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From: Nick M. <kno...@gm...> - 2012-03-14 08:16:23
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A heads up for all current UK/Eire XMLTV users (note that no action is
necessary now):
The Radio Times data service (as used by the tv_grab_uk_rt grabber for
several years) is considered deprecated by the new team maintaining it
at metabroadcast [1]. It is quite likely that this service will be
taken down before the BST->GMT transition takes place at the end of
October 2012.
[1] http://metabroadcast.com/
When the Radio Times service is finally turned off, listings for the
UK and Ireland will be available going forwards through the new Atlas
[2] service (developed at metabroadcast). I will soon upload a new
grabber - well before anything happens to the current service - to
allow a gradual transition to this service for current tv_grab_uk_rt
users. I will work to make the transition as smooth as possible for
everyone, maintaining compatibility with current config files and
XMLTV IDs where possible.
[2] http://atlas.metabroadcast.com
The new Atlas service and API [3] is substantially richer than the
current service. It does not suffer from the bi-annual BST changeover
gremlins that have plagued the upstream data (it uses ISO 8601 dates).
It can provide richer listings data and programme metadata, more
channels, and - more importantly - is actively developed and open
source.
[3] http://github.com/atlasapi/atlas/
More details will be posted in due course - in the meantime the
tv_grab_uk_rt grabber will continue to work as normal.
Cheers,
Nick
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From: Dave S. <da...@de...> - 2012-03-14 09:30:58
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:16:11 +0000 Nick Morrott wrote: >A heads up for all current UK/Eire XMLTV users (note that no action is >necessary now): > >The Radio Times data service (as used by the tv_grab_uk_rt grabber for >several years) is considered deprecated by the new team maintaining it >at metabroadcast [1]. It is quite likely that this service will be >taken down before the BST->GMT transition takes place at the end of >October 2012. For those of us using home grown grabbers on the old RT feed what do we need to do and where do we find the information to make changes? -- Kind regards Dave Saville |
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From: Nick M. <kno...@gm...> - 2012-03-26 11:17:25
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On 14 March 2012 09:12, Dave Saville <da...@de...> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:16:11 +0000 Nick Morrott wrote: >>A heads up for all current UK/Eire XMLTV users (note that no action is >>necessary now): >> >>The Radio Times data service (as used by the tv_grab_uk_rt grabber for >>several years) is considered deprecated by the new team maintaining it >>at metabroadcast [1]. It is quite likely that this service will be >>taken down before the BST->GMT transition takes place at the end of >>October 2012. > > For those of us using home grown grabbers on the old RT feed what do we > need to do and where do we find the information to make changes? Dave, You'll want to start looking at http://atlas.metabroadcast.com for details of the atlas API and example code. I'd also recommend joining the atlasapi group on Google (link on the atlas page) whilst the kinks are still being worked out. The current Radio Times feed will be around for a while yet, but will likely be retired before the end of the autumn (as I understand it). Cheers, Nick -- Nick Morrott MythTV Official wiki: http://mythtv.org/wiki/ MythTV users list archive: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin |
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From: Dave S. <da...@de...> - 2012-03-26 11:50:26
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:17:15 +0100 Nick Morrott wrote: <snip> >You'll want to start looking at http://atlas.metabroadcast.com for >details of the atlas API and example code. > The third example - all today for BBC1 fails 400 bad request. It also fails to show where one would obtain the channel names used in the request(s). -- Kind regards Dave Saville |
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From: David G. <da...@dg...> - 2012-03-26 13:47:59
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On 14/03/12 08:16, Nick Morrott wrote: >The Radio Times data service (as used by the tv_grab_uk_rt grabber for >several years) is considered deprecated by the new team maintaining it <snip> > listings for the > UK and Ireland will be available going forwards through the new Atlas > [2] service (developed at metabroadcast). <snip> > and - more importantly - is actively developed and open > source. > > [3] http://github.com/atlasapi/atlas/ I don't think I've ever taken the time to say "Thanks" to Nick, Robert, Simon and our other devs; the Radio Times people and our new friends at Metabroadcast both for their hard work and their efforts in providing us with an open data stream that makes a real difference in how we can manage our day-to-day lives. Thank you David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." |
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Re: [xmltv-users] Thankyou ... was Re: The future of the UK Radio
Times data service (tv_grab_uk_rt)
From: Simon H. <li...@th...> - 2012-03-26 13:53:41
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David Greaves wrote: >I don't think I've ever taken the time to say "Thanks" to Nick, Robert, Simon >and our other devs; the Radio Times people and our new friends at >Metabroadcast >both for their hard work and their efforts in providing us with an open data >stream that makes a real difference in how we can manage our day-to-day lives. I'll second that. It's just too easy to take it for granted, until we start looking at threads related to the problems users have in some other countries ! -- Simon Hobson Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books. |
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From: Nick M. <kno...@gm...> - 2012-03-26 18:14:42
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On 26 March 2012 12:45, Dave Saville <da...@de...> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:17:15 +0100 Nick Morrott wrote: > <snip> > > >>You'll want to start looking at http://atlas.metabroadcast.com for >>details of the atlas API and example code. >> > > The third example - all today for BBC1 fails 400 bad request. > > It also fails to show where one would obtain the channel names used in the > request(s). I'll mention it to the team. Ideally you would take this up with the Atlas team via their bug tracker or discuss on the Atlas API Google group. Cheers, Nick -- Nick Morrott MythTV Official wiki: http://mythtv.org/wiki/ MythTV users list archive: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin |
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From: Dave S. <da...@de...> - 2012-03-26 19:10:36
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:14:32 +0100 Nick Morrott wrote: > >On 26 March 2012 12:45, Dave Saville <da...@de...> wrote: >>On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:17:15 +0100 Nick Morrott wrote: >><snip> >> >> >>>You'll want to start looking at http://atlas.metabroadcast.com for >>>details of the atlas API and example code. >>> >> >>The third example - all today for BBC1 fails 400 bad request. >> >>It also fails to show where one would obtain the channel names used in >>the >>request(s). > >I'll mention it to the team. Ideally you would take this up with the >Atlas team via their bug tracker or discuss on the Atlas API Google >group. Will do next time - now I know they exist :-) -- Kind regards Dave Saville |
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