I understand your problem, but have no idea how to fix it. Do ITV3 really need to put in these stupid 10 minute news breaks in every bloody film?
:-) Kyle Tirsdag 17 jan 2006 18:19 skrev Stutty: > How exactly should mythtv and xmltv handle movies that are split into > parts by the broadcaster? i.e. typically in the UK the broadcaster > will show the first 60-90 minutes of a film and then show the News > then @ 9pm or 10pm show the final part of the film after the news. > > First problem is that the listings data usually only fills in the full > movie details for the first part of the movie, so a rule to say record > all 3 star movies or all Clint Eastwood films will only record the > first half (you can imagine how annoying this is!). > > This problem I can easily overcome in xmltv (there's probably a way to > do this in mythtv, but I don't really see this as a fault of myth so > no point - especially if it's a UK (radio times) only issue). > > The second problem I have is how to get myth to see the two seperate > parts of the film as different things - as far as I can tell > mythfilldatabase creates a programid that is based on the Title alone, > thus any twiddling of the option to match duplicates on > subtitle/description, has absolutely no affect. > > Options as I see it are: > * to do add a series and episode Id into the xmltv data - not really > what its for? > * always blank the programid if there is no series/episode no, even > if it is a movie (the current exception) > * petition the broadcasters to stop them putting the flipping news in > the middle of films > > Any reasons why the programid is set for movies and no other program types? > > If there aren't any I'll raise a ticket to remove the exception. > > Hmm bit of a ramble, Quite a long email to justify a one line change! > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev -- Kyle Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lodge.glasgownet.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
