[mythtv-users] All's well with DataDirect again (not really)

[Brian Wood]

On Apr 9, 2007, at 7:46 AM, Ivan Kowalenko wrote:

>
>> Times are also still wrong for other shows if I dig in and compare
>> them to the listings on my replayTV.
>
> Well, ReplayTV gets its listings from elsewhere, so that'll explain
> the difference.
>
>> So no all is not well again in the Data Direct service.
>

I'll bet that the ultimate source for Replay is Tribune Media, though  
I don't know for sure.

I have a Mac running EyeTV which uses "TitanTV" to get listings which  
are actually derived from Tribune. This did not have any of the  
"problems" discussed here recently with DD. The "problems" do not  
seem to be with Tribune's database but with the interface to the DD  
system somehow.

I thought about getting the Titan listings parsed somehow and into  
the Myth box but I figured that by the time I got that figured out  
the matter would be resolved, plus I think it would have violated the  
EULA for the Titan stuff. I really do try and stay legal but it's  
hard when the lawyers who wrote the stuff can't agree on what it  
means, another reason to try and stay with open-source software.

Interestingly the question was raised as to how long Titan had a firm  
commitment from Tribune, and the answer was 2 years. They did not  
"anticipate" problems extending that, but there were no guarantees.

I can't say as I blame Tribune for that. Long-term commitments in  
fast-changing industries are bad business in a lot of ways, and  
Tribune is a business, not a charity.

So for $75 I got a software product that *might* be worthless in 2  
years, but probably will continue to work. It can do some things Myth  
can't and it is commercially-supported (not that I need or even want  
that "feature").

Brian Wood
beww at beww.org