Has anybody thought of doing a grabber for http://www.ourguide.com.au
They put the entire data for a day on a single page complete with descriptions. For some reason their default page doesn't include the period from 12am-6am, but if you go through the "Display Particulars" link you can get the entire day. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben de Luca > Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2004 8:42 AM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New Australian XMLTV grabber > > > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 05:02:07PM +1000, Paul Andreassen wrote: > >> This version is FIVE TIMES FASTER. I was having trouble with my > >> router overflowing its NAT because the old version was > leaving the ip > >> connections open. Its was probably also doing a DOS on > the web site, > >> although only in a small way. It now takes 7:46 minutes instead of > >> 36:33 minutes. > > > > With 5 threads, isn't it DOSing their web site every time? > > > Its only DOSing at 3am every morning when 100 people run > filldatabase, a time when no one really cares if it takes 36 > mins. Not only is it rude, but things like this is what makes > yahoo/ninemsn change there guide so we cant get information > from it any more. > > Some thing good I notices today is a xml feed from abc of the > guide today. > http://www.abc.net.au/syndication/tv_epg.xml > > We should be using this instead of nine for abc at least. > > > > > > > ############################################################## > ####################### > This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. > ############################################################## > ####################### > ##################################################################################### This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter. #####################################################################################
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