[mythtv-users] Inconsistent program naming in EIT guide on FreeView (UK DVB)

junk junk at giantblob.com
Tue Feb 27 11:40:28 UTC 2007


Hi,

I'm having trouble with Myth recording a lot of duplicate programs. I'm 
in the UK, recording FreeView DVB broadcasts and using the 
over-the-air/EIT program guide only. For example I've ended up with four 
copies of a recent Ugly Betty episode (some people would argue that even 
one copy of this show was probably surplus to requirements but I have to 
'test' MythTV on something...)

I've set up a rule to record this show at any time on any channel since 
the same series is transmitted on Channel 4, E4 and E4+1 at different 
times throughout the week.

Firstly, should I expect this to record all showings or just all unique 
showings? Is there an option to record all unique showings?
Secondly, I've noticed sometimes that the text associated with a 
particular episode of a show in the EIT guide is not consistent across 
different showings of that episode across channels or, sometimes, even 
between repeats of the same episode on the same channel. Will I get 
better matching of duplicates from the Radio Times xmltv grabber than 
the FreeView EIT guide?

Thanks,
-- jeek



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