Recorded Series and XML file contents (1 Viewer)

[GeorgeIoak]

I've got the XMLTV plugin installed and am running mc2xml to grab the guide. I wasn't getting series and episode numbers so I also downloaded episodescanner and have configurred that.

If I look into the MpTvDb table I confirmed that the seriesNum and episodeNum now have values. The problem I have is that the recorded TV Series file name doesn't get assigned these 2 values even though I'm configured this naming format:

%title%\%title% S[%series%].E[%episode%] - %name%

I see that for each recording an XML file is also created, what process is actually creating that because the field names seem different and also the series and episode numbers are blank:

-<tags>
-<tag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>TITLE</name>
<value>Arthur</value>
</SimpleTag> -<SimpleTag>
<name>COMMENT</name>
<value>Baby Kate and her dog, Pal, venture to the Children's Zoo in search of the Dolly Llama; Brian and Sue Ellen decline to join the Lakewood Pride Committee.</value>
</SimpleTag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>GENRE</name>
<value>Children</value>
</SimpleTag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>CHANNEL_NAME</name>
<value>KVIEHD</value>
</SimpleTag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>EPISODENAME</name>
<value>Paradise Lost; The Pride of Lakewood</value>
</SimpleTag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>SERIESNUM</name>
<value> </value>
</SimpleTag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>EPISODENUM</name>
<value> </value>
</SimpleTag> -<SimpleTag>
<name>EPISODEPART</name>
<value> </value>
</SimpleTag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>STARTTIME</name>
<value>2012-02-21 06:57</value>
</SimpleTag>
-<SimpleTag>
<name>ENDTIME</name>
<value>2012-02-21 07:30</value>
</SimpleTag>
</tag>
</tags>

 

[axelk]

What fields are supported in xml for My video? I tried to put custom xml file named as movie, COMMENT and TITLE fields are ok, but others, like RATING, YEAR are not. Other xml schemes than tnis do not work completely

 

[arion_p]

To use the series naming format you have to schedule a series recording ("Record every ...") not a once recording. Once recordings use the movie naming format.

The xml file that is created for each recording, contains basic metadata so that the recording can be imported to tv database in case you reinstall tv server from scratch.