[mythtv-users] Zap2It - isn't this a two part problem?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 12:03:27PM -0400, Rod Smith wrote:
> 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 

Yay, WGBH!  (Grew up in Boston. :-)  Do they still use that harpsichord
music?

> 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.

Definitely.  As I noted in another thread, I think the lineup thing is
over-aggregation, which likely was sold as a convenience feature, but
actually intended as a golden handcuff to make it harder for multiple
people to use one package of data.

Cheers,
-- jra
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