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james at booths

Jul 4, 2012, 1:34 AM

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Odd Problem

I'm running 0.25+fixes. My programme guide has started only showing full stops
('.') for the programme descriptions on various channels. About half the
channels are affected, notably TV 1,2,3, 4 and U. The actual programme
description comes up fine when watching Live TV, and recordings still seem to
be getting scheduled correctly, it's just the guide display itself that has
turned to custard.

Anyone else seen this, or got any suggestions?

Cheers,
James.

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hads at nice

Jul 4, 2012, 2:02 AM

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Re: Odd Problem [In reply to]

On 04/07/12 20:34, James Booth wrote:
> I'm running 0.25+fixes. My programme guide has started only showing full stops
> ('.') for the programme descriptions on various channels. About half the
> channels are affected, notably TV 1,2,3, 4 and U. The actual programme
> description comes up fine when watching Live TV, and recordings still seem to
> be getting scheduled correctly, it's just the guide display itself that has
> turned to custard.
>
> Anyone else seen this, or got any suggestions?

The thing that comes to mind is over the air EIT updates or whatever
they are called. The now/next is correct but they then provide listings
with "." in the name/description - very annoying.

Check that the upgrade didn't enable this (you can use the channel
section of mythweb settings to do so).

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james at booths

Jul 4, 2012, 2:17 AM

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On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:45:00 James Booth wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:34:11 James Booth wrote:
> > I'm running 0.25+fixes. My programme guide has started only showing full
> > stops ('.') for the programme descriptions on various channels. About half
> > the channels are affected, notably TV 1,2,3, 4 and U. The actual programme
> > description comes up fine when watching Live TV, and recordings still seem
> > to be getting scheduled correctly, it's just the guide display itself that
> > has turned to custard.
> >
> > Anyone else seen this, or got any suggestions?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > James.
>
> And I can now add that the programme guide in Mythweb is completely non-
> functional - no listings at all.

...and the latest update that I have just run has fixed the programme guide
display, but still has the guide in Mythweb screwed up, and all my recording
rules are non-functional and it will not allow me to schedule any new
recordings. WAF is plummeting.

Anyone else seeing this?

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james at booths

Jul 4, 2012, 2:21 AM

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Re: Odd Problem [In reply to]

On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:34:11 James Booth wrote:
> I'm running 0.25+fixes. My programme guide has started only showing full
> stops ('.') for the programme descriptions on various channels. About half
> the channels are affected, notably TV 1,2,3, 4 and U. The actual programme
> description comes up fine when watching Live TV, and recordings still seem
> to be getting scheduled correctly, it's just the guide display itself that
> has turned to custard.
>
> Anyone else seen this, or got any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> James.

And I can now add that the programme guide in Mythweb is completely non-
functional - no listings at all.

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james at booths

Jul 4, 2012, 2:35 AM

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On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:02:21 Hadley Rich wrote:
> On 04/07/12 20:34, James Booth wrote:
> > I'm running 0.25+fixes. My programme guide has started only showing full
> > stops ('.') for the programme descriptions on various channels. About
> > half the channels are affected, notably TV 1,2,3, 4 and U. The actual
> > programme description comes up fine when watching Live TV, and recordings
> > still seem to be getting scheduled correctly, it's just the guide display
> > itself that has turned to custard.
> >
> > Anyone else seen this, or got any suggestions?
>
> The thing that comes to mind is over the air EIT updates or whatever
> they are called. The now/next is correct but they then provide listings
> with "." in the name/description - very annoying.
>
> Check that the upgrade didn't enable this (you can use the channel
> section of mythweb settings to do so).
>
> hads

Thanks for the suggestion. It doesn't appear that anything has changed in the
channel setup. I just did a restart of mythbackend, then ran mythfilldatabase,
and now everything looks clean, but my recording rules still will not work.

I have been playing with mhegepgsnoop for the last few weeks (to fill in data
for channels not coming through with tv_grab_nz.py) and it seemed to be
working fine, but wondering if maybe that could be causing an issue?

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Jul 4, 2012, 3:06 AM

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Re: Odd Problem [In reply to]

On 04/07/12 21:35, James Booth wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. It doesn't appear that anything has changed in the
> channel setup. I just did a restart of mythbackend, then ran mythfilldatabase,
> and now everything looks clean, but my recording rules still will not work.
>
> I have been playing with mhegepgsnoop for the last few weeks (to fill in data
> for channels not coming through with tv_grab_nz.py) and it seemed to be
> working fine, but wondering if maybe that could be causing an issue?
>

It would seem unlikely since all it does it generate an xmltv file which
mythfilldatabase processes into the EPG. I assume your EPG looks ok now?

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Jul 4, 2012, 3:25 AM

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On 04/07/12 22:06, David Moore wrote:
> On 04/07/12 21:35, James Booth wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. It doesn't appear that anything has
>> changed in the
>> channel setup. I just did a restart of mythbackend, then ran
>> mythfilldatabase,
>> and now everything looks clean, but my recording rules still will not
>> work.
>>
>> I have been playing with mhegepgsnoop for the last few weeks (to fill
>> in data
>> for channels not coming through with tv_grab_nz.py) and it seemed to be
>> working fine, but wondering if maybe that could be causing an issue?
>>
>
> It would seem unlikely since all it does it generate an xmltv file
> which mythfilldatabase processes into the EPG. I assume your EPG looks
> ok now?

Update: Could be some sort of bug. I'm watching "Strike Back" while it's
still recording and the info OSD shows "(Repeat)" inserted before the
description text. This is wrong because it is a new show. Maybe your
recording rules are not working because myth thinks all shows are
repeats? Maybe change a rule to record at any time on any channel and
not check for repeats and see what happens?

