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<blockquote data-quote="benicehavefun" data-source="post: 1102316" data-attributes="member: 149859">Andrew -Thanks for the response.&nbsp; I've actually made some progress on this issue since my I original post.&nbsp; Here's what I've uncovered:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The SchedulesDirect TVDB update process was failing on the same show (The Mysteries of Laura) every time it ran (determined through the TV Service log file).&nbsp; Once I deleted this show, all of my series recordings added after that show were &quot;enriched&quot; with season and episode data from TheTVDB.&nbsp; I tried to add the show again, and the same error re-materialized.&nbsp; I inspected the TheTVDB.com data directly for &quot;The Mysteries of Laura&quot; but couldn't see any issues.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the shows which didn't have TVDB data, zap2it episode IDs were being used as %series% numbers and a concatenation of season number and episode number were being used as %episode% number.&nbsp; Presumably SD is supplying the zap2it IDs and the season/episode number as part of the original EPG data.&nbsp; It would be nice if that data was used as a fallback to TheTVDB data as opposed to the incorrect data now being used if the TVDB enrichment process fails.</li>
</ul>I'm not sure if this is a SchedulesDirect plugin problem, or if the TV Server is picking up the wrong data from the EPG when it names episodes.What sources are you using for TV (cable, over-the-air, settop-box)?&nbsp; I think I'm pretty much stuck with SchedulesDirect since I'm using a pair of HD-PVRs connected to settop boxes, and the plugin creates my channels in lieu of scanning.&nbsp; Do you think episodescanner.exe would work if I run into any other shows that SD chokes on?&nbsp; Or, can it only be used as a replacement for that part of the SD plugin?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="benicehavefun, post: 1102316, member: 149859"] Andrew - Thanks for the response. I've actually made some progress on this issue since my I original post. Here's what I've uncovered: [LIST] [*]The SchedulesDirect TVDB update process was failing on the same show (The Mysteries of Laura) every time it ran (determined through the TV Service log file). Once I deleted this show, all of my series recordings added after that show were "enriched" with season and episode data from TheTVDB. I tried to add the show again, and the same error re-materialized. I inspected the TheTVDB.com data directly for "The Mysteries of Laura" but couldn't see any issues. [*]For the shows which didn't have TVDB data, zap2it episode IDs were being used as %series% numbers and a concatenation of season number and episode number were being used as %episode% number. Presumably SD is supplying the zap2it IDs and the season/episode number as part of the original EPG data. It would be nice if that data was used as a fallback to TheTVDB data as opposed to the incorrect data now being used if the TVDB enrichment process fails. [/LIST] I'm not sure if this is a SchedulesDirect plugin problem, or if the TV Server is picking up the wrong data from the EPG when it names episodes. What sources are you using for TV (cable, over-the-air, settop-box)? I think I'm pretty much stuck with SchedulesDirect since I'm using a pair of HD-PVRs connected to settop boxes, and the plugin creates my channels in lieu of scanning. Do you think episodescanner.exe would work if I run into any other shows that SD chokes on? Or, can it only be used as a replacement for that part of the SD plugin? [/QUOTE]

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