Re: Changes to Atlas access
Nick Morrott <[email protected]>
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On 7 June 2016 at 04:42, Robert Eden <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/6/2016 4:21 PM, Atlas - media metadata router wrote: >> MetaBroadcast provides paid APIs for developers. A free trial is >> possible for up to 10 users and up to 3 months. Our APIs are not a >> good fit for those who wish to download data for personal use, eg for >> an eyeTV, MythTV or other similar devices. Indeed, this use has been >> specifically forbidden in our API terms for more than two years. > > Wow... most XMLTV users have been forbidden by the terms for two > years??? Anyone notice that? Atlas could avoided a while lot of hassle > by letting us know! It is difficult to comprehend that there has been no mention of this until recently, and that explicit mention of "incompatible" PVR software has only *just* been mentioned. I don't understand either how it's *more* efficient to continually poll the Atlas service every time you need data, rather than once a day early in the morning. All power to Schedules Direct for providing a service that end-users actually want and for making it affordable. Once someone has written a listings app, I'm having trouble grokking the wider appeal of the "valid" use case of only accessing what's on currently (or in 2 hour blocks), or the lack of cached endpoints that can provide a day's listings without affecting the QoS of their platform. The soon-to-be-retired Radio Times data service has performed almost flawlessly since I started using it in 2004. But as with all things that *just work*, they have to be replaced... MB are not interested in paying subscribers for a continuation of the RT service either. Currently a single XMLTV user must pay £1,200/year (after the initial 3 month trial) for continued access to the Atlas service under the new terms. Artisan cake in London sure is expensive :) Cheers, Nick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ xmltv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmltv-devel