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steven.mulvay at slingshot

Aug 2, 2008, 10:02 PM

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linux tvnz xml scraper

Hi all,
I'm a mythtv newbie is there an xml scraper for tvnz listings that
native to linux? The scraper at xmltvnz requires the installation of
mono which I'd like to avoid.

Cheers,
Steve

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hads at nice

Aug 2, 2008, 10:48 PM

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Re: linux tvnz xml scraper [In reply to]

On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 17:02 +1200, Steven Mulvay wrote:
> I'm a mythtv newbie is there an xml scraper for tvnz listings that
> native to linux? The scraper at xmltvnz requires the installation of
> mono which I'd like to avoid.

Website scraping is so nineties :)

There's data available at epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg which you can fetch with
wget or whatever. If you're setting up myth then tv_grab_nz-py is
probably the easiest way.

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steven.mulvay at slingshot

Aug 3, 2008, 1:47 AM

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Re: linux tvnz xml scraper [In reply to]

thanks for that hads, what's tv_grab_nz-py?

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:48:00 +1200, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 17:02 +1200, Steven Mulvay wrote:
>> I'm a mythtv newbie is there an xml scraper for tvnz listings that
>> native to linux? The scraper at xmltvnz requires the installation of
>> mono which I'd like to avoid.
>
> Website scraping is so nineties :)
>
> There's data available at epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg which you can fetch with
> wget or whatever. If you're setting up myth then tv_grab_nz-py is
> probably the easiest way.
>
> hads
> --
> http://nicegear.co.nz
> New Zealands Open Source Hardware Supplier
>
>
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hads at nice

Aug 3, 2008, 8:14 PM

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Re: linux tvnz xml scraper [In reply to]

On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 20:47 +1200, Steven Mulvay wrote:
> thanks for that hads, what's tv_grab_nz-py?

http://nice.net.nz/tv_grab_nz-py

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steven.mulvay at slingshot

Aug 24, 2008, 11:36 PM

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Re: linux tvnz xml scraper [In reply to]

Hi Hads,
Is there a way to get the tv_grab_nz script to execute from within
mythtv when required? I presume that I'm meant to run the script
manually in a terminal, piping the output to a file and then run
mythfilldatabase -- file 1 listings_file. Is this correct? (1 being the
source id)
I've been trying this method to no avail, the program guide is not
being filled at all

I presume that since I'm using using your script to obtain the
listenings, I should set the video source setion to no grabber, is that
correct?

I also have a problem with no channels in the startup channel list.

What am I missing here?

Cheers,
Steve :)

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:48:00 +1200, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 17:02 +1200, Steven Mulvay wrote:
>> I'm a mythtv newbie is there an xml scraper for tvnz listings that
>> native to linux? The scraper at xmltvnz requires the installation of
>> mono which I'd like to avoid.
>
> Website scraping is so nineties :)
>
> There's data available at epg.pvr.geek.nz/epg which you can fetch with
> wget or whatever. If you're setting up myth then tv_grab_nz-py is
> probably the easiest way.
>
> hads
> --
> http://nicegear.co.nz
> New Zealands Open Source Hardware Supplier
>
>
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hads at nice

Aug 25, 2008, 11:49 PM

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Re: linux tvnz xml scraper [In reply to]

On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 18:36 +1200, Steven Mulvay wrote:
> Hi Hads,
> Is there a way to get the tv_grab_nz script to execute from within
> mythtv when required? I presume that I'm meant to run the script
> manually in a terminal, piping the output to a file and then run
> mythfilldatabase -- file 1 listings_file. Is this correct? (1 being the
> source id)
> I've been trying this method to no avail, the program guide is not
> being filled at all
>
> I presume that since I'm using using your script to obtain the
> listenings, I should set the video source setion to no grabber, is that
> correct?
>
> I also have a problem with no channels in the startup channel list.
>
> What am I missing here?

Yes, tv_grab_nz-py is an XMLTV compliant grabber, the point of that is
so that mythtv-setup can find it automatically and mythbackend can run
mythfilldatabase automatically for you. You don't need to use the --file
option or anything like that.

I'm away at a conference so don't have time to write step by step
instructions but there have been some written on the list in the past.

hads
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