Shepherd - Australian EPG Grabber

Shepherd

Simply the best EPG web page scraper in Australia. Written with MythTV integration in mind, it grabs multiples sources and intelligently integrates them plus performs IMDB lookups. Also supports the HDTV channels and flags plus can set your MythTV channel logos (range of themes available). Actively maintained and auto updates itself.

This is actually one of the reasons I went with MythTV - Shepherd only runs on Linux (Perl) and I'd hate to do without it. Very easy to install and configure under Mythbuntu.

Never less, here are some alternatives.

• OzTivo
  
  • You register for the channels you want to monitor and it provides a url for downloading the XMLTV data. Content is user uploaded and can be spotty. HD support is minimal. Up to yourself to pull the data down and integrate it with your PVR guide.
    
• epgstream.net
  • Registration required. Provides a neat .NET app that allows you to select the channels you need in a nice gui interface. the same App can download the XMLTV data in console mode. After that you have to configure your PVR software to import the data.
    Haven't tried but it should run on Linux using mono.
    

Both are reasonably good and usable, but don't have the depth of coverage and quality that Shepherd provides.