[mythtv-users] Users of Myth Recording Extender: Parser updates required

[Derek Battams]

When I checked I was pleasantly surprised to see over 100 downloads of  
my MRE app, and since there were that many downloads I'll put this  
message on the list.

ESPN has changed the URLs to their scoreboard pages - though initial  
testing shows the page formats are the same.  The old URLs, as stored  
in the various event parsers, still work, but are _very_ slow in  
responding, which leads to timeouts and all sorts of problems with  
MRE.  The quick fix is to change all the URLs in the event classes from:

http://sports.espn.go.com/...

to

http://scores.espn.go.com/...

You can either do this manually in each event class file or you can  
grab the latest release of MRE, which is nothing more than changing  
these URLs.  Version 1.1.2 should be available from the project page  
shortly (creating and uploading the tarball as I type).

A more elegant fix, including proper handling of the timeouts will be  
a part of the next release of MRE, which is still being worked on and  
will include other enhancements.

   - Derek