Re: uk_atlas: Genre Issues

Just an observation from me (a newbie).
Looking at the data returned by xmltv.exe the windows standalone executable
and your example of Poirot this evening...
Most (all?) of the genres I have looked at are first letter capitalized.
And both episodes of Poirot have these multiple genres (categories)

<category lang="en">Drama</category>
<category lang="en">Mystery</category>
<category lang="en">Detective/Thriller</category>

The rt grabber has them both as Drama which is odd if the data is supplied
by the same people.




On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 8:05 PM, John Bergqvist <[email protected]>wrote:

> I've noticed some problems with the Genres on Atlas, at least in
> mythfilldatabase's EPG.
> Firstly, they are almost all in lowercase, which I noticed on the rt
> grabber as well but was told that this shouldn't be happenning
>
> Secondly, the genres are either unusual, oddly specific or vary.
>
> Take Midsomer Murders for example. Of all the upcoming episodes over
> the next two weeks on ITV and ITV3, the genres vary from "Drama",
> "Mystery" and "Detective/Thriller".
>
> And on ITV3 tonight, part 1 of a Poirot drama (Peril at End House) is
> listed as "Mystery" yet part 2, that follows on straight after it in
> the listings, is listed as "Detective/Thriller" again.
>
> Also some of the other program titles have odd genres, for example the
> Worlds Strongest Man programs on Channel 5 are listed as "Strongman
> Contests" which again I feel a little odd.
>
> I assume this is all because the genre info from the press association
> data is inconsistent? Can anything be done in this regard? I've heard
> that some programs contain "sub-genres" or alternate genres which may
> be less specific that we could use to make the genres a bit more
> consistent, yet still appropriate to the program. Surely Midsomer
> Murders & Poirot could all be under Drama, whereas the Worlds
> Strongest Man should be under Sports, for example?
>
> Nick has mentioned a prog_titles_to_process fixup file which the radio
> times grabber uses. Maybe one could be adapted for Atlas?
>
> Just thought i'd let you know.
>

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