[mythtv-users] [xmltv-users] tv_grab_nl not outputting categories

[Jan Ceuleers]

On 27/12/10 15:16, I wrote:
> Some time recent, tv_grab_nl stopped outputting Category labels,
> although its source website, tvgids.nl, does show "Genre" labels.
>
> Full disclosure: I first noticed this while using tv_grab_nl_py, but in
> an effort to resolve this problem I then tried my distro's tv_grab_nl
> (which is 0.5.56) and then the current release tarball (0.5.59). Same
> problem.
>
> So to be clear, the grabber does generate channel sections followed by
> programme sections, but these in turn contain only title and url
> sections, no category sections.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this?

I have since opened a bug report about this:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=424135&aid=3146904&group_id=39046

No reaction so far.

The problem is due to the source website (tvgids.nl) changing the format 
of the pages that contain detailed programme descriptions. So the 
grabber yields a limited amount of metadata (title, time, duration), but 
fails to get detailed metadata (such as category, description, etc).

Can I ask what other Belgian and Dutch XMLTV (e.g. MythTV) users do to 
get their metadata?

Thanks, Jan