[mythtv-users] Alternatives to DataDirect?

[Chris Petersen]

> I have no idea how big a "part of the problem" MythTV users are.  They 
> simply didn't provide enough information.

The forum posts clearly indicate that mythtv is not part of the problem.

In fact, MythTV 0.19 is the *only* program known to be doing things 
correctly.  Not only are we grabbing only 2 days of data after the 
inital pull (day+1 and day+13), but we're the only program that honors 
the new "suggested best time for next download" bit that they send back 
after the download is done.

Then again, as you also mention, there are likely a great number of 
mythtv users who have not updated their setups for automated-by-mythtv 
downloads, which should probably take a look at their systems and 
reconfigure things.

> I'm suggesting that there be some high-visibility communication (ie., 
> from Isaac would be best, IMHO) explaining the issue and how to comply 
> with best practices.  As Tom at zap2it mentioned, all those who were 
> likely to comply with this behavior with a little nudge have probably 
> already done so.  A highly visible announcement might provide the larger 
> nudge to move the rest of us, and set the expectation going forward for 
> new users.  Reviewing installation and howto docs (the rest of us, not 
> Isaac ;-) to make sure they spell this out would also be a good idea.

That'd be a good thing for someone to put into the wiki..

-Chris