[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct - Cliff's Notes?

[Phil Bridges]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/07/2014 09:56 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
>
>> Can anybody provide me with a Cliff's Notes version of what's going on
>> with
>> Schedules Direct, and what I as a user should do?  From what I understand,
>> the end of Schedules Direct access as I currently know it is at the end of
>> the month - correct?
>>
>
> 1. If you'd like to test now, put this line in your /etc/hosts file:
>
>    54.84.32.205 docs.tms.tribune.com webservices.schedulesdirect.
> tmsdatadirect.com
>
> 2. If you'd rather not test, then just wait. I've seen no official
>    word on how the change will be made. Either some or all users
>    will need to add the above, or perhaps some versions of MythTV
>    would get a patch that changes:
>
>    docs.tms.tribune.com webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com
>
>    to:
>
>    dd.schedulesdirect.org
>
>    in the source:
>
>    https://code.mythtv.org/cgit/mythtv/tree/mythtv/libs/
> libmythtv/datadirect.cpp#n547
>
> 3. There was discussion about a DNS change, such that users wouldn't have
>    to do anything. Last word on that was that it *wouldn't* happen due to
>    some political reasons (far beyond my pay grade.)
>
> --
>
>

Thanks - guess I'll hold tight here.
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