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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1274037" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>Some points:</p><p></p><p>(1) Are you aware that user hurley wrote a plugin called "EPG Cleaner and Schedule Repair". It is discussed in <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/plugin-epg-cleaner-schedule-repair.133416/" target="_blank">this thread</a>. User hurley is Australian, but I think that the Australian EPG must suffer from the same quirks as the UK EPG.</p><p></p><p>(2) The prefix "New: " that is present for some first-broadcast programmes is actually sometimes useful. For example, the new series of "The Big Bang" theory was prefixed with "New: ", whereas the numerous repeats of the older series were not. Since "TV Server" matches on title, including "New: " in the match was one way of avoiding recording the older repeats.</p><p></p><p>(3) Programme titles also suffer from variations from one week to the next, including variations in spelling, and variations in the abbreviated length of titles that are too long for the UK EPG. </p><p></p><p>(4) Series numbers and episode numbers are contained in the plain text of the programme description; they are not contained in structured fields. Have you come up with an algorithm that reliably extracts the series and episode numbers from all variations, or only for the variations that occur in the programmes that you watch? (Nothing wrong with doing the latter, but it might lessen the usefulness for other users.)</p><p></p><p>(5) The UK EPG contains within it true "series link" information. By true series link I mean the capability to schedule as a series a collection of programmes that have different titles (but which the BBC has scheduled as a series because they all deal with the same topic). The "Horizon" series seems to have devolved into using different titles for each eposide in the last year or two <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. Sadly, no one has yet written a "TV Server" enhancement or plugin that can handle this information. How about it? Do you feel like taking up the challenge?</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1274037, member: 141969"] Some points: (1) Are you aware that user hurley wrote a plugin called "EPG Cleaner and Schedule Repair". It is discussed in [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/plugin-epg-cleaner-schedule-repair.133416/']this thread[/URL]. User hurley is Australian, but I think that the Australian EPG must suffer from the same quirks as the UK EPG. (2) The prefix "New: " that is present for some first-broadcast programmes is actually sometimes useful. For example, the new series of "The Big Bang" theory was prefixed with "New: ", whereas the numerous repeats of the older series were not. Since "TV Server" matches on title, including "New: " in the match was one way of avoiding recording the older repeats. (3) Programme titles also suffer from variations from one week to the next, including variations in spelling, and variations in the abbreviated length of titles that are too long for the UK EPG. (4) Series numbers and episode numbers are contained in the plain text of the programme description; they are not contained in structured fields. Have you come up with an algorithm that reliably extracts the series and episode numbers from all variations, or only for the variations that occur in the programmes that you watch? (Nothing wrong with doing the latter, but it might lessen the usefulness for other users.) (5) The UK EPG contains within it true "series link" information. By true series link I mean the capability to schedule as a series a collection of programmes that have different titles (but which the BBC has scheduled as a series because they all deal with the same topic). The "Horizon" series seems to have devolved into using different titles for each eposide in the last year or two :(. Sadly, no one has yet written a "TV Server" enhancement or plugin that can handle this information. How about it? Do you feel like taking up the challenge? -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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