[mythtv-users] Generic Episodes ONLY with SD?

[Mike LaPlante]

Enigma wrote:
> Ever since I switched to Schedules Direct I have been having a  problem 
> with generic descriptions on several programs.  I figured it was just 
> the normal TMS "poor data " problem, we saw this with zap2it from time 
> to time.  However, the issue does not seem to be getting any better.
>
> Today while going through the upcoming recordings to deactivate the 
> generic episodes (waiting 15-20 seconds after each one for the scheduler 
> to run - grrrr!) I finally got fed up and decided to see if there was 
> anything I could do about it.  Upon searching the list I found that 
> other people were having the same problem with the some of the same series:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/292413
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/290628
>
> For the most part, it was discounted with the standard "well, sometimes 
> the stations do not supply TMS with current data" answer.  However, in 
> my case (and probably those cases as well) it appears that is not the 
> problem, as the other sources I have checked (TVGuide, zap2it and my 
> local cableco) do have accurate descriptions for the showings in 
> question.  I am not sure about TV Guide, but I know zap2it uses TMS 
> listings and I am almost positive that my cable company does as well.  
> Is there some reason SD would not be getting accurate listings from TMS 
> or some reason that I might not be getting current listings from SD?  
> Should I just report this as a lineup problem on the SD site and hope 
> they can do something about it?
>
>
>   
I've been seeing this a lot with Family Guy, for instance this Wednesday 
night my Upcoming Recordings shows I'll be recording Family Guy episode 
with no episode data at 5:30pm on CW. But Zap2it.com shows the listing 
data as episode "Death Lives". So TMS has the data but I didn't get it 
from Schedules Direct.

In fact for the next 3 days I'll be recording 6 generic episodes of 
Family Guy. But I'm actually recording an SD and HD version of the same 
episode each day. This is because I have the schedule setup to recording 
any time / any channel, and not excluding generics.

Mike