[mythtv-users] tv_grab_au: can't get rex-1.2.4 to work.

[Mark Hetherington]

On Wednesday 30 August 2006 09:55, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2006, at 4:48 PM, Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> > Max Barry wrote:
> >> Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> >>> I'd be interested to know too...mine started doing this tonight
> >>> and I am
> >>> down to 2 days schedule. Have we been pinged?!?!!
> >>
> >> Afraid so. They've started obfuscating the TV guide data.
> >>
> >> Running Rex not only fails to retrieve new guide data, but can poison
> >> your existing guide data.
> >>
> >> Max.
> >
> > Bummer! What a-holes....can't these people just accept the fact that
> > PVR's are here to stay!! Grrrrr
> >
> > Cheers
> > Bruce
>
> Not to sound like an a-hole, but making them pay for server bandwidth
> for your PVR isn't the solution. Maybe someone could put them in
> touch with the zap2it people and get some ideas on how to please
> everyone?

Of course the different broadcasters could just upload their data (which they 
probably already have in xml format) directly to tvguide.org.au, and we 
wouldn't need any more of their bandwidth....