[mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

[David Segall]

Joseph Caputo wrote:
> On 6/19/07, Jake Palmer <jakep_82 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> From: Eric Holt <eric-mythtv at skoozdag.com>
>>> Reply-To: eric-mythtv at skoozdag.com,Discussion about mythtv
>>> <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>>> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?
>>> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:34:27 -0400
>>>
>>> I just saw this posted on the KnoppMyth forums, and for sure, I checked
>>> out the Zap2it Labs website, and there is the announcement:
>>>
>>> http://labs.zap2it.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>> IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
>>>
>>> For several years we have offered a free TV listings service to
>>> hobbyists for their own personal, noncommercial use. In October of 2004
>>> we posted here an open letter saying the future of Zap2it Labs was at
>>> risk because of certain growing misuses of the Zap2it Labs data.
>>> Unfortunately this misuse has continued and grown. These misuses,
>>> combined with other business factors have led to the decision to
>>> discontinue Zap2it Labs effective September 1, 2007.
>>>
>>> We thank those users who have honored the terms of the agreement, and we
>>> suggest you consider the many TV listings options offered by the
>>> commercial licensees of TMS TV listings data.
>>>
>>> If you would like to discuss how to license TV listings for commercial
>>> use, please let us know by e-mail (labs at zap2it.com) and include your
>>> company name, telephone number and the best time to reach you. We will
>>> respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.
>>>
>>> We anticipate this decision will generate discussion and invite you to
>>> respond via the Zap2it Labs forum. We will do our best to respond to
>>> relevant questions posted on this forum in a timely manner.
>>> -----
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~Aryq~
>> So where does this leave MythTV?  Without listing data I've got a thousand
>> dollar computer with 1.4TB of space and all it will do is play MP3's and
>> DVD's.  I can't stand the very thought of paying Comcast for the privilege
>> of using one of their crappy DVR's.
>>
>> Jake
> 
> 
> Back to XMLTV web scraping?
If so, you may find Shepherd <http://svn.whuffy.com/wiki> interesting. 
It's an Australian (only) scraper that uses multiple data sources and 
contains extra smarts like adding information from IMDB. It is open 
source and should be adaptable to U.S. program guides.