[mythtv-users] Missing season episode numbering while it is there

[Mark Perkins]

On 2 April 2019 8:13:47 pm Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Mark,
>
> Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 6:51:41 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 2 April 2019 12:41:05 pm Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Hoi Hika,
>>>
>>> Sunday, March 31, 2019, 5:27:40 AM, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hoi All,
>>>
>>>> I have for over a year noticed that season episode numbering often
>>>> does not show on a recording. I maintain the graber I use and know it
>>>> was supplied. I see when pressing info that the data is there as a
>>>> correct SxEx statement is shown, but metadata shows zip. I see this
>>>> most often when there is no episode title. Actually then the failure
>>>> is 100%.
>>>
>>>> My present guess is that before entering graberdata a ttvdb check is
>>>> done on the episode title, which obviously will fail on absence of
>>>> such a title.
>>>
>>> So nobody has ever seen anything like this or has a clue about what is
>>> happening?
>
>> My understanding is that a missing subtitle (episode title) would be
>> considered inaccurate EPG data (for a "valid" ttvdb episode). I handle this
>> by getting the grabber to check for missing data (like subtitle), and
>> update data (like description) from ttvdb before xmltv load. helps greatly
>> with duplicate detection processes and data consistency.
>
> But then what about a series without subtitles and only numbering,
> even in ttvdb. Naming them episode 1 etc. mixes up the seasons. Why
> not add the numbering from the grabber.
> Or series so new or foreign that they do not exist in ttvdb or not
> with the translated title. My grabber does a ttvdb check itself even
> adding a ttvdb episode number if found.

I agree, particularly the note about using "Episode [1-x]" as episode 
title. However that is my understanding.

I suspect that the SxEx is not prioritised more highly from the EPG data 
simply because historically it rarely ever existed so was never factored 
much into the logic.