Re: tv_grab_uk_rt users: An important update :(

From: Richard F [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 19 May 2016 11:59
To: Using the xmltv programs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [xmltv-users] tv_grab_uk_rt users: An important update :(

> Thanks for the post. Looks like the SD data is reasonably comprehensive,
but sadly looks like the episode numbering system
> is not one of the predefined ones in DTD (xmltv_ns / onscreen). Do you
know if that's configurable/translatable ?

Sorry, I'm not an expert on these file formats and particularly MythTV. I've
kind of got sucked into discussions on here through using firstly Atlas and
now SD in NextPVR and finding that this forum was lively and educated on the
subject of EPGs and translation via XML.

> To answer your question - yes it would be handy to compare a longer
listing example.

As I said in my previous post, I'm wary about intellectual property rights
when it comes to large quotes. Having said that, the usual 10% "academic
review" of my download from SD that runs to some 80MB is still quite a lot
of data for research purposes. With tv_grab_sd_json more or less working,
you are well equipped to go off and just grab that sample you want from SD
under the 2 day trial membership anyway. I will though as a courteousy
finish what I started by providing comparison data where I feel able to do
so and I'm not told off by the people at Schedules Direct.
  
> I'm particularly interested in sub-title in the absence of consistent
episode numbers across grabbers - I don't see that in your SD example.
> For example, here's "Blue Eyes" on Friday via UK_RT

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  <programme start="20160520210000 +0100" stop="20160520220000 +0100"
channel="more4.channel4.com">
    <title>Blue Eyes</title>
    <sub-title>The Wake</sub-title>
    <desc lang="en">Trapped with Mattias at the Veritas hideout, Sofia tends
to his wounds, but an unsettling feeling torments her: Elin is contacted by
an unexpected party who suggests a collaboration that could benefit them
both, while the police identify Gustav through the CCTV pictures from the
stock exchange. Thriller, starring Karin Franz Korlof and Adam Lundgren. In
Swedish.</desc>
    <credits>
      <director>Henrik Georgsson</director>
      <actor role="Elin Hammar">Louise Peterhoff</actor>
      <actor role="Gunnar Elvestad">Sven Nordin</actor>
      <actor role="Sofia Nilsson">Karin Franz Korlof</actor>
      <actor role="Simon Nilsson">David Lindstrom</actor>
      <actor role="Mattias Cedergren">Adam Lundgren</actor>
      <actor role="Gustav Akerlund">Erik Johansson</actor>
      <actor role="Olle Nordlof">Kjell Wilhelmsen</actor>
      <actor role="Rebecka Lundstrom">Cecilia Frode</actor>
      <actor role="Veronika Stromstedt">Marie Richardson</actor>
      <actor role="Max Ahman">Linus Wahlgren</actor>
      <actor role="Ludwig Biehlers">Daniel Larsson</actor>
      <actor role="Janina Hansson">Malgorzata Pieczynska</actor>
      <actor role="Johan Juhlin">Jimmy Lindstrom</actor>
      <actor role="Peter Westman">Marten Klingberg</actor>
      <actor role="Kristoffer Palm">Filip Berg</actor>
      <actor role="Erik Hilte">Peter Schildt</actor>
      <actor role="Johan Landin">Johan Hedenberg</actor>
      <actor role="Asa Jansson">Lisbeth Johansson</actor>
      <actor role="Nadine Farzin">Mina Azarian</actor>
      <actor role="Nils Huldt">Kassel Ulving</actor>
      <actor role="Statsministern">Niklas Hjulstrom</actor>
    </credits>
    <category lang="en">Drama</category>
    <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0.8/10.</episode-num>
    <video>
      <quality>SDTV</quality>
    </video>
  </programme>

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Here's the equivalent from SD:

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  <programme start="20160520210000 +0000" stop="20160520220000 +0000"
channel="I47658.json.schedulesdirect.org">
    <title>Blue Eyes</title>
    <sub-title>The Wake</sub-title>
    <desc>Trapped with Mattias at the Veritas hideout, Sofia tends to his
wounds, but an unsettling feeling torments her. Elin is contacted by an
unexpected party who suggests a collaboration that could benefit them both,
but can this new ally be trusted?</desc>
    <credits>
      <director>Fredrik Edfeldt</director>
      <director>Emiliano Goessens</director>
      <director>Henrik Georgsson</director>
      <actor>Karin Franz Körlof</actor>
      <actor>Louise Peterhoff</actor>
      <actor>Anna Bjelkerud</actor>
      <actor>Linus Wahlgren</actor>
      <actor>Sven Nordin</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Larsson</actor>
      <actor>Shvan Aladin</actor>
      <actor>Kjell Wilhelmsen</actor>
      <actor>Cecilia Frode</actor>
      <actor>Adam Lundgren</actor>
      <actor>Erik Johansson</actor>
      <writer>Alex Haridi</writer>
    </credits>
    <category>Drama</category>
    <category>Suspense</category>
    <category>Series</category>
    <category>series</category>
    <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0.8.</episode-num>
    <episode-num system="dd_progid">EP023864610009</episode-num>
    <previously-shown start="20150201000000 +0100" />
    <subtitles type="teletext" />
  </programme>

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So that looks like the episode numbering "xmltv_ns" is compatible in the
case of "Blue Eyes". As someone else has said on here, E/S is 0 based so add
one to both season and episode for "human readability".

No location to go and get a .jpg directly, but NextPVR and one of its
add-ons and/or Kodi seem to have the ability to use the show title plus that
E/S data to go off and scrape a variety of internet sources and "weld in"
additional series data including screenshots and fanart. Again for me as a
user the ins and outs are beyond my understanding, but it just sort of
"works" so I'm not going to knock it.

If you are worried about the channel IDs, tv_grab_sd_json has three options
for how this is presented and I just took the default for these examples. I
believe there is a better choice for MythTV, but again I'm no expert...

Hope this helps with your dilemma...

D




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