Possible to download and use guide data without Schedule's Direct in USA?

[SSVegito888]

Is it possible to download and use guide data without using Schedule's Direct in USA with regular cable (NOT DIGITAL)? If so, how?



Thanks,

SSVegito888

[tgm4883]

Depending on your location you might be able to use EPG. You could also screen scrape although IMHO thats pretty much worthless.

[SSVegito888]

Thanks for the tip;I will try this.


Also, I am new to Linux, so thanks for the step by step instructions!!!



Thanks,

SSVegito888

[SSVegito888]

I just have 3 more questions.


1. How often do I set the cron job to run?


2. Is .pl a perl script?


3. I am running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy, are there any unresolved dependecies that I need to worry about?


Thanks,

SSVegito888

[theophile]

I run the cron job once a day, at 4 am. You could probably get away with running it only on Mondays and once more during the week.

Yes, .pl is a perl script.

And no, all dependencies are met on stock Mythbuntu install. In fact, since the Mythbuntu installer nuked my backup partition, I just had to do a fresh install and this script worked great. In fact, I have it pulling data for two video sources and I will probably tweak it to add a third.

[nickrout]

What is the licensing of the mc2xml program? And where can I get the source (assuming it is free software)

[theophile]

Can't answer either of those questions, but there's a contact email address at the bottom of the website.

[nickrout]

sorry i thought from your useful and detailed guide you may have been the author!

[theophile]

Oh, no. Sadly, I am just the messenger. :)

[InTheZone]

What version of Mythbuntu are you running mc2xml on? I downloaded the new version released on 08/14/2008 and it doesn't seem to work. I run it and it exits immediately. I get no message stating what version it is or anything. Is anyone else having this problem? I am running mythbuntu 8.04.1. It is a new load and right now I am using zap2xml to fill the programming data.

[theophile]

InTheZone, could you be more specific? What is the output of the mc2xml process?

Also, I have updated the mythupdate.sh script in post #7 in page 1. The new version of the script now strips the HDTV tag out of non-HD channel sources so analog channels do not report HD programming. Also, since mc2xml does not pull new data if the data source has not been updated, the script now checks to see if new data has been pulled before proceeding.

I have had this system set up and running flawlessly without any intervention since the original date of post #7. Hope others are able to make use of it!

[InTheZone]

Hi theophile,
I have located the problem. I am running the 64-bit version of mythbuntu and according to the mc2xml website you must install the libc6-i386 package. It is working correctly now.

Thanks

[SSVegito888]

I am having a couple of problems.

Create /usr/share/mythtv/mc2xml

already did this. So I am done with this step.


Download the script from here and place it at /usr/share/mythtv/mc2xml/mc2xml



are you talking about the update.sh script?


where exactly do I place the mc2xml linux executable file?


Create data directories for each source. In my case, I have one source for firewire and one for s-video, so I made /usr/share/mythtv/mc2xml/firewire/ and /usr/share/mythtv/mc2xml/svideo/


I am using a hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150.

So, do I use the name Tuner 1 or the optional name I gave it "WinTV-PVR"?

[t3chn0b0y]

Thanks this is very informative , I really like how you explained things step by step.. Now Im back in business... ;):popcorn:

[theophile]

Sorry about forgetting about this post. Son was born 3 weeks ago, quite hectic around here!

are you talking about the update.sh script?


where exactly do I place the mc2xml linux executable file?

This set is talking about the mc2xml binary file, as obtained from the mc2xml website. One way to do this is:
wget http://mc2xml.110mb.com/?t=mc2xml -O /usr/share/mythtv/mc2xml/mc2xml

I am using a hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150.

So, do I use the name Tuner 1 or the optional name I gave it "WinTV-PVR"?
You can name the directories anything you want, as long as you are consistent!

The way I wrote the howto, you are using one binary for mc2xml to maintain two separate data directories for two separate data sources. If you're only using one tuner, you only need one data source. In that case, you don;t even necessarily have to create another subdirectory. You could allow the mc2xml binary and all the data live in /usr/share/mythtv/mc2xml/ if you want.

The important thing is to make sure the /usr/local/bin/mythupdate2.sh script is modified to reflect the proper locations. If you look at that script, you will see that many lines are duplicated with the only changes being in the paths. This is because each command is being repeated twice, once for each data source. I am actually using three data sources now (S-video, Firewire, and OTA ATSC) so my personal script has each line three times.

Good luck with everything. Let me know if you need more help.

[tgm4883]

As far as I can tell, both of the methods described in this thread violate each of those sites ToS. Neither of these methods are official supported, and either of them may be illegal. If this is not the case please PM me and we can discuss it, otherwise do not open another thread regarding these two methods.