Re: tv_grab_sd_json: Total number of episodes missing for many TV series
Robert Kulagowski <[email protected]>
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Take a look at the similarities between these two: EP023565850003 SH023565850000 In an EP, the last 4 digits are typically used as an episode number, but don't correlate to S/E, or broadcast order, or anything that means anything externally. In an SH, they will be "0000". "EP" means that there is specific information for _this_ episode. It will have guest stars, S/E, plot description for this episode, etc. "SH" is the Show record. If we don't know specifics, because the broadcaster hasn't shared it yet, but we know that _an_ episode of the program is playing 3 weeks from now, there will be an SH record as a placeholder. But, "SH" records are also used to store metadata about the series, such as the total number of episodes. It will have information about "you may also like..." recommendations. So the middle set of characters after the first two and before the last 4 are specific to the series. If you want to know the total number of episodes for an EP, then you need to pull the SH record. You can programatically determine the SH record programID based on the above pattern and description. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e