[mythtvnz] How can I use the MHEG-5 stream to schedule programs?

[Steven Ellis]

On Wed, March 26, 2008 6:43 pm, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 19:35:38 Nick & Ann Read wrote:
>> Is there any difference between the MHEG5 and EIT data? I got the
>> impression that TVNZ & TV3 weren't aware of the non-reliability of the
>> EIT
>> data, and thought perhaps this was because the MHEG5 data was the
>> preferred
>> and better quality data source?
>
> The reliability of the data is up to the broadcaster and isn't dependant
> on
> the transmission method. Whether they transmit it over EIT or MHEG I would
> assume the data will be the same.
>
> MHEG means they can brand it and do other fancy stuff.
>

They should be the same, but recently we've seen far more reliable data in
the MHEG stream. Some of the naming issues we had last week weren't
present in the MHEG data.

Steve

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