[mythtv-users] tv_grab_au: can't get rex-1.2.4 to work.

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 29, 2006, at 5:16 PM, tj wrote:
> Not to sound like an a-hole, but making them pay for server bandwidth
>
> for your PVR isn't the solution. Maybe someone could put them in
> touch with the zap2it people and get some ideas on how to please
> everyone?
> I'm sure this has been mentioned several times already. But I'm  
> very confident the overhead costs in this server traffic will be  
> trumped by the extra revenues they receive from advertisers due to  
> the increase in viewership.
>
> So much politics is involved in protecting things that hurts  
> everybody. But then Australia in reality run by people who are so  
> out of touch..........

...which is why I suggest contacting someone who owns the content  
you're trying to use and explain the situation. Help them to provide  
you with XML files of the listings. It lowers their bandwidth needs  
and increases viewership. Everyone wins. They probably already have  
it in XML and use XSL to build their HTML pages. As it stands, they  
see a bunch of robots sucking up their bandwidth who aren't clicking  
on their ads and want to stop it.