[mythtv-users] Timeshifted channels

[Robert Longbottom]

On Fri, June 11, 2010 11:30 am, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 11 June 2010 10:57, Andre <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> On 8 Jun 2010, at 10:14, Nick Morrott wrote:
>>
>>> On 8 June 2010 08:57, Jay <alchamist at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> Is there any way to improve the duplicate detection or prevent this
>>>> from
>>>> happening? I don't want to set it to record on only one channel, as
>>>> quite
>>>> often programs are split across any of a broadcasters channels - e.g.
>>>> C4,
>>>> More4, E4 etc - and obviously the timeshifted channel is sometimes
>>>> handy to
>>>> avoid recording conflicts.
>>>
>>> Please check the XMLTV ID for more4 +1 you are using. To use the
>>> regular more4 data but with programme timings shifted forwards an
>>> hour, you should be using an ID of 'tsod.plus-1.more4.channel4.com' in
>>> the MythTV database and in your XMLTV config file for your video
>>> source.
>>
>> Sorry to jump in here but I see the same problem at times, I've just put
>> up with it so far.
>>
>> I'm a little concerned about using a programatically shifted version of
>> the original channel, there are often instances where the broadcaster
>> does not have the rights to make an extra broadcast so the +1 contains
>> only an apology graphic, I'd rather MythTV didn't decide to schedule one
>> of those for recording! I believe this is why there are often "official"
>> IDs for +1 channels as they can be different.
>
> Andre,
>
> (really a question for the XMLTV lists)
>
> Thanks for the information - can you say whether it happens on
> particular +x channels more than others? I'm guessing (I've never had
> the problem you mention, but have benefitted from the improved dupe
> detection and scheduling flexibility) that it is movie or sports
> events that may cause this due to the broadcaster only having the
> broadcast rights for the regular channel.
>
> There's no technical reason that a configuration option to choose
> between the RT-provided +x listings and programmatically creating them
> based on the regular +0 listings could not be added. It should also be
> possible for the grabber to download both versions, try to determine
> where the listings are different, and produce listings that are as
> close to the +0 listings as possible, but not include that programming
> which is not available on the +x channel. That would be the best of
> both worlds.

Jumping in mid thread here without really having read the whole thing,
just to say that I've seen this before and I think it was on ITV (and
ITV+1).  I don't particularly remember seeing it on any other channels,
but I guess the other ITV's would probably do the same as you might expect
this to be broadcaster related?

Robert.