[mythtvnz] DVB-T MHEG EPG

[Steven Ellis]

On Fri, April 30, 2010 2:31 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, April 30, 2010 2:00 pm, Hadley Rich wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 13:21 +1200, Tony Sauri wrote:
>>>> The fields I have indicated with <<<<<<<<<<<  do not vary and it seems
>>>> sensible to me that the Freeview PVR uses this for it's "series
>>>> record" function.
>>>
>>> Nice spotting.
>>>
>>>> Now the challenge is how to use this intelligence to create a series
>>>> scheduling capability in MythTV.
>>>
>>> In the absence of handling this in myth (I believe only schedules
>>> direct
>>> users get actual seriesid support proper) it would be pretty trivial to
>>> add a processor to xmltv-proc-nz to map those codes to a consistent
>>> program title.
>>>
>>
>> They are using the tvAnytime spec for encoding Series and Episode
>> information.
>
> Clarify please? who is using tvanytime, freeview or schedules direct? or
> mythtv?
>
Sorry. freeview NZ, and also freeview in the UK, are using TV Anytime to
provide series link capability. The data is in the EIT and MHEG streams.

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