[mythtv-users] Mooting architecture for a DataDirect replacement

Peter Schachte schachte at csse.unimelb.edu.au
Wed Jun 27 07:20:37 UTC 2007


Rod Smith wrote:

> Daniel Kristjansson 
> posted an interesting idea in the "IMDB has TV listings" thread a couple of 
> days ago, though: Have the users themselves generate the data in a 
> decentralized way, with the help of some automation to create a "first draft" 
> based on a station's regular schedule. Every once in a while you'd get an 
> e-mail saying it's your turn to generate data and be required to fill it in, 
> using the auto-generated draft as a starting point.

This sounds a lot like OzTivo, a community site set up in Australia to support
people who manage to get a Tivo here (they're not sold here yet).  It works
much like what you've described.  Volunteers type in program listings out of
the newspaper.

The site works reasonably well, but not brilliantly.  It might work better in
the US, where there are likely to be more volunteers, but here the schedule
doesn't tend to get filled in until late in the week, and by early the next
week, there's only a few days of data available.  Also, most programs don't get
episode details entered; just the title.  It's much better than nothing, but
it'd probably be a disappointment after data direct.

Check out the web site:  http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/view

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