Re: User Tale

Hi Bob..

My situation is similar to yours, but I started a little earlier (before 
Zap2IT labs) and needed to know when NBC "SuperSized" or had "Bonus 
Episodes" of Friends and Scrubs so I could reprogram my VCR.

I wrote TV_CHECK (in the XMLTV distribution) to solve the same problem 
as yours.  I'm still using it to this day.  TV_CHECK generates a HTML 
page with a report of the status of shows I watch, highlighting changes 
and new episodes.  It may replace your current script.

Of course you have to run  configure mode manually to configure both 
programs. The TV_CHECK GUI is not very pretty and easy to use, but it's 
functional.

xmltv.exe tv_grab_na_dd --config-file get_dshow.dat --configure
xmltv.exe tv_check --shows tv_check.xml --listings tv_check.listings  
--configure

Here's the Batch file  I kick off every week to display the report.

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c:
cd \Users\robert\batch

xmltv.exe tv_grab_na_dd --config-file get_dshow.dat --dd-data 
get_dshow.dd --output tv_check.listings --old-chan-id

xmltv.exe tv_check --shows tv_check.xml --listings tv_check.listings  
--scan --html --bluenew --output tv_check.html

start tv_check.html
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Let me know if you try tv_check and how it works for you!

Robert

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