Re: User Tale

Hi! And thanks!

TV_Check is probably better at flagging changes than what we're doing 
now. But it seems our DVR picks up those things itself, so it's not a 
big issue. And the tv_grep lets us also have searches for favorite 
performers, or just on keywords. I'll ponder a supplemental role for 
late-change detection, but I think the existing script is doing what we 
need. (It's the wackiest set of loops you'd every want to see in a 
Windows batch file ... but it works.)

Amusing to me tidbit: It took 96 seconds for tv_check --configure to 
digest a week's worth of XML. About another 30 for the GUI to come up to 
speed.

Regards,
Bob P
Sparks, NV

On 7/30/2015 8:34 AM, Robert Eden wrote:
> 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.
>
> ----- cut here ----
> 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
> ----- cut here ----
>
> Let me know if you try tv_check and how it works for you!
>
> Robert
>
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