The N&N idea sounds like a great idea, if it is infact totally up to date. This could still cause issues as you may schedule your recordings based on the the EPG. For example, you may only record prog1 becuase it is not causing a conflict, but if it ends late, prog2 which you really really did want doesn't get recorded.
Hmm...if they could just stop Rove going over time, we should be OK :P On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:18:04 +1100, David Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding shows running over time... > There was some discussion that the 'now and next' dvb information may > be integrated with the sheduler at a later stage such that it can > shorten or extend recordings automatically. > > I have never seen n&n (I dont have a regular STB) but aparently it > changes as soon as the show ends. > > Adding 10min on the end of all your records isnt a great solution if > you have sequential recordings (on same or other channels). This could > cause shows not to tape due to conflicts just for the sake of the > extra 10min. Perhaps some logic could be added (or maby it already > has?) so that the 10min is dropped in preferance to a conflict if this > situation occurs > > > On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:21:34 +1030, Steve Zamora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks david for the new script. i was running an older version and > > was having troubles with it. it works fine now, except that ninemsn's > > data doesn't have full details. but beggars can't be choosers. > > > > i guess the pay option is out of the question then, thanks to legal issues. > > > > as for the schedule overruns, myth 0.17 is due out tonight and > > according to http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/UnderDevelopment there's > > a major change in commercial flagging. couldn't that script be somehow > > modified to detect the beginning and ending of shows? > > > > > > On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:21:22 +1100, Phill Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i've been a mythtv user for about six months and i'm constantly > > > > frustrated by the lack of a decent EPG for australian tv. or, for that > > > > matter, any EPG at all that lasts for more than a few months. > > > > > > > > i'd like to create a reliable, comprehensive EPG for australians, > > > > containing full episode titles, description, genre, etc... > > > > > > > > the downside of this is that it would take up a substantial amount of > > > > my time to do something like this, and i'm a full-time uni student > > > > with two part-time jobs. i was thinking that maybe if i charged, say, > > > > a $10-$20 annual fee for the service, i could afford to quit one of > > > > those jobs. this isn't a money-making exercise, i don't like charging > > > > for it, but i'd really like to see a good australian EPG, and it's a > > > > time-consuming task and i just don't have that kind of time at the > > > > moment. > > > > > > > > i'd really like to see an australian EPG that can be relied upon and > > > > has comprehensive info, so i'm hoping i can make this a reality. the > > > > crucial factor though is how many people would sign up for it. > > > > > > Yes - I would pay that much. However, you will find that the EPG data > > > is not available for you to onsell on a commercial basis and if you > > > did the TV companies here in Oz would come after you for breaching > > > their copyright. This has been covered many time on this list. It's a > > > shame, but that's the commercial reality we have with the TV stations > > > here in Oz at the moment. > > > > > > The version which has been posted in this thread works flawlessly in > > > my experience so unless a problem arises with it then there's no > > > problem to fix at the moment, is there? > > > > > > You could get involved in the OzTivo work where the community manually > > > enters full program details into a database which can then be read by > > > grabbers. There was talk of integrating a MythTV grabber with that but > > > I think there was general lack of enthusiasm from the MythTV > > > community. However, this would seem to be the best long term solution > > > as there are no copyright issues. Search the gossamer archives for > > > details. > > > > > > On David's point on the schedule overruns, I think we will never have > > > a solution to that other than adding 10mins onto the recording end > > > time. I think it would be very unlikely that the schedule would be > > > updated to reflect late runs. I doubt the TV stations even think of it > > > as late! > > > > > > Regards, > > > Phill > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- GMAIL is 'da bomb baby....YEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct.
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