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Revision as of 08:47, 18 October 2006

About

mythfilldatabase fills the Myth programs table with upcoming shows.

Manual use of mythfilldatabase

Command Line Options

--manual

  Run in manual channel configuration mode
  This will ask you questions about every channel

--update

  For running non-destructive updates on the database for
  users in xmltv zones that do not provide channel data

--preset

  Use it in case that you want to assign a preset number for
  each channel, useful for non US countries where people
  are used to assigning a sequenced number for each channel, i.e.:
  1->TVE1(S41), 2->La 2(SE18), 3->TV3(21), 4->Canal 33(60)...

--no-delete

  Do not delete old programs from the database until 7 days old.

--file <sourceid> <offset> <xmlfile>

  Bypass the grabbers and read data directly from a file
  <sourceid> = number for the video source to use with this file
  <offset>   = days from today that xmlfile defines
               (-1 means to replace all data, up to 10 days)
  <xmlfile>  = file to read

--dd-file <sourceid> <offset> <lineupid> <xmlfile>

  <sourceid> = see --file
  <offset>   = see --file
  <lineupid> = the lineup id
  <xmlfile>  = see --file

--xawchannels <sourceid> <xawtvrcfile>

  (--manual flag works in combination with this)
  Read channels as defined in xawtvrc file given
  <sourceid>    = cardinput
  <xawtvrcfile> = file to read

--do_channel_updates

  When using DataDirect, ask mythfilldatabase to
  overwrite channel names, frequencies, etc. with the
  values available from the data source. This will
  override custom channel names, which is why it is
  off by default.

--remove-new-channels

  When using DataDirect, ask mythfilldatabase to
  remove new channels (those not in the database)
  from the DataDirect lineup.  These channels are
  removed from the lineup as if you had done so
  via the DataDirect website's Lineup Wizard, but
  may be re-added manually and incorporated into
  MythTV by running mythfilldatabase without this
  option.  New channels are automatically removed
  for DVB and HDTV sources that use DataDirect.

--graboptions <"options">

  Pass options to grabber

--sourceid <number>

  Only refresh data for sourceid given

--max-days <number>

  Force the maximum number of days, counting today,
  for the grabber to check for future listings

--only-update-channels

  Get as little listings data as possible to update channels

--refresh-today

--refresh-second

--refresh-all

  (Only valid for grabbers: DataDirect, se_swedb, no, ee, de_tvtoday)
  Force a refresh today or two days (or every day) from now,
  to catch the latest changes

--dont-refresh-tomorrow

  Tomorrow will always be refreshed unless this argument is used

--dont-refresh-tba

  "To be announced" programs will always be refreshed
  unless this argument is used

--export-icon-map [<filename>]

  Exports your current icon map to <filename> (default: iconmap.xml)

--import-icon-map [<filename>]

  Imports an icon map from <filename> (default: iconmap.xml)

--update-icon-map

  Updates icon map icons only

--reset-icon-map [all]

  Resets your icon map (pass all to reset channel icons as well)

--mark-repeats

  Marks any programs with a OriginalAirDate earlier
  than their start date as a repeat

-v or --verbose debug-level

  Use '-v help' for level info

--help

  This text

 --manual and --update can not be used together.

External XMLTV

If you are in a country where mythfilldatabase will not work the normal way you will need to use the --file flag (e.g. XMLTV does not have a grabber included, or the grabber options are not fully supported by MythTV).

1. Obtain xml file of tv guide

Here in Belgium, I use pytvgrab to get my tv guide and output to an xml file:

$ tv_grab_be_tvb --configure  (you only need this the first time)
$ tv_grab_be_tvb -o belgium.xml

2. Find out the source id of your card

This is normally '1' if you have only one input card, but it is best to check it out because I have found if I have run mythtv setup more than once it can end up being something other than 1. To check, you need to look at the database:

$ mysql -u root mythconverg
mysql> select * from cardinput\G
cardinputid
cardid
sourceid=4
etc.

Remember the source id

3. Run mythfilldatabase with the --file flag

The -1 means to replace all data, belgium.xml is the file name for the output of the grabber as above:

$ mythfilldatabase --file <sourceid> -1 belgium.xml

The first time you will need to use the --manual flag, but this is better explained on the XmlTv page.