Multiple recordings of single show

[CDinger]

Was this originally recorded as a season recording, or a one of recording?

Was it made from the TV Guide, or web app, or 'Manual Rec' button, or a client like Kodi/Emby?

Can you see these large numbers of multiples listed on the Recordings->Pending screen in NextPVR? If you hit 'Update EPG' button do the extras go away? If not, supply your npvr.db3.

I didn't realize until you posed the question but I have both a TV guide setup for season on 40.1 KTXL and a manual recording any channel, daily, title like 'College Football'. I also have the same two settings but substitue 'NFL Football'.

I don't use Kodi or any other app only NPVR.

I don't see large numbers of multiple lising in the pending screen in NPVR.

I also have repeating duplicate recordings on one show, "ABC 10 News at 5*". I use Zap2It for my TV guide data and I have it append a * to the title of new shows. I do not append anything for live shows like football. I have many recurring recordings using the * that work perfectly but the ABC 10 News at 5 a weekday news program makes 2 recordings daily.

[mvallevand]

Was this originally recorded as a season recording, or a one of recording?

Was it made from the TV Guide, or web app, or 'Manual Rec' button, or a client like Kodi/Emby?

Can you see these large numbers of multiples listed on the Recordings->Pending screen in NextPVR? If you hit 'Update EPG' button do the extras go away? If not, supply your npvr.db3.

The problem shows pretty well in NRecord.log.3 The user has a very, very vague custom rule

Code:

2017-11-03 16:49:06.770    [INFO][11]    UpdateRecurringRecording(123, 'College Football'):
<Rules><ChannelOID>0</ChannelOID><ChannelName>All Channels</ChannelName><StartTime>2017-10-14T16:00:00.0000000Z</StartTime><EndTime>2017-10-14T19:00:00.0000000Z</EndTime><PrePadding>1</PrePadding><PostPadding>2</PostPadding><Quality>0</Quality><Keep>0</Keep><AdvancedRules>title like 'College Football'</AdvancedRules></Rules>

that rule naturally generates lots of conflicts, but the conflict handling is not helped by the fact that all his games seem to share the generic zap2it ID (EP000009935605) for college football. When the conflict occurs he gets the first instance recorded over again.

2017-11-03 16:49:08.129 [DEBUG][11] - Yes! Scheduled alternative: 11/4/2017 9:00 AM
2017-11-03 16:49:08.363 [DEBUG][11] - Yes! Scheduled alternative: 11/4/2017 9:00 AM
2017-11-03 16:49:08.629 [DEBUG][11] - Yes! Scheduled alternative: 11/4/2017 9:00 AM
2017-11-03 16:49:08.895 [DEBUG][11] - Yes! Scheduled alternative: 11/4/2017 9:00 AM

Because those conflicts don't have a recurrence OID (in the beta forum I pushed for an alternative) they get rescheduled everyday.

Code:

2017-11-04 08:59:11.579    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (17894:1:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:11.860    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (17895:2:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-0.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:12.040    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (17978:3:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-1.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:12.340    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (17979:4:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-2.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:12.440    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18066:5:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-3.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:12.540    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18067:6:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-4.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:12.751    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18151:7:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-5.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:12.941    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18152:8:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-6.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.041    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18239:9:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-7.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.111    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18240:10:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-8.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.191    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18327:11:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-9.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.281    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18328:12:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-10.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.348    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18408:13:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-11.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.593    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18409:14:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-12.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.673    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18494:15:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-13.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.749    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18495:16:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-14.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:13.832    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18496:17:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-15.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.053    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18497:18:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-16.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.184    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18585:19:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-17.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.274    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18586:20:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-18.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.466    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18587:21:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-19.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.534    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18588:22:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-20.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.624    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18685:23:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-21.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.704    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18686:24:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-22.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.764    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18687:25:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-23.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.834    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18688:26:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-24.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:14.898    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18777:27:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-25.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:15.112    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18778:28:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-26.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:15.275    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18779:29:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-27.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:15.333    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18780:30:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-28.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:15.400    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18869:31:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230-29.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:15.556    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18870:32:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:15.796    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18871:33:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:16.075    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18872:34:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:17.917    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18942:1:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001200.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:17.997    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18943:35:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:18.071    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18959:36:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:18.147    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18960:37:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:18.237    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18961:38:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)
2017-11-04 08:59:18.317    [DEBUG][10]    Started recording (18962:39:D:\College Football\College Football_20171104_09001230.ts)

Martin

[CDinger]

I wanted to give an update on how I resolved the problem. Martin pointed out that the issue was related to my recurring recording using "Title like College Football" resulting in multiple shows with the same generic zap2it ID (EP000009935605). The TV Guide listed games as "College Football:TBA" TBA=to be announced. First I tried using the -T option "don't cache files containing programs with "TBA|To Be Announced." I cleared the cache and waited a week but ended up with no change. I now use the code below and it is working. As a plus Nextend works for college games now that they have actual titles with teams playing. It took a couple of weeks tweeking then waiting for the next Saturday to see if it worked.

My previous code in UpdateEPG.bat file
cd /D c:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\
zap2xml.exe -o C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\epg.xml -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -S 1 -d 14 -D -A "new" * -T

My current UpdateEPG.bat
cd /D c:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\
zap2xml.exe -o C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\epg.xml -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -T -S 1 -d 7 -n 3 -D -A "new" *

I moved the -T to first option though not sure it matters, decreased days to 7, and 3 no cache days from the end of the 7 days.


rem -A "new live" = append " *" to program titles that are "new" and/or "live"
rem -a = output all channels (not just favorites) from tvguide.com
rem -b = retain website channel order
rem -c <cacheDirectory> (default = "cache")
rem -C <configuration file> (default = "~/.zap2xmlrc")
rem -d <# of days> (default = 7)
rem -D = include extra program details = 1 extra http request per program!
rem -E "amp apos quot lt gt" = selectively encode standard XML entities
rem -e = encode entities (html special characters like accents)
rem -F = output channel names first (rather than "number name")
rem -i <iconDirectory> (default = don't download channel icons)
rem -I = include program icons (image URLs) - 1 extra http request per program!
rem -J <xmltv> = include xmltv file in output
rem -j = add "series" category to all non-movie programs
rem -l <lang> (default = "en")
rem -L = output "<live />" tag (not part of xmltv.dtd)
rem -m <#> = offset program times by # minutes (better to use TZ env var)
rem -M = copy movie_year to empty movie sub-title tags
rem -n <# of no-cache days> (from end) (default = 0)
rem -N <# of no-cache days> (from start) (default = 0)
rem -o <output xml filename> (default = "xmltv.xml")
rem -O = use old tv_grab_na style channel ids (C###nnnn.zap2it.com)
rem -P <http://proxyhost:port> = to use an http proxy
rem -p <password>
rem -q = quiet (no status output)
rem -r <# of connection retries before failure> (default = 3, max 20)
rem -R <# of sequential skips of missing detail IDs before failure> (default = 50)
rem -S <#seconds> = sleep between requests to prevent flooding of server
rem -s <start day offset> (default = 0)
rem -T = don't cache files containing programs with "TBA|To Be Announced"
rem -u <username>
rem -U = UTF-8 encoding (default = "ISO-8859-1")
rem -W = include extra program details (only for movies) = 1 extra http request per movie!
rem -w = wait on exit (require keypress before exiting)
rem -x = output XTVD xml file format (default = XMLTV)
rem -Y <lineupId> (if not using username/password)
rem -Z <zipcode> (if not using username/password)
rem -z = use tvguide.com instead of zap2it.com


Craig