[mythtv] DVD-T UK xmltv ids

Ed W lists at wildgooses.com
Sat May 28 23:21:50 UTC 2005


>I think the service id only really differs with a regional station, while the  
>national ones stay the same. BBC has regional variations, but for most the 
>only difference is the 'local' news. ITV1 also has a different service id 
>from that listed, but again there are regional differences. Sky News, TMF, 
>BBC News24 & CBeebies all match those listed, but there are no regional 
>differences for those stations. If you looked across the country, I'd be very 
>surprised if any service id was re-used for a different station.
>  
>

Well this is encouraging, we can simply duplicate the data for the 
repeated stations.  As long as we don't have any overlaps it should be ok.

What I suggest is a new table and update the info during the tv scan.  
We could download images perhaps at the same time...

TO get this off the ground could those reading this completely check 
your service IDs and names against mine and post any additional ones or 
differences (use Excel or similar to do a quick compare, just sort both 
colums and pick out the changes).  We should then be able to rustle up 
the table and slot in the code quite easily.  A quick call to the 
Aussies and perhaps the US guys might fill up the DB a bit more...

Looks promising.  Lets go do it

Ed W



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