[mythtv-users] tv guide line-up free

[John Drescher]

> I think the point being that one of the problems with scrapers is that
> they cause a heavy load on a website, leading them to frequently change
> their coding to stop scraping.  By just having one or two users hit the
> website and then distribute that data to everyone else, you eliminate
> the load on the website and distribute it amongst all the other users.
>
This does not address the issue that most users do not have the exact
same lineups. With generic shared lineups I assume you will not have
any local or regional programming info or accurate data for the big
networks since they only have schedules for a 3 to 6 of the 24 hours
in a day.

John