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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1301237" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>In the UK, the EPG transmitted in the DVB-T datastream allows each programme to have two genres -- a <strong>primary genre</strong>, and a <strong>secondary genre</strong> (i.e. a subgenre).</p><p></p><p>The primary genre might be something like <strong>Film</strong> (or <strong>Movie</strong> in the USA).</p><p></p><p>The secondary genre for <strong>Film</strong> might be something like: <strong>Action</strong>, <strong>Comedy</strong>, <strong>Crime</strong>, <strong>Fantasy</strong>, <strong>Romance</strong>, <strong>Science Fiction</strong>, <strong>Western</strong>, and so on. The actual primary and secondary genres that occur in the EPG are chosen by the broadcaster.</p><p></p><p>In the UK, the broadcasters use only the primary genre, and the secondary genre is always set to <strong>General</strong>. This results in the meaningless string <strong>(general)</strong> appearing in the detailed programme descriptions visible in the EPG and on the "Recorded TV" panel. The string <strong>(general)</strong> is also visible in the genre-definition section of "TV Server Config". Examples:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]215466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]215467[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]215468[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The string <strong>(general)</strong> provides no useful information, and may be regarded as "noise". However, there <em>is</em> a way to remove it (at least, for UK users).</p><p></p><p>Some years ago I prevailed upon the now-retired developer Owlsroost to provide an option to eliminate <strong>(general)</strong>, which he did by means of a registry setting, namely this one:</p><p></p><p>[code][HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Team MediaPortal\TsWriter]</p><p>"NoGeneralInGenre"=dword:00000001[/code]</p><p></p><p>In looking through the registry, I find that there is a second setting present, although I am not sure whether it is added automatically, or whether I added it manually. So it may or may not be needed:</p><p></p><p>[code][HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Team MediaPortal\TsWriter]</p><p>"NoGeneralInGenre"=dword:00000001[/code]</p><p></p><p>Both registry settings are included in the attached zip file. Some points:</p><p></p><p>(1) The processing resulting from these registry settings occurs when the EPG is grabbed. Consequently, the xml files of existing recordings will not be affected -- they will still show <strong>(general)</strong>.</p><p></p><p>(2) I have not used DVB-S in the UK, so I don't know whether the DVB-S EPG has the same useless <strong>(general)</strong>.</p><p></p><p>(3) This processing is almost certainly only applicable to the EPG in the UK. I would be surprised to learn that EPGs in other countries can benefit from these registry settings.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1301237, member: 141969"] In the UK, the EPG transmitted in the DVB-T datastream allows each programme to have two genres -- a [b]primary genre[/b], and a [b]secondary genre[/b] (i.e. a subgenre). The primary genre might be something like [b]Film[/b] (or [b]Movie[/b] in the USA). The secondary genre for [b]Film[/b] might be something like: [b]Action[/b], [b]Comedy[/b], [b]Crime[/b], [b]Fantasy[/b], [b]Romance[/b], [b]Science Fiction[/b], [b]Western[/b], and so on. The actual primary and secondary genres that occur in the EPG are chosen by the broadcaster. In the UK, the broadcasters use only the primary genre, and the secondary genre is always set to [b]General[/b]. This results in the meaningless string [b](general)[/b] appearing in the detailed programme descriptions visible in the EPG and on the "Recorded TV" panel. The string [b](general)[/b] is also visible in the genre-definition section of "TV Server Config". Examples: [ATTACH]215466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]215467[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]215468[/ATTACH] The string [b](general)[/b] provides no useful information, and may be regarded as "noise". However, there [i]is[/i] a way to remove it (at least, for UK users). Some years ago I prevailed upon the now-retired developer Owlsroost to provide an option to eliminate [b](general)[/b], which he did by means of a registry setting, namely this one: [code][HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Team MediaPortal\TsWriter] "NoGeneralInGenre"=dword:00000001[/code] In looking through the registry, I find that there is a second setting present, although I am not sure whether it is added automatically, or whether I added it manually. So it may or may not be needed: [code][HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Team MediaPortal\TsWriter] "NoGeneralInGenre"=dword:00000001[/code] Both registry settings are included in the attached zip file. Some points: (1) The processing resulting from these registry settings occurs when the EPG is grabbed. Consequently, the xml files of existing recordings will not be affected -- they will still show [b](general)[/b]. (2) I have not used DVB-S in the UK, so I don't know whether the DVB-S EPG has the same useless [b](general)[/b]. (3) This processing is almost certainly only applicable to the EPG in the UK. I would be surprised to learn that EPGs in other countries can benefit from these registry settings. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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