[mythtv-users] MS media center

Bill Williamson bill at bbqninja.com
Fri Feb 26 22:09:54 UTC 2010


On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Christopher Meredith <
> chmeredith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> On 2/26/2010 16:09, Dean Collins wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know how Microsoft get their media center tv guide
>> information?
>> >>
>> >> Microsoft licenses it, and provides it for free to users who have
>> purchased
>> >> Windows MCE, for use specifically and only with Windows MCE.  It's
>> basically
>> >> the same thing as SchedulesDirect has set up with TMS, but it is paid
>> for in
>> >> the cost of the program, rather than yearly dues.
>> >>
>> >
>> > There is a program out there to convert the ms epg format to xmltv
>> > format. Can't recall the name...
>>
>> It's called mc2xml and I've written up a MythTV howto guide here:
>>
>> http://monopedilos.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=mc2xml
>>
>> I've been using this script and method, unmodified, since summer 2008.
>> It's wonderful. And since this has come up in the past, there is
>> nothing illegal about this AT ALL. At worst, it's a violation of the
>> EULA of Windows MCE, but that's only even relevant if you have
>> accepted an MCE EULA. Otherwise, there is nothing WHATSOEVER illegal
>> about this.
>>
>
> IANAL so I can't speak to that but that also hasn't stopped many a company
> from dictating what you can and cannot do with the data they provide you for
> specific uses.
>
> Kevin
>
>
It doesn't help the US, but recently it was found again in AU that you
cannot copyright pure facts.

That doesn't make it sustainable, or morally right, though.
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