[mythtv-users] duplicate recordings, new card

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Mike Perkins
<mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> Nick Morrott wrote:
>>
>> [1] I find the UK Radio Times data very consistent over time, although
>> it does not provide programid data and occasionally contains errors. I
>> update the RT XMLTV grabber to correct any inconsistencies where
>> reasonable to do so. The EIT data provided by DVB-T/S does provide
>> programid, allowing series-link to works its wonders within MythTV.
>> Thanks to the devs for providing this functionality - I'm looking
>> forward to 0.22 which should allow a more graceful coexistence of
>> DVB-T and DVB-S EIT data.
>>
> Hah! Just try recording "The Sky at Night" every month. I usually end up
> with three recordings, two with different subtitles for what is obviously
> the same programme, and a third one with the same subtitle as one of the
> above but ten minutes longer!
>
> And don't get me started on the rash of programmes we have had lately where
> the lazy data entry clerk has put the subtitle on the same line as the
> title, so a standard rule doesn't match. The whole series of "Secrets of
> Egypt" was like that, there are others I could name.

we get that a lot in NZ

>
> A fix for the latter problem could be quite easy: If there's a colon in the
> title field, and the subtitle field is empty, parse out the colon and what's
> after it and assume it's the subtitle. I'm not holding my breath.
>


I'm sure there must be some programmes where the colon is a legit part
of the name.