[mythtv] Is DB/XMLTV really a requirement?

[Patrick.Debois]

Hi,

just wondering. For a lot of countries no information exist within XMLTV.
I have a lot of stuff really installed for mplayer and so on. But i don't
see the need for a database. Maybe for the user recordings but therefore a
simple txt/xml file could be used? It would give a lot of user a more 
out-of-the-box experience (i.e. they want have to setup a Mysql db and 
administrate it ...)

Patrick