[mythtvnz] epgsnoop snapshot
Steve Hodge
mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:18:18 +1200
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On 7/18/07, Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
>
> On Wed, July 18, 2007 1:17 pm, Hadley Rich wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:30:18 Robin Gilks wrote:
> >> Does this version rely on downloading stuff from a central site or will
> >> it
> >> work with my own sat card? (I'd prefer not having to rely on an
> external
> >> IP connection for my EPG if possible)
> >
> > No, it doesn't require a 'net connection. This is just an updated
> version
> > of
> > epgsnoop, which wraps the dvbsnoop program, which gets data from your
> DVB
> > card.
>
> I can't quite recall what was wrong with tv_grab_dvb
> http://www.darkskiez.co.uk/index.php?page=tv_grab_dvb - but it might be
> useful to have a history of why you developed epgsnoop available
> somewhere.
As far as I know there is nothing wrong with tv_grab_dvb. Certainly I'm
still using the version I modified to add category data and I haven't
noticed any problems. But the code is C, and not too pretty so I think
Hadley just found it easier to start from scratch in Python. tv_grab_dvb has
the advantage of not requiring Python or dvbsnoop to run, but epgsnoop has
more features now.
Steve
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On 7/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Rout</b> <<a href="mailto:nick@rout.co.nz">nick@rout.co.nz</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, July 18, 2007 1:17 pm, Hadley Rich wrote:<br>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:30:18 Robin Gilks wrote:<br>>> Does this version rely on downloading stuff from a central site or will<br>>> it<br>>> work with my own sat card? (I'd prefer not having to rely on an external
<br>>> IP connection for my EPG if possible)<br>><br>> No, it doesn't require a 'net connection. This is just an updated version<br>> of<br>> epgsnoop, which wraps the dvbsnoop program, which gets data from your DVB
<br>> card.<br><br>I can't quite recall what was wrong with tv_grab_dvb<br><a href="http://www.darkskiez.co.uk/index.php?page=tv_grab_dvb">http://www.darkskiez.co.uk/index.php?page=tv_grab_dvb</a> - but it might be
<br>useful to have a history of why you developed epgsnoop available<br>somewhere.</blockquote><div><br>As far as I know there is nothing wrong with tv_grab_dvb. Certainly I'm still using the version I modified to add category data and I haven't noticed any problems. But the code is C, and not too pretty so I think Hadley just found it easier to start from scratch in Python. tv_grab_dvb has the advantage of not requiring Python or dvbsnoop to run, but epgsnoop has more features now.
<br></div><br></div>Steve<br><br>
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