[mythtv-users] XMLTV instead of SchedulesDirect's mfdb?

[Robert Eden]

On 10/4/2014 11:35 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> I wonder what the SD folks think of that?  Is there a reason why the
> JSON service and it's mfdb is superior to XMLTV?  Is XMLTV not rich and
> featureful enough?  I mean good for them if it is and thanks much for
> supplying an interface that takes advantage of that richness.
There currently is not a XMLTV SD-JSON grabber, but some folks are thinking about creating one.

As part of the XMLTV project and SD, I think it's a great idea, I've also made some changes in the past few months with XMLTV to accommodate it.

> But is there perhaps an opportunity to extend XMLTV to take advantage of
> all that the new SD JSON service offers?
Yes, the XMLTV schema will need to be extended to take advantage of all the features provided by SD-JSON.   I don't see any reason that can't be done.

The big issue is one of time... Nov 1 is close and I don't think anyone will have a working XMLTV grabber by then.

There are two short-term solutions, the SD-DD service (IP change) or the SD-JSON service with the "test" grabber developed for MythTV. (That's what it 
was initially created for.. to just test the service)

Robert
XMLTV
Schedules Direct