[mythtv-users] Telly's Free Program Guide

Chris Petersen lists at forevermore.net
Thu Jul 17 10:05:07 EDT 2003


> I'm thinking something along the lines of mythtv releasing the video
> device and running an external script when it is not recording.  The
> external script could tune to the channel with the listings, grab a video
> capture of the guide screen, ocr, parse the information, insert into
> database, have the cable box move to the next page, repeat.

Other than the absurdity of this (have you ever actually USED an ocr? 
the good ones need 150+ dpi scans, and are marginal at best for
recognizing text.  Or the fact that you can't decode a digital cable
signal on any computer tv card yet), this sort of defeats the purpose of
having weeks-in-advance program listings.  Program listings would be
kind of silly if you only got them a few hours (or even a day) in
advance.

-Chris



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