[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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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/1777#comment:2>
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