tv_grab_sd_json: Total number of episodes missing for many TV series

Dear all

XMLTV 0.5.68
tv_grab_sd_json 1.9, 2016/05/28 01:56:20

I'm trying out the Schedules Direct service as a replacement for the RadioTimes UK feed that sadly will be taken down 16 Jun 2016. I've been using it for 4 years.

It appears that this grabber often doesn't provide the total number of episodes for TV series, which is a crucial element in my usage. On a few occasions it's there but for most episodes it's missing.

Here's an example:

RadioTimes UK:

<programme start="20160615213000 +0100" stop="20160615223000 +0100" channel="UK_RT_105">
  <title lang="en">Versailles</title>
  ...
  <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0.2/10.</episode-num>
</programme>

Schecules Direct tv_grab_sd_json:

<programme start="20160615203000 +0000" stop="20160615212500 +0000" channel="50059">
  <title>Versailles</title>
  ...
  <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0.2.</episode-num>
  <episode-num system="dd_progid">EP023565850003</episode-num>
</programme>

As you can see, RadioTimes UK provides "0.2/10." (total number of episodes = 10), Schedules Direct provides "0.2." and "EP023565850003" (total number of episodes unknown).

According to Schecules Direct, the information is there in the source:

{
    "programID": "SH023565850000",
    "resourceID": "12271345",
    "titles": [
        {
            "title120": "Versailles"
        }
],
...
    "metadata": [
        {
            "Gracenote": {
                "totalEpisodes": 10,
                "totalSeasons": 1,
                "season": 0,
               "episode": 0
            }
        }
    ],

Is this something you're aware of and will be fixing?

Cheers

Finn

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