[mythtv-users] Does Auto-Extend work on auto racing?

[Ian Evans]

On Fri, May 22, 2026, 3:43 p.m. David Hampton via mythtv-users <
mythtv-users at mythtv.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2026-05-11 at 21:03 -0400, Ian Evans wrote:
> > I was looking at the sports in the list David Hampton posted last
> > fall for sporting events it covered and didn't notice any auto racing
> > events.
> >
> > Does the espn api provide any data on those events? I remember one
> > year the Indianapolis 500 was rain delayed by a few hours.
>
> Yes, ESPN apparently provides some data on auto racing but MythTV isn't
> designed to use it.  MythTV  currently requires mappings from the
> program title to the correct sport and league, and then it parses the
> program subtitle to find the names of the two teams that are competing.
> Those items are then used to find the correct game data at ESPN.  To
> handle racing or any other group sport (tennis, golf, etc) MythTV would
> need additional code paths written.  I don't know what other changes
> might be required, and I didn't study how ESPN reports group sporting
> events.  I did look at golf for about 10 seconds, and saw that a single
> golf "event" is listed as lasting around 80 hours, i.e. tee off on
> Thursday at 10am to the finish on Sunday around 6pm.  That's when I
> stopped looking at group sports.
>
> David
>
> P.S.  The ESPN sport "racing" has the following five leagues:
>
>   Formula 1
>   IndyCar Series
>   NASCAR Cup Series
>   NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
>   NASCAR Truck Series
>
> There's no data on any other racing.
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Thanks for the extra information. I was just curious. It's already an
amazing feature for the teams / sports it does work on.

One extra quick question: is it possible if auto extend is on AND extra
time is specified that the code adds the extra time to when the api shows
the game is over. As in "extend until the game is over plus the 30 minutes
I specified in the rule. "

Unless I'm wrong, during the baseball and football playoffs last year, it
would ignore the extra time in therule and just extend to game over. Having
both available would be great to catch post game stuff.

I know some people say, " just add 2 hours and don't use auto-extend" but
if it's an exiting year, some of us like to keep the games and it saves on
editing time. :)

Thanks again.

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