[mythtvnz] EPG data

[Stephen Worthington]

On Mon, 25 May 2015 22:28:08 +1200, you wrote:

>Hi,
>I've been using an epg download to populate MythTV (Ubuntu) for freeview 
>and non-freeview channels for the last few years, but unfortunately it 
>hasn't been updated in a few days and its now almost run out. So, I 
>suppose its time for me to look at how to go about implementing my own 
>grabber to generate the data directly (unless, of course there is a 
>simpler alternative). Can anyone help with a pointer or a guide to help 
>a relative Linux newbie figure out the steps needed to generate the epg 
>from a cable source in NZ. I suspect I'll be needing a tuner card 
>(recommendations?) and a method to process the stream to extract the xml 
>guide data. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated,
>Thanks,
>Alistair

If you want to do it for yourself, the mhegepgsnoop will get the
official MHEG5 data from the FreeviewHD DVB-T channels.  For DVB-S
Freeview, use epgsnoop, which also works with Sky DVB-S, and you will
need a DVB-S/S2 card to do that.