[mythtv-users] Radio Times XML Feed

[Jan Ceuleers]

On 10/08/2014 06:16 PM, Adam Skinner wrote:
> Hi , 
> 
> With the impending launch of ITV Be channel in the UK , for the WAF I
> need to get myself some guide data for this channel. Yes , Im aware the
> content of this channel may be terrible. 
> 
> I'm currently using the radio times XML feed  (tv_grab_uk_rt)  - but I
> dont think this new channel has any data supplied by this method.  Running 
> 
> tv_grab_uk_rt --list-channels 
> 
> and it doesn't show.  
> 
> Please could someone point me in the right direction? Im guessing I need
> to change data source or wait for RT to update. 

Adam,

You do realise that the Radio Times grabber is being deprecated and will
stop working at some point, right? So given that you'll need to make
changes anyway, now would be a good time to switch to another grabber.

The problem is not with the grabber, but rather (as I understand it)
that the provider of the guide data has implemented a new way of making
it available and will stop making it available in the way that the _rt
grabber uses.

I migrated to the Atlas grabber a little while ago. Whereas it takes a
bit of time to set up (probably less if you actually live in the UK
which is of course its primary target audience), it does work very well.
You do need to obtain an API key from Metabroadcast, but this is free of
charge and not a very high hurdle.

https://github.com/honir/tv_grab_uk_atlas
http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/Britain_and_Ireland

HTH, Jan