[mythtv-users] metadatalookup -- not searching tvdb after post processing RECORDED

[John]

On 31/10/12 16:54, Karl Dietz wrote:
> On 31.10.2012 17:26, John wrote:
>> On 31/10/12 13:55, Karl Dietz wrote:
>>> On 31.10.2012 14:03, John wrote:
>>>> On 31/10/12 11:21, John wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The recording rule has an inetref, it is set to series 1 episode 1. I
>>>>> have removed the category saying its "Film-comedy", and the subtitle
>>>>> is now populated. Struggling through the code, as long as the
>>>>> recording has title subtitle and not categorised as Film or movie, it
>>>>> should be seen as a "show" and tvdb run .
>>>>
>>>> category_type = "movie" in recordedprogram , I assume due to the eit.
>>>> reverting it to "series" allows mythmetadata to do its thing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If it is a problem we should simply not slap category_type movie on EIT
>>> events in the first place.
>>>
>>> Notice that plain old EIT does not carry a distinction between movie
>>> and series! The EN 300 468 content_descriptor (PDF available for free
>>> at ETSI) only describes the topic, not the form of the programme.
>>>
>>> Its called "Movie/Drama" which makes sense if interpreted as
>>> "movie or other dramaturgicaly scripted programme".
>
>> Thanks for reply. To be clear the original decision to categorize_type
>> as Movie, seems consistent, as it was based on the original eit data.
>> The eit had no subtitle, and the category shows up as Film - Comedy.
>
> EIT data does not have subtitles (or episode titles) either. It carries
> a event name, short description and long description. :-)
>
>> What caused me a problem is that I am adding the subtitle later. By then
>> the recording is defined as a movie. I'm fiddling around with mysql, but
>> the more general case this could not be changed by "change recording
>> metadata" through the gui.
>
> can this subtitle adding be codified as EITFixup that sets type to
> series and adds the subtitle directly?
Probably, but not by me :-), due to skills rather than intrest. I will 
have a look at eitfixup maybe I'll learn somthing. Looks like this has 
been discussed long ago 
....http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/252600, but I 
assume tailed off.

thanks