UK XMLTV recommendations?

[BrettB]

It's not about paying for a monthly service, I'm just aiming for simplicity like the good ol' days.

I think that you will find that far and away the simplest solution would be Schedules Direct. It is fully integrated with NextPVR so you don't have to have any scripts or extra "stuff". You can get a 7 day free trial and test it out.

[bgowland]

However I was highlighting the cast and crew screens on the left/rigt arrows that often aren't included in XMLTV that don't necessarily add value to a description.

Yes, I saw what you were highlighting - nice to have a bit of extra info occasionally but not necessary. XMLTV does in fact have fields for writer, director etc if my memoryis correct but whether or not they're populated is another matter.

Cheers,
Brian

[bgowland]

It's not about paying for a monthly service, I'm just aiming for simplicity like the good ol' days.

I think that you will find that far and away the simplest solution would be Schedules Direct. It is fully integrated with NextPVR so you don't have to have any scripts or extra "stuff". You can get a 7 day free trial and test it out.

Yes, for extra info I agree but the simplest of all is to live with the OTA DVB guide data. Free of charge and no need to subscribe to a third party provider.

Things are still in a testing stage - my quadHD card is fitted in my desktop and I won't get the parts for my new server until Wed. I'll wait until the server is running and try the free trial.

Cheers,
Brian