[mythtv-users] using a different source for the DataDirect service?

J. Donavan Stanley jdonavan at jdonavan.net
Wed Jun 2 04:00:16 EDT 2004


James Colannino wrote:

> Gregorio Gervasio, Jr. wrote:
>
>>        You could do this by using XMLTV tv_grab_na_dd and
>> "mythfilldatabase --file", which is what people still using mythtv
>> 0.14 have been doing (see the archives).
>>
>
> So if I wanted to, I could turn off MythTV's builtin DataDirect 
> solution (for 0.15) and use the external package XMLTV?


This is a BAD idea.  The Data Direct information contains more and 
better information once you pump it though xmltv you lose a lot of it.


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