[mythtv-users] XMLTV is Broken in North America

[mojo]

Robert Schultz wrote:

> Just to let everyone know, before we start seeing about a billion posts 
> about it, xmltv is broken in north america.
> This means you won't be able to install MythTV, nor update it's schedule 
> database.
> 
> The error you'll see is:
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XMLTV/ZapListings.pm line 589
> 
> 
> According to the xmltv-users list:
> 
> TV_GRAB_NA is broken due to changes made at zap2it.com.  A fix is under 
> investigation.
> 
> 
> Until it's fixed, we're out of luck.
> Is it a good idea to base everything on a single site? (zap2it.com)
> Isn't there some sort of more dependably, 'open' solution?
> 
> _______________________________________________


hmmm.. i think this is a good time to start considering the idea that we 
might need to throw in some error checking that allows myth to change 
channels with an empty database and scheduling to be able to be done 
with just start-time/stop-time/channel-data info for these dark days 
when Zap2it decides they dont like us sucking schedules off of them and 
dont care if they break our software and have no concern for 
compatibility etc...

how say you all?

Sean