#REPEAT and #SUBTITLES don't get passed to the TVguide.xml file (1 Viewer)

[Quake505]

Hi,

The #REPEAT and #SUBTITLES fields don't seem to get passed to the tvguide.xml file,

Here is an example from the UK RT grabber.

Below is the grabbers criteria with data delimiter being "~": -

#TITLE~~#SUBTITLE~~~#ACTORS~~~#REPEAT~#SUBTITLES~~~~~~~#GENRE~#DESCRIPTION~~#DATE~#START~#END~

Below is a program listing for the BBC channel: -

Country Tracks~~Harris & Lewis~~~~false~false~true~true~true~false~true~false~~~Nature~Helen Skelton travels across the islands of Harris and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where she samples the latest in tweed fashions, visits a traditional croft farm and goes kayaking on Loch Roag as part of the Hebridean Challenge endurance race.~false~10/03/2011~01:45~02:40~55

The red true is for the #REPEAT and blue for the #SUBTITLES.

Below is the program listing in the tvguide.xml file

- <programme start="20110310014500 +0000" stop="20110310024000 +0000" channel="BBC ONE-BBC1 London" clumpidx="0/1">
<title>Country Tracks</title>
<sub-title>Harris & Lewis</sub-title>
<desc>Helen Skelton travels across the islands of Harris and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where she samples the latest in tweed fashions, visits a traditional croft farm and goes kayaking on Loch Roag as part of the Hebridean Challenge endurance race.</desc>
<category>Nature</category>
</programme>

There is no reference to the #REPEAT and #SUBTITLES fields.

I used the following grabber criteria with the #REPEAT and #SUBTITLES fields removed to prove that the data in the tvguide.xml file is the same: -

#TITLE~~#SUBTITLE~~~#ACTORS~~~~~~~~~~~#GENRE~#DESCRIPTION~~#DATE~#START~#END~

Here is the results: -

- <programme start="20110310014500 +0000" stop="20110310024000 +0000" channel="BBC ONE-BBC1 London" clumpidx="0/1">
<title>Country Tracks</title>
<sub-title>Harris & Lewis</sub-title>
<desc>Helen Skelton travels across the islands of Harris and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where she samples the latest in tweed fashions, visits a traditional croft farm and goes kayaking on Loch Roag as part of the Hebridean Challenge endurance race.</desc>
<category>Nature</category>
</programme>

Both entries in the tvguide.xml are the same, which means the fields are not being sent to the file.

This is with a Data listing, but I get the same result with a HTML listing.

Does anybody know how to resolve this?

Are the #REPEAT and #SUBTITLES fields supported for tvguide.xml files?

Regards,

Q505




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[Quake505]

Hi,

Been doing some looking around, I would have expect to see <subtitles type="teletext" /> or equivelent for the #SUBTITLES field.

For #REPEAT I would expected to see <previously-shown/>, please note that the #REPEAT field works with the webepg version installed with the 1.0.2 version of MP, but not with the 1.1.2 or 1.1.3 versions.

 

[arion_p]

AFAIK #SUBTITLES was never implemented. You may be confusing it with #SUBTITLE which is the episode title.

Regarding #REPEAT, it was implemented when WebEPG was a standalone application (until 1.0.2). When WebEPG became a TV Server plugin, it was removed because it is not used by TV Server. Remember: WebEPG was and is being developed for TV Server, not as a generic independent xmltv grabber. As such there is little point putting extra effort supporting something that is not needed/useful to TV Server.

 

[Quake505]

Hi arion_p,

Thanks for your reply, but I have to say I’m slightly disappointed, I use webepg to import data into 4therecord that controls the MP TV Server though a TV Server plugin, the reason I use 4therecord is because the TV Server Schedule is very basic. It would seem strange to remove a feature (#REPEAT) that was working unless it was causing a problem.

The MediaPortal WIKI documentation for webepg needs to be updated to stop people wasting time trying to implement something that is not supported, here is the url: -

WebEPG Grabber - MediaPortal Wiki

This page states that the #REPEAT and #SUBTITLES fields are used by webepg, do you know the process for getting this page updated?


Q505

Hi,

I created this post in the WIKI feedback page: -

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-58/webepg-grabber-wiki-page-incorrect-94424/

 

[wjw]

Hi Quake05,

Don't know whether you're still looking at this thread - but I am also disappointed about the lack of the #REPEAT field. If you haven't seen it yet, have a look at the TVWishList plugin. It's a really good scheduler - and would be even better if the #REPEAT field were available to us in WebEPG - and it's well integrated into MP.

Did you find a solution to this problem in any alternative way of populating the PG?