Re: tv_grab_sd_json: Total number of episodes missing for many TV series

Total episodes/seasons was only recently added to the SD-JSON data so it
has not had a lot of testing in the xmltv grabber.

I am a little confused about the example data you posted:

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Finn Ellebaek Nielsen (Appatra Limited) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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>
>
>
The above data has a program ID of EP023565850003.


>   According to Schecules Direct, the information is there in the source:
>
>
>
> {
>
>     "programID": "SH023565850000",
>
>     "resourceID": "12271345",
>
>     "titles": [
>
>         {
>
>             "title120": "Versailles"
>
>         }
>
> ],
>

But the above JSON has a program ID of SH023565850000.

If I download the data for EP023565850003 there is no totalEpisodes or
totalSeasons:

          {
            'showType' => 'Series',
            'titles' => [
                          {
                            'title120' => 'Versailles'
                          }
                        ],
            'programID' => 'EP023565850003',
            'metadata' => [
                            {
                              'Gracenote' => {
                                               'episode' => 3,
                                               'season' => 1
                                             }
                            }
                          ],

For the above "0.2." seems correct.

That being said, the current tv_grab_sd_json grabber ignores totalEpisodes
if episode=0 and ignores totalSeason if season=0.  So for the example JSON
you posted it would still not include the totals in the XML output.  In the
JSON 0 means the value is unknown, 0 in XMLTV means episode/season 1.

In another thread Robert Eden mentioned:
>Also note the programID of SH*  you shouldn't generate xmltv_ns data for
SH* programs because the SH* means Gracenote doesn't know any details.

The example you posted has a SH* programID.  But since it does include
totalEpisode and totalSeason (even though season/episode are both
zero/unknown) it seems maybe these should be included in the XML.  Maybe
something like "/1./10.".  I am not sure if it is considered valid to leave
out the "X" in the "X/Y" notation.  The DTD has examples of just "X" but
not "/Y".

Kevin

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