Statistics for MP2 (1 Viewer)

[Cliff Conway]

Related to the parameter files that currently exist for MP2 does any one know the following stats:-

1) How many countries are covered
2) How many unique schedule listings are covered
3) How many channels are cover

I realise that this may be a tall order but any stats would be useful.

Thanks in advance

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Hello Cliff,

Welcome to the MP forum .

I am not sure what exactly you are asking for. What parameter files are you referring to? I am also confused about the countries and channel points.Could you explain further what you have in mind plaase?

 

[Cliff Conway]

Sorry I should have been more specific

If we consider the plugins that are used to extract(scrape) data from public domain TV scheduling websites and in particular WEBEPG plugin they use parameter files that describe the website and its structure and how to extract the TV scheduling information. If you look at the MP2 TV server configuration dialogue and look under Plugins>WebEpg>TV Mappings>Mapping Details and select the Channel button - it is the parameter files behind the options there that I am interested in. It is easy to count the countries catered but the rest is not so easy.

My question is related to the scope of the existing parameter files. If you look at this site related to another extraction application you can clearly see documented the stats I am insterested in:-

http://www.webgrabplus.com/epg-channels

This is a very detailed description of the scope of the app and in particular the extraction parameter files used to scrape data. I was hoping that as MP2 seems to be a more sophisticated app such stats would be available somewhere?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Cliff Conway]

I just had a thought that maybe the easiest way to determine the stats is to look at the folder that contains the parameter files that control the extraction process for each website visited.

Do you know which folder contains these definition files.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

If you look at the MP2 TV server configuration dialogue and look under Plugins>WebEpg>TV Mappings>Mapping Details and select the Channel button - it is the parameter files behind the options there that I am interested in. It is easy to count the countries catered but the rest is not so easy.

Ah, now I understand.

I was hoping that as MP2 seems to be a more sophisticated app

It definitely is

such stats would be available somewhere?

Not at an organized MediaPortal level. In fact, WebEPG+ is an external appliaction, which MP provides an interface for. However, data content is entirely up to the different grabber definitions, which are handled out side of MP. There is contribution from the community, but i's not organized to the point that the Webgraplus site that you referenced above would offer different customized grabbers.

That said, statistics could theoretically be established, however, the informaiton is only handled locally at individual user systems and can therefore not be further analyzed.

 

[mrj]

1) How many countries are covered
2) How many unique schedule listings are covered
3) How many channels are cover

The grabber files are here.

https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...gine3/TVLibrary/TVServer.Base/WebEPG/grabbers

mrj