Keep more recorded program info in the database

[johnnyb]

There is a lot more information in xmltv epg guide than is saved by gbpvr e.g.

<programme start="20070109223500 +0000" stop="20070110004000 +0000" channel="UK_RT_92">
<title lang="en">Film:Runaway Jury ***</title>
<desc lang="en">Like a number of its predecessors, this John Grisham adaptation is blessed with a well-known cast of the great (Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman) and the good (John Cusack, Rachel Weisz). A New Orleans woman files a suit against the gun industry (interestingly, it was the tobacco conglomerates in Grisham&apos;s original novel) after her husband is murdered during a madman&apos;s shooting spree. Unfortunately for the widow and her idealistic lawyer Wendall Rohr (Hoffman), the firearms lobby has hired ruthless &quot;jury consultant&quot; Rankin Fitch (Hackman) and his crack surveillance team to ensure the people chosen are predisposed to the &quot;right&quot; verdict. But, before you can say 12 Angry Men, into the mix comes John Cusack as a juror who is not at all that he seems. Cue machinations, manipulations, twists and counter-twists that are guaranteed to keep the audience off balance. Director Gary Fleder - who made a name for himself with Things to Do in Denver When You&apos;re Dead - has produced a well-crafted and efficient Hollywood entertainment here, despite the odd implausible plot point and simplistic central message (guns are bad, principles are good). The big disappointment has to be the lacklustre head-to-head between acting giants Hoffman and Hackman that promised much but fell far short of the must-see Pacino/De Niro eyeballer in Michael Mann&apos;s Heat. </desc>
<credits>
<director>Gary Fleder</director>
<actor>Nick Easter - John Cusack</actor>
<actor>Rankin Fitch - Gene Hackman</actor>
<actor>Wendall Rohr - Dustin Hoffman</actor>
<actor>Marlee - Rachel Weisz</actor>
<actor>Durwood Cable - Bruce Davison</actor>
<actor>Judge Harkin - Bruce McGill</actor>
<actor>Lawrence Green - Jeremy Piven</actor>
<actor>Doyle - Nick Searcy</actor>
<actor>Frank Herrera - Cliff Curtis</actor>
<actor>Janovich - Nestor Serrano</actor>
<actor>Lamb - Leland Orser</actor>
<actor>Vanessa Lembeck - Jennifer Beals</actor>
<actor>Lonnie Shaver - Bill Nunn</actor>
<actor>Sebald - Henry Darrow</actor>
<actor>Jerry Hernandez - Luis Guzman</actor>
<actor>Jacob Woods - Dylan McDermott</actor>
</credits>
<date>2003</date>
<category lang="en">Film</category>
<length units="minutes">125</length>
<premiere lang="en">Premiere</premiere>
<subtitles type="teletext">
<language lang="en">English</language>
</subtitles>
<rating system="BBFC">
<value>12</value>
</rating>
<star-rating>
<value>3/5</value>
</star-rating>
</programme>


Unfortunately most of this informatin is lost in gbpvr, including the programme description which is truncated. I understand this is probably done to make the description fit in dialogue box on screen, but it would be nice to save all the info and have an option to switch from the truncated version to the full version. All other info such as actors etc. would be good also.

The age rating would be very useful to help stop the kids watching unsuitable content.

Different epg grabbers will probably grab different info, so may just have to dump everything onto the screen.

[sub]

Assuming you're using the default SQLite database, then the whole description will be saved (MSAccess database only stored 255 characters).

The default blue skin is designed to be well suited to the size descriptions we have in this part of the world (a few lines of text), but you can always create your own skin which shows more. I didnt want to see a big empty space all the time on my setup.

The age rating is already stored and displayed in the TV Guide when you view a show's details. Genre/category is also saved and displayed.

<date> and <star-rating> are not standard fields and just something someone has added to your specific XMLTV files used in your country.