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beags

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Hi Samuel337
A .Net based grabber using tvguide.org.au would be awesome.
I know a lot of people would be very appreciative.
We could finally concentrate on Mediaportal & not have to change & configure a different grabber each week.

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    samuel337 said:
    Its probably easier and more reliable to move onto the tvguide.org.au data given the recent troubles with D1. I'll most likely knock together a .NET-based grabber.....
    Sam, that would be wonderful.... :D

    It means that we could all join another community based service (like MediaPortal already is) and thus avoid the silly games that HWW and eBroadcast seem to want to play...
     

    MikeL

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    tv_grab_au_tuhs mixed timezones for ABC2

    Have migrated from TVxb to tv_grab_au_tuhs following the ninemsn format issues and ended up with better program info than ever before. Was never able to get more than prime time descriptions and no genres at all running previously. Thanks to BKCH for great instrcutions etc enabling me to get it running. :D

    However I am still having a problem with one channel. I live in Brisbane and grab all the FTA digital stations, including the second ABC station ABC2. Here ABC2 broadcasts the same (great) content in southern states like New South Wales & Victoria. Unlike the southern states, we do not have daylight saving time in Brisbane. As the content & sequence is the same tvguide.org seems to include only the one entry for ABC2, rather than a "-Qld" variant as it does for all the other channels. The result is that here in Brisbane the grabbed ABC2 schedule is one hour out of step with the local time & all the other stations. :(

    Does anyone know of a way to correct the grabbed data for this station, short of moving to Sydney or Melbourne? Perhaps a solution is possible in a similar manner to that described for TVxb in response to a similar problem when mixing national cable channels with FTA in http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10600&highlight=daylight
     

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    Hi guys in QLD,

    I have just finished writting TimeZone code for WebEPG, that will allow it to convert from any TimeZone to the local or another. It uses the TimeZone definitions built into Windows. I will have this integrated into WebEPG and tested in a few days.

    Cheers,

    /James
     

    sonome

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    Re: tv_grab_au_tuhs mixed timezones for ABC2

    MikeL said:
    However I am still having a problem with one channel. I live in Brisbane and grab all the FTA digital stations, including the second ABC station ABC2. Here ABC2 broadcasts the same (great) content in southern states like New South Wales & Victoria. Unlike the southern states, we do not have daylight saving time in Brisbane. As the content & sequence is the same tvguide.org seems to include only the one entry for ABC2, rather than a "-Qld" variant as it does for all the other channels. The result is that here in Brisbane the grabbed ABC2 schedule is one hour out of step with the local time & all the other stations. :(

    Does anyone know of a way to correct the grabbed data for this station, short of moving to Sydney or Melbourne? Perhaps a solution is possible in a similar manner to that described for TVxb in response to a similar problem when mixing national cable channels with FTA in http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10600&highlight=daylight

    I'm having the same problem, only the time is even more out (I'm in WA). This issue also affects SBS News. I'll let you know if I figure out way to get it sorted
     

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    Thanks Sonome,

    Would be very glad to hear from you. I thought your solution in http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10600&highlight=daylight"
    was brilliant. An equivalent for the python script would be fantastic if it is possible.

    Regards,

    Mike
     

    SiLenTYL

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    Samuel337

    It would be great if u could team up with James, and help make WEBEPG better
    the last thing the HTPC community needs is yet another grabber/script, etc...

    WEBEPG is already very nice , supporting many countries and Australia too (free to air and paytv)

    PLEASE get in contact with _James_ on the IRC channel EFNET #MediaPortal

    also..as u may know WBEPG is also already integrated into the MediaPortal Setup Wizard the one under "SETINGS" inside MP (just the config for now)

    thanks
     

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    SiLenTYL said:
    It would be great if u could team up with James, and help make WEBEPG better......
    Yes, it would be great if WebEPG could be "enhanced" to work with tvguide.org.au - but I guess the tricky bit is that tvguide.org.au requires a username/password each time data is grabbed. I assume that this would require some changes to the way that WebEPG currently works? If James is willing to make these changes, that would be excellent... :D
     

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    Hi Taipan,

    Username/password login is on my list of feature to add to WebEPG. Time is always the big problem. I am happy to work with anyone to improve the EPG guide capabilities of MP and WebEPG.

    I think it is better if we put all out efforts into one system rather then the host of different EPG grabbing systems around. Then we get one feature rich flexible system, rather then 10 average custom systems.

    However, I also understand when people want to have their own project for whatever reason. Also the code base for WebEPG can be a bit of a turn off. So I will continue to improve WebEPG as quickly as I can.

    I am also happy if people want to submit code fragments, rather then trying to code it directly into WebEPG. So for example write the authentication code in .NET and it saves me some time searching the .NET documentation for the correct methods.

    In this line if anyone out there knows how to parse javascript in C#. I'd love the help.

    A great many people have already helped me with grabber files, testing and one so far with coding. Although I have had a number of other interested parties. Not sure what put them off in the end, but I am help to help anyone. I suggest anyone who is interested to come into IRC, and have a chat.

    Cheers,

    /James
     

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