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[whurlston]

I installed yahoo go also and looked at the listings that were downloaded. Pretty good stuff. The challenge is to decipher all of the fields in the output data. Have you made any headway?

I can get all the fields and I even know what they are

[pastro]

I can get all the fields and I even know what they are

You deciphered what all of the Y and N's indicate, and what goes in the blank fields?

Code:

10709|002|KTBC|EP8525420098|20070627|1830|0030|Cristina's Court||TVPG||EP|||Y|Y|Y||N||N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N||N|A man sues a limousine owner for damages.|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Reality|Law||||||||Color|English||N|Syndicated|Series||1CC098||talk|First Run Syndication|A man sues a limousine owner for damages; a 3-year-old causes a car accident.|||||20061222

[whurlston]

You deciphered what all of the Y and N's indicate, and what goes in the blank fields?

Code:

10709|002|KTBC|EP8525420098|20070627|1830|0030|Cristina's Court||TVPG||EP|||Y|Y|Y||N||N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N|N||N|A man sues a limousine owner for damages.|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Reality|Law||||||||Color|English||N|Syndicated|Series||1CC098||talk|First Run Syndication|A man sues a limousine owner for damages; a 3-year-old causes a car accident.|||||20061222

I started to, but then I found out that I didn't have to. The Go for TV software is based on the old Meedio software and all the plugin architecture is still in place, along with some additions. I can access the database directly with all the data already strong typed.

[pastro]

I started to, but then I found out that I didn't have to. The Go for TV software is based on the old Meedio software and all the plugin architecture is still in place, along with some additions. I can access the database directly with all the data already strong typed.

Sounds pretty cool. I was going to parse the file and turn it into an XML file, but it sounds like you are pretty far along. This seems like a legit way to get listings, which is great.
I have a feeling Yahoo GoTV is going to get a lot of new users going forward.

[whurlston]

I also figured out how to make do an update of the epg through the plugin architecture. I can send you the code I have so far if you are interested. It's in C# 2005 and pretty choppy at the moment because I was just trying different things to figure out what was what. But it gives a pretty good idea of what you can do.

[whurlston]

I have a feeling Yahoo GoTV is going to get a lot of new users going forward.

lol. Yup, won't they be surprised by the number of new "users" that they have.

[-Oz-]

pastro and whurlston,

I worked on a vb6 system to help you select the listings. You enter your zip, it pulls providers. No need for yahoo's program this way, esp since they'll have to leave the api up

I was gonna make it get the file and parse it but if you guys are already that far or want to pass to me the location of the meedio plugin so i can figure out what all the stuff is that'd be great.

[pastro]

I also figured out how to make do an update of the epg through the plugin architecture. I can send you the code I have so far if you are interested. It's in C# 2005 and pretty choppy at the moment because I was just trying different things to figure out what was what. But it gives a pretty good idea of what you can do.

Sure, I'd be interested to take a look if you want to send it along. Seems like you will need to have a supported tuner card and run the app while you are updating the epg. Is that right?
Any thoughts about spoofing the app and just downloading the data directly?

[h34t]

Sure, I'd be interested to take a look if you want to send it along. Seems like you will need to have a supported tuner card and run the app while you are updating the epg. Is that right?
Any thoughts about spoofing the app and just downloading the data directly?

Hi,

I am new to this forum but just read through this entire thread and just wanted to let you know that many people have confirmed that the data is downloaded even if you do not configure a tuner card!

H34t.

[-Oz-]

Sure, I'd be interested to take a look if you want to send it along. Seems like you will need to have a supported tuner card and run the app while you are updating the epg. Is that right?
Any thoughts about spoofing the app and just downloading the data directly?

That is what I'm working on. I just want to see what code parses this into the xmltv thing. I also need to figure out how to download and open the zip file in vb6 (zehd!).

Currently my program looks like the attached image.