[mythtv-users] UK: Strictly Come Dancing E1S12, looks like a dupe

mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk
Fri Sep 19 12:23:59 UTC 2014


Quoting Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>:

> Because this was bugging me, I've just checked the original source
> data for the Strictly Come Dancing launch show and for the 2 upcoming
> 'real' episodes that are currently in the listings for next weekend.
>
> Although the source data I have is that retrieved by the tv_grab_uk_rt
> grabber, the data comes from the same Metabroadcast Atlas listings
> system as that of the new tv_grab_uk_atlas grabber.
>
> The launch show was listed as series 12, episode 1 of 15.
> The upcoming shows are listed as series 12, episodes 1&2 of 14.
>

I unzipped my mythconverg database backup from just before the launch  
show and you are right, it was in the program table as E1S12.

> So that's where the issue is - the launch show was originally included
> as the first episode in a run of 15 episodes. 3 weeks later when the
> series starts proper, the series is now listed as 14 episodes and
> episodes numbering has restarted at 1 again.
>
> For users of the uk_rt grabber, I should be able to correct the
> listings so that this issue doesn't affect you (assuming the upstream
> listings suppliers don't fix this up before transmission).
>

Nick, do you know how to report this to the atlas people? My google-fu  
is not up to it.




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