RE: http://zz9.dnsq.org

[Chris Bond <chris@xxxxxxx>]

What about using a KAT5 transmitter on your Sky Digibox feeding it up to
your PC and recording it on their??

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, James Hoye wrote:

> > > So how does the TV Guide work?
> >
> > Ah yes, I was just about to reply to your e-mail, but I may as
well do it
> > here.
> >
> > Basically, I have a bit of code which simply does a screen-scrape
of a TV
> > Listings web site (anything will do, Yahoo, Digiguide, anything
> > like that).
> > I schedule a script to run every couple of days to pickup the
latest
> > listings, and then import them into a SQL Server database.
> >
> > The nice thing about having them in a database is that once I
have TV
> > listings in there, I can do pretty much anything with them... the
"Now and
> > next" page on the site just does a DB query - It also means
that I can use
> > the scheduling in Homeseer to automatically set-up voice
> > reminders to remind
> > me a few minutes before a program starts (Homeseer basically
reads the
> > database, speaks the reminder, then checks for the next thing on
> > my "things
> > to watch" list, and creates an event for the next one). 
Digiguide will do
> > that, but not as flexibly (for example, "The house"
knows when I'm out, or
> > asleep, so won't bother announcing programs then).
>
> Now that IS a neat feature :)  Something I will DEFINITELY be looking
at
> once my ADSL is in place :)
>
> > from missing Eastenders... If only I had a Tivo... :-)
>
> I'm beginning to think that with the TiVo Ethernet port upgrade, TiVo
> webserver giving you control via a browser (don't know exactly how
much) and
> a TV guide in a SQL database, the TiVo subscription becomes a little
bit
> more redundant ;)
>
> Technology how it should be - useful :)
>
> Any chance of the ASP to scrape the TV listings?  I might convert it
to Cold
> Fusion as I like it better than ASP!
>
> James H
>
>
>
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