[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Prime channel scan woes with 0.27 mythtv

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/08/2014 11:16 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 2/8/2014 10:16 AM, ozooha wrote:
>> | 702WC    | 702     | I702.28459048.microsoft.com  | 702 WCBSDT
>> |         0 | Default  |
>
> Oh. You mean that illegal XMLTV-like grabber. You're only allowed to 
> access that data feed if pulling it down and using it with Windows 
> Media Center.

Yeah, and unfortunately, the website of that grabber does its best to 
make sure people don't realize that it's violating ToS for the WMC data 
listings source, so people often stumble across it unaware that using it 
is service theft--even if they have Windows Media Center licenses, etc.  
I have a feeling a lot of people who use it do so without knowledge that 
it's not a legitimate approach.

So, for the OP's benefit, I just wanted to mention that the only legal 
source of listings data for North American users is Schedules Direct or 
(the very-poor-quality, often-very-short-term-if-even-available) EIT 
data (transmitted in the stream by the broadcaster).  Because the 
quality of EIT data in the US is terrible, you're much better off with 
Schedules Direct data so you can truly take advantage of MythTV's 
features (like recording all episodes in a series and 
remembering/identifying which ones you've already recorded/watched, and 
performing complex scheduling operations to ensure you get as much as 
possible recorded sometimes by shuffling recordings to later showings a 
week or more out that wouldn't be seen if you only had a day or 2 of EIT 
data, and much more).  The $25/yr I spend on Schedules Direct is /very/ 
worthwhile to me in that it makes MythTV an amazing luxury DVR (and is a 
tiny amount compared to the other costs of using MythTV--including 
hardware costs and time costs).

For more information, please see http://www.schedulesdirect.org/

Mike