[mythtv-users] Replacing TMS - Administratively (was: Zap2It fiasco - what can we as users do?
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Fri Jun 22 15:22:53 UTC 2007
On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 10:20:27AM -0500, David Lonie wrote:
> On Friday 22 June 2007 10:00, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > This is akin to my Mooting thread, but more administrative than
> > technical.
>
> You nailed my intentions. I think that thread is doing well with coming up
> with a back end for listing data, I'd like to see this one allow us to
> standardize a formal request to send to our stations locally. I believe most
> webmasters would be willing to implement such a system, and hell, if they're
> paying Tribune to do the same thing we are willing to do for free...
Indeed. *Optimally*, obviously, I'd like to see them flood the data
out via NNTP -- *this* really is a push environment.
> > See my comments elsewhere about broadcast automation software
> > providers. They won't want to enter it twice, and we don't want them
> > to.
> >
> > Hell, the interface may already exist. I've just sent off a query to
> > Sundance, and we'll see what category of response I get. My community
> > access facility is a customer of theirs.
>
> Right. Simplicity is going to be key. After all, we are trying to get them to
> do us a favor, regardless of the benefits they will get from it.
Indeed. No response yet, of course; if they won't talk to me directly,
I'll get the Access people involved; *they* paid money.
And indeed, Tribune *won't talk to them*.
> > Oh, *please*, not BitTorrent.
> >
> > No, this is almost *entirely* not what it was made for; the impedance
> > mismatch would be horrific.
>
> *sheepish grin* - I didn't quite think that one through. The trickle-down
> effect of a p2p system would definately be easier on the servers, but the
> actual implimentation may be a huge headache.
For this purpose, NNTP *is* peer-to-peer... just with slightly heavier
weight peers.
Cheers,
-- jra
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