[mythtv-users] Mythlink, season & episode data, and specials - Patch

[Michael]

On 02/03/2016 01:23 PM, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using mythlink with MythTV 0.27.5 on Fedora 23 x86_64 using 
> packages from rpmfusion.
>
> With the recent updates to mythlink, it has the ability to create 
> output including season and episode.  This is most useful if you also 
> consume mythtv content in xbmc, plex, etc.  It is a great addition.
>
> One gap that I have noticed though is the handling of special episodes.
>
> I usually use this format: "%T/%T - S%ssE%ep - %S" to give output 
> like: The X- Files/The X- Files - S10E01 - My Struggle.mpg
>
> if the season and episode data is non existent, which is represented 
> by 0 and 0 in the database, you get links like:
>
> The X- Files/The X- Files - SE - My Struggle.mpg which is ok, but not 
> great.
>
> However, in the case of special episodes, those are usually season 0, 
> but with an episode number: American Ninja Warrior/American Ninja 
> Warrior - SE03 - USA vs. the World.mpg
>
> You end up with plex trying to parse the name.  It seems to find the 
> episode and guessing season 1 for the season.
>
> I am hoping this is a simple patch to mythlink such that if the 
> episode is not zero, but the season is 0, then go ahead and print the 
> 0 season anyway.
>

I dug into this further and the issue isn't actually in mythlink, but 
rather it is in Program.pm in the perl bindings.

This patch fixes the issue:


--- Program.pm.good     2015-06-16 09:03:30.000000000 -0700
+++ Program.pm  2016-02-04 10:25:56.497196500 -0700
@@ -321,10 +321,11 @@
          }
      # Season/Episode/InetRef
          my ($season, $episode, $inetref);
-        $season = ($self->{'season'} or '');
-        $season = "0$season" if ($season && $season < 10);
          $episode = ($self->{'episode'} or '');
          $episode = "0$episode" if ($episode && $episode < 10);
+        $season = ($self->{'season'} or '');
+        $season = "0$season" if ($season && $season < 10);
+       $season = "00" if ($season eq '' && $episode ne '');
          $inetref = ($self->{'inetref'} or '');

      # Build a list of name format options


What is the process to get someone to look at this and/or commit it?

Michael