alternative oz xmltv epg source

[chalkster99]

with jrobbos xmltv epg source going down the gurgler, who are you turning to in Aust as a replacement ? (and man he's done a fantastic job)
Is anyone else taking up the cudgell?
This was hands down the easiest and most reliable I had found and its sorry to see it go..

Update : just noticed the new hosts for jrobbos config ...
http://xmltv.locost7.info/
http://guides.byremote.com.au/
see http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php?sh...=0&start=0

[duncan]

What about the oztivo grabber? I use the linux version for Mythtv - but the Windows one seemed to work fine when I was testing GBPVR.

[zehd]

I asked this question when I was panning to come to Australia.

http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...stcount=19

And it seems to work well. No UI, just edit the config file.... I noticed that the listings have little program descriptions, but not bad...

I'm looking at making a GUI for this too, but I'm still looking around for the very best free EPG source and then stick with it.

I've checked out http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/ and learned that Microsoft probably will never offer an EPG in Oz. And so there are several EPG grabbers available, that will get the data into MCE. A couple bribng the data into xmltv format, that is then imported into MCE. Of course, I'm looking into those, as I would not import into MCE, but rather GB-PVR...

I'd love to see how the OZ thing goes, so I can update the wiki regarding EPG...

[chalkster99]

heres the batch I was using .... simple but worked a treat.. retuning stations as different with new source now jrobbo has 'retired'
in my getupdates.cmd is

Code:

if exist OztivoAdelaide.zip del OztivoAdelaide.zip
if exist xmltv.xml del xmltv.xml
if exist xmltvAdel.zip del xmltvAdel.zip
wget -a epgupdates.log http://guides.byremote.com.au/Adelaide/OztivoAdelaide.zip
7za e OztivoAdelaide.zip -y -aoa >> epgupdates.log
ren ADELAIDE.XML xmltv.xml
del OztivoAdelaide.zip
@echo ------------------------------------------------------------ >> epgupdates.log
@rem gbprv commands

uses wget, 7zip (command line ver),
so damn simple.. all this lives in gbpvr directory and recopy in when upgrading.

[Hayden]

No offense to the great people providing ready made xmltv files for people to download, but it's pretty easy to pull the data direct from OZTivo yourself.

Once you register (I'll find the link for instructions) you can just run something like the get_epg.cmd file included here.

I've also included a program to change time offsets and channel names in case that's an issue for you.

Hope it helps

Hayden

<edit>
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTERING WITH OZTivo
---------------------------------------------
Firstly, you have to register with Oztivo at http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/view/TW...gistration by supplying a username and password so that you can access their data (for username it's best to use your first and last name - no space as they also request your email address), then you must configure your guide requirements via their site Preferences setup at http://minnie.tuhs.org/tivo-bin/tvguide....&type=view so that it can create a special XMLTV file using the channels you select in their value list. Make sure you select the output to XML in the drop-down value list on the same web page.

[zehd]

No offense to the great people providing ready made xmltv files for people to download, but it's pretty easy to pull the data direct from OZTivo yourself.

Once you register (I'll find the link for instructions) you can just run something like the get_epg.cmd file included here.

I've also included a program to change time offsets and channel names in case that's an issue for you.

Hope it helps

Hayden

<edit>
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTERING WITH OZTivo
---------------------------------------------
Firstly, you have to register with Oztivo at http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/view/TW...gistration by supplying a username and password so that you can access their data (for username it's best to use your first and last name - no space as they also request your email address), then you must configure your guide requirements via their site Preferences setup at http://minnie.tuhs.org/tivo-bin/tvguide....&type=view so that it can create a special XMLTV file using the channels you select in their value list. Make sure you select the output to XML in the drop-down value list on the same web page.

Thanks for the edit Hayden. I was able to reg and login. Not that difficult at all.

Being user driven, I see that some contributors are far more verbose than others. The description text seems to be far too much for viewing in the TV Guide description window. It also seems that there is little if not nil content past 7 days.

Several of the older series shows use generic descriptions, like Simpsons and Futerama.

I wonder if paying for IceTV would be any better for getting more information like this.

[Hayden]

I think your comments are valid - my point was simply that rather than getting the OzTivo files 'second hand' and then having that source disappear and having to hunt for another source, it's pretty easy to get the files directly from OzTivo yourself.

The OzTivo guys do a pretty good job, but it's not always 100% accurate. The descriptions for shows are sometimes pretty cool though, my wife loves one of the descriptions for a show on Briz31

River To Reef
Glenn Knight hosts the show that tells you all you need to know about fish killing.

IceTV do a free trial, it's certainly worth trying out
http://www.icetv.com.au/cgi-bin/webfreetrial.cgi

[zehd]

I think your comments are valid - my point was simply that rather than getting the OzTivo files 'second hand' and then having that source disappear and having to hunt for another source, it's pretty easy to get the files directly from OzTivo yourself.

The OzTivo guys do a pretty good job, but it's not always 100% accurate. The descriptions for shows are sometimes pretty cool though, my wife loves one of the descriptions for a show on Briz31


IceTV do a free trial, it's certainly worth trying out
http://www.icetv.com.au/cgi-bin/webfreetrial.cgi

Yep... I looked into it, and I too would rather get the info direct from oztivo than a pre-created file...

I found this thread at dvbowners http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php?showtopic=8553

It's not quite that complete but I'm sorting through the options, for our wiki...