09.507 Marking episode last showings.
2010-03-22 07:19:27.383     Found 18672

In particular, "Updated programs" is showing as 0 or 1 for a couple of days now

$ grep "Updated programs" /var/log/mythtv/mythfilldatabase.log
2010-03-14 07:06:11.848 Updated programs: 894 Unchanged programs: 12343
2010-03-14 07:16:13.981 Updated programs: 2437 Unchanged programs: 31823
2010-03-15 07:44:12.100 Updated programs: 857 Unchanged programs: 12322
2010-03-15 07:53:48.375 Updated programs: 2238 Unchanged programs: 31885
2010-03-16 07:26:20.032 Updated programs: 1418 Unchanged programs: 11722
2010-03-16 07:35:59.541 Updated programs: 2937 Unchanged programs: 31134
2010-03-17 08:09:55.698 Updated programs: 1418 Unchanged programs: 11737
2010-03-17 08:19:36.439 Updated programs: 3128 Unchanged programs: 30931
2010-03-18 07:25:20.936 Updated programs: 2059 Unchanged programs: 11077
2010-03-18 07:34:03.526 Updated programs: 3686 Unchanged programs: 30274
2010-03-19 07:15:02.442 Updated programs: 1405 Unchanged programs: 11730
2010-03-19 07:24:12.952 Updated programs: 3206 Unchanged programs: 30732
2010-03-20 07:37:13.450 Updated programs: 198 Unchanged programs: 7656
2010-03-20 07:43:19.554 Updated programs: 333 Unchanged programs: 21223
2010-03-21 07:32:45.041 Updated programs: 0 Unchanged programs: 7149
2010-03-21 07:38:15.302 Updated programs: 0 Unchanged programs: 19415
2010-03-22 07:13:47.282 Updated programs: 1 Unchanged programs: 6390
2010-03-22 07:18:43.400 Updated programs: 1 Unchanged programs: 17249

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Mike Perkins wrote:
> Nick Morrott wrote:
>> .On 21 March 2010 12:51, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>>> My mythfilldatabase run had errors this morning, I'm currently re-running it
>>> from the command line and it's throwing out lines like:
>>>
>>> http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/1544.dat: Use of uninitialized value
>>> $num_titles in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt line
>>> 2194.
>>>
>>> There are 11 of these so far. Does this mean that I need to update xmltv or
>>> the Radio Times grabber?
>>
>> This was fixed in XMLTV CVS in December 2009 (r1.263) when more debug
>> output was added for empty listings files. This was committed after
>> the release of 0.5.56 (the current release of XMLTV) so users will
>> need to upgrade to current CVS. A new XMLTV release should be out
>> soon, once some issues related to using the latest versions (>=6.00)
>> of the Date::Manip module are resolved.
>>
>> The warning is harmless - there are several files on the Radio Times
>> XMLTV service that are not carrying listings at the moment. A counter
>> was left undefined rather than set to 0, so any empty listings files
>> will have an undef number of titles processed rather than zero. When
>> this information is output, a warning is generated. This error should
>> be repeated for the number of empty listings files your configuration
>> tries to process.
>>
>> On my CVS-based grab this morning, I saw 7 empty listings files
>> mentioned in the debug output:
>>
>> Start of list of channels providing no listings
>>   Bravo 2 (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/2010.dat)
>>   ESPN America (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/1543.dat)
>>   ESPN Classic (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/2011.dat)
>>   Extreme Sports Channel (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/582.dat)
>>   MTV (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/202.dat)
>>   Really (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/1882.dat)
>>   VH1 (http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/293.dat)
>> End of list of channels providing no listings
>>
> Snag is, mythweb shows the mythfilldatabase run as "incomplete", and I'm missing
> data for the last two days (ie I only have 12 days ahead instead of 14[1]). Does
> the problem you've outlined above prevent the system from exiting with a
> "successful" status?
>
> [1] I've just seen a trailer for "Life on Mars" for Good Friday, but I've no
> data at all for that date.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
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