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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1098385" data-attributes="member: 141969">I was in the &quot;Videos&quot; section, but I had not realised that the &quot;aMPed&quot; skin had made a conscious choice not to show the metadata in the &quot;Videos&quot; section (hence my erroneous conclusion)!&nbsp; I use the &quot;aMPed&quot; skin because of its wonderfully large fonts.&nbsp; I have just tried the &quot;Default Wide&quot; skin, and that does show the metadata that I mocked up for a DVR-MS file. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I have the technology to extract metadata from DVR-MS files, and am adept at using the REXX scripting language, so it will be relatively straightforward to write a REXX script to scan my recordings library and create XML files for all of the DVR-MS files.The problem with the broadcast EPG in the UK is that it does not contain season numbers, episode numbers, or episode titles in any uniform or structured way -- if present at all, it is provided as plain text in the programme description.&nbsp; So unless someone has written a program-description parser with enough smarts to extract this info from the description, it is unlikely that those TV Server features could be used to avoid recording repeats (but this is something for me to explore in the coming weeks).Whilst having the first cup of coffee of the day, I usually switch on the HTPC to set the recordings for later that day&nbsp; (either one-off recordings, or series which are starting on that day).&nbsp; So sometime between 07.00 - 08.00 I usually set the recordings for around 12 hours later.&nbsp; To scroll quickly to the EPG for the evening, I use the &quot;scroll EPG by 3 hours&quot; function, which is F5 and F6 on the keyboard.&nbsp; I have customised my remote control to allocate these functions to the FAST_FORWARD and FAST_REWIND buttons (this is the same as WMC).What annoyed me about this in WMC is that the EPG time window is 2 hours, but the EPG scrolls by 3 hours, so one can mistakenly scroll over the wanted programme without ever seeing it in the EPG!&nbsp; In contrast, my Humax PVR also has a 2-hour time window, but it scrolls by 2 hours.&nbsp; For MP, what I think that it should be doing is scrolling by the current size of the time window.&nbsp; Now I know that in MP I can adjust the size of the time window to 3 hours, but that results in time labels at the top of the EPG grid at 45 minute intervals, instead of one hour intervals, and that is just too difficult for me to get my head around!I have seen it mentioned in the fora, but have not (yet) explored it.&nbsp; Sky TV has its own EPG with its own series-linking features, which is possibly what that extension is using.&nbsp; But it may be satellite only, and it may be restricted to users who have a Sky STB and pay for a Sky subscription.-- from CyberSimian in the UK[USER=78319]@milli260876[/USER] -- I asked Dadeo to move this thread from the &quot;aMPed&quot; forum to the &quot;Newcomers&quot; forum, as it is of wider interest than just &quot;aMPed&quot; users.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1098385, member: 141969"] I was in the "Videos" section, but I had not realised that the "aMPed" skin had made a conscious choice [i]not[/i] to show the metadata in the "Videos" section (hence my erroneous conclusion)! I use the "aMPed" skin because of its wonderfully large fonts. I have just tried the "Default Wide" skin, and that does show the metadata that I mocked up for a DVR-MS file. :) I have the technology to extract metadata from DVR-MS files, and am adept at using the REXX scripting language, so it will be relatively straightforward to write a REXX script to scan my recordings library and create XML files for all of the DVR-MS files. The problem with the broadcast EPG in the UK is that it does not contain season numbers, episode numbers, or episode titles in any uniform or structured way -- if present at all, it is provided as plain text in the programme description. So unless someone has written a program-description parser with enough smarts to extract this info from the description, it is unlikely that those TV Server features could be used to avoid recording repeats (but this is something for me to explore in the coming weeks). Whilst having the first cup of coffee of the day, I usually switch on the HTPC to set the recordings for later that day (either one-off recordings, or series which are starting on that day). So sometime between 07.00 - 08.00 I usually set the recordings for around 12 hours later. To scroll quickly to the EPG for the evening, I use the "scroll EPG by 3 hours" function, which is F5 and F6 on the keyboard. I have customised my remote control to allocate these functions to the FAST_FORWARD and FAST_REWIND buttons (this is the same as WMC). What annoyed me about this in WMC is that the EPG time window is 2 hours, but the EPG scrolls by 3 hours, so one can mistakenly scroll over the wanted programme without ever seeing it in the EPG! In contrast, my Humax PVR also has a 2-hour time window, but it scrolls by 2 hours. For MP, what I think that it should be doing is scrolling by the current size of the time window. Now I know that in MP I can adjust the size of the time window to 3 hours, but that results in time labels at the top of the EPG grid at 45 minute intervals, instead of one hour intervals, and that is just too difficult for me to get my head around! I have seen it mentioned in the fora, but have not (yet) explored it. Sky TV has its own EPG with its own series-linking features, which is possibly what that extension is using. But it may be satellite only, and it may be restricted to users who have a Sky STB and pay for a Sky subscription. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [USER=78319]@milli260876[/USER] -- I asked Dadeo to move this thread from the "aMPed" forum to the "Newcomers" forum, as it is of wider interest than just "aMPed" users. [/QUOTE]

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