[mythtv-users] DVB EPG kills Manual Schedule

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 02:06:11PM +0000, Andrew Meredith wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm having strange problems, but more of that later.
> 
> I have/had a manual program in for the full morning weather forecast. It 
> goes in just fine. It shows up in the "Upcoming" listings and all looks 
> well. Then come the day, it has vapourised. I put it back in again and 
> it goes away again.
> 
> A good look through the logs turns up:
> 
> 2005-11-04 00:26:36.556 Schedule Change on Channel 8006
> 2005-11-04 00:26:36.559 Old: 2005-11-07T06:55:00 2005-11-07T07:05:00 ITV 
> Weather (Manual Record)
> 2005-11-04 00:26:36.561 New: 2005-11-07 06:00:00 2005-11-07 07:00:00 
> GMTV NEWSHOUR
[snip]
> 
> I wonder if the DVB EPG transcribing code needs a clause to protect the 
> manual scheduling, similar to that which must already be in the 
> mythfilldatabase code.
> 

What it needs is for a manual schedule not to overwrite the
underlying program information data.

The EIT stuff is doing what it's supposed to. Gets new event
data, compares it against the old, there's a conflict so the
new information is assumed to be better than the old info.

It's fair to assume that updated information is better than
what we have?


Can someone comment on why a manually schedule recording
overwrites the underlying program information in the guide?


Stuart