[mythtv-users] Mythstream parsers - BBC

[Robin Gilks]

> Greetings
>
> I've done a first cut at getting BBC programs (those other than live) to
> list and play in Mythstream. Its a two stage process, where the stage 1
> gets a frame from the bbcplayer and lists the shows available. This script
> provides a handler hint for stage 2. Selecting a show gets a page that
> contains a mass of javascript that is parsed for the url of the .rpm file.
> This is processed in stage 2 where the contents of the .rpm file (the
> actual rstp url) is extracted and returned.
>
> I've attached these, plus a list of stage 1 urls to go into stream.res or
> the database. Don't forget that the handler for these should point to
> bbc_l1.
>
> Only problems I've had so far is the Radio 4 says "no data received" but
> getting the 1st page manually using wget and running it through the stage
> 1 parser looks OK - and I can't seem to get hold of the rest of the line
> after a </a> tag to get a description. That reflects my skill with perl
> (i.e. non-existant!!)
>
> All input gratefully received - in other words can you all help me debug
> it :-))

Solved the problem with Radio 4 - if a page is > 25000 chars long and
there are no URLs then it aborts - unfortunately, it doesn't allow for
relative URLs. The fix is the patch attached.

Still no luck with the perl regular expression parsing the text to get a
description field :-((

-- 
Robin Gilks
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