[mythtv-users] Using mythtv as a plain VCR with xmltv but no broadband connection to internet

[Jimmy Larsson]

Too bad, I have no DVB.

I am just so focused by the feature to be able to tell the "VCR" to 
"always record This Serie and That Program and That Show, no matter on 
which channel and what time".

Besides from the feature above I will use the mythtv-box as MP3-player 
and DVD-player. The only "online-feature" I really MUST have is to get 
the program table automatically into the box. That is easy with a static 
internet-connection, but as long as I live on the countryside I have to 
stick to my old modem. :/

Is there other ways for me to download the program data? Perhaps from 
another feed where I can specify exactly which channels data I am 
interrested in, so that I dont have to download a lot of data that is 
useless for me? Swedish channels 1, 2 and 4 are all I really need. And 
optionally a few danish channels.


/Jimmy

Paul Woodward wrote:

> If you're using DVB you can extract the data from the data stream so 
> you don't need an internet connection.
>
> Paul
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: VJ [mailto:vj at vijaygill.homelinux.net]
> >Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:21 AM
> >To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Using mythtv as a plain VCR with xmltv 
> but no broadband connection to internet
> >
> >If you are going to grab for UK program listing(tv_grab_uk_rt), you 
> are in
> >trouble. The XMLTV has to connect to a website for HTML pages which it
> >parses to generate XML. Now this leads to a lot of data being 
> downloaded(and
> >tiny fraction of it being useful), e.g. I have to download 70Mb or 
> more to
> >get a final XML file of 1.3M for 7 days of program listing.
> >
> >Which grabber r u going to use?
> >
> >VJ
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jimmy Larsson" <jimmy at jimbo.se>
> >To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:44 AM
> >Subject: [mythtv-users] Using mythtv as a plain VCR with xmltv but no
> >broadband connection to internet
> >
> >
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> Is here anyone who has successfully been running mythtv:s 
> xmltv-grabber
> >> without any broadband connection to internet?
> >>
> >> I live in a place where my only internet feed is 56k modem. I want to
> >> build a mythtv-box to use a PPP modem-connection to internet to get 
> the
> >> TV-program data (xmltv). Is this realistic? How often do I want to
> >> connect and get updates? Is once every 24h enough?
> >>
> >> Thanks for your feedback.
> >>
> >> Regards Jimmy
> >> jimmy at jimbo.se
> >>
> >>
> >
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