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MFDB: Unknown xmltv channel identifier:

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Can anyone help shed some light why I get so many "Unknown xmltv channel identifier: xyz" messages when I mfdb,.... with schedules direct, on latest mythtv 0.28 with updates applied on a ubuntu 16.04 system.

I have checked the sql side of the database and the xmltv references appear to be correctly listed,.... and I have verified they exist in the video souce file.xmltv in the .mythtv folder...

The references appear to be correct from the schedules direct channel dump....

Can someone explain to me why this message is generated? so I can start to clear them up...

Many tx

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mark@mythtv0:~/Setup/Schedules-Direct$ mfdb --only-update-guide
2018-01-16 10:44:30.957606 C  mythfilldatabase version: fixes/0.28 [v0.28.1-69-g5d9b8f1] www.mythtv.org
2018-01-16 10:44:30.957619 C  Qt version: compile: 5.5.1, runtime: 5.5.1
2018-01-16 10:44:30.957622 N  Enabled verbose msgs:  general
2018-01-16 10:44:30.957628 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
2018-01-16 10:44:30.967921 N  Only updating guide data, channel and icon updates will be ignored
2018-01-16 10:44:30.967984 I  Added logging to the console
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968175 I  Setup Interrupt handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968179 I  Setup Terminated handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968184 I  Setup Segmentation fault handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968187 I  Setup Aborted handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968191 I  Setup Bus error handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968194 I  Setup Floating point exception handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968198 I  Setup Illegal instruction handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968205 I  Setup Real-time signal 0 handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968209 I  Setup Hangup handler
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968260 N  Using runtime prefix = /usr
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968264 N  Using configuration directory = /home/fred/.mythtv
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968296 I  Assumed character encoding: en_GB.UTF-8
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968433 N  Empty LocalHostName.
2018-01-16 10:44:30.968436 I  Using localhost value of mythtv0
2018-01-16 10:44:30.973319 N  Setting QT default locale to en_US
2018-01-16 10:44:30.973325 I  Current locale en_US
2018-01-16 10:44:30.973347 N  Reading locale defaults from /usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
2018-01-16 10:44:30.976463 I  Loading en_gb translation for module mythfrontend
2018-01-16 10:44:30.977126 I  Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1344
2018-01-16 10:44:30.978293 I  MythCoreContext::ConnectCommandSocket(): Connecting to backend server: 192.168.3.47:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2018-01-16 10:44:30.978880 I  MythCoreContext::CheckProtoVersion(): Using protocol version 88 XmasGift
2018-01-16 10:44:30.979040 I  Opening blocking connection to master backend
2018-01-16 10:44:31.319222 I  Updating source #1 (Vs-FreeSAT) with grabber tv_grab_sd_json
2018-01-16 10:44:31.319672 I  Found 151 channels for source 1 which use grabber
2018-01-16 10:44:31.320455 I  Starting process signal handler
2018-01-16 10:44:31.320470 I  Starting process manager
2018-01-16 10:44:31.320479 I  Starting IO manager (read)
2018-01-16 10:44:31.320515 I  Starting IO manager (write)
2018-01-16 10:44:31.570866 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline manualconfig preferredmethod 
2018-01-16 10:44:31.821165 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2018-01-16 10:44:31.821730 I  XMLTV config file is: /home/fred/.mythtv/Vs-FreeSAT.xmltv
2018-01-16 10:46:57.345332 N  Skipping Channel Updates
2018-01-16 10:46:57.863494 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 102471 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:46:57.863669 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 102764 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:00.439646 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105388 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:00.439823 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 16234 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:00.439993 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 17153 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:00.440161 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 17154 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:02.370367 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 17468 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:03.162096 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 20711 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:03.162272 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 21257 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:03.763947 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 21439 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:04.490911 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 21793 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:04.491111 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 21810 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:04.843915 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24305 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:04.844094 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24321 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:04.844266 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24322 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:04.844436 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24324 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:04.844606 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24325 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.156939 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24327 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.157164 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24333 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.157360 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24334 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.642511 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24353 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.642752 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24434 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.642969 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24435 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.643143 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24436 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.643314 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24437 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.643484 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24438 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.643659 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24439 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.643831 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24441 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.644002 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24442 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.644174 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24444 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.644344 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24447 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.644515 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24448 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.644685 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24450 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.644854 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24452 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.645024 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24453 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.645194 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24467 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:05.940776 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24677 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:06.490964 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 25151 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:06.491172 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 25225 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:06.491347 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 25603 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:06.491520 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 25607 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:06.668697 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 26052 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:06.668915 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 26215 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:06.825365 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 28452 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:08.695750 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 29920 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:08.695933 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 30141 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:08.933753 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 30166 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:09.123513 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 30455 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:09.123704 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 30457 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:09.123880 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 30500 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:09.124055 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 31266 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:09.836636 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 31783 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:10.022290 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 31787 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:10.022472 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 31790 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:10.534870 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 32561 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:11.037128 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 33579 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:13.443443 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 43149 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:14.307641 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 45283 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:14.861119 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 45752 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:14.861343 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 45828 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:14.861525 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 45926 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:16.092288 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 48021 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:16.092513 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 48857 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:16.961983 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 50011 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:19.680474 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 55848 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:19.680661 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 56423 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:23.907198 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 59408 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.099617 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 60961 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.334909 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 62391 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.335124 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 65161 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.335309 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 65394 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.335493 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 66716 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.731122 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 67081 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.956332 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 68053 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:24.956563 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 68103 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:25.268872 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 68112 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:26.945491 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 73510 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:27.385696 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 77608 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:27.598454 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 77776 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:27.598670 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 78994 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:27.598886 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 78995 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:28.672861 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 81004 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:28.673055 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 82575 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:31.220886 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 87987 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:34.070891 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 99024 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:47:34.409600 I  Updated programs: 0 Unchanged programs: 58360
2018-01-16 10:47:35.376838 I  Updating source #2 (Vs-FreeView) with grabber tv_grab_sd_json
2018-01-16 10:47:35.377483 I  Found 186 channels for source 2 which use grabber
2018-01-16 10:47:35.686843 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline manualconfig preferredmethod 
2018-01-16 10:47:35.987280 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2018-01-16 10:47:35.987966 I  XMLTV config file is: /home/fred/.mythtv/Vs-FreeView.xmltv
2018-01-16 10:49:23.038111 N  Skipping Channel Updates
2018-01-16 10:49:30.257227 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 102764 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:31.307874 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 103587 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:33.466177 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105388 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:33.466349 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105389 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:33.466494 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105390 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:33.466642 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105391 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:33.466783 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105392 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:33.466921 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105393 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:33.467061 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 105394 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:43.916830 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 21793 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:45.264138 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24226 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:46.209916 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24337 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:48.101776 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24448 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:48.102104 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24452 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:48.358684 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 24469 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:51.440550 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 25225 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:51.440734 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 25604 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:54.978500 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 30500 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:54.978684 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 30639 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:57.811794 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 31788 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:49:58.155575 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 32675 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:00.747478 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 33762 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:01.913150 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 34087 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:02.963632 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 44717 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:04.767620 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 45006 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:06.614611 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 46408 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:18.429576 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 56896 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:24.530284 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 67073 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:24.530466 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 67676 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:24.733796 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 69373 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:26.516920 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 73510 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:26.517125 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 73823 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:28.966384 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 81004 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:28.966716 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 81450 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:28.967005 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 82560 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:31.981777 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 86817 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:32.339844 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 87987 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:34.388692 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 93334 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:34.388999 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 97267 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:34.389293 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 97281 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:34.809876 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 97294 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:39.978730 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 98366 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:40.874927 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 98939 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:42.294064 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 99098 - Skipping channel.
2018-01-16 10:50:42.294078 I  Updated programs: 5811 Unchanged programs: 69612
2018-01-16 10:50:42.974972 N  Data fetching complete.
2018-01-16 10:50:42.974996 I  Adjusting program database end times.
2018-01-16 10:50:42.975258 I      0 replacements made
2018-01-16 10:50:42.975265 I  Marking generic episodes.
2018-01-16 10:50:44.110236 I      Found 0
2018-01-16 10:50:44.110247 I  Extending non-unique programids with multiple parts.
2018-01-16 10:50:44.648787 I      Found 0
2018-01-16 10:50:44.648796 I  Fixing missing original airdates.
2018-01-16 10:50:46.781366 I      Found 25 with programids
2018-01-16 10:50:46.825542 I      Found 0 without programids
2018-01-16 10:50:46.825553 I  Marking repeats.
2018-01-16 10:50:48.151062 I      Found 25
2018-01-16 10:50:48.151073 I  Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
2018-01-16 10:50:49.321884 I      Found 5752
2018-01-16 10:50:51.636023 I  Marking episode first showings.
2018-01-16 10:50:54.430015 I      Found 79859
2018-01-16 10:50:54.430026 I  Marking episode last showings.
2018-01-16 10:50:57.056086 I      Found 70548
2018-01-16 10:50:57.081404 I  
===============================================================
| Attempting to contact the master backend for rescheduling.  |
| If the master is not running, rescheduling will happen when |
| the master backend is restarted.                            |
===============================================================
2018-01-16 10:50:57.082153 N  mythfilldatabase run complete.
2018-01-16 10:50:57.082194 I  Waiting for threads to exit.
MFDB ran with --only-update-guide as a parameter
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Re: MFDB: Unknown xmltv channel identifier:

