[vdr] Re: EPG for UK users?

[Richard Walker <runnyhunny@ntlworld.com>]

On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 06:06  pm, Gavin Hamill wrote:

> On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 05:51:34PM +0100, Richard Walker wrote:
> > I never tried the Radio Times grabber.
> In the end it did work perfectly, but took about 2 hours to get 14 day 
> listings for 8
> channels...
Cool.

> I shudder to think about getting listings for the full SkyDigi 
> packages, etc.
Doesn't matter, really, since we can't use the NDS (Sky) encrypted 
channels anyway.

> >   a) the Ananova listings tend to change
> I thought the point of the Ananova grabber was that Ananova itself 
> offers listings in a raw
> XML format, which the xmltv parser then just transcodes into its own 
> XML format ?
Yes.  Annanova supply the data in a more machine readable format, which 
is handy.  However, I've noticed that as time moves on, then can alter 
the times of programmes (i.e. the schedule itself).

I don't know if the VDR XMLTV plugin copes with this.  Hopefully, it 
will delete any older programme data before it writes the new (so you 
don't get duplicates).  Mind you, this could screw-up an existing 
recording schedule.  :(

> >   b) MotorsTV (my favourite channel!) isn't listed
> Ah yes, I think I've seen MotorsTV and shuddered at the appalling MPEG 
> artefacts as they pan
> round a racetrack at high speeds :) It makes me think of early 
> Indeo/Cinepak .AVI clips on
> '486 Multimedia PCs', actually :)
Yeah, the bitrate is far too low, but I'm willing to live with it.  
Where else can I get live BTCC and DTM, along with loads of highlights 
of round-the-world racing?!  :)



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