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<blockquote data-quote="DJBlu" data-source="post: 756157" data-attributes="member: 54957">[USER=46597]miroslav[/USER],Going to need some help with the Series Link for freesat, I think I have worked out a system to implement it however implementing is going to be the issue,I have worked out how Freeview+ and Freesat implement series link.They use CRID's which are Content Redirection Identifications. They have one which says which series it is and one that is unique to the program. To include this in Mediaportal I suggest changing the SeriesID column to VARCHAR(200) so as to not change the sky series link method, a quick change to string instead of int is easy enough. The trouble with freesat/freeview is they don't send the termination flag, instead they have a unique identifier for each program. I suggest adding a new column to &quot;schedule&quot;,&quot;program&quot; and &quot;recording&quot;, ProgramCRIDid VARCHAR(255). A lookup of the schedule and recordings to see if it has been added before should prevent it being scheduled again.One issue I thought that may arise is how to differenciate between the 2 systems. Maybe a &quot;OT:&quot; at the start of the series ID for OpenTV and &quot;CR:&quot; for CRIDS of Freesat and Freeview. Then if StartsWith(&quot;OT:&quot;) use method a. for series termination or startswith(&quot;CR:&quot;) use method b. of Lookup of ProgramCRID.The trouble I have is the TV Plugin/scheduling as I haven't a clue where to start with it. If you could help then it would be a great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DJBlu, post: 756157, member: 54957"] [USER=46597]miroslav[/USER], Going to need some help with the Series Link for freesat, I think I have worked out a system to implement it however implementing is going to be the issue, I have worked out how Freeview+ and Freesat implement series link. They use CRID's which are Content Redirection Identifications. They have one which says which series it is and one that is unique to the program. To include this in Mediaportal I suggest changing the SeriesID column to VARCHAR(200) so as to not change the sky series link method, a quick change to string instead of int is easy enough. The trouble with freesat/freeview is they don't send the termination flag, instead they have a unique identifier for each program. I suggest adding a new column to "schedule","program" and "recording", ProgramCRIDid VARCHAR(255). A lookup of the schedule and recordings to see if it has been added before should prevent it being scheduled again. One issue I thought that may arise is how to differenciate between the 2 systems. Maybe a "OT:" at the start of the series ID for OpenTV and "CR:" for CRIDS of Freesat and Freeview. Then if StartsWith("OT:") use method a. for series termination or startswith("CR:") use method b. of Lookup of ProgramCRID. The trouble I have is the TV Plugin/scheduling as I haven't a clue where to start with it. If you could help then it would be a great. [/QUOTE]

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