Import XMLTV valid series.episode data from Epgcollector in NZ into NPVR db

[MCEabused]

Hi Sub,
I am having no luck getting XMLTV episode data to populate into the npvr.db3 epg_event table season and episode columns from epgcollector
I'm running NPVR version 3.2.9 and there are no EPG guide import errors noted in the logs

I am using EPG Collector 4.1 FP21 to download the NZ Freeview DVB-T EPG data into an XML file with program season and episode data by selecting the "format of episode tag" set to "Valid season and episode numbers only".
EPG Collector is now able to collect the “Series and Episode Number” data from the NZ guide for some programs; to do Series recordings, to avoid duplicate recordings and so I can watch recordings in the right order.

I dont think epgcollector/NZ use exactly the same tag data format as other ones, Steve follows the xmltv_ns tag spec per http://xmltv.cvs.sourceforge.net/xmltv/x...iew=markup line 354
The problem could be the extra space characters inside the 0 . 14 . 0/1 tag perhaps

Below is typical episode number data with the first part being the “episode” and the second part being the “series or season” and the third part being the “part number eg 0/1" and these numbers are indexed from zero

<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0 . 14 . 0/1</episode-num>


snippet from epgcollector "Valid season and episode numbers only" output for TV1 program "Super Fun Night" series 1 episode 15

<programme start="20140421203000 +1200" stop="20140421210000 +1200" channel="1201">
<title>Super Fun Night</title>
<desc>To commemorate their prom, the girls gather once a year to pig out on cookies, as they did on the original night after things went badly for all of them. But Kimmie new plans #TV2SuperFun...</desc>
<rating>
<value>PGR</value>
</rating>
<audio>
<stereo>dolby digital</stereo>
</audio>
<subtitles type="teletext" />
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0 . 14 . 0/1</episode-num>
</programme>

it's probably a low priority request, but it would be a nice one for me

[sub]

If you can zip and attach a sample file, I'll check it out.

It should already be using this info to populate the unique show identifier, to help make sure it doesn't record duplicate episodes. The series tags themselves aren't used as part of the season recordings because such a small percentage of NextPVR users have access to this info in their EPG source.

[MCEabused]

Wow that was fast,
I've attached the output TVguide.xml and the input settings ini for EPGcollector
Not every program has <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">2 . 11 . 0/1</episode-num> XMLTV tags, but the ones I record mostly do.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/ for files and readme

Thank you for looking at this

[kylebrophy]

Hi Gents,

Ive just noticed i have the same issue. I was wondering why the season data was not showing in the EPG when it was definitely in the output from the EPG Collector software (4.2 FP0).
Upon reading the posts above this, i too can confirm that the epg_event table is not being updated with the season & episode details in the xml file.

Has there been any updates on this, or any workarounds so that season data can be shown in the EPG?

Thanks in Advance

Wow that was fast,
I've attached the output TVguide.xml and the input settings ini for EPGcollector
Not every program has <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">2 . 11 . 0/1</episode-num> XMLTV tags, but the ones I record mostly do.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector/ for files and readme

Thank you for looking at this

[sub]

I'm fairly sure I did add support for getting the season/episode info in that format from xmltv files. If you want to supply an up to date xmltv file with these present, I'll check.

The NextPVR interface wasn't showing the season/episode info though, because pretty much no one had this info available in their EPG, so I didn't try to dedicate any space to it in the UI. It is likely that'll change in the next release, with the US Schedules Direct users adding it, meaning a substantial number of users would have it available.

[sub]

See your other thread on this.

[kylebrophy]

New version of NextPVR imports the season/episode perfectly !! --- Thanks so much