epg data grabber

i've been hacking together a epg data grabber
taking pieces from here, there and everywhere

the basic idea is to grab data off-air and generate xmltv format xml files

the plan is to support DVB, Freesat, Sky (UK and IT) and MediaHighway1
and 2
i have the first two working and am working on the rest

is this of interest to the linuxtv.org community i asked the xmltv people, but they are strictly perl. i do understand.

very little of this is original work of mine. just some applied google

and a smidgen of C

i could put it up on sf.net if there is no room on linutv.org

if anyone wants the work in progress, then please let me know it is big released under GPL 3

i want to get it out there because i'm pretty soon going to be at the end of my knowledge and would appreciate help

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i've been hacking together a epg data grabber
taking pieces from here, there and everywhere

the basic idea is to grab data off-air and generate xmltv format xml files

the plan is to support DVB, Freesat, Sky (UK and IT) and MediaHighway1 and 2
i have the first two working and am working on the rest

is this of interest to the linuxtv.org community
i asked the xmltv people, but they are strictly perl. i do understand.

very little of this is original work of mine. just some applied google

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and a smidgen of C

i could put it up on sf.net if there is no room on linutv.org

if anyone wants the work in progress, then please let me know it is big released under GPL 3

i want to get it out there because i'm pretty soon going to be at the end of my knowledge and would appreciate help

Hi Simon,
I have hacked something for what is supposedly mediaHighway epg (it is used on CanalSat Caraibes which is affiliated to Canal Satellite from France). I actually have a patch against mythtv (it uses the scanner to get the epg directly). I can provide my patches if needed (will need some time to sort things out abit, especially if you want a stand alone version).
Bye
Manu

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i've been hacking together a epg data grabber
taking pieces from here, there and everywhere

the basic idea is to grab data off-air and generate xmltv format

xml

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files

the plan is to support DVB, Freesat, Sky (UK and IT) and MediaHighway1
and 2
i have the first two working and am working on the rest

is this of interest to the linuxtv.org community i asked the xmltv people, but they are strictly perl. i do understand.

very little of this is original work of mine. just some applied google

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and a smidgen of C

i could put it up on sf.net if there is no room on linutv.org

if anyone wants the work in progress, then please let me know it is big released under GPL 3

i want to get it out there because i'm pretty soon going to be at

the

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end of my knowledge and would appreciate help

Hi Simon,
I have hacked something for what is supposedly mediaHighway epg (it

is

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used on CanalSat Caraibes which is affiliated to Canal Satellite

from

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France). I actually have a patch against mythtv (it uses the

scanner
to

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get the epg directly).
I can provide my patches if needed (will need some time to sort

things

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out abit, especially if you want a stand alone version). Bye
Manu

i am doing it "stand alone" so i can see what is going on i would propose to do mythtv version but that is some way off

don't modify your stuff. i already extracted the freesat code from the

mythtv code base
that was a couple of hours work