[mythtv-users] Problem with TV_grab_au 0.6

[Fred Donelly]

When I got the reply I think they left the timing vague on purpose....  
I suspect that the problem may not be sorted in a hurry as it probably 
has more to do with lawyers than techo's...

I remember reading an article a couple of months ago about how PVR's 
where not available in Aus because the stations are trying to stop 
people using the program data as they are worried about losing 
advertising revenue as it will make it 'easier' to not watch the ads.  
At the time I just thought to myself that the reporter should have 
researched better and would have found the D1/Myth boxes and been proved 
wrong.  What worries me is that someone corrected him, the stations took 
notice of D1 and we the community loose our reliable source of XMLTV 
data.... 

_/*NOTE:*/_ the above is totally speculation and I know nothing more 
about D1 than what I have read on their site and know even less about 
any real legal issue's surrounding program guide data.....

-Fred

Ng Theng Kiat wrote:

> I found this webpage (web service)..
>
> http://d1.com.au/D1xmltv.asmx?op=GetPrograms
>
> Only Sydney and Melbourne are working ATM.. :(
>
> David Whyte wrote:
>
>> This is taking a while isn´t it!!!
>>
>> I hope it comes back soon :(
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:56:03 +1000, Ben de Luca <bend at bedel.mine.nu> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Does D1 provide a website where we can find out about this with out
>>> hastling them?
>>>
>>> is there any idea when the whole data might come back?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25/10/2004, at 9:21 PM, David Whyte wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> ~sigh of relief~ Thanks for the heads up Fred.  Great news, so long as
>>>> it happens pretty soon-ish.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:33:11 +1000, Fred Donelly
>>>> <fdonelly at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> Just so every-one knows I sent a message to d1 on the weekend and got
>>>>> a
>>>>> reply first thing Monday morning .  They said that the outage is 
>>>>> while
>>>>> they are changing sources for the data and that it will be restored,
>>>>> but
>>>>> they don't mention any specific time lines.
>>>>>
>>>>> Excellent service considering that I'm not a paying customer.
>>>>>
>>>>> But as to the grabber I might have a quick look myself at coding
>>>>> something as well, although by the sounds of the messages in this
>>>>> thread
>>>>> a couple of other people might be well ahead of me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to all those who replied.
>>>>> -Fred
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fred Donelly wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am in Canberra, Australia and tv_grab_au 0.6
>>>>>> (http://www.onlinetractorparts.com.au/rohbags/xmltvau/index.html)
>>>>>> seems to be failing to get data past tomorrow.  Is this just me 
>>>>>> or is
>>>>>> everyone having this issue?  Is it worth contacting d1.com.au and
>>>>>> asking about this? (I understand they supply the data) Or as I'm not
>>>>>> one of their paying customers are they likely to ignore me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> -Fred
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