[mythtv-users] Both EIT & Schedules direct?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Stuart,

Friday, October 2, 2015, 12:23:55 PM, you wrote:

> On 02/10/15 11:04, Gavin Peters (蓋文彼德斯) wrote:
>> Is using EIT to supplement schedules direct working? Many broadcasters
>> are quite good now about updating EIT when program schedules change (for
>> instance a sports event goes long), so it seems very desirable to use
>> EIT to update your existing information.
>> 
>> How well does myth manage this merge now? What are the issues?
>> 

> Each assumes they are the sole source of guide data and overwrites
> the others data.

> They tend to have differing title/subtitle/description contents
> for the same shows, which throws duplicate detection off.

> And generally it's a bad idea.

> Use one guide source per channel, not multiple. ie you can use
> both, provided there is no overlap between the channels being
> updated via that method.

I've tested it some time ago. The here have weird programid's pointing
to a closed website. The horribly messed with my genres etc. I would
advise using EIT only as last resort.


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