[mythtv] Schema question---are programid's globally unique?

f-myth-users at media.mit.edu f-myth-users at media.mit.edu
Sat Jan 12 21:12:51 UTC 2008


Are programid's guaranteed unique all by themselves (e.g,. the same
programid will never refer to two different "shows", be they single
movies or episodes of a series, etc) or are they only supposedly
unique when paired with a seriesid (if present)?

[Yes, I know that occasionally the same episode of something will
spuriously claim different programid's in different showings; I'm
staring at an example right now.  But that seems to be carelessness
in TMS's handling of particular types of series, e.g., "How It's Made."
I'm asking about the other direction of the bijection.]

Either way, is this documented anywhere?  I recall that DataDirect
documented their schema (did anyone save snapshots of that site?),
but I also seem to recall talk that SchedulesDirect/TMS claimed that
the -new- schema was proprietary, which I find rather obnoxious, if
it's true...



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