[mythtvnz] Schedules Direct vs epg.org.nz vs tv_grab_nz-py

[Curtis Walker]

On 7 September 2016 at 17:30, skooobie doo <skooobie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why was the EIT not working for you? I have set this up many times without
> fail on different systems and mythtv versions. What do the backend logs tell
> you when you run mythfill? Run with tail -f when you execute the command...
>
>
> On 7/09/2016 09:15, "Curtis Walker" <sultanoswing at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 7 Sep 2016 09:04, "Robert Fisher" <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 6 September 2016 at 05:14, skooobie doo <skooobie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I've been reading these latest emails and was wondering if I am missing
>> >> something or missing out in something. I have never used grabbers as I find
>> >> the over the air option easy and always up to date. Am I missing something?
>> >
>> > Skoobie and I have traded screenshots and he now realises that there is
>> > more info with Schedules Direct.
>> > He is going to try both SD and tv_grab_nz-py to form a more informed
>> > opinion.
>> >
>> > For my part, I was quite impressed with the amount of info with the EIT.
>> > From what I read it was quite limited but the screenshots suggest otherwise.
>> >
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>> I could never get EIT data working with DVB terrestrial in mythtv. I never
>> bothered with mhegsnoop, and tv_grab_nz-py is missing channels.
>>
>> So, for me SD is a definite improvement over other options.
>>
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 No idea why the EIT never worked properly. Didn't ever bother looking
into it as Had's script and data was adequate, and now the SD data is
working even better.