[mythtvnz] Manipulating Program Guide Information

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:38:50 +1300
Steve Hodge wrote:

> > We could also introduce some extra smarts and store information
> > such as categories etc and munge them into the XML for programs that are
> > on every week. Might be some copyright issues but it should be fine if
> > its kept under the radar.
> 
> Getting category data from somewhere would be great. However I'm
> getting my EPG data via a DVB-S card and I wouldn't want to go back to
> downloading it even to get it with categories. How about a web based
> query service that returns the category for a particular title?

One positive about the xmltvnz from reven.co.nz is the inclusion of
category metadata. This gives a nice colourful display in the myth epg
and the mythweb epg too. 

-- 
Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>