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funkytwig at gmail

Jan 2, 2008, 3:18 AM

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Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu)

I have notices that over time the UK Radio Times (and probably other)
grabbers get out of date because of new freeview channels but the
Ubuntu sources do not seem to keep up. What is the best way to
upgrade the grabber automatically (i.e. a script or source).

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Ben
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myth at dgreaves

Jan 2, 2008, 4:38 AM

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Re: Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu) [In reply to]

Ben Edwards wrote:
> I have notices that over time the UK Radio Times (and probably other)
> grabbers get out of date because of new freeview channels but the
> Ubuntu sources do not seem to keep up. What is the best way to
> upgrade the grabber automatically (i.e. a script or source).

I think the newer XMLTVs are using a mechanism called 'supplement' that provides
a regularly updated mapping - see the xmltv dev list if you're interested.

I don't know how it's going to work or the scope.

And I wish there was a way to keep mythfilldatabase from creating new channels
just because they're in the xmltv data.

David
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knowledgejunkie at gmail

Jan 2, 2008, 5:28 AM

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Re: Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu) [In reply to]

On 02/01/2008, David Greaves <myth [at] dgreaves> wrote:

> And I wish there was a way to keep mythfilldatabase from creating new channels
> just because they're in the xmltv data.

Are you using the --update switch with mythfilldatabase? It should do
exactly that.

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knowledgejunkie at gmail

Jan 2, 2008, 5:33 AM

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Re: Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu) [In reply to]

On 02/01/2008, Ben Edwards <funkytwig [at] gmail> wrote:
> I have notices that over time the UK Radio Times (and probably other)
> grabbers get out of date because of new freeview channels but the
> Ubuntu sources do not seem to keep up. What is the best way to
> upgrade the grabber automatically (i.e. a script or source).

If you're running XMLTV 0.5.50 then you are making use of the online
channel mapping for the uk_rt grabber, which was added deliberately to
allow new channel support to be added without requiring to update
XMLTV itself.

You now only need to update XMLTV when new functionality is added. You
can check the progress of tv_grab_uk_rt at
http://xmltv.cvs.sourceforge.net/xmltv/xmltv/grab/uk_rt/tv_grab_uk_rt.in?view=log

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myth at dgreaves

Jan 2, 2008, 6:44 AM

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Re: Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu) [In reply to]

Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 02/01/2008, David Greaves <myth [at] dgreaves> wrote:
>
>> And I wish there was a way to keep mythfilldatabase from creating new channels
>> just because they're in the xmltv data.
>
> Are you using the --update switch with mythfilldatabase? It should do
> exactly that.
>

OK thanks - the help text:

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

isn't that clear.

After all, I'm a user and xmltv provides data about all my channels... (well, it
does when it's up).

David

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knowledgejunkie at gmail

Jan 2, 2008, 9:09 AM

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Re: Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu) [In reply to]

On 02/01/2008, David Greaves <myth [at] dgreaves> wrote:
> Nick Morrott wrote:
> > On 02/01/2008, David Greaves <myth [at] dgreaves> wrote:
> >
> >> And I wish there was a way to keep mythfilldatabase from creating new channels
> >> just because they're in the xmltv data.
> >
> > Are you using the --update switch with mythfilldatabase? It should do
> > exactly that.
> >
>
> OK thanks - the help text:
>
> For running non-destructive updates on the database for
> users in xmltv zones that do not provide channel data
>
> isn't that clear.

From current SVN:

--update
For running non-destructive updates on the database for
users in xmltv zones that do not provide channel data
Stops the addition of new channels and the changing of channel icons.

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mikep at randomtraveller

Jan 3, 2008, 5:23 AM

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Re: Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu) [In reply to]

Nick Morrott wrote:
>
>>From current SVN:
>
> --update
> For running non-destructive updates on the database for
> users in xmltv zones that do not provide channel data
> Stops the addition of new channels and the changing of channel icons.
>
Is this switch set when mythfilldatabse is run automatically by the backend?

Mike Perkins

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Jan 3, 2008, 10:45 AM

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Re: Keeping xmltv uk grabber up to date (ubuntu) [In reply to]

On 03/01/2008, Mike Perkins <mikep [at] randomtraveller> wrote:
> Nick Morrott wrote:
> >
> >>From current SVN:
> >
> > --update
> > For running non-destructive updates on the database for
> > users in xmltv zones that do not provide channel data
> > Stops the addition of new channels and the changing of channel icons.
> >
> Is this switch set when mythfilldatabse is run automatically by the backend?

Not unless you specify it on the MFDB configuration page
("mythfilldatabase Arguments") in mythfrontend.

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