Re: Original Broadcast Date' and 'Repeat' flag available from tv_grab_uk_rt ?

> The following channels (ignoring any timeshifted versions) provided no
> repeat flagging at all:
>
> Watch
> GOLD
> Dave
> Alibi
> Comedy Central
> Syfy
> 5*
> 5USA
> Universal
> DMAX
> Quest
> Blighty
> Eden
> Discovery
> Animal Planet
> Disc History
> Disc Science
> Good Food
> Home
> Really
> Disc Realtime
> Disc Shed
> Disc Home and Health
> Sky Arts 1
> MTV
> VH1
> TCM
> Movies 24
> Film4
> Eurosport
> Eurosport 2
> BBC News
> BBC Parliament
>

That's interesting.  I guess it may have something to do with these
channels not being the original broadcaster / Programme Maker?


> It's a bug in MythTV if it's using provided data incorrectly (or
> worse, creating erroneous information when none is given). As Karl
> mentioned, MythTV's listings infrastructure is heavily skewed toward
> the TMS/Schedules Direct services and the very rich data they provide.
> Other XMLTV sources - uk_rt included - do not provide such rich data.
>

I don't think it's a but.  What MythTV (or more exactly the display
Theme which I use on my Frontend)  is doing is always displaying the
value in the 'airdate' field - and tv_grab_uk_rt is being a bit
inconsistent in what it puts in there.

(I haven't noticed if I would see the 'originalairdate' displayed
anywhere by MythTV, because don't think it is ever set by
tv_grab_uk_rt.)

Personally I think it would make most sense that, if a 'programme
origin date' is available (as it is for movies) then it would be put
in the 'originalairdate' field in MythTV, and the airdate is left as
the 'airing' date.  (So I could see that this is a 1976 movie,
broadcast in 2004)

I don't know whether the Radio Times data allows tv_grab_uk_rt to make
this distinction, or whether that would break anyone else's uses of
the data?

Regards,

D

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