[MythDora] Schedules Direct

gchris gchris at bellsouth.net
Fri Aug 24 09:21:02 CEST 2007


gchris wrote:
> gchris wrote:
>> Axel Thimm wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 06:07:34PM -0400, gchris at bellsouth.net wrote:
>>>> Something's not Kosher
>>>> I just tried updating an existing Fedora 7 installation that had
>>>> .21-164 bleeding installed.
>>>> 31 packages of .21-167 installed with no complaint but mythtv-setup
>>>> is still using a zap2it URL and dvb scanning is still not working.
>>>> ??????????????
>>> Are you sure all packages were updated and secondly is that perhps
>>> normal behaviour, e.g. both zap2it and SD are supported ATM and you
>>> need to actively switch?
>> All packages were reported as installed and I can see subtle changes in 
>> the app that lead me to believe they were.  For example, The grabber is 
>> now listed as "North American (TMS Labs) (Internal)" which is not what 
>> used to appear there.  I've saved the entire update transaction listing 
>> if you want a look at it.
>>
>> I have separate accounts at Z2I and SD and they differ in one important 
>> regard.  Z2I uses a name as as an account ID whereas SD uses an email 
>> address as their account ID.  If I use my old Z2I name in mythtv-setup I 
>> can access my channel lineup.  If I use my email address I get nothing.
>> Also, Z2I and SD use different URLs to access data and the URL I'm 
>> seeing this new code using is
>> http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService
>> which I do not believe is the correct URL for SD data.
>> Chris
>>
> Just for laughs, I just tried a partial mythfilldatabase:
>> --18:50:59--  http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService
>>            => `-'
>> Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160
>> Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com|206.18.98.160|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
>> Reusing existing connection to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com:80.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> Length: unspecified [text/xml]
>>
>>     [  <=>                                         ] 2,724          7.51K/s
>>
>> 18:51:00 (7.49 KB/s) - `-' saved [2724]
>>
>> 2007-08-23 18:51:00.957 New DB DataDirect connection
>> 2007-08-23 18:51:00.958 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
>> 2007-08-23 18:51:00.972 DataDirect: Your subscription expires on 10/31/2007 07:13:44 AM
> That last line is a dead giveaway.  That's the end date for my Zap2it 
> subscription.
> Chris
> 
Axel, I neglected to mention that "North American (TMS Labs) (Internal)" 
  item is the only viable choice for North America.  There is no North 
American alternative choice.  I believe that means that once you've 
installed this package, SD is your grabber, like it or not.
Chris



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