Post by MikeB2013 »

I suspect your SchedulesDirect configuration is using lineups, which means xmltv data for every channel in that lineup is being generated and processed.

For example, your FreeView.xmltv has unknown for 102764, which is for Quest Red +1 (Freeview channel 84), if you check using either mythweb or mythtv-setup channel editor you will probably find that the xmltvid is blank for Quest Red +1.

If you need to get rid of the messages, which are only information, you can either fill-in the missing xmltv ids in mythtv or change your SchedulesDirect configuration to use "channels" instead of "lineups"

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diyhouse
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Re: MFDB: Unknown xmltv channel identifier:

Post by diyhouse »

Ahhh,.. Tx for the pointer Mike
So? I do have xmltv ids attached,... and they do appear ( on the most part ) in the video source file.xmltv,...

And YES!!,.. I do have lineups enabled,... So ,.. if I can get my head around this is the grabber saying that and xmltv reference from the SD download does not have a corresponding xmltv ref. in the VS.xmltv file???
Or have I still got hold of the wrong end of the stick...
I really should do another full re-scan,.. and pick-up the missing /new channels,.. I didn't wont to do this over Christmas as there would be 'hell to pay',.. if you get my drift..
And also go for 'channels' rather than 'lineups'.... ( quick questions can lineups be edited,.. rather than go via the whole list each time to add new channels)
Tx again
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