<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thanks for the response, Patrick. I'm using the mythfilldatabase scheduler built into MythFrontend (Settings>General) - as per the documentation. If I execute mythfilldatabase from terminal, this is the output:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV>Your subscription expires on 07/28/2005 10:36:50 PM</DIV><DIV>Grab complete. Actual data from Sun Jul 24 07:00:00 2005 to Mon Jul 25 07:00:00 2005 (UTC) </DIV><DIV>Clearing data for source...</DIV><DIV>Clearing from Sun Jul 24 00:00:00 2005 to Mon Jul 25 00:00:00 2005 (localtime)</DIV><DIV>Data for source cleared...</DIV><DIV>Main temp tables populated. Updating myth channels...</DIV><DIV>Updating icons for sourceid: 1</DIV><DIV>Channels updated.. Updating programs...</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Sat Jul 23 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Mon Jul 25 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Tue Jul 26 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Wed Jul 27 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Thu Jul 28 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Fri Jul 29 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Sat Jul 30 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Sun Jul 31 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Mon Aug 1 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Tue Aug 2 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Wed Aug 3 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Thu Aug 4 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Data is already present for Fri Aug 5 2005, skipping</DIV><DIV>Adjusting program database end times...</DIV><DIV>0 replacements made.</DIV><DIV>2005-07-23 13:54:44 mythfilldatabase: Listings Download Finished</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">So, it appears that it is working correctly just that it *thinks* it has data for all the channels (which it does not) and skips them. Not sure why it always has all the data for the next 2 days - as it appears to be skipping those as well.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Anymore ideas would be appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I'm a noobie, but have you setup mythfilldatabase in cron? If so, maybe</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">the cron job isn't working correctly. Try running mythfilldatabase from</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">the command line and see if it populates the database. On my connection,</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">it takes FOREVER to download the channel guide data.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; min-height: 16px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">That it works after resetting the database suggests that the database and</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">mtyh setup is good, just the database isn't getting populated.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; min-height: 16px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> My EPG (TV Guide) shows "no data" for a large number of channels when</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> viewing further that 2 days into the future. So far, I've been</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> correcting this by doing the following:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> - run "mythtvsetup"</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> - erase program data when prompted (DO NOT erase capture card settings)</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> - create Zap2It profile</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> - assign to input</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> - exit</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> - run "mythfilldatabase"</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> I will then have EPG data for all channels for 12-14 days. But day by</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> day, this dwindles down until there is only 2 days of data for most</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> channels. Any idea how to fix this?</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> I am running MythTV 16.1, FC1, using Datadirect.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">> Thanks for any insights anyone has.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#4B1451" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>