TV recorder and "reruns" (1 Viewer)

opusnut

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Does MP have any way of handling "rerun" episodes from the guide? eg. identifies show as rerun and will not record.

Looking for the same feature that MCE has where you can decide if you want to record first run, first run and rerun.. etc..

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wishywashy

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This would be a great feature, however... There isn't a central Media Portal EPG database. MCE connects to a site that has all of the info in it.
For me, I use XMLTV and the zap2it epg. It dosen't contain enough info to do this. Others are useing all kinds of other sites and still others use embedded tv guide info. It would be extremely difficult to incorperate the "first run" or season pass feature without a central site.
 

opusnut

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well.. i was looking at the raw data recieved from the XMLTV download from zap2it. It contains a field called "originaly aired". its a date field. But the XML file that the XMLTV file puts out doesnt seem to contain this info. What if MP could look at the tvguide data and IF this type of field existed, MP could use that info, other wise it would just ignore it was blank. I could write an app pretty easy to write an xml tvguide file with this field in it.

let me know what i can do to try and get this implemented.
 

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opusnut said:
well.. i was looking at the raw data recieved from the XMLTV download from zap2it. It contains a field called "originaly aired". its a date field. But the XML file that the XMLTV file puts out doesnt seem to contain this info. What if MP could look at the tvguide data and IF this type of field existed, MP could use that info, other wise it would just ignore it was blank. I could write an app pretty easy to write an xml tvguide file with this field in it.

let me know what i can do to try and get this implemented.

Please take contact with James so we can include that in WebEPG.


Thank you !
 

mzemina

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    opusnut - I even noticed that on some programs the TV rating. Why not include those?
    Code:
     <rating>
      <value>TV-14</value> 
      </rating>

    But - I looked through a two day listing and could not find what you had mentioned. In fact here is a re-run of "Home Improvement" and it doesn't appear to list that it has been aired earlier, it does however show the Artists/actors names!

    Code:
    - <programme>
      <title>Home Improvement</title> 
      <sub>What You See Is What You Get</sub> 
      <desc>Tim's ogling of breast-enlargement literature makes Jill feel inadequate.</desc> 
    - <credits>
      <actor>Tim Allen</actor> 
      <actor>Patricia Richardson</actor> 
      <actor>Earl Hindman</actor> 
      <actor>Zachery Ty Bryan</actor> 
      <actor>Taran Noah Smith</actor> 
      <actor>Jonathan Taylor Thomas</actor> 
      <actor>Richard Karn</actor> 
      <actor>Debbe Dunning</actor> 
      </credits>
      <date>19940511</date> 
      <category>Sitcom</category> 
      <category>Series</category> 
      <episode>EP002120.0091</episode> 
      <episode>HI71</episode> 
    - <audio>
      <stereo>stereo</stereo> 
      </audio>
      <subtitles> 
    - <rating>
      <value>TV-PG</value> 
      </rating>
      </programme>
     

    wishywashy

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    Actually, seeing your xml snipit, it does contain a "rerun" entry. It has the date first aired.

    <date>19940511</date>

    The guide could look at this date and compare it to the current date. If it is the current date or after it is "first run", if before current date it's a rerun.
     

    mzemina

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    wishywashy - Right you are! Sorry, I was looking for the "orginally aired" tag. Helps to perform a more thorough search before posting.

    Mike
     

    mzemina

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    One thing I see which I like in the data is the following:
    Code:
      <sub>What You See Is What You Get</sub>

    The title for that episode! That would be great to see that in MP!
     

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