[mythtv-users] mythTV with DataDirect Replacement service

[Mark Perkins]

> On 21 Oct 2014, at 2:39 pm, "Tom Dexter" <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 6:44 PM, R Kannan <rk111810 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> From the forums under the schedulesdirect
>> (http://forums.schedulesdirect.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2591), it sounds like
>> all we need to do is to redirect traffic by adding the following line to
>> /etc/hosts
>> 
>> 54.85.117.227  docs.tms.tribune.com
>> webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com
>> 
>> Does 'mythfilldatabase' work with this change? Or do I need to download a
>> new grabber?
>> 
>> Thanks for any help
> 
> Yes, that host file redirect will work with mythfilldatabase...and the
> last thing you want to do is to use the new grabber, as per the the
> "Notice to Schedules Direct users" here:
> 

Just to clarify Tom's use of the word 'last'. I think he means it in the context of DO NOT download the new grabber. As opposed to download the new grabber as the last step in getting it working. 

> https://www.mythtv.org/
> 

His meaning is clear as long as you read the link.

> I'm confused by the reply from Bill Meek.
> 
> Bill...am I misunderstanding the question?  Why wouldn't that work?
> Until I patched by 0.27.3 to use dd.schedulesdirect.org, that hosts
> file change was exactly what I was using and it worked fine.
> 
> Tom
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