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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1267510" data-attributes="member: 141969">I keep meaning to get around to looking at &quot;TV Wishlist&quot;, but I have not done so yet <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. However, it cannot be as good as WMC. The reason is that the WMC EPG has series and episode ids that allow WMC to identify episodes in a series and repeated episodes, whereas MP cannot use series and episode ids even if they are present in the EPG.Although not common, the BBC in the UK sometimes schedules a series where the programme titles are all different. This might be a series of independently-produced&nbsp; programmes which address a single theme (and so the BBC schedules them as a series). The WMC EPG can handle this, by means of the series id <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. The MP EPG cannot handle this, because it uses only the programme title to identify programmes in the series (so all programmes in the series must have the same title). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1267510, member: 141969"] I keep meaning to get around to looking at "TV Wishlist", but I have not done so yet :(. However, it cannot be as good as WMC. The reason is that the WMC EPG has series and episode ids that allow WMC to identify episodes in a series and repeated episodes, whereas MP cannot use series and episode ids even if they are present in the EPG. Although not common, the BBC in the UK sometimes schedules a series where [b]the programme titles are all different[/b]. This might be a series of independently-produced programmes which address a single theme (and so the BBC schedules them as a series). The WMC EPG can handle this, by means of the series id :). The MP EPG cannot handle this, because it uses only the programme title to identify programmes in the series (so all programmes in the series must have the same title). :( -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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