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<blockquote data-quote="szsori" data-source="post: 81041" data-attributes="member: 25421">Hi all.&nbsp; I'm the one that's reprogramming the entire tv database for the Meedio plugin.&nbsp; I'm making good progress and the site should be fully functional soon.&nbsp; I think my version of the site should be much more efficient than the previous version, since I'm incorporating the banner website (the banner site admin will be mirroring my site) and will be scraping tv.com much more efficiently.&nbsp; I have yet to figure out exactly how I want to do this, but I have some ideas that should make it work pretty smoothly.&nbsp; Most likely I will scrape tv.com immediately when I get a request for a show that doesn't exist in the database, update the database, and pass the info along to the user.&nbsp; My main concern is keeping the response speed up, so I may need to do this differently.Once I'm done, the database and banners will be mirrored across a handful of servers and the code will be on sourceforge.&nbsp; I have a little ways to go until it gets to that point, but it's definitely going to happen within the next month or two.For other HTPC software to use the database, I'm hoping to come up with a fair policy, like requiring a developer/user/etc of that other software to provide a mirror.&nbsp; So, just one MP person would have to provide a mirror of the banners and database interface to help us load balance a little better.&nbsp; If someone thinks that's unfair, I'm open to suggestions.&nbsp; The interface is in XML and should be very simple to parse.&nbsp; I already have this done, so if a plugin developer wants to have a look around, please send me a PM on the <a href="http://www.meedios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=204" target="_blank">MeediOS forum</a> (I don't come over here to MP very often).I'm hoping to have as many people supporting the database as possible, so I'll happily make changes that would help people switch.&nbsp; I noticed the request to have the site be multi-lingual, which I can work on.&nbsp; I would just have to put a language key on each record and make changes to the 8-10 pages on the site.&nbsp; Pretty easy to do, once I have time.&nbsp; The database is setup as Unicode, so it should handle anything thrown at it.If anyone would like other changes made, let me know on the MeediOS forum.&nbsp; I'll try to remember to stop back here occassionally too.&nbsp; As I said above, I'm open to any suggestions people have.&nbsp; I think an open database we can all use works best for everyone, since the more people we have updating the data, the more accurate it will be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="szsori, post: 81041, member: 25421"] Hi all. I'm the one that's reprogramming the entire tv database for the Meedio plugin. I'm making good progress and the site should be fully functional soon. I think my version of the site should be much more efficient than the previous version, since I'm incorporating the banner website (the banner site admin will be mirroring my site) and will be scraping tv.com much more efficiently. I have yet to figure out exactly how I want to do this, but I have some ideas that should make it work pretty smoothly. Most likely I will scrape tv.com immediately when I get a request for a show that doesn't exist in the database, update the database, and pass the info along to the user. My main concern is keeping the response speed up, so I may need to do this differently. Once I'm done, the database and banners will be mirrored across a handful of servers and the code will be on sourceforge. I have a little ways to go until it gets to that point, but it's definitely going to happen within the next month or two. For other HTPC software to use the database, I'm hoping to come up with a fair policy, like requiring a developer/user/etc of that other software to provide a mirror. So, just one MP person would have to provide a mirror of the banners and database interface to help us load balance a little better. If someone thinks that's unfair, I'm open to suggestions. The interface is in XML and should be very simple to parse. I already have this done, so if a plugin developer wants to have a look around, please send me a PM on the [URL="http://www.meedios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=204"]MeediOS forum[/URL] (I don't come over here to MP very often). I'm hoping to have as many people supporting the database as possible, so I'll happily make changes that would help people switch. I noticed the request to have the site be multi-lingual, which I can work on. I would just have to put a language key on each record and make changes to the 8-10 pages on the site. Pretty easy to do, once I have time. The database is setup as Unicode, so it should handle anything thrown at it. If anyone would like other changes made, let me know on the MeediOS forum. I'll try to remember to stop back here occassionally too. As I said above, I'm open to any suggestions people have. I think an open database we can all use works best for everyone, since the more people we have updating the data, the more accurate it will be. [/QUOTE]

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