[mythtv] where to configure datadirect?

[IvanK.]

From the CVS HOWTO:

Zap2It DataDirect is a service provided by Zap2It, a subsidiary of Tribune 
Media Services. TMS is one of the primary providers for program listing data 
in the United States and Canada. There are a number of advantages to using 
DataDirect rather than the standard XMLTV tv_grab_na grabber.

It's much faster, because the grabber isn't downloading hundreds of HTML pages 
and trying to parse the program data out of the HTML.
 
It contains more program information.
 
It's easier on the Zap2It servers, since they're not generating hundreds of 
custom HTML pages when you scrape their listings.
 
The tv_grab_na grabber is no longer supported and will not be fixed when 
problems occur.
 
The service is available free of charge by periodically filling in surveys 
similar to the one presented during registration, and the data provider has 
no intention of charging for it in the future.
 
If you wish to use Zap2It DataDirect, you'll need to establish a user account. 
Go to http://labs.zap2it.com and click on the "New User? Sign Up" link. Read 
the license terms, and if you agree with them click "Accept". The next screen 
is the subscription registration. In the "Certificate Code" field, enter 
ZIYN-DQZO-SBUT.

Fill in the survey, then proceed to the lineup choices and configure your 
account for your particular location and the channels that you have. This 
configuration will be imported into MythTV when you first run the setup 
program.

See the section called Migrating from XMLTV to DataDirect for instructions on 
moving to to DataDirect if you are currently using XMLTV. If you are starting 
from a fresh installation, the simplest thing is to immediately start using 
DataDirect.

IvanK.

On Thursday 06 May 2004 08:04 pm, Tako Schotanus wrote:
> Bruce Markey wrote:
> > Robert Kulagowski wrote:
> >>> A better description must find its way into the documentation.
> >>
> >> I've already added a section on configuring and migrating.  When
> >> Isaac gets back he can sync the website docs to what's in CVS.  Or
> >> are you saying that the CVS HOWTO has bad information in it?
> >
> > Here is a simplified procedure using TRUNCATE. Not SGML-ified
> > but I did try to preserve the existing "ref" tags.
> >
> > --  bjm
>
> Even after reading al these posts about DataDirect and the link to the
> original anouncement I still don't really understand why DataDirect was
> made and who this is for. This is no comlaint or anything, I just don't
> understand and am curious. Anybody?
>
> Thanks,
>  -Tako
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