[mythtv-users] Original Air Date missing in Schedules Direct

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/08/2013 02:53 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
> I added a cron job to run at 5pm every night to execute 
> "/usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --refresh-today" to make sure I have 
> accurate guide data before primetime shows air.

That's no more effective (and more load on both your system and TMS's) 
than running mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all as your normal daily refresh 
command.  As a matter of fact, if using --dd-grab-all, you likely 
wouldn't even need to run at a specific time.  The problem with the 
default configuration for Schedules Direct is that you only get updates 
for tomorrow and +13, so any changes to the schedule or updates aren't 
seen until "last minute" and any changes to today aren't seen at all.  
Using --dd-grab-all fixes this.  The only reason it's not the default is 
because too many people use severely underpowered (and/or misconfigured) 
systems that can't handle --dd-grab-all, so we've configured it so it 
will work, by default, but rely on you users to figure out how to 
configure it for best results.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/449426#449426
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/449416#449416

Mike