<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Kevin Kuphal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kkuphal@gmail.com">kkuphal@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Christopher Meredith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chmeredith@gmail.com" target="_blank">chmeredith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Raymond Wagner <<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com" target="_blank">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On 2/26/2010 16:09, Dean Collins wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Does anyone know how Microsoft get their media center tv guide information?<br>
>><br>
>> Microsoft licenses it, and provides it for free to users who have purchased<br>
>> Windows MCE, for use specifically and only with Windows MCE. It's basically<br>
>> the same thing as SchedulesDirect has set up with TMS, but it is paid for in<br>
>> the cost of the program, rather than yearly dues.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> There is a program out there to convert the ms epg format to xmltv<br>
> format. Can't recall the name...<br>
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</div>It's called mc2xml and I've written up a MythTV howto guide here:<br>
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<a href="http://monopedilos.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=mc2xml" target="_blank">http://monopedilos.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=mc2xml</a><br>
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I've been using this script and method, unmodified, since summer 2008.<br>
It's wonderful. And since this has come up in the past, there is<br>
nothing illegal about this AT ALL. At worst, it's a violation of the<br>
EULA of Windows MCE, but that's only even relevant if you have<br>
accepted an MCE EULA. Otherwise, there is nothing WHATSOEVER illegal<br>
about this.<br></blockquote></div><div><br>IANAL so I can't speak to that but that also hasn't stopped many a company from dictating what you can and cannot do with the data they provide you for specific uses.<br>
<br>Kevin<br>
</div></div><br></blockquote><div><br>It doesn't help the US, but recently it was found again in AU that you cannot copyright pure facts. <br><br>That doesn't make it sustainable, or morally right, though. <br></div>
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