Schedules Direct change of service on 1 November 2014

[SFX Group]

Will this effect NPVR in any way (mail i received below as i use them)....


Schedules Direct has been operating since 2007 to provide a stable
environment for non-commercial media applications to receive TV listings
data, but that does not mean things never change! This may be our
first email-blast since 2007!

We have been informed that Gracenote (formerly Tribune Media Services)
will be ending the guide data service currently used by most members of
Schedules Direct. Their plan is to end support for this service on
November 1, 2014. Schedules Direct was already hard at work
implementing replacement services.

Please check with your application's support page for your best
solution. Some applications have chosen to use a new SD-JSON service
that offers a richer data set, while others have chosen to use the
SD-DD service, which is meant to be a drop-in replacement for
Gracenote/Tribune's service.

If your application is no longer supported, there's no reason to worry.
Most apps can continue to function with a change to your system's hosts
file. (details in the SD forum).

Last week I asked Tribune to update their DNS to force half of the
traffic to the SD-DD servers. The concept was for people with problems
to fail half the time now, rather than 100% come Nov 1. If you're one
of the folks having problems, check with your application team or us to
help resolve it.

For the most up-to-date news, look for links on the SD website
http://schedulesdirect.org

Robert Eden
President, Schedules Direct

[ScaryBox]

I know Sub has been busy getting ready for this, so there's no worry; I'm sure. But as the time is quickly approaching, I am also wondering what the procedure will be.

[Zeb]

There's already a thread about this: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...r-changes&

[sub]

I know Sub has been busy getting ready for this, so there's no worry; I'm sure. But as the time is quickly approaching, I am also wondering what the procedure will be.

I'm intending to put a new release out in the next day or so. With that installed, you wont need to do anything, and Schedules Direct will just continue to work as it has in the past. Sorry, I know that doesn't give users a lot of time to update to the new release, but unfortunately the timing was force on us. Alternatively, if you do nothing, hopefully things will continue to work anyway, since they've attempted to replace the old interface with an compatible interface as a stop gap.