[mythtv-users] MythNetvision grabbers needing update

[Michael A Weber]

On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Dan Wilga wrote:

> On 3/13/13 5:03 PM, Michael A Weber wrote:
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>> Is there any place either of you can recommend where I can get a primer or kick-start so I can experiment and play with these things and learn, and then contribute?
> You might start with the wiki articles on MythNetvision and its grabbers:
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>  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythNetvision
>  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category:MythNetvision_Grabber_Scripts
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>> I also would love a way to get the built-in MythTV browser to work with Hulu Plus as well, but that seems near impossible since the videos are Flash videos.  Thoughts?
> The browser can already use Flash, that's how it's able to handle Hulu and other media now. To make it work with Plus, I'm guessing you'd have to have it understand how to login with username and password and preserve the session while loading the data. I haven't looked at how Plus handles this, so I have no idea how complex that would be. Please note that this might also be against the terms of service you agree to with Plus.
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> Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."
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I've been to those wiki pages multiple times… and I've also been digging into the scripts.  I guess I wasn't clear in what I was asking.  Basically, I can find the scripts and all, but I don't understand the technology behind them.  I know they are Python scripts… but if I google and teach myself Python, is that all I will need to know to understand what is being done?  Or, are there any other sources that will briefly explain what is going on with each grabbed location?  Specifically, if there is XML returned from one of them that reports a deprecated interface is being used, how does one learn about that interface?

Sorry that my skills are in older languages and structures (like VB and Java) and not in this type of stuff.

Mike