[mythtv-users] Zap2It - isn't this a two part problem?
Rod Smith
mythtv at rodsbooks.com
Sat Jun 23 16:03:27 UTC 2007
On Saturday 23 June 2007 02:56, Ivan Kowalenko wrote:
>
> The problem is that each carrier has different line ups not just by
> region (North East US, Midwest US. etc) but down as far as individual
> COUNTIES. So that's thousands upon thousands of different lineups,
> then you have the problem of different lineups in the same area. For
> example: local broadcast, satellite, cable, digital cable, etc. So
> now we've got perhaps six to seven times the number of lineups. Then
> we've got the problem I have, where I'm pretty much the only guy in
> the area. BitTorrent would be just too inefficient.
I wouldn't get too hung up on lineups. Those are just collections of
individual channels and they don't change very often, so they needn't be
distributed in the same way as the program data itself. The data we need to
distribute is data on what INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS carry -- that is, what's being
shown on Sci-Fi next Thursday, what changes are being made to WGBH's schedule
on Wednesday, etc. If the Myth box has lineup data, it will know it needs to
download data on Sci-Fi, WGBH, or whatever, but you don't need to package all
these channels together AS a lineup when you distribute them. In fact, that
would be extremely inefficient, for the reasons you mention. This would be
true no matter what the distribution method, although some methods might use
a lineup name or code as a shorthand to deliver appropriate channel data to
the client.
--
Rod Smith
http://www.rodsbooks.com
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