Re: Can't configure tv_grab_sd_json

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On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Robert Eden <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 1/23/2017 3:14 PM, Darron C. Knutson wrote:
>
> I then try to configure tv_grab_json with the following command:
>
>
>
>                 tv_grab_sd_json --configure --config-file
> "~/.mythtv/Broadcast TV.xmltv"
>
>
>
> First, the config file isn't an XMLTV file it's a config file.  Normally
> the extension is .dat ( ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_sd_json.dat )
> Second,  Spaces in file name are seldom a good idea on Windows, much less
> Linux.
>

The default extension is actually .conf.  But I think mythtv expects xmltv
config files to end in .xmltv, so Darron's command line isn't entirely
unusual.

I think at least one problem with the command line is that the XMLTV perl
libraries do not expand the "~".  Normally the shell would expand the "~"
but since it is in quotes (presumably because of the space in the filename)
it does not get expanded.  Instead of using the double quotes you can
escape the space or instead of using the ~ use the full path.  For example,
one of the following should work better:

tv_grab_sd_json --configure --config-file ~/.mythtv/Broadcast\ TV.xmltv

or

tv_grab_sd_json --configure --config-file /home/xxxxx/.mythtv/Broadcast
TV.xmltv

I didn't actually test that the space doesn't cause an issue further down
the line, but the above command lines at least let me start the configure
process.


Kevin

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=3D"gmail-">I didn&#39;t actually test that the space doesn&#39;t cause an =
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art the configure process.<br></span></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><span=
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ss=3D"gmail-">Kevin<br></span></div></div>

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