[mythtv-users] Generic Episodes ONLY with SD?

Enigma enigma at thedonnerparty.com
Mon Oct 22 17:31:59 UTC 2007


Ever since I switched to Schedules Direct I have been having a  problem 
with generic descriptions on several programs.  I figured it was just 
the normal TMS "poor data " problem, we saw this with zap2it from time 
to time.  However, the issue does not seem to be getting any better.

Today while going through the upcoming recordings to deactivate the 
generic episodes (waiting 15-20 seconds after each one for the scheduler 
to run - grrrr!) I finally got fed up and decided to see if there was 
anything I could do about it.  Upon searching the list I found that 
other people were having the same problem with the some of the same series:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/292413
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/290628

For the most part, it was discounted with the standard "well, sometimes 
the stations do not supply TMS with current data" answer.  However, in 
my case (and probably those cases as well) it appears that is not the 
problem, as the other sources I have checked (TVGuide, zap2it and my 
local cableco) do have accurate descriptions for the showings in 
question.  I am not sure about TV Guide, but I know zap2it uses TMS 
listings and I am almost positive that my cable company does as well.  
Is there some reason SD would not be getting accurate listings from TMS 
or some reason that I might not be getting current listings from SD?  
Should I just report this as a lineup problem on the SD site and hope 
they can do something about it?




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