Re: uk_rt: X Factor episode numbers
Nick Morrott <[email protected]>
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On 3 November 2010 22:26, Chris Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > MythTV is having trouble recording both X Factor and its Sunday results > show. According to the program details in myth, both the main show and the > results show are "E15S7", so myth is treating them as the same programme. They've stopped providing a separate title for the results show? The old title was being handled in the title processing file for last year's episodes, so this seems like a backward step. > Looking at the raw data on the RT site, it looks like they've listed them as > episodes 15 and 15a respectively, however they end up in the XML as "6.15.". > I guess the grabber is expecting just a number and stripping out the "a" > from the episode number.. Per the DTD episode numbering (series/episode/part) using the xmltv_ns format contains only numbers. >From the uk_rt code (~ line 2300): # "1A/6, series 1" - episode "part A or B" currently unused As such, I'm not sure of the best way to handle this particular issue. Perhaps the part numbering field could be used in some way? However, I can see potential problems in the general case if we base wider support for formats like this on the upstream current numbering for The X Factor. If we assume the regular episode (16) is part one and the results show is part two (16A), there could well be other programmes having part one listed as 16A and part two as 16B as one might normally expect. If the listings suppliers had numbered The X Factor episodes as 16A and 16B, it would probably be straightforward to use the part numbering field (and then rely on the consuming app knowing how to interpret it). I've also just noticed _another_ minor variation in episode numbering that's just appeared in the listings: Silent Witness~5/6/12, series 12~Terror~ when multi-part original episodes are edited into a single feature-length episode. Grrr. Cheers, Nick -- Nick Morrott MythTV Official wiki: http://mythtv.org/wiki/ MythTV users list archive: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev