[mythtv-users] Mooting architecture for a DataDirect replacement

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:31:27PM -0700, Chris Petersen wrote:
> Personally, I'd love to see something like this, since it'd make for a
> relatively cleaner MythTV database, too.  So, I guess, don't worry too
> much that any new system done by the devs will at least have input from
> me, and I'd like to aim for something the community can update/maintain
> to enhance/correct show descriptions, etc.  I'm fed up with inaccuracies
> in TMS data, tv.com info, etc., and would love to see something at least
> partially driven by the community.

You know, I've just had a blinding flash of the obvious.

The target for a Project to replace TMS is *broadcast automation system
vendors*.  Sundance Digital, the makers of FastBreak, and their ilk.

Those systems are the ones that contain the (local station) data we
care about, anyway.

Writing a trigger to extract, translate, and push schedule change data
when it happens should be one programmer-day for each of them.  Writing
a standardized spec for how to ship it around, another day.

Cheers,
-- jra
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