Title: backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule competition
Dear all,
I'm writing to let you know that the inaugural backstage.bbc.co.uk competition hasnt gone as well as I had hoped. In fact, at the time of sending this we havent received any entries at all.
backstage.bbc.co.uk is very much about
Title: backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule competition
Hi,
Point 1 is probably most pertinent for me! I'd have
preferred a simple XML list like:
channel
programme
titleHow to start your own
country/title
starttime2130/starttime
endtime2200/endtime
length30/length
/programme
/channel
must like
Except that with the Java API, the TV-Anytime files are fairly easy to
parse...
Perhaps they'll be a flood of entries next week?
David Tattersall wrote:
Hi,
Point 1 is probably most pertinent for me! I'd have preferred a simple
XML list like:
channel
programme
titleHow to start your
(Note to self: enter competition.)
In my case, the problem is three-fold:
* The TV schedule data we provided over-complicated and in an alien
format that was difficult to parse,
That's the first problem. Parsing through two files, one containing
program descriptions and the other containing
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:57:34PM +0100, David Tattersall wrote:
Also - it's not the most enticing theme. TV schedules have been done
before really. If you perhaps gave a goal - for example a project that
gradually learns what TV somebody likes and suggests programmes that
are
I think as is the case with many people it all comes down to time unfortunately.As someone else mentioned, I assumed you would be inundated with really cool stuff and that my offering of a couple of weekends here and there just wouldn't be up to scratch. I guess I'll have to rethink.I also agree
Ben,
I'm concerned at the hype around the use and provision of text, and
the failure to engage users of other media, by releasing under
published copyright (commons type) restrictions as advertised by the
BBC. Even with text the BBC seemed to be trying to be pretty
restrictive on
I was hoping to enter; indeed, I got about 1/3 of the way through my project but
sheer lack of time and expertise has got in the way.
The main problem was parsing the XML. I'd developed the beginnings of the
interface, and I was about to approach parsing the XML. Unfortunately, I ended
up writing
one for the mix - just imagine of the bbc back catalogue was opened
upyou could relive all sorts of events as if in real time ;-)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=television_research_news_310805
Thanks for that Tony.. I've had a couple of chats recently with the
Radio Times team about
On 9/1/05, Jonathan Chetwynd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe the TV schedule concept isn't that exciting, but just mightbe with access to sound, picture and motion files, perhaps an onlinemixing console? there are excellent versions online that work withfixed files jellify BBC content
XML
It does seem like a lot of people
have had a lack of time.
Personally I didn't find it too hard to parse the listings, although it
could have been easier with a simpler format. I think I have made it
clear that developing something around a BBC led theme isn't really a
problem for me :)
I
I'm writing to let you know that the inaugural backstage.bbc.co.uk
competition hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped. In fact, at the time of
sending this we haven’t received any entries at all.
Ouch! Much as others have said, time is a factor. A number of the
forums/websites that I use
I'd like to just add another voice to the call for XML feeds. It's much
easier to parse with the abundance of libraries. Also, off-topic, but any
chance of the Weather feed (XML aussi) being added? The GNOME-UK team
would like to use it.
Stephen
Ben Metcalfe said:
* The TV schedule data we
Following on from feedback received so far (on list and off list), I've
got some updates for you all...
**Timing**
Holidays, enjoying the sun, etc -- it sounds like many of you have just
not had an opportunity to get round to working on your ideas. Therefore
we are going to extend the
yeah i would probably have got off my arse and learned what a crid wasif the
prize had been a top of the line g4 with cinema display.
On 02/09/05, Luke Dicken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as the prize
goes, a rackable server again limits your target audience - perhaps something
more
yeah i would probably have got off my arse and learned what a crid
wasif the prize had been a top of the line g4 with cinema display.
I don't get out of bed for anything less than a G5 Dual Processor
Cinema Screen Display
--
Chris Gilbert
07966 077 486
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1 Sep
Hi Steve,
Weather.com has a good XML feed that provides forecasts for up to 5 days in
advance. I think they're pretty OK about usage (the usuals - display their
logo, non commercial etc).
I've used it in the past and I have to say it's a dream to use!
David
-Original Message-
From:
/bin/perl
use strict;
use TV::Anytime;
my $tv = TV::Anytime-new(20050901/);
my @searchterms = ('railway', 'computer');
print Program Synopsis Keyword Search\n;
print \nLooking for keywords: ;
my $conj = ;
foreach my $searchterm (@searchterms) {
print $conj . $searchterm;
$conj
TV Anytime might be a pain in the bum if you're writing a parser from
scratch. So don't - use one someone has already written!
I assume you haven't tried doing it in PHP then :) I coded my own XML
parser in PHP a while ago (just as a challenge), and that works fairly
well to put the stuff
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