Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Use Yahoo Pipes to Grab TV Show Feeds [BitTorrent]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/ASxI9N8_IHE/use-yahoo-pipes-to-grab-tv-show-feeds

FeedMyTorrents is defunct, TVRss.net is in a coma of indefinite length—where does one go to get custom download feeds for favorite shows? You can use this handy Yahoo Pipes feed to scrub EZTV.it.

David, a fellow Lifehacker reader, was as dismayed by the vanishing of those feed sites as the next person who relies on magic of peer-to-peer to fill their television-on-demand queue. Not content to hunt and peck through the large offerings at EZTV, he wrote a Pipe to scrub the EZTV site and return all the shows. If this is your first time hearing about Yahoo Pipes, definitely take a moment to check out our guide to using and creating your own pipes. Once you're up to speed, you'll need a free Yahoo account to continue.

You can grab David's master Pipe here. He was also kind enough to whip up an example filter for those still learning the ropes of building your own Pipes. By plugging that filter into the end of the master Pipe, you'll be able to filter the feed before it's even created.

If today isn't the day you're going to get your hands dirty with some Pipes tinkering, you can check out previously reviewed ShowRSS—you get to pick and choose shows to make a personal feed but lose the granular control you get with a custom Pipe. Thanks David!

EZTV Releases RSS Feed[David.Segonds.Org]