[mythtv-users] EIT vs. Radio Times listings

[Alex Tomlins]

On 09/01/11 22:08, Simon Hobson wrote:
> Alex Tomlins wrote:
>
>> I'm based in the UK, and currently using EIT for listings info. This 
>> is working well in most cases, but for some shows the duplicate 
>> detection doesn't work very well.  This is usually due to the 
>> descriptions being slightly different (and no subtitles present).
>>
>> I was wondering if switching to using xmltv with the Radio Times 
>> grabber would be better in this regard.
>
> Doubt it - seems the same problems :( I suspect it's the same data, 
> just munged via different routes.
>
Ok, I did some more digging, and it seems that I don't have any 
programid's at all.

mysql> select count(*) from program;
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|    13536 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select count(*) from program WHERE programid = '';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|    13536 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Is this normal when using EIT?  From searching the mailing list it would 
seem that other UK users do get programid's when using EIT listings 
information.

# mythbackend --version
Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
MythTV Version   : v0.24-101-gc6c50df
MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
Network Protocol : 63
Library API      : 0.24.20101129-1
QT Version       : 4.6.2
Options compiled in:
  linux debug using_alsa using_jack using_oss using_pulse 
using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl 
using_bindings_python using_directfb using_dvb using_firewire 
using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv 
using_joystick_menu using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video 
using_opengl_vsync using_qtdbus using_qtwebkit using_v4l using_x11 
using_xrandr using_xv using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python 
using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads 
using_live using_mheg

I'm using a Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T card. This was initially running 
mythbuntu 9.10 with the stock packages.  I've since upgraded to 10.04, 
and the mythbuntu repo.

thanks,
Alex

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