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james at booths

Jul 4, 2012, 3:32 AM

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On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:06:46 David Moore wrote:
> On 04/07/12 21:35, James Booth wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestion. It doesn't appear that anything has changed in
> > the channel setup. I just did a restart of mythbackend, then ran
> > mythfilldatabase, and now everything looks clean, but my recording rules
> > still will not work.
> >
> > I have been playing with mhegepgsnoop for the last few weeks (to fill in
> > data for channels not coming through with tv_grab_nz.py) and it seemed to
> > be working fine, but wondering if maybe that could be causing an issue?
> It would seem unlikely since all it does it generate an xmltv file which
> mythfilldatabase processes into the EPG. I assume your EPG looks ok now?
>

Something is still not right - EPG data looks good and recording rules now
working, but mythweb EPG is still showing periods and "No Data" for some
channels.

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james at booths

Jul 4, 2012, 1:46 PM

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Re: Odd Problem [In reply to]

On 04/07/12 22:06, David Moore wrote:
> On 04/07/12 21:35, James Booth wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. It doesn't appear that anything has
>> changed in the channel setup. I just did a restart of mythbackend,
>> then ran mythfilldatabase, and now everything looks clean, but my
>> recording rules still will not work.
>>
>> I have been playing with mhegepgsnoop for the last few weeks (to fill
>> in data for channels not coming through with tv_grab_nz.py) and it
>> seemed to be working fine, but wondering if maybe that could be
>> causing an issue?
>>
>
> It would seem unlikely since all it does it generate an xmltv file
> which mythfilldatabase processes into the EPG. I assume your EPG looks
> ok now?

Update: Could be some sort of bug. I'm watching "Strike Back" while it's
still recording and the info OSD shows "(Repeat)" inserted before the
description text. This is wrong because it is a new show. Maybe your
recording rules are not working because myth thinks all shows are repeats?
Maybe change a rule to record at any time on any channel and not check for
repeats and see what happens?

As of this morning it appears to be all OK, with recording rules now working
correctly, however Mythweb's listings are still partially screwed up, so
there is definitely something still wrong somewhere; seems really strange
that Mythweb and Mythfrontend give different results in the guide.


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hakon at alstadheim

Jul 4, 2012, 5:53 PM

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Re: Odd Problem [In reply to]

On 04. juli 2012 12:32, James Booth wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:06:46 David Moore wrote:
>> On 04/07/12 21:35, James Booth wrote:
>>> Thanks for the suggestion. It doesn't appear that anything has changed in
>>> the channel setup. I just did a restart of mythbackend, then ran
>>> mythfilldatabase, and now everything looks clean, but my recording rules
>>> still will not work.
>>>
>>> I have been playing with mhegepgsnoop for the last few weeks (to fill in
>>> data for channels not coming through with tv_grab_nz.py) and it seemed to
>>> be working fine, but wondering if maybe that could be causing an issue?
>> It would seem unlikely since all it does it generate an xmltv file which
>> mythfilldatabase processes into the EPG. I assume your EPG looks ok now?
>>
> Something is still not right - EPG data looks good and recording rules now
> working, but mythweb EPG is still showing periods and "No Data" for some
> channels.
>
I have experienced gremlins in the programme database screwing up new
recordings. Long time with no problems now, but I still have the three
files that are pasted below running. If you run the last one it should
give you a nice log in /var/log/mythconveg-gremlins.log of what was
wrong, if it finds anything. If it does find something, you could
install the three files and see if the problem reoccurs. I was running a
card that apparently had a dodgy driver wich had some error correction
disabled. This has apparently been fixt in later kernels and myth is no
longger giving me corrupt EIT data.

/etc/cron.hourly/fix-gremlins: -------------------------
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/mythconverg-baddies
if ! cmp /var/log/mythconveg-gremlins.log /root/mythconveg-gremlins.log;
then
cat /var/log/mythconveg-gremlins.log
exit 1
else
exit 0
#
-------------
/etc/cron.daily/fix-gremlins:------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/mythconverg-baddies
if ! cmp /var/log/mythconveg-gremlins.log /root/mythconveg-gremlins.log;
then
cat /var/log/mythconveg-gremlins.log
cp /var/log/mythconveg-gremlins.log /root/mythconveg-gremlins.log
exit 1
else
exit 0
-----------
/usr/local/bin/mythconverg-baddies:-------------------
#!/bin/bash
exec > /var/log/mythconveg-gremlins.log
## program.programid
echo before, program.programid:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update program set programid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update program set programid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}' |mysql -h
garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg

echo after:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])'

## recorded.programid
echo before, recorded.programid:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update recorded set programid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update recorded set programid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}' |mysql -h
garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg

echo after:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,programid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update recorded set programid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}'

## program.seriesid
echo before, program.seriesid:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update program set seriesid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update program set seriesid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}' |mysql -h
garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg

echo after:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update program set seriesid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}'

## recorded.seriesid
echo before, recorded.seriesid:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update recorded set seriesid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}'

echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update recorded set seriesid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}' |mysql -h
garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg

echo after:
echo 'select chanid,starttime,seriesid from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])' \
| perl -ane '{print "update recorded set seriesid = " . chr(39) .
chr(39). " where chanid = " . chr(39). "$F[0]" . chr(39). " and
starttime = " . chr(39). "$F[1] $F[2]" . chr(39). "; \n"}'


# program.ALL
echo program.all
echo 'select * from program;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])'
# recorded.ALL
echo recorded.ALL
echo 'select * from recorded;' \
|mysql -h garbo -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg \
| perl -lne 'chomp;print $_ if m([\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f])'




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