[Bug] Unable to remove languages for which to grab EPG (1 Viewer)

[Wbunaarf]

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In TV Server Configuration / DVB EPG / TV Epg grabber (perhaps radio as well, I haven't checked) which languages to grab EPG for can be set. Unfortunately removing a (specific) language once set isn't possible. Removing all by means of presing 'None' works, but unchecking a specific language doesn't remove it.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Enter TV Server Configuration / DVB EPG / TV Epg grabber
2. Select a (or several) language(s) for which to grab EPG
3. Switch to another 'configuration page' and back and confirm that the chosen language(s) are still selected
4. Unselect the language(s)
5. Switch to another 'configuration page' and back and note that the language(s) unselected are in fact still selected

Expected behaviour:

In point 5 above the unselected language(s) should remain so


When checking the 'epgLanguages' field in the 'setting' table of the 'mptvdb' database I notice that the language(s) are correctly added in step 2 above, but when trying to remove language(s) rather than deleting them from the field all of the previously chosen languages are written once again.


The attached logs show the the procedure outlined above.

//Johannes

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again Johannes

I can confirm.

mm

 

[Wbunaarf]

Thanks for the confirmation!

Added to Mantis: 0003670: Languages for which to grab epg can't be removed - MediaPortal Bugtracker

 

[tourettes]

Just to be sure - is there any workaround to select only one language? Since if there isn't I would consider this as a showstopper, as it would mean that in dual (or multi) language EPGs it would create EPG data where multiple languages exists. Basicly making the EPG useless.

 

[mm1352000]

Hi Tourettes

Yes there is a workaround. Just use the "none" link to remove all previous languages, then select the one the you actually want.

mm

 

[SilentException]

Error happens because we save selected languages to DB as 3 letter codes (IDs). And in the language list, 3 letter codes repeat. So for example if I select first two languages (Arabic and Bulgarian), next time I open EPG, I will also have 10 other languages selected - Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Bulgarian (Bulgaria), Arabic (Iraq), Arabic (Egypt)... So to properly remove all Arabic languages it's not enough to deselect first in the list (Arabic), but also others that have ID "ara".

 

[mm1352000]

So do you think we should automate that - unticking or ticking all languages with the same code...

mm

 

[SilentException]

Yes, I that's one of the best ways to fix..

 

[Wbunaarf]

I think I've read something a long time ago that this list is somehow provided by Windows, but what's the point in having multiple entries for the same language? I mean, if eg 'Arabic (Iraq)' and 'Arabic (Egypt)' are both mapped to 'ara' wouldn't it make more sense to have only 'Arabic'? (As a side note, in this case it would've been nice to be able to sort that list on the IDs. Also, just FYI, the language I tried to uncheck was 'Danish'.)

//Johannes