[mythtv-users] tv_grab_na_dd

[Bruce Markey]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:59:13PM -0700, Joe Votour wrote:
> 
>>I rebuilt my MythTV machine yesterday, using the guide
>>by Jarod.  Here's the pitfalls I encountered (only two
>>of them, which is good):
>>1. I had to comment out the repositories for
>>kde-redhat.  If I didn't, then I would get a complaint
>>from apt-get that redhat-artwork conflicted with GTK2.
>>2. The tv_grab_na script seems to be missing from
>>XMLTV.  The documentation says that you should use the
>>new Zap2It Data Direct service, but mythfrontend is
>>apparently still hardcoded to call tv_grab_na.  I
>>couldn't find any way around that, so I grabbed the
>>XMLTV source, compiled it and it replaced the existing
>>XMLTV RPM.
> 
> 
> Did you try setting up a symlink from tv_grab_na to tv_grab_na_dd?
> tv_grab_na is considered retired by xmltv authors, I hope
> tv_grab_na_dd is a 100% functional drop-in, but I cannot easily test.

FYI, DataDirect is supported directly in 0.15 CVS with no
XMLTV components or dependencies needed. The direct grabbing
exposes more of the data available than you can get through
XMLTV's tv_grab_na_dd.

--  bjm