On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 02:18:20PM +0100, Peter Svensson wrote:I think that the proper way to go would be to at the very least write something that outputs a TV.xml file that feels liks it comes from tv_grab_sn.
I'm gearing up towards (OK, I'm slouching :) reading the plain text-files
generated by the swedish DIY tv-guide web-site; tv-tabl�n
(http://tv.theyard.org/) to TV.xml looking files. I'm leaning towards an
evil hack rather than learning some sophisticated xml api.
Where does http://tv.theyard.org/ get his data? It might be better to use the same sources as he does. Is he committed to maintain his site? If not you might find your code worthless in a couple of months when his site goes off line.
His site only displays an example. The theory is that collecting, reformatting and publishing the material is illegal, but just collecting and reformatting is not. So he provides the code needed to do so.
I don't intend to nag (esp. since I'm not throwing in any development time myself.) I just think that it would be good to find a permanent solution to this problem.
There is none. A simple change in the channel's web site and the scrapers break until someone updates them.
I'm still hoping for teletext scrapers since they are never offline (unless the channel itself is) and since they don't require an Internet connection to work. =) If I get the time I might try to hack something together or, more likely, assemble something from other projects.
/ Niklas
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