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<blockquote data-quote="Anthony Vaughan" data-source="post: 1255252" data-attributes="member: 153283"><p>Hi CyberSimian</p><p></p><p>I've done some extensive testing using my test system and did the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Installed a completely fresh copy of MP 1.21;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Used WebEPG to load the EPG;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ran my app to update program names and extract series information, then stopped the app;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Then set up a schedule for one of the programs whose name started with 'New:'</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ran Reload DVB EPG;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">About an hour later, to ensure the load had finished, I ran my app to reset the names and series information. At this point, the state for the program record that was scheduled earlier was 0; meaning not now scheduled;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reviewed the same program about a half-hour later and the state had been set to scheduled; i.e. 64, presumably by the TV Service (in its own time).</li> </ul><p>So, I have a working method for resetting the EPG and getting all scheduled programs back to their previous state. However, it takes about and hour an hour and a half to ensure that all is restored as it was before. NOTE: it is vital to perform this routine when none of the programs that have been scheduled to record, that started with 'New:', are scheduled to record during this process or MP will fail to record it (because the schedule and program names will not match meaning that the state is not set by the TV Service).</p><p></p><p>I have looked the EPGs produced by WebEPG and by the broadcast media and, so far as I can see, they seem to be the same except that the WebEPG sometimes truncates the program name and places the text exceeding the truncation limit at the beginning of the description field with '...' and the end of the program name and at the beginning o the description (to show that the program name is continued in the description field). As it happens my app already handles this behaviour by moving the truncated text in the description field back to the program name field. For example:</p><p></p><p> 'House of Lords - Medicines and Medic...', with the description starting with '... al Procedures.', would become 'House of Lords - Medicines and Medical Procedures'.</p><p></p><p>When I get a chance I'll try to find the code in the TV Service that updates the state to see how often it runs.</p><p></p><p>Phew! I'm pleased that we seem to have that sorted with a workaround.</p><p></p><p>Tony</p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anthony Vaughan, post: 1255252, member: 153283"] Hi CyberSimian I've done some extensive testing using my test system and did the following: [LIST] [*]Installed a completely fresh copy of MP 1.21; [*]Used WebEPG to load the EPG; [*]Ran my app to update program names and extract series information, then stopped the app; [*]Then set up a schedule for one of the programs whose name started with 'New:' [*]Ran Reload DVB EPG; [*]About an hour later, to ensure the load had finished, I ran my app to reset the names and series information. At this point, the state for the program record that was scheduled earlier was 0; meaning not now scheduled; [*]Reviewed the same program about a half-hour later and the state had been set to scheduled; i.e. 64, presumably by the TV Service (in its own time). [/LIST] So, I have a working method for resetting the EPG and getting all scheduled programs back to their previous state. However, it takes about and hour an hour and a half to ensure that all is restored as it was before. NOTE: it is vital to perform this routine when none of the programs that have been scheduled to record, that started with 'New:', are scheduled to record during this process or MP will fail to record it (because the schedule and program names will not match meaning that the state is not set by the TV Service). I have looked the EPGs produced by WebEPG and by the broadcast media and, so far as I can see, they seem to be the same except that the WebEPG sometimes truncates the program name and places the text exceeding the truncation limit at the beginning of the description field with '...' and the end of the program name and at the beginning o the description (to show that the program name is continued in the description field). As it happens my app already handles this behaviour by moving the truncated text in the description field back to the program name field. For example: 'House of Lords - Medicines and Medic...', with the description starting with '... al Procedures.', would become 'House of Lords - Medicines and Medical Procedures'. When I get a chance I'll try to find the code in the TV Service that updates the state to see how often it runs. Phew! I'm pleased that we seem to have that sorted with a workaround. Tony . [/QUOTE]
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