[geeks] "Enterprise"
Joshua D Boyd
geeks at sunhelp.org
Mon Oct 1 11:04:29 CDT 2001
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:10:13AM -0400, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 s at avoidant.org wrote:
>
> > For cheapo TiVo substitute, I use a peecee with a bt848-based video card
> > ($49 @ CopmUSA) and a big hard drive. T'works.
>
> Not the same. I'm sure you don't believe me, but I bet Bill will
> agree... it's not just the capture to hard drive, but the guide
> data and feature set of the software that makes it worthwhile.
There are some scripts out there to grap and parse the listing info from
tvguide.com. Use those and some simple fuzzy logic to create your own
listing guide and such. Fun weekend projects all round.
Plus then your watching habits won't be reported back to TiVo.
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Joshua D. Boyd
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