Using Digiguide to set manual recordings via TiVo web

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Originally posted by sanderton
I think using Digiguide data to set a manual recording on TiVo is verging on (if not actually) service theft, at least as defined on this forum.

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Originally posted by pahunt
I don't see how it differs that much in principal from looking up a program in a newspaper and setting a manual recording via Tivoweb.

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Originally posted by iankb
Because, quite simply, it reduces the value of the subscription and, therefore, can potentially reduce the income for TiVo. :eek:

Ian.

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Originally posted by sanderton
I think this is borderline. But the step from clicking on an item in Digiguide to record it, to using Digiguide's intelligent seaches to provide Wishlist/SP functionality without having to pay for a sub, is a very small one in technical terms.

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Originally posted by dialanothernumb
I am slightly annoyed at this approach being called service theft!

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Originally posted by bobnick
But why would a regular "S Club" wishlist match tennis from Queen's Club?

Cheers for the tip - shame that Tribune don't bother putting any programme information in which would have made the wishlist work, or even set a correct OAD.

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Originally posted by bobnick
But why would a regular "S Club" wishlist match tennis from Queen's Club?

Cheers for the tip - shame that Tribune don't bother putting any programme information in which would have made the wishlist work, or even set a correct OAD.

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Originally posted by sanderton
To make a "HARRY HILL" wishlist record Harry Hill's TV Burp, edit it to be:

"HARRY HILL"*

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Originally posted by sanderton
I have mine with the asterisk outside, seems to wok fine.

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Originally posted by sanderton
I have mine with the asterisk outside, seems to wok fine.

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Originally posted by bobnick
Does Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia have a description?

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Originally posted by sanderton
I'm working on module at the moment which does this the other way around - it checks the To Do List against Digiguide and tells you if there's a possible error.

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Originally posted by sanderton
It looks at the channel, start time, duration and series title of every episode in the To Do list and compares it to what is listed in the same slot on Digiguide, highlighting discrepancies.

It's working quite nicely on my machine now; there's probably another weekend of tidying up to do before I let it loose on an unsuspecting forum. :)

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Originally posted by pgogborn
Use a script to compare the "To Do" list with the [Radio Times] web site, if a change in the time of a programme to be recorded is noted, automatically update the "To Do" list.

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Originally posted by pgogborn
It will be interesting to hear some feedback using real data, rather than anecdotal evidence, on the reliability of Tribune v Digiguide listings.

I wonder if either of them do as well as the Radio Times web site at incorporating late schedule changes? >
http://www.radiotimes.beeb.com/cont...hedule_updates/

If the Radio Times web site significantly beats Digiguide and/or Tribune at late schedule changes, a suggestion. Use a script to compare the "To Do" list with the web site, if a change in the time of a programme to be recorded is noted, automatically update the "To Do" list. It would also be possible to compare the Season Pass / Wish list in case a late programme substitution throws up something that should be added to the "To Do" list.

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Originally posted by iankb
... or more useful, where conflicts might ensue, send an email.

Ian.

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Originally posted by sanderton
Look out for the next version of DailyMail. :)

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Originally posted by RobBellis
What it needs to do is log on here, post to the errors thread, page Jim from Tribune and keeps on nagging every minute until it's fixed. :D

Now that's a killer app.

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Originally posted by sanderton
... can any of you real programmers point me towards an algorithm for working out a % match between two strings?

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1. Uppercase both strings.
   
   
2. Ideally, remove the second instance of any consonant that occurs in pairs.
   
   
3. Parse both texts into words, based upon separators that aren't in the characters A-Z,0-9.
   
   
4. Create a % of the words in the first string that match the words in the second string.
   
   
5. Create a % of the words in the second string that match the words in the first string.
   
   
6. Use the higher % of the two that were calculated above.

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Originally posted by sanderton
BTW, can any of you real programmers point me towards an algorithm for working out a % match between two strings? A straight == is pulling up alot of false positives because of minor differences in the titles of shows.

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Originally posted by sanderton

The title matchin is not bad - 95% perfect in fact, but there are a few (SMarteenies instead of Smarteenies

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Originally posted by sanderton

I have yet to find a genuine mismatch in the data!

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Originally posted by dialanothernumb
Where does DG get its listings from? I had an idea (on what basis I don't know) that it was tribune as well.

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Originally posted by sanderton
You're reading my mind Rob. :)

BTW, can any of you real programmers point me towards an algorithm for working out a % match between two strings? A straight == is pulling up alot of false positives because of minor differences in the titles of shows.

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Originally posted by cyril
I'd remove hyphens,apostophes and other puctuation marks too.

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Originally posted by sanderton
TCL allows regular expressions to be used for substitutions, so the software is there if I can figure it out!

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code:

LOOP: foreach $TiVoTitle (@TiVoDatabase) {
  #Set $TiVoTitle to lowercase
  #Filter out meaningless words:
  @meaningless = ("and", "the", .... );
  foreach $word (@meaningless) {
    $TiVoTitle ~= s/$word//g; # replace that word with nothing.
  }
  foreach $word (@digiguidetitle) {
    # set $word to lowercase
    if( $TiVoTitle ~= /$word/ &&  # if word is contained in the tivo title
        $TiVoProgrammeChannel == $digiguideChannel &&
        $TiVoProgrammeDate == $digiguideDate &&
        $TiVoProgrammeStartTime == $digiguideStartTime ) {
        
           # Setup recording here...
           last LOOP;   # to exit the loop
      }
    }

  }

}

PHP:


INTERNAL SERVER ERROR

--cut here--

action_manrec '' 'set "titlestr" "Rugby World Cup 2003";set "descriptionstr" "Sport";set "chnsel" "2650";set "wodatetz" "1068854400";set "wotimetz" "08";set "womin" "50";set "durationstr" "160";set "ratingstr" "6";set "recqual" "75";set "forcerecord" "1";set "repeat" "once";set "submit" "Record";'

syntax error in expression "1068854400 + ( 08 * 3600 ) + ( 50 * 60 )"

    while executing

"expr $wodatetz + ( $wotimetz * 3600 ) + ( $womin * 60 )"

    (procedure "convert_time" line 5)

    invoked from within

"convert_time $wodatetz $wotimetz $womin $durationstr "

    (procedure "::action_manrec" line 110)

    invoked from within

"::action_$action $chan $part $env"

    ("eval" body line 1)

    invoked from within

"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"

--cut here--

code:

regsub -all {^.+:|[^a-zA-Z]} $Tribune_title "" compacted_Tribune_title
regsub -all {^.+:|[^a-zA-Z]} $DigiGuide_title "" compacted_DigiGuide_title

if {[string match -nocase $compacted_Tribune_title $compacted_DigiGuide_title]}

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if {[string match -nocase

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regsub -all {^.+:|

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[^a-zA-Z

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{^.+:|

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[^a-zA-Z