John Biundo wrote:
Michael T. Dean wrote:
In the interest of fair time...
. . .
OK, let me put it this way. Anybody thinking about setting up a
MythTV box should, BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE, evaluate zap2it. Here
I am, having spent lots of $$$ and DAYS OF TIME building and setting
up my box. However it's severely limited by the fact that I can't get
listings from zap2it.
Yes, it's my fault for not checking this before I invested so much. I
can only claim ignorance, and I think it's probably the norm,
especially considering that zap2it BY AND LARGE seems reliable (as
evidenced by the lack of complaints on this board similar to mine),
for most people to just assume that if they live in a large
metropolitan area, zap2it is going to have their listings. Again, I
take responsibility for not researching that in advance, but hopefully
this serves as a warning for others who happen to be looking in this
direction.
If they DON'T have your provider, then you're probably going to be in
the same boat as me, which is WAY UP THE BROWN CREEK without a paddle.
Good luck trying to get any info out of the zap2it folks. I've tried
every means I can think of to contact them, with absolutely NO reply.
I've been patient and polite. I've e-mailed, posted, PM'd, etc. Not
a word out of them. They do lead you to believe that they're
listening by setting up a forum where you can post your problems with
the data, but providing NO RESPONSE for 2 weeks?
So I'm stuck trying to figure out a workaround, and believe me it
isn't pretty. If you're not a SQL wiz, then forget it. Even then, it
seems part black magic so far. And the worst part is, even if I get
this all working, I suspect that my provider listings, which
apparently just up and disappeared a few weeks ago, may just as
suddenly reappear, rendering all this work a colossal waste of time.
I really only wish they'd reply and let me know whether I should wait
for them to fix a minor problem, or that I'm on my own and should keep
on plugging with my hacks.
And as far as their "generosity" for providing this data for free, I'm
sure there are tons of grateful MythTV'ers out there, and I wish I was
one of them, but I'd gladly pay a few bucks a months for this service.
Especially if it gave me the right to bitch and demand that things get
fixed. The fact that they DON'T charge frankly worries me. Their
profit model is not very clear to me, which makes me nervous that they
may either just pull up stakes one day, or shut down their free
service without an adequate replacement in sight. What then?
Anyway, just wanted to clarify my earlier rant.
John
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Just a thought but did you try looking around for another zip code
nearby that might have the same or almost the same lineup as you? I
have no clue if it's possible but if that exists and data direct has the
information, maybe it would beat having to hack your sql db.
Raphael
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