[mythtv-users] ,24 Combined EIT and XML channel listing source

Christopher Kerr mythtv at theseekerr.com
Tue Nov 16 00:38:50 UTC 2010


On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Another Sillyname
<anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:

> So Now and Next would take absolute priority, then EIT 1-7/8 days then
> XML for scheduling.  And if I schedule something using XML data the
> scheduling will actually happen when the EIT data arrives.
>
> Now I realise this is an ugly amount of coding and I'm asking the
> world.......but it's what I think would be ideal for most users.

Might be best for you, but certainly not for me - here in Australia,
the broadcasters NEVER update Now/Next data to correct for overruns,
because the commerical channels intentionally overrun every single
prime-time program by somewhere between 10 and 25 minute, depending on
how they feel at the time.

(And they don't broadcast subtitles, or consistent progID's, or
anything which might make EIT data useful as anything more than the
barest indication of what's on tomorrow)

- Chris


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