No categories in tv.cache file

[Dave Liquorice]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 03:25:04 +0300, Vangelis forthnet wrote:

> tellyaddict has posted the right answer; to quote from the 2.93-2.94 
> Release Notes
> (https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release293)

Thank you for the github link. My browser doesn't like the certificate that 
https://squarepenguin.co.uk presents it thinks it is "invalid or corrupted 
error code -8182", squarepenguin is not unique in this but it's not very 
common. My browser, Mozilla 1.7.12 running under OS/2 Warp 3 with Warp 4's 
TCP/IP stack, so not exactly "modern" but it works for the vast majority of 
sites I visit, it's only horrible javascript ridden ones that it has serious 
trouble rendering.

I simply hadn't received the tuit to get the URL across to a window box and 
read it, my bad.

> But it is only after you've pointed GiP to a specific pid that this 
> category metadata can be retrieved, since - as already stated - it is not 
> present in the schedule feeds. If GiP was to populate the "category" 
> column in the tv.cache file, it would have to load and parse 3330+ URLs...

Ouch, possible but not practical. How ever my script only looking at a 
limited range of categories and able to cache any category information 
previously grabbed it maybe practical. Thinks a bit longer probably not, the 
first run would have to process every programme, once tolerable, just. But 
subsequent runs would have to process every new programme, that's still 
going to be well over a hundred per day since the script was last run. (wild 
guesstimate - 6 channels, 24 new programmes/day/channel average).

Lets hope that the BBC open up Nitro is some way, even if it means that each 
GiP user has to get their own key. I can see the rights holders bring a lot 
of pressure on the BBC to NOT open it up. But if each user has to have their 
own key it means that individual use of GiP can be tracked which may keep 
the rights holders off the BBCs back.

Weatherunderground revoked the key used by OSMC/Kodi to access their API but 
that can be worked around by getting your own key direct from 
Weatherunderground and tweaking OSMC's configuration.

Thanks for the pointer and your patience.

-- 
Cheers
Dave.