Daily mythfilldatabase update not running.

[mtbdrew]

Mythtv v31 running on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS 64bit

FE status shows:

Last mythfilldatabase Guide Update:

Started: Fri Jul 24 2020, 4:52 PM

Finished: Fri Jul 24 2020, 4:53 PM

Result: Succesful

Suggested next: yesterday, 4:52 PM

(16 days)

If I log into the mythtv use and run "sudo -H -u mythtv bash -c "mythfilldatabase -v system"" it runs correctly other than some skipped channels. The FE status is updated to

Last mythfilldatabase Guide Update:

Started: Today, 4:16 PM

Finished: Today, 4:17 PM

Result: Successful

Suggested next: Tomorrow, 4:16 PM

(18 days)


However after tomorrow it will return to the above situations with the number of days counting down until I manually run it again.

[bill6502]

Is the grabber set to the one you choose? Check the path to mythfilldatabase. These commands will print out what you've got or
use mythtv-setup to check:

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mysql --user=mythtv --password --execute="SELECT sourceid,name,xmltvgrabber FROM videosource" mythconverg
mysql --user=mythtv --password --execute="SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value IN ('MythFillDatabasePath','MythFillDatabaseArgs')" mythconverg

The password is from the <Password> line in config.xml

If that doesn't pan out, then pastebin the above commands, their output and the last run in mythfilldatabase.log please.

[mtbdrew]

| sourceid | name | xmltvgrabber |
+----------+------+-------------------+
| 1 | SD | tv_grab_zz_sdjson |
+----------+------+-------------------+

| value | data | hostname |
+----------------------+------------------+----------+
| MythFillDatabaseArgs | --dd-grab-all | NULL |
| MythFillDatabasePath | mythfilldatabase | NULL |

mythtv-setup shows Schedules Direct JSON API (xmltv) is in use.
nano $HOME/.mythtv/SD.xmltv shows:
cache=/home/mythtv/.xmltv/tv_grab_zz_sdjson.cache
channel-id-format=default
previously-shown-format=date
username=xxxxxx
password=xxxxxx
mode=lineup
lineup=USA-OTA-76078

Where exactly do I find the mythfilldatabase log

[bill6502]

Use mythtv-setup to remove the --dd-grab-all argument. It isn't a valid option
in v31. It causes mythfilldatabase to exit with error code 132.

mythtv-setup: General -> Program Schedule Downloading Options -> Guide Data Arguements

MythTV logs are typically in /var/log/mythtv

[mtbdrew]

Looks like removing the "--dd-grab-all " did the trick. So if it is no longer valid for v31 why was it added during a clean install of OS and v31?

[bill6502]

Really good question. None of the packaging repos add it and the
MythTV repo itself doesn't add it.

I know you said: "clean install of OS and v31", but did you restore the DB from
an existing backup after the install?

[mtbdrew]

Nope it was a completely new install. Attempted upgrade from v30 failed completely and I forgot to take a backup first! Anyway decided to upgrade Ubuntu at that time to 20.04 and chose delete option so system wasn't dragging any old mythbuntu baggage forward.