[mythtv] Movie duplicate detection

[Kyle Gordon]

I understand your problem, but have no idea how to fix it. Do ITV3 really need 
to put in these stupid 10 minute news breaks in every bloody film?

:-)

Kyle

Tirsdag 17 jan 2006 18:19 skrev Stutty:
> How exactly should mythtv and xmltv handle movies that are split into
> parts by the broadcaster? i.e. typically in the UK the broadcaster
> will show the first 60-90 minutes of a film and then show the News
> then @ 9pm or 10pm show the final part of the film after the news.
>
> First problem is that the listings data usually only fills in the full
> movie details for the first part of the movie, so a rule to say record
> all 3 star movies or all Clint Eastwood films will only record the
> first half (you can imagine how annoying this is!).
>
> This problem I can easily overcome in xmltv (there's probably a way to
> do this in mythtv, but I don't really see this as a fault of myth so
> no point - especially if it's a UK (radio times) only issue).
>
> The second problem I have is how to get myth to see the two seperate
> parts of the film as different things - as far as I can tell
> mythfilldatabase creates a programid that is based on the Title alone,
> thus any twiddling of the option to match duplicates on
> subtitle/description, has absolutely no affect.
>
> Options as I see it are:
>  * to do add a series and episode Id into the xmltv data - not really
> what its for?
>  * always blank the programid if there is no series/episode no, even
> if it is a movie (the current exception)
>  * petition the broadcasters to stop them putting the flipping news in
> the middle of films
>
> Any reasons why the programid is set for movies and no other program types?
>
> If there aren't any I'll raise a ticket to remove the exception.
>
> Hmm bit of a ramble, Quite a long email to justify a one line change!
>
> Paul
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