[mythtv-users] Episode numbers in MythTV

[Jason Chambers]

On 12/08/2010 08:51, Glenn Sommer wrote:
>    <programme start="20100826003500 +0200" stop="20100826013000 +0200"
> channel="TVK.dr.dk">
>      <title lang="da">En fri mand</title>
>      <desc lang="da">Anden del af krimi-serien fra 1996 med Ole Ernst
> som den røveridømte Frank der forsøger at vende tilbage til et liv
> uden kriminalitet.
> Sendt første gang 25.12.96</desc>
>      <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">2/2</episode-num>
>      <video>
>        <aspect>4:3</aspect>
>      </video>
>      <previously-shown />
>    </programme>
> --- STOP ---
>
>
> When using mythfilldatabase, it does not seem like the episode numbers
> gets filled into the database.
> Looking in the program table, "partnumber" and "parttotal" are always 0
>
> What am I doing wrong here?

What about the "syndicatedepisodenumber" column in the same table?

I don't know the history behind the partnumber/parttotal fields, but I 
was checking the data after the Radio Times made changes to its format. 
  Like yourself, I was expecting that the numbers would go in 
partnumber/parttotal too.

However I then found the results were actually going into 
syndicatedepisodenumber instead.  They get entered in a format of 
'E<episodenum>S<seasonnum>'.

(And yes they show up in the information screens in the frontend so it 
must be the pukka column.)

Regards,
Jason