[mythtv-users] Guide Data Idea Doable or Not?

[Jake Palmer]

>From: "Gregg " <3gemail at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Guide Data Idea Doable or Not?
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:16:47 -0700
>
>This may not be worth the coding, but is it possible not to house all
>the guide data on the myth box and just query an exiting guide service
>on demand and import the data into the database when required for
>recording?
>
>Example.  I want to record Lost, I hit guide on my myth box and it
>initiates a connection to some guide data site.  I do a search for
>lost and pick the episode I want. It downloads that specific data and
>places it into the database, then at some specific interval it
>searches again for that program every week to update time and so on.
>The gist is the IP will not be banned from the site for scraping all
>program data. It  just query's for the one it wants to record, and If
>the user wants to search current programs the guide pops up a modified
>web browser with preset location info.  The user could search and add
>for as far out as the data provider allows.
>
>-Gregg
>_______________________________________________

This still leaves you vulnerable to code changes on the site.  Ultimately 
you're still scraping the data, and scrapers are easy to break.

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