[mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings - FoxtelMissing]

[Matthew Phillips]

They seem to be grabbing the info from http://www.yourtv.com.au/guide/,  
which *does* have data for Friday.

Unfortunately this site seems to use POST's or cookies to handle  
navigation, making it trickier to write a grabber.

On 14/03/2005, at 9:09 PM, Damon Searle wrote:

> Has anyone still got the old ebroadcast gabber? Maybe we should get  
> around
> to making a redundant multi-source grabber using ninemsn, ebroadcast,  
> d1 and
> whatever else we can put together...
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Joshua King
>> Sent: Monday, 14 March 2005 9:29 PM
>> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings -
>> FoxtelMissing]
>>
>> I'm not using this script, so...
>> The variable $#pidsrowspansnames just mean (in Perl) "the number of
>> elements
>> in the array $pidsrowspansnames", so you need to look at the previous  
>> bit
>> of
>> code which sets the $pidsrowspansnames variable, possibly a subroutine
>> returning undefined/null. Probably an error condition relating to the  
>> lack
>> of data everyone is experiencing *again*.
>>
>> Joshua King
>>
>>
>> On 14/3/05 6:11 PM, "David Whyte" <david.whyte at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed that I am getting errors as an output of mythfilldatabase
>>> that state...
>>>
>>> 18032005 downloading
>>> Use of uninitialized value in string at /usr/local/bin/tv_grab_au  
>>> line
>> 693.
>>> 19032005 downloading
>>> Use of uninitialized value in string at /usr/local/bin/tv_grab_au  
>>> line
>> 693.
>>> 20032005 downloading
>>> Use of uninitialized value in string at /usr/local/bin/tv_grab_au  
>>> line
>> 693.
>>> queue is complete
>>> all threads done
>>> building xml structure
>>> no pids in /var/local/tv_grab_au/18032005/guide.prn
>>> no pids in /var/local/tv_grab_au/19032005/guide.prn
>>> no pids in /var/local/tv_grab_au/20032005/guide.prn
>>> writing file
>>>
>>>
>>> When I look at this line, there is the following...
>>>
>>> print PRN "$pidsrowspansnames[$#pidsrowspansnames]";
>>>
>>> It is the $#pidsrowspanames variable.  I don't know perl, but there
>>> has been no changes to this script.  Anyone tell me what I should do
>>> to this?
>>>
>>> FYI:  The rest of the code around that area...
>>> if (open(PRN, ">", $guide_prn_file))
>>> {
>>> for (my $count=0; $count<$#pidsrowspansnames; $count++)
>>> {
>>> print PRN "$pidsrowspansnames[$count]>";
>>> }
>>> print PRN "$pidsrowspansnames[$#pidsrowspansnames]";
>>> close(PRN);
>>> }
>>> else
>>> {
>>> print "can't open for writing $guide_prn_file\n";
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:11:09 +1030, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)
>>> <michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au> wrote:
>>>> Hmmm,
>>>>
>>>> Interestingly enough I only have till Thursday for Adelaide also.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if its just a temporary problem with ninemsn - they may fix
>> it?
>>>>
>>>> After having a look around at other possible sources, it looks like  
>>>> the
>>>> foxtel site is out - they have 1 months worth of data for foxtel,  
>>>> but
>> if you
>>>> look at the source for the pages with the info, it looks like  
>>>> someone
>> has
>>>> designed it specifically to stop people harvesting the data (its
>> encoded
>>>> somehow?).
>>>>
>>>> However it looks like someone has written some scripts for Windoze
>> Media
>>>> Centre 2005 which strips the data from here :
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ebroadcast.com.au
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-
>> bin/TV/grid?date=Saturday_19_March&TVperiod=
>>>> Night&state=Adelaide&fta=0&fox=1&opt=0&lk=sofcom
>>>>
>>>> I dont suppose one of those wonderful people who wrote our last data
>> harvest
>>>> script could have a look at this?
>>>>
>>>> M.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "David Whyte" <david.whyte at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:28 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [Australian Program Guide Listings -
>>>> FoxtelMissing]
>>>>
>>>>> I only have four days of data left on free to air, Brisbane.  I  
>>>>> think
>>>>> ninemsn have gotten wise to something.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like some more data please :P
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:09:45 +1030, Michael Cheshire (Mailing  
>>>>> Lists)
>>>>> <michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone else noticed that tvguide.ninemsn.com.au no longer has
>> foxtel
>>>>>> listings as of today? (14th)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> M.
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Cheers,

Matthew.