[mythtv-users] Colon character in programme names

[Nick Morrott]

On 26 October 2013 12:37, remort28 remort28 <remort28 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Apologies if this has been addressed before but my searching skills don't
> seem to be working that well today.
>
>
> I am in the UK and using EIT to populate listings.  I am running mythtv
> 0.25.3+fixes.20130813.b5adf03-0ubuntu0mythbuntu2 on Ubuntu12.04.3 LTS.
>
>
> I am having a problem with colons in programme names.  Up until now, this
> has been relatively easy to deal with manually by keeping an eye on the
> 'upcoming recordings' tab in MythWeb and deleting unwanted programmes.  Myth
> appears to split the programme name at the first colon and the bit before is
> the 'Title' and the bit after is the ‘Subtitle' - at least this is how it
> appears in MythWeb.
>
>
> Can someone with more Myth expertise advise me on what I might be able to
> do?

Two options:

i) upgrade to MythTV 0.27 where the "New:" issue is addressed; or
ii) switch to using XMLTV listings where programme titles can be
corrected automatically.

Cheers,
Nick