[mythtv-users] Is it possible to sort by Original Airdate instead of recorded date?

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Thu Jul 10 22:12:38 UTC 2008


On 10/07/2008, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Marc Randolph <mrand at pobox.com> wrote:
>  > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:39 PM, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> In the USA, the scheduledirect data includes the original air date for
>  >> the vast majority of shows.
>  >
>  > And there is the episode number, which should provide the same sort order..
>
>
> Should, but often does not.  I have seen shows where the programid /
>  episode number sorting does not match the air-date sorting.  Also, the
>  "episode number" is often missing from the data, and all you have is
>  the programid -- which MOST of the time does not match the air-date
>  order (in my experience).

If an episode is shown out of sequence or dropped (I read this
happened with jpod in Canada) does the episode number refer to the
'intended' broadcast order, or the 'actual' order? When the episode is
shown at a later date, it's obviously best if the episode number is
not the same as the original broadcast date.

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