[Xmltv-devel] [ xmltv-Patches-1117786 ] tv_grab_it_lt BIG TROUBLE

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Patches item #1117786, was opened at 2005-02-07 04:22
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>Status: Closed
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: tv_grab_it_lt BIG TROUBLE

Initial Comment:
Try to grab ofr Italy (xmltv.exe tv_grab_it_lt --configure)
This what happens :
xmltv.exe tv_grab_it_lt --configure
Timezone is +0100
adding '--share=C:/Documents and
Settings/Federico/Desktop/xmltv-0.5.38-win32b/x
mltv-0.5.38-win32/share/xmltv'
using config filename ./.xmltv/tv_grab_it_lt.conf
getting list of channels: Use of uninitialized value in
split at /PerlApp/grab/i
t_lt/tv_grab_it_lt line 565.
##################################################
To get more listings than today, you will need a login
on the site.

Do you have a login? [yes,no (default=no)] y
Username: wiwaxia
Finished configuration.

C:\Documents and
Settings\Federico\Desktop\xmltv-0.5.38-win32b\xmltv-0.5.38-win3
2>xmltv.exe tv_grab_it_lt --days 7 -output tvguide.xml
Timezone is +0100
adding '--share=C:/Documents and
Settings/Federico/Desktop/xmltv-0.5.38-win32b/x
mltv-0.5.38-win32/share/xmltv'
using config filename ./.xmltv/tv_grab_it_lt.conf
getting list of channels: Use of uninitialized value in
split at /PerlApp/grab/i
t_lt/tv_grab_it_lt line 565.

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>Comment By: Robert Eden (rmeden)
Date: 2005-06-21 08:11

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not relevent to current version

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Comment By: Davide Chiarini (mnbjhguyt)
Date: 2005-02-08 02:56

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>Seems cool. Isn't it flash-based? You are parsing the swf
file? 

no, i just disassembled the .swf and found the urls that
actually contain data. these are plain text files, even
easier to parse than before.

ciao
davide

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2005-02-07 18:03

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> i hate to repeat myself, but even if 
> http://www.adnkronos.com/Rubriche/GuidaTv/ 
> is nice, it only has 7 channels, compared to the 150+ of 
> satellite.it, 
> which also has much better descriptions. 
 
I agree. In any case, it is something to keep in mind if the other one 
breaks in the future. OTOH, adnkronos.com is much likely to go 
offline sooner than satellite.it, so I think you're right again.  
 
> if i have to spend time writing a grabber, i would choose 
> the best provider i can find. 
 
Sure. 
 
> and anyway i already have a half-working grabber for the new 
> layout of satellite.it. it just needs testing. 
 
Seems cool. Isn't it flash-based? You are parsing the swf file? 
Seems quite an achievement. 
 
> it seems there are quite a few impatient people out there, 
 
You bet! 
 
> but please just bare with me and wait a few days. 
                  ^^^^ 
Is it some kind of dirty proposition? ;-) 
 
 
Regards, Alfredo 
 

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Comment By: Davide Chiarini (mnbjhguyt)
Date: 2005-02-07 11:21

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i hate to repeat myself, but even if
http://www.adnkronos.com/Rubriche/GuidaTv/ 
is nice, it only has 7 channels, compared to the 150+ of
satellite.it, 
which also has much better descriptions.

if i have to spend time writing a grabber, i would choose
the best provider i can find.

and anyway i already have a half-working grabber for the new
layout of satellite.it. it just needs testing.

it seems there are quite a few impatient people out there,
but please just bare with me and wait a few days.

ciao
davide

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2005-02-07 11:01

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For if someone is interested, I've found another online tvguide: 
 
http://www.adnkronos.com/Rubriche/GuidaTv/ 
 
It has a few pros: seems easy-to-parse html, it has full descriptions 
for a full day per channel in each page. So to get one week worth 
of full descriptions it's enough to have 7x#channels http requests 
(i.e. should be reasonably fast). I'd do it myself, but I don't know 
perl well enough... 
 
Don't know how long is it online though. 
 
Alfredo 
 

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Comment By: Davide Chiarini (mnbjhguyt)
Date: 2005-02-07 08:33

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see here
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1117786&group_id=39046&atid=424137

>I FOUND another xmltv "provider". Unfortunaly its has only 2
>days. Better then nothing btw.
>This is the LINK  http://www.filmup.com/tv/index.htm 
this is NOT a XMLTV provider.
it's just another tv guide channel. and not a very good one
IMHO.
not worth spending time on it.
just wait for the new version of tv_grab_it_lt and
everything will be fine
work is in progress, won't take that long

ciao
davide

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2005-02-07 08:05

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I FOUND another xmltv "provider". Unfortunaly its has only 2
days. Better then nothing btw.
This is the LINK  http://www.filmup.com/tv/index.htm   .
here we can choose what channel and what days (todays or
tomorrow).
I really hope u can do a little uppgrade ad reactive the
tv_grab_it*.!!!

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