Thursday, October 16, 2014

MythTV Users, Big Changes in Schedules Direct Coming!

If you are a MythTV user, and you are using Schedules Direct for your listings data, there is an important change coming, effective Nov1, 2014. Full Details of the changes can be found here:



In a nutshell, if your MythTV system is running a version prior to .27, you will need to upgrade in order to get the required fixes. This upgrade is mandatory to all backend and frontend machines if you want to keep using Schedules Direct as your listings source. For most folks using Mythbuntu. you can select the version .27 repository from the Mythbuntu Control Center. Then run the system update manager.

It took a bit of work on my backend  since a partial upgrade was needed due to some residual issues from a previously failed upgrade. But once this was accomplished, and the machine rebooted, all I had to do was run the MythTV backend setup program, run the mythfilldatabase program, and my system was completely updated. Updating the frontend machines was accomplished by selecting the .27 repository from the Mythbuntu Control Center and then running a system update as well.

And by the way, the enhancements in version .27 over versions .26 and before are really SWEET!



10/25/2014 Followup:
I had a few days last week where the listings did not update, and the number of days in the listings dropped down as low as 11 days instead of  the usual 13-14 days. The most recent update seems to have resolved that and now I am showing 13-14 days of listings, which extend well beyond Nov 1st .


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    1. Very nicely described mate. There are a lot of VLC Player Tips we can find online. But in my experience the best free downloader is "Free Download Manager" I ever meet for desktop download.

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