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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Mythtv Channel Listings (Dave Addison)
2. Re: Mythtv Channel Listings (Dave Addison)
3. Re: FOSDEM 2017 (Y Martin)

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2017 23:40:04 +0000
From: Dave Addison <dave@redmoor.org.uk>
To: debian@invux.com, Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
<bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Mythtv Channel Listings
Message-ID: <1653959.Qn1pl1nUYf@phaedra>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

On Friday 06 Jan 2017 09:56:29 Steve King via Bristol wrote:
> tvheadend is a much, much better backend than mythtv:
> https://tvheadend.org/
>
> I spent weeks tearing my hair out with mythtv and it never worked as I
> wanted it to.
>
> I am not saying it is perfect, but for recording DVD-T2, it is much closer
> to a drop in solution than mythtv.
>
> kodi supports it too.
>
> --
> Steve
>
> (I am not professionally affiliated to either tvheadend or kodi. Just a
> happy user)
Thanks Steve

I might give that a go when a find a couple of spare hours

Dave

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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2017 23:40:46 +0000
From: Dave Addison <dave@redmoor.org.uk>
To: Steve Evans <bristollug@gorbag.com>, Bristol and Bath Linux User
Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Mythtv Channel Listings
Message-ID: <2091871.uxe8bkXPeN@phaedra>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

On Friday 06 Jan 2017 09:24:46 Steve Evans via Bristol wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:17:02 +0000
>
> Dave Addison via Bristol <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I'm trying to set up Mythtv with a freeview tuner and I can't find a
> > functional "grabber" programme for downloading a programme guide
> > - Radio Times is shut down and moved to Atlas
> > - Atlas won't give out API keys for personal use
> > - bleb (whoever they are) only has a small subset of the channels
> > - guardian won't run (incompatible with my version of
> > XMLTV::Supplement)
> > - tvguide won't run (incompatible with my version of
> > XMLTV::Supplement)
> >
> > Is anyone using Mythtv with freeview and, if so, which EPG grabber
> > are you using?
>
> I use Schedules direct (http://schedulesdirect.org/) with the xmltv
> grabber tv_grab_sd_json.
>
> Steve
Thanks Steve

That sounds like a good option

Dave

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 11:50:19 +0000
From: Y Martin <ym2016@riseup.net>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] FOSDEM 2017
Message-ID: <8adc2267-5061-1168-4416-b15994b48b97@riseup.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Hi

Catching up on my emails after xmas and new year I just noticed this
thread(!) Me and three friends are driving from Bristol to Brussels
FOSDEM 2017 on Friday 3rd February, returning on Monday 6th Feb. We have
1/2 free seats if anyone wants to come along. The transport should cost
less than £20 one way. We are still looking into accommodation.

FOSS regards,

Yousef

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Subject: Re: [bristol] FOSDEM 2017
From: Sebastian via Bristol <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
To: <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>, <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Date: 21/12/16 22:54

>
>
> On Wednesday, 21 December 2016 14:23:14 GMT, David Smith via Bristol
> <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bristol [mailto:bristol-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of
>>> Sebastian via Bristol
>>>
>>> The Eurostar is cheaper, and not the first time people have been
>>> like, from
>>> the UK, your going to Brussels why not on the Eurostar. However
>>> here's how
>>> I see it, we are down here in this area, so to go by Eurostar first
>>> you got to
>>> get to London, well actually past London, Dover? That's over two hours
>>> travelling already! With a plane can leave at a nicer time for a
>>> later flight, and
>>> waiting around a bit in less busy airports such as Bristol, doesn't
>>> bother me at
>>> all, usually better not on own though.
>>
>> Not Dover - Bristol Temple Meads/Parkway to Paddington, Paddington to
>> St Pancras on the tube (Circle/Hammersmith&City), St Pancras to
>> Brussels on Eurostar.
>
> Oh ok haven't made that journey, and many years ago since going in a car
> with my family on the Eurostar to France. Or from Dover over to France
> or Belgium via the ferrys even.
>
>>
>> My experience was that, to Grenoble, the journey time was similar once
>> you factor in the fact that I'm on completely the wrong side of
>> Bristol for the airport so it's a minimum 1/2 hr journey time
>> (compared to a quick hop to Parkway station),
>
> I am about an hour maybe about 45 minutes depending on traffic, from
> that air port, via car or taxi, so not that near as well. Bristol
> Parkway is about half an hour in a car/taxi or on a particular bus that
> doesn't go that often, so not near as well in a way.
>
> the
>> extra time in the airports (you don't have to check in an hour or more
>> before departure for a train), waiting at baggage reclaim,
>
> No, but trains can get delayed or missed, resulting in having to wait
> longer at the train station
>
> sorting out a hire car at the other end, then 2-3 hours
>> of driving to get from Geneva to Grenoble (no direct flights outside
>> of ski season).
> If going to Brussels or Geneva or some where like that and via car, then
> surely its better really to go all the way via car, and the Eurostar or
> ferryr?
> Both of them worked out at about 8
>> hours.
>>
>>> Flying from Brussels from down here only takes about an hour and ten
>>> minutes, only about 45 minutes from Heathrow as well (done that
>>> before as
>>> well), way quicker to fly. With a train may have to wait around in
>>> train
>>> stations as well, or for trains that are delayed, etc. Plus it's
>>> eaiser
>>> to travel with an extra bag via planes, since that's one of the first
>>> things that
>>> is done, getting rid of that extra bag :).
>>
>> I'd go the other way around - you don't have the 100 ml restrictions
>> for hand baggage, plus no waiting at baggage reclaim at the other end
>> - just walk out with all your stuff.
>>
>> Well, it was just a suggestion.
>
> That's ok to suggest, and if this email comes up with the wrong to name,
> it's since a email client issue.
>
>

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