[mythtv-users] EIT vs XMLTV - Formula 1 and adhoc rescheduling

[Simon Hobson]

Nick Rout wrote:

>Conflict handling will always be an issue. what if mythfilldatabase
>does a run right in the middle of F1 and undoes the EIT stuff?
>Confusion abounds.

Well the scheduling would still be done by EIT - grabbing XML data 
wouldn't change that (first thing to modify). XML would only be used 
to "fill in" the detail for the EIT guide.
It doesn't take much imagination to see it's a very, very non-trivial 
job trying to match up programs that are likely to have all the key 
data different - subtle differences in title, subtitle, description, 
and timing ! It's the sort of thing that our fuzzy brains generally 
find easy, but for a logical program it's far from it.

-- 
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.