[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #2678: Duplicate checking of "unidentified episode"s is broken

[Tom Lichti]

Bruce Markey wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> ...
>>> I have the same problem with 'Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament', 
>>> they all have the same title, description, and Program ID, yet it is set 
>>> to record all of them (13 episodes this week alone on various channels). 
>>> I guess I could force it to just record on one channel, but it still 
>>> seems like a bug, or at least an anomaly.
>> Out of curiosity, do they also have the same subtitle (i.e. "episode 
>> title")?  If so, dup checking via description and/or subtitle would 
> 
> Presumably he is in North America and said there are Program IDs.

Correct. Canada, actually.

> Therefore, the dupmethod doesn't matter. This is a simple, common
> case of the station not reporting the episodes. Garbage in, garbage
> out. He has to decide how to record in a timeslot or one showing
> per week or just one channel as he suggests. The system can't
> know which are unique and repeats because the listing info doesn't
> tell him that.

Hrm. Yes, that would be the problem. It appears that they label Poker 
Superstars 2 as programid SH7226780000 (all episodes) and Poker 
Superstars 3 as programid SH8087800000 (all episodes). Kind of silly...

> My system can record one of each episode. If his local listings
> are all marked as "SH8087800000" then he has to find the best
> solution for himself because his station didn't provide this
> info.

That's what I will have to do. I have enough options to pick the one 
that doesn't conflict with anything else... :)

Thanks for the detailed explanation.

Tom