[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct

[Jim Abernathy]

On 01/26/2018 10:08 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
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> On 01/26/2018 09:44 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
>> My Mythtv backend uses Schedules Direct for the program guide.  It 
>> works great, most of the time. I use it for USA OTA ATCS programming. 
>> I took the defaults when setting it up.  Nothing more than putting in 
>> my account info for SD.
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>> In researching an issue I looked at the wiki on mythfilldatabase and 
>> read about the use of DataDirect format or XMLTV format.  I don’t 
>> know if I care but what am I using.  The recommended per the wiki is 
>> XMLTV even for Schedules Direct.
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>> Jim Abernathy
>> jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>
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> The XMLTV through SD option gets you three weeks of schedules instead 
> of 13 days. It  also supplies season and episode, and gives icons for 
> all channels. It is also harder to set up.

So it looks like there are some advantages to switching to an XMLTV 
grabber for Schedules Direct. Any recommendations on setup and switching 
other than what is on the Wiki at https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XMLTV  ?

Jim A


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