[mythtvnz] EPG a possible alternative

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:52:38 +1300, you wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:
>> > On 23/10/14 15:10, Nick Rout wrote:
>> >>
>> >> There is plenty of law that holds that EPG data is not the subject of
>> >> copyright, as it is simply a compilation of facts. There is such law
>> >> in Oz, which is probably the closest to us jurisprudentially. Of
>> >> course no one wants a fight with Sky to establish this in NZ law. See
>> >> http://techliberty.org.nz/skys-takedown-notices/
>> >
>> >
>> > Great word. A great shame that no one has been able to prove that here
>> yet.
>> > Ignoring that can of worms;
>> >
>> > Perhaps using Bittorrent is worse considering the current state of the
>> law
>> > in NZ regarding file sharing. Isn't there a distinction that specifically
>> > covers peer to peer but not direct download.
>>
>> This whole discussion is silly. There isn't a problem. Nothing needs
>> fixing.
>>
>
>I am sorry I do not agree. Maybe if you only use FreeView where the EPG
>information is easy. But for paid TV it is different. EPGSnoop is a very
>good thing, I am thankful every day for the person who wrote it, but it is
>difficult to install for many and especially new people to Linux. I often
>demonstrate and tell people about MythTV and always finish by say it is
>very difficult to set-up and maintain. And not recommending they try. If
>the paid TV EPG information was as available as Freeview information I
>really think it would make a different. It may not be broken – but can it
>be made easier and better. I remember how much easier it was before 2010
>with the excellent EPG tutorials.
>
>
>Tim

I am afraid you rather left yourself open for the classic comeback
here.  Why not write a good tutorial on epgsnoop yourself, since that
would solve the problem?