[mythtv-commits] Ticket #1777: Support for new XMLTV

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Thu Jul 20 19:03:31 UTC 2006


#1777: Support for new XMLTV
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 Reporter:  stuart at tase.co.uk  |        Owner:  ijr 
     Type:  defect             |       Status:  new 
 Priority:  minor              |    Milestone:      
Component:  mythtv             |      Version:  head
 Severity:  medium             |   Resolution:      
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Comment (by mattias.holmlund at gmail.com):

 With this patch, MythTV would be able to use all XMLTV-grabbers installed
 on the system that complies with the XMLTV baseline capability. This means
 that MythTV would no longer need to be updated when a new grabber is
 written, instead tv_find_grabbers will automatically find the new grabber
 and give the user the option of using it. tv_find_grabbers will find all
 grabbers that are in the executable path, have a name starting with
 tv_grab_ and support the --capabilities and --description parameters.
 These parameters in the xmltv wiki, but it is unfortunately down at the
 moment.

 As for backwards compatibility, I don't think it is a big issue. Most
 grabbers get data from websites that change and break the grabber, so most
 grabbers have a relatively short lifespan for each version anyway. There
 is already a repository for the latest xmltv-release for Debian Stable for
 example (http://debian.crustynet.org.uk/).

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