[mythtv-users] Data Direct "service"

Rich West Rich.West at wesmo.com
Sat Apr 7 00:39:15 UTC 2007


David Shay wrote:
> FYI, Minor update posted today on labs.zap2it.com 
> <http://labs.zap2it.com> by labsadmin:
>  
> Thread title: DD Data not being updated
>  
> Currently there's a bug that is causing schedules to not be updated 
> after they're published on the Data Direct servers, as well as causing 
> some channels to not have data after certain days.
>
> We are aware of this bug, and we are working on a fix. We don't have 
> an official time table on when it will be resolved, but we are working 
> to fix it.
>
> No, we do not need you all to post every single occurance of this, as 
> it's a widespread problem and not caused by specific channels or 
> shows. We also don't need you to create multiple threads about this. 
> Every thread so far has been filled with complaints which isn't 
> helping anyone, as we're already aware of the problem, you now know 
> we're working on it, and it's not like any of the complaints will make 
> us get a fix any faster. Any additional threads will be deleted/closed 
> on site.
>
> UPDATE: The cause was likely because of the recent changes made to the 
> main Zap2it database for the new listings grid that will be launching 
> soon. Some of this was incompatible with the current Data Direct 
> setup, we should have it fixed within the next week.

That's good news!  Thanks for forwarding this information to the list!

-Rich



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