TV Recordings using name of previous show (1 Viewer)

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Hi,

Since upgrading from 1.1.3 to 1.2.0 I am sometimes getting the name of a recording as the previous show, not the show being recorded. I upgraded to 1.2.1 and the issue still persists. I'm not really sure, but it seems to mainly happen with one-off recordings. Series recordings seem to be OK. I'm not really sure what I need to include, but I have a cut from the tv.log showing it recording 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' but calling the show 'Seven News' (logsnippet.txt) and a screen grab of the schedule table from the database. I have also attached the full log from that day (tv.zip) which has another recording which has done the same thing. It doesn't do this every time though.

TIA,
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[Brudertac]

AW: TV Recordings using name of previous show

I have seen the same on my Sys but right now i cannot offer Logfiles.

In my case it happens on recording of series too.
What have you set on Minutes for recording before and after the Show?

 

[stillpedalling]

I have set my defaults to 5 minutes pre-record and 15 minutes post.

 

[jameson_uk]

can you confirm what time Seven News was on? (presumably this was the program before ET)

 

[jameson_uk]

Just some info in case anyone can see something I am missing.

The filename is set in MakeFileName in RecordingDetail.cs based on _program. This is only set in the constructor and is defined as

      if (isSerie)
      {
        DateTime now = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(schedule.PreRecordInterval);
        startTime = new DateTime(now.Year, now.Month, now.Day, schedule.StartTime.Hour, schedule.StartTime.Minute, 0);
      }
      else
      {
        startTime = schedule.StartTime;
      }

      _program = schedule.ReferencedChannel().GetProgramAt(startTime);

So for one off recording it is simply looking for the program that finishes after the schedule start time and has a start time equal to or greater than the schedule start time on the channel in question.

I can't seem to see anything wrong here but clearly in logs (and I have seen quite a few reports of this) we have recordings where the filename does not match the schedule name.

To the OP, is it possible that the time of the program was changed and that your EPG was updated between adding the schedule and the recording starting?

 

[stillpedalling]

Seven News would have been scheduled to run from 6:00pm to 6:30pm. Is it possible that Seven News is finishing at 6:30 and ET was starting at 6:30, and if so, is it possible that this is where the error in the name comes from since they both appear at 6:30pm? (Note, this is just conjecture - I will need to check when I get home).

It is possible, but I would think unlikely that the EPG changed for this particular recording. If it did change it would have only been in the range of a few minutes.

 

[5teve]

Although i cant offer any logs, i have this issue very often and think that its something that channel 7 and 9 are maybe doing on purpose.

It does not help that they constantly change schedules, which i am guessing is why the issue is occuring. Typically they will over run or reschedule by 5-10 minutes here and there.

The main culprit is films on 7 (or 7two) that run after better homes and gardens, i will schedule on Saturday or sunday, they will change the schedule (unbenown to me) and i end up with a 3 hour recording called better homes and gardens instead of Good morning vietnam!

How are the one offs being scheduled internally in MP? by name or by time, or epg id as series generally dont seem to suffer that i have noticed (but i generally dont record series on 7 or 9)

I have seen referenced on here previously and cant find now, that some one had the same issue and it was suggested that perhaps the broadcasters were messing / changing the program id's leading to this issue.

I have had perhaps 9 -10 instances of this so far in the last few months.. and i dont record that much... i'm still on 1.2 release..

Thanks

Steve