[mythtv-users] Inconsistent treatment of starttime/endtime vs runtime

[Steve Hodge]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> a) The <runTime> element is only included in MV* (movie) <program>
> elements.
> b) The same <program> element is referenced in multiple <schedule>
> elements--regardless of the starttime and duration of those scheduled
> airings of the movie.
>
> And--though I have not yet confirmed this by having someone with access to
> the data definition for the TMS DD-format raw data--I'm almost 100% positive
> that the <runTime> is the original runtime of the movie as released.  It
> does /not/ take into account the "This movie has been edited to fit your
> screen *and to run in the time allotted*."
> ...

The runTime--just like the Nudity advisory--is /meaningless/ in the context
> of the schedule, as it's just information about the /original/ program, not
> what's actually airing.
>

Yes, it's clearly not useful. Thanks for sorting that out Mike.

Regards,
Steve
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