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

[Austin Green]

Update: I have now also fixed problem 2 (the 'invisible output' on MythTV) - new version of the script available for those that want it.
Austin.

On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:46:33 +1200
Austin Green <austin.green at orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> Thanks for the offer.  I've recently installed tv_grab_nz-py to have a play with it.  There are a couple of problems so far:
> 
> 1. It crashes in 'configure' mode when it reaches Maori TV, which has an A-macron unicode character.  I have fixed that; if anyone wants a copy of the modified script, please say.
> 
> 2. When run under MythTV (as opposed to on the command line) in 'configure' mode, the channels presented for the user to select from are all invisible; they are all displayed *after* the selection process has finished - not a lot of use!  I hope to fix that soon (I think it's to do with the use of the raw_input function)
> 
> Having got round those, by running on the command line in 'configure' mode, I need to know what to name and where to put the config file generated. Is it in ~/.mythtv, or ~mythtv/.mythtv,  or ... ?  And named what?
> 
> Austin.
> 
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:10:25 +1200
> Robert Fisher <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> > I have recently tried/played with EIT, tv_grab_nz-py and Schedules Direct
> > and because it is fresh in my mind last night helped someone (assisted by
> > TeamViewer and Duo) to change their grabber.
> > 
> > I am happy to help others too (as I am sure there are others on this list
> > happy to help).
> > 
> > -- 
> > Robert Fisher
> 
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