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<blockquote data-quote="RICHARDG" data-source="post: 483983" data-attributes="member: 24261">ok did two test recordings last night. The tool ran with no error but didn't pull the season or episode information.When I ran it maually via the gui I see that the overview and episode name in the gui are the same...me thinks thats not right.I can clearly see from the EPG data that the episode name is avaiaible yet the tool didn't grab it. Do I have a config issue...This is the XML data, you can see that there is no episode title which I think is what your trying to key in on.Let me know what you think..I am so close...&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;&lt;Tags&gt;&nbsp; &lt;tag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;name&gt;TITLE&lt;/name&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;value&gt;Star Trek: Voyager&lt;/value&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;name&gt;COMMENT&lt;/name&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;value&gt;The Doctor creates another holographic physician to save Torres when the body of an injured alien latches onto her.&lt;/value&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;name&gt;GENRE&lt;/name&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;value&gt;Series&lt;/value&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;name&gt;CHANNEL_NAME&lt;/name&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;value&gt;627 SPACEC&lt;/value&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/SimpleTag&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/tag&gt;&lt;/Tags&gt;here is the excerpt from my epg xml file.you can see the episode name is there&nbsp;&lt;programme start=&quot;20090710050000 +0000&quot; stop=&quot;20090710060000 +0000&quot; channel=&quot;I17609.labs.zap2it.com&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;title lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Star Trek: Voyager&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;sub-title lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Nothing Human&lt;/sub-title&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;desc lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;The Doctor creates another holographic physician to save Torres when the body of an injured alien latches onto her.&lt;/desc&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;credits&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;director&gt;David Livingston&lt;/director&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Kate Mulgrew&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Robert Beltran&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Roxann Dawson&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Robert Duncan McNeill&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Ethan Phillips&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Robert Picardo&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Tim Russ&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Jeri Ryan&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;actor&gt;Garrett Wang&lt;/actor&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;writer&gt;Jeri Taylor&lt;/writer&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;guest&gt;David Clennon&lt;/guest&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;guest&gt;Jad Mager&lt;/guest&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/credits&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;date&gt;19981202&lt;/date&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;category lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Science fiction&lt;/category&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;category lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Fantasy&lt;/category&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;category lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Adventure&lt;/category&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;category lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Series&lt;/category&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;episode-num system=&quot;dd_progid&quot;&gt;EP00127361.0103&lt;/episode-num&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;episode-num system=&quot;onscreen&quot;&gt;200&lt;/episode-num&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;audio&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;stereo&gt;stereo&lt;/stereo&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/audio&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;previously-shown start=&quot;19981202000000&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;subtitles type=&quot;teletext&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;rating system=&quot;VCHIP&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;value&gt;TV-PG&lt;/value&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/rating&gt;reading your readme file It seems the tool is designed to parse episode data from the comments/overview field. But I confess I have never seen that type of data in the overview field, but I could be wrong. But if the episode title is avaialbe, could you not use that and also try conducting a match. I am not programmer, but its just a thought.Let me know how I can help..I love the idea of this toolone last thing..not sure if it helps you.but this line in the epg data &lt;episode-num system=&quot;dd_progid&quot;&gt;EP00127361.0103&lt;/episode-num&gt;Well the 127361 is the series name, it matches with SH127361 thats in the tvdb.as for the 0103..this I can't make heads or tails of. I know this episode is the 102 episode...interesting how close the number is but when I tried the next show It wasn't even close.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RICHARDG, post: 483983, member: 24261"] ok did two test recordings last night. The tool ran with no error but didn't pull the season or episode information. When I ran it maually via the gui I see that the overview and episode name in the gui are the same...me thinks thats not right. I can clearly see from the EPG data that the episode name is avaiaible yet the tool didn't grab it. Do I have a config issue... This is the XML data, you can see that there is no episode title which I think is what your trying to key in on. Let me know what you think..I am so close... <?xml version="1.0"?> <Tags> <tag> <SimpleTag> <name>TITLE</name> <value>Star Trek: Voyager</value> </SimpleTag> <SimpleTag> <name>COMMENT</name> <value>The Doctor creates another holographic physician to save Torres when the body of an injured alien latches onto her.</value> </SimpleTag> <SimpleTag> <name>GENRE</name> <value>Series</value> </SimpleTag> <SimpleTag> <name>CHANNEL_NAME</name> <value>627 SPACEC</value> </SimpleTag> </tag> </Tags> here is the excerpt from my epg xml file. you can see the episode name is there <programme start="20090710050000 +0000" stop="20090710060000 +0000" channel="I17609.labs.zap2it.com"> <title lang="en">Star Trek: Voyager</title> <sub-title lang="en">Nothing Human</sub-title> <desc lang="en">The Doctor creates another holographic physician to save Torres when the body of an injured alien latches onto her.</desc> <credits> <director>David Livingston</director> <actor>Kate Mulgrew</actor> <actor>Robert Beltran</actor> <actor>Roxann Dawson</actor> <actor>Robert Duncan McNeill</actor> <actor>Ethan Phillips</actor> <actor>Robert Picardo</actor> <actor>Tim Russ</actor> <actor>Jeri Ryan</actor> <actor>Garrett Wang</actor> <writer>Jeri Taylor</writer> <guest>David Clennon</guest> <guest>Jad Mager</guest> </credits> <date>19981202</date> <category lang="en">Science fiction</category> <category lang="en">Fantasy</category> <category lang="en">Adventure</category> <category lang="en">Series</category> <episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00127361.0103</episode-num> <episode-num system="onscreen">200</episode-num> <audio> <stereo>stereo</stereo> </audio> <previously-shown start="19981202000000" /> <subtitles type="teletext" /> <rating system="VCHIP"> <value>TV-PG</value> </rating> reading your readme file It seems the tool is designed to parse episode data from the comments/overview field. But I confess I have never seen that type of data in the overview field, but I could be wrong. But if the episode title is avaialbe, could you not use that and also try conducting a match. I am not programmer, but its just a thought. Let me know how I can help..I love the idea of this tool one last thing..not sure if it helps you. but this line in the epg data <episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00127361.0103</episode-num> Well the 127361 is the series name, it matches with SH127361 thats in the tvdb. as for the 0103..this I can't make heads or tails of. I know this episode is the 102 episode...interesting how close the number is but when I tried the next show It wasn't even close. [/QUOTE]

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