[mythtv] Recordings Sports Feature Wish/Development

[David Backeberg]

Is it legal to scrape scores from various professional sports sources,
aggregate them, and then do things with that information? I doubt it.
You probably need "express written consent."

That being said, I've run into the same problem. I find the workaround
completely livable; know that the networks always lie about how long
pro sports events are going to be, and plan the recordings
accordingly.

Have you ever noticed that football and basketball are always wrong?
Did they really need to push back House so we could see Jimmy Johnson
talk about a game that was already over? The networks could axe the
postgame crap if they wanted to stick to their schedule; it doesn't
seem to be a priority for them; they've already sold the advertising
surrounding the postgame show and they have to air it.

On Feb 4, 2008 11:01 AM, aaron <memoryguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/4/08, Jamie Schaffranek <panthers1788 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't believe I saw this anywhere else on a wishlist so I thought I
> > might suggest it. I use my MythTv to do alot of recording sports. There is
> > nothing worse than getting close to the end of a good close game and the
> > MythTv stops recording because I didn't record long enough. I was thinking
> > about it and thought that maybe something can be developed to guard
> > against that. I thought that maybe what can be done is to use an internet
> > source with sports scores that give the score and how much time is left,
> > what period it is in, what quarter it is in, what inning it is in or
> > whatever, and the mythTv will record until it says that the score is
> > Final. I am a Software Developer and wouldn't mind trying to add this
> > feature myself, but I don't know how to go about developing for MythTv. If
> > you can tell me what you think about this idea, and if you think it is a
> > good viable idea then if you could point me in the right direction for
> > developing for the MythTv I would appreciate it.
> >
>
> I think a utility to do this exists. I can't get to the archives from
> here, but try searching for something like MRE or Myth Recording
> Extender. I've never tried it since I don't watch many sports, but I
> think it's supposed to do what you're suggesting.
>
> It would have been nice to have had something like that last night,
> though, so that I wouldn't have only recorded the first 20 minutes of
> House :/   oh well.
>
> --
> aaron
>
> "Oh oh oh. I'm incoherent with excitement. Please tell me what fascinating
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