Zap2it Closing Down

[keith_marrocco]

I thought I'd managed to find my TitanTV UUID by starting the TitanTV Remote Scheduler, logging in, and populating the UUID key in my registry. However, trying that value with the TitanTV RequestProgramData tool yields an error 40030 - "Invalid uuid".

I installed a packet sniffer and verified that the UUID sent for the RetrieveAllRemote utility was the same as that stored in my registry. RetrieveAllRemote does work and I was able to run it via "wget --output-document=testtv.xml "http://www.titantv.com/Services/PartnerTools.asmx/
RetrieveAllRemote?CreatedTime=6/24/2007%209:24:39%20AM&
PartnerId=49757&ProductID=&ProductVersion=&UUID=yaddayaddayadda".

However, RequestProgramData continues to fail with "Invalid uuid". Am I doing something wrong, or is TitanTV differentiating between users authorized to use the RequestProgramData service versus those who can use RetrieveAllRemote ?

Keith

[whurlston]

Maybe my memory but your solution is for Vista and MCE only right ?

Yes it is for Vista (Home Premium and Ultimate) and MCE only. They do not have to be running on the GB-PVR machine though. As long as you have either on one machine in the house, you can get the data.

It looks like I have also found an alternative that downloads the lineup data (about 14 days worth) in a zip file.

First we need a zipcode. For illustration purposes, we'll use 40207:

api.digitalhomeservices.yahoo.com/V0_1/tribune?mode=tv_headend&zip=40207&country=us

This returns the following text file (IE does not display the carriage returns. you will need to use "View Source"):

Code:

BEGIN 11
4DTV|USA|4DTV||
AFN|USA|AFN Satellite||
C-BAND|USA|C-Band|V|
C-BAND|USA|C-Band|H|
DITV|USA|DIRECTV||
DITV529|Louisville|DIRECTV Louisville||
DISH529|Louisville|DISH Louisville||
ECHOST|USA|DISH Network||
KY16673|Louisville|Insight Communications||
KY16673|Louisville|Insight Communications|X|
SKYANGL|USA|Sky Angel||
END

Then we select the provider we want and use the value in the first field to get the channel list:

(Special note: if the last field contains an "X", it means it is the digital cable lineup and the below url should be changed to contain "device=X").

api.digitalhomeservices.yahoo.com/V0_1/tribune?mode=tv_provider&provider=KY16673&device=&country=us

Code:

BEGIN 74
|23309|001|Local Origination - LOOR001|LOOR001|
|16139|002|Insight Communications - FWTKR8|FWTKR8|
|11187|003|The Weather Channel|TWC|
|11497|004|WHAS|WHAS|
|11645|005|WLKY|WLKY|
|11291|006|WAVE|WAVE|
|17219|007|WBKI|WBKI|
|25028|008|Insight-Louisville Local Channel 6 ADV6|ADV6|
|11391|009|WDRB|WDRB|
|12832|010|WMYO|WMYO|
<snipped to save space>

And we can get a zipfile containing the listings with the following:

api.digitalhomeservices.yahoo.com/V0_1/tribune?mode=schedule&provider=KY16673&device=&country=us

The zip file contains a flat text file (like the above format) and looks like it contains all necessary data. I'm working on matching the fields to the corresponding xmltv fields. This will seriously minimize the the amount of required hits and bandwidth. Once you have your provider ID, it's 2 hits for 2 weeks of data in a file thats less than 2MB.

I may need some help with this one. I'll post a list of the fields I am able to figure out later.

There are some cons with this one:
1) There seems to be no OTA lineups.
2) I get channel listings but no schedule data for my digital cable lineup. (The text file in the zip is blank.) Regular cable, Dish, DirectTv etc work fine.

[whurlston]

Yes C#.

Question: are you using XmlWriter or just outputting a text file? I'm having trouble getting the XmlWriter to write EndElement tags if there are sub-elements. ie:

Code:

<Element1>
  <sub-element>Data</sub-element>
</Element1>

It will not write the </Element1> tag.

[flyswatta]

I get an empty file for schedule data for Dish Network in Dallas.
api.digitalhomeservices.yahoo.com/V0_1/tribune?mode=schedule&provider=DISH623&device=&country=us

[sub]

It looks like I have also found an alternative that downloads the lineup data (about 14 days worth) in a zip file.

First we need a zipcode. For illustration purposes, we'll use 40207:

api.digitalhomeservices.yahoo.com/V0_1/tribune?mode=tv_headend&zip=40207&country=us

...snip....

There are some cons with this one:
1) There seems to be no OTA lineups.
2) I get channel listings but no schedule data for my digital cable lineup. (The text file in the zip is blank.) Regular cable, Dish, DirectTv etc work fine.

Still, this looks like a good find. The more options the better really, and this would be fine for a lot of users.

[whurlston]

I get an empty file for schedule data for Dish Network in Dallas.
api.digitalhomeservices.yahoo.com/V0_1/tribune?mode=schedule&provider=DISH623&device=&country=us

It worked last night but I just tried again and I'm getting blank files on everything now. I will try again at various times throughout the day/night to see if it a limited time download.

Edit: I'm now getting my schedules again, so it looks like there is a brief time period that they are not available. Probably due to rebuilding the data file.

[Ryland]

Yes somewhere... if you don't run the TitanTV Remote Scheduler and it will ask you to register which will get you a UUID.

Oh and one note... use your real infomation... why be one of the bad apples that ruins this source.

I always use my real information Thanks.

[whurlston]

I get an empty file for schedule data for Dish Network in Dallas.
api.digitalhomeservices.yahoo.com/V0_1/tribune?mode=schedule&provider=DISH623&device=&country=us

Try using provider=ECHOST
This will give you the national listings for Dish Network.

[flyswatta]

Try using provider=ECHOST
This will give you the national listings for Dish Network.

Yep, that did it. Very nice - It looks like listings from 6/23 - 7/06. I wonder how often it updates? Also, it looks like the listings are in GMT, which is good.

Too bad there aren't locals listed

[mpemberton]

It worked last night but I just tried again and I'm getting blank files on everything now. I will try again at various times throughout the day/night to see if it a limited time download.

Edit: I'm now getting my schedules again, so it looks like there is a brief time period that they are not available. Probably due to rebuilding the data file.

Just got it to work. For some reason "country" has a space in it - "cou ntry". Didn't like the "%20" that defaults from your link.

This file I downloaded has 6/23 through 7/6 in a zip file and is in a "|" delimited file. I don't have documentation on the fields, but some are obvious.

Generally, I still think titantv is our best option, and I have been able to download an XML file using an unauthorized UUID. I think someone else is attempting to write a conversion utility to convert titantv's XML to work in GBPVR, and I'd be willing to help. If we can get a solid confirmation as to what UUID we can legitimately use, then I think that will be the solution.

By the way, what is the appropriate XML format to import guide info into GBPVR?