[mythtv] Status of Schedules Direct SD-JSON grabbers

[David Engel]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 07:49:05PM +0000, John P Poet wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 1:02 PM Karl Dietz <dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 15.07.2016 19:13, John P Poet wrote:
> > > The one place where (at least Gary's) xmltv json grabber falls short, is
> > > that the cast is all lumped together.  Guest stars are not separated
> > > from the normal cast, for example.  I believe Gary said that that is a
> > > limitation of xmltv and not the json data.  I don't know what it would
> > > take to update the xmltv standard to allow for that.
> >
> > Can we have some details?
> >
> > Where does the data end up in the "good" case?
> > Where does the data end up in the "bad" case?
> >
> > We (MythTV and XMLTV) have no concept of series/season regulars vs.
> > guest stars vs. uncredited extras / cameo (etc).
> > Does the data end up in the "guest" role? I understood that as guests
> > in talk shows etc.
> >
> > If it is like that, then we can fix it either way, once we agree on a
> > preferred way :-)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Karl
> >
> 
>  My recordedcredits table has:
> 
> role :
> set('actor','director','producer','executive_producer','writer','guest_star','host','adapter','presenter','commentator','guest')
> 
> When I press 'I' on a show that has "Guest Stars", it shows anyone with the
> 'guest_star' role.
> 
> The machine I pulled that from is still running the 'native'
> schedulesdirect grabber.

I for one, do occasionally use that screen to help identify guest
stars that look or sound familiar but can't place.

David
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