United Kingdom
Started on: 2009-08-30
last update: 2009-08-30
Summary:
Extract and use Series/Episode Information from EPG for series recording
Area:
TV-Server/EPG
Description:
In the UK both Freeview (DVB-t) and Freesat (DVB-s) transmit series and episode meta data with the EPG data for most of the main channels programmes. This would allow a better and more convenient series record option and get rid of dupilcate episodes being recorded.
The following is an extract of XML from DVBGuide (standalone epg grabber) for Freeview.
as you can see there are two 'hidden' CRIDs 0x31 and 0x32.
CRID 0x32 (value 'KCI4LN') is the Series ID and is unique to this programme (for this channel).
CRID 0x31 (value '5A6ITW') is the episode ID, which increments up with every new episode i.e for the next days show the CRID 0x31 is '5A6ITX'.
Hopefully extracting the extra data and storing it in the DB should be reasonably easy, though i think the rewrite of the TV scheduling section might be more work (I think this isn't currently been done already)
last update: 2009-08-30
Summary:
Extract and use Series/Episode Information from EPG for series recording
Area:
TV-Server/EPG
Description:
In the UK both Freeview (DVB-t) and Freesat (DVB-s) transmit series and episode meta data with the EPG data for most of the main channels programmes. This would allow a better and more convenient series record option and get rid of dupilcate episodes being recorded.
The following is an extract of XML from DVBGuide (standalone epg grabber) for Freeview.
Code:
<programme channel="X1048" start="20090830163500 +0000" stop="20090830165000 +0000">
<!--event id="59037" -->
<!--crid type="[b]0x31[/b]" uri="crid://fp.bbc.co.uk/[b]5A6ITW[/b]" -->
<!--crid type="[b]0x32[/b]" uri="crid://fp.bbc.co.uk/[b]KCI4LN[/b]" -->
<title lang="en">BBC News</title>
<desc lang="en">The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team. [S]</desc>
...
</programme>as you can see there are two 'hidden' CRIDs 0x31 and 0x32.
CRID 0x32 (value 'KCI4LN') is the Series ID and is unique to this programme (for this channel).
CRID 0x31 (value '5A6ITW') is the episode ID, which increments up with every new episode i.e for the next days show the CRID 0x31 is '5A6ITX'.
Hopefully extracting the extra data and storing it in the DB should be reasonably easy, though i think the rewrite of the TV scheduling section might be more work (I think this isn't currently been done already)