[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct

Peter Bennett pb.mythtv at gmail.com
Fri Jan 26 15:08:42 UTC 2018



On 01/26/2018 09:44 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
> My Mythtv backend uses Schedules Direct for the program guide.  It 
> works great, most of the time. I use it for USA OTA ATCS programming. 
> I took the defaults when setting it up.  Nothing more than putting in 
> my account info for SD.
>
> In researching an issue I looked at the wiki on mythfilldatabase and 
> read about the use of DataDirect format or XMLTV format.  I don’t know 
> if I care but what am I using.  The recommended per the wiki is XMLTV 
> even for Schedules Direct.
>
> Jim Abernathy
> jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>
>
>
The XMLTV through SD option gets you three weeks of schedules instead of 
13 days. It  also supplies season and episode, and gives icons for all 
channels. It is also harder to set up.
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