XMLTV and NPVR, how to get episode numbers in EPG?

[leChat]

Hello,

I am trying to get episode numbers in the filenames when I record my shows but I can't figure out how to do this. Is there a way for NPVR to pick it up from the XML file? I looked and there is an "episode number tag".

Related question, can I have it so NPVR does not add the time as a suffix at the end of a recording file name (e.g., The Simpsons 20160611-1200-1300.ts)?

Finally, can't get NPVR to show the EPG between 10PM and 12AM. It is just blank in the NPVR modern browser.

Thanks for the help!

[sub]

I am trying to get episode numbers in the filenames when I record my shows but I can't figure out how to do this. Is there a way for NPVR to pick it up from the XML file? I looked and there is an "episode number tag".

Usually an xmltv file will carry season/episode numbers in the following format. Is that what you've got in your xmltv files?

<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">2.10/16.</episode-num>

Related question, can I have it so NPVR does not add the time as a suffix at the end of a recording file name (e.g., The Simpsons 20160611-1200-1300.ts)?

It always adds the date time unless you have the season/episode info (and you have the option enabled to use it in the filename)

Finally, can't get NPVR to show the EPG between 10PM and 12AM. It is just blank in the NPVR modern browser.

Is it the same in the NextPVR.exe's TV Guide screen? Are you in the same timezone as your machine? (ie, not accessing it remotely from another location)

[scJohn]

IT would be nice if there were a option that would allow the time to be dropped from the file name and date portion to confirm to the standard(s) of Plex, EMBY, and or KODI for TV episodes.

PLEX
TV Shows that are date-based should be named as follows:
TV Shows/ShowName/Season XX/ShowName - YYYY-MM-DD.ext
TV Shows/ShowName/Season XX/ShowName - MM-DD-YYYY.ext
Valid date formats are:
Dashes (2010-01-20)
Periods (2010.01.20)
Spaces (2010 01 20)

EMBY
By date

Common for long-running daily shows, you can also use the date the episode aired.

anything_1996.11.14.ext
anything_1996-11-14.ext
anything_14.11.1996.ext

KODI
By date
Common for long-running daily shows, you can also use the date the episode aired.
anything_1996.11.14.ext (3)
anything_1996-11-14.ext (3)
anything_14.11.1996.ext (4)

[leChat]

Usually an xmltv file will carry season/episode numbers in the following format. Is that what you've got in your xmltv files?

<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">2.10/16.</episode-num>

Nope, it looks like this <episode-num system="ms_progid">1.309404045</episode-num>. I am guessing it's not the right format. Anyway to parse it and convert them to a different format?

Is it the same in the NextPVR.exe's TV Guide screen? Are you in the same timezone as your machine? (ie, not accessing it remotely from another location)

NextPVR.exe shows the entire EPG, it's the browser version at SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8866/modern/guide.html that does not show the entire EPG. NextPVR is hosted by a VM on my Unraid machine. When I initially set NextPVR, the time zone was wrong but I corrected that since. Could this be causing issues?

All my machines are now in the same time zone.


As an aside, the non modern tvguide appears to have more feature and is more stable than the modern version, user error?

[mvallevand]

If you have good names and episode titles from thetvdb imageGrabLite should be able to reanme these after recordings even without the s/e info

Martin

[sub]

Nope, it looks like this <episode-num system="ms_progid">1.309404045</episode-num>. I am guessing it's not the right format. Anyway to parse it and convert them to a different format?

This format doesn't actually contain the season/episode numbers, so no way to parse it from this. This is just a unique ID.

NextPVR.exe shows the entire EPG, it's the browser version at SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8866/modern/guide.html that does not show the entire EPG. NextPVR is hosted by a VM on my Unraid machine. When I initially set NextPVR, the time zone was wrong but I corrected that since. Could this be causing issues?

All my machines are now in the same time zone.

I suspect it is stil something to do with timezones. Let me think about it some more.

As an aside, the non modern tvguide appears to have more feature and is more stable than the modern version, user error?

This is correct. The old web app had more features, but looked like crap. We decided to simplify, and provide a nicer, more modern-looking user interface.

[mvallevand]

I don't think the old look and feel is crap but the real bonus is loading the EPG is much, much faster

Martin

[sub]

Ok - "looked like crap" was a bit harsh. It was not the prettiest though

[sub]

IT would be nice if there were a option that would allow the time to be dropped from the file name and date portion to confirm to the standard(s) of Plex, EMBY, and or KODI for TV episodes.

PLEX
TV Shows that are date-based should be named as follows:
TV Shows/ShowName/Season XX/ShowName - YYYY-MM-DD.ext
TV Shows/ShowName/Season XX/ShowName - MM-DD-YYYY.ext
Valid date formats are:
Dashes (2010-01-20)
Periods (2010.01.20)
Spaces (2010 01 20)

EMBY
By date

Common for long-running daily shows, you can also use the date the episode aired.

anything_1996.11.14.ext
anything_1996-11-14.ext
anything_14.11.1996.ext

KODI
By date
Common for long-running daily shows, you can also use the date the episode aired.
anything_1996.11.14.ext (3)
anything_1996-11-14.ext (3)
anything_14.11.1996.ext (4)

I can probably look at providing some more options in the future. Unfortunately you've time your run wrong for asking though - with the next version NextPVR pretty much ready for release now.

It'd still need add time in some situations though, like if you're recording two episodes of a show on the same day.

[leChat]

If you have good names and episode titles from thetvdb imageGrabLite should be able to reanme these after recordings even without the s/e info

Martin

Is there anyway to automate this or is this a manual thing that you are doing? Anyway you could point me towards resources to do this?

I have the donator version of XMLTV for grabbing the data.