[mythtvnz] EPG problems

Craig Box mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:57:58 +1300


> With the amount of effort that it takes to get a listings website going
> only to have it shut down by people like TVNZ, there would seem to be
> less risk in having a script that grabs the listings directly from the
> source.
> If the source was decentralized (or international) it would be almost
> impossible to shut down...

Unfortunately, the source seems to be 'a satellite dish', which makes it a
bit hard for those without DVB gear.
I don't bother with a grabber any more - I just cron the downloading of an
xml file, which I use mythfilldatabase --manual on.

Craig