[mythtv-users] Schedules Direct DataDirect replacement service testing

[Jerry]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Robert Eden <rmeden at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 10/3/2014 7:54 AM, Robert Eden wrote:
>
> On 10/3/2014 6:16 AM, Doug Lytle wrote:
>
>  54.84.32.205        docs.tms.tribune.com     webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com
>
>  I've had this in place for the last couple of days and today I've noticed that I'm getting junk recordings.
>
> I'm using a power rule against category and all the Schedules Direct data shows categories of 'Unknown'  I remarked out the host entry and my categories are back.
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> Doug
>
>  More of a known issue...
>
>    1. SD DD Genre-Relevance starts with 1 not 0. I doubt this will hurt
>    any apps, but it made my coding easier.
>    2. SD DD Genre-Relevance values not, "relevant". I don't seem to have
>    correct priority for relevance so I just make them sequential. I'll try and
>    work on this later, but right now am more concerned with getting a working
>    service out.
>
> MythTV sets category based on Genre-Relevance=0.  SD-DD starts with 1.
> If it started with zero, that wouldn't help.. you'd get seemingly random
> categories.
>
> I promised to fix this, but not sure it will be done by Nov 1.... there
> are bigger issues to tackle.  My initial goal is for folks to mostly keep
> working after Nov 1.
>
> I just thought of a "quick fix"...  don't load all genre's except the
> first one (category to you).   Sounds like that's a good solution for
> MythTV.  I'll try to have that in today.
>

I just did a grab and the categories seem to line up with the events
(sporting event, sitcom, etc).  I did not check every category but it looks
like things are working.

My earlier problem was due to a lineup change by my cable provider.
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