[mythtv-users] Ppv.pl filling old data

[Tom Jaeger]

Glad to hear that it may not be me :) for once that is
Thanks for the info.... I will just wait it out it will fix itself just
like the dishes in my sink and shirts in the laundry (hmmm wonder why I
live alone)
Tom J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of tarek Lubani
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:12 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Ppv.pl filling old data
> 
> 
> Hey Tom!
> 
> I'm not sure of the exact details of this, but let me tell 
> you: this has 
> happened several times before..
> 
> In the end, it was that Jpags (the supplier of the data) had gone on 
> vacation or whatever, which lead to no more updates.. I 
> suspect that if 
> you diff the file that ppv.pl uses right now, you would see 
> that it will 
> be the same tomorrow as it was last week.. So, solutions?
> 
> 1. Wait it out.. Jpags usually comes back..
> 
> 2. Talk to the canadians.. The Canadian Tivo people made a script to 
> scrape the TV Guide listings for PPV info, and I wrote a quick little 
> script to enter that data into Myth (it was called tvguideppv 
> or tvgppv or 
> something and is on the same server).. This script presumably 
> has not been 
> updated like the ppv.pl, so it may need some work..
> 
> I'm unfortunately not using these scripts anymore (our dish 
> points right 
> at a tree), so that's the end of that for me.. but if you 
> need any support 
> with it, I'll do what I can..
> 
> tarek : )
> 
> > My ppv.pl is filling old data in the database???? It was 
> working fine
> > but now fills data for the 20th back.  I checked the system 
> time/date
> > and ppv.pl 1 does delete the data for ppv channel and 
> ppv.pl 2 fills in
> > the data but it is outdated????
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Tom Jaeger
> > Network Engineer
> > HTTP://www.NetworksInstalled.com
> > 561 305-6232 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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