Fine Tuning - naming files or EPG not have data?

[TeleFragger]

Ok so I love what NextPVR has done...
I DVR stuff daily and this is going well... minor hiccups and nothing that is NextPVR's fault

so some shows record fine, mcebuddy pics the file up, renames - converts and places on my plex server.
An example is Teen Titans Go! ... Albeit the naming needs to be tweaked but that is in MCEBuddy (and someone on plex forums linked me to a good article I need to look at for naming files)

Some shows like SpongeBob and Power Nation's Xtreme 4x4 just get named title then date/time...

so a few things here... I just don't know how this works.
NextPVR does the recording and names the file. Seems they always name by default but where does this EPG data get placed? how does MCEBuddy know by the file what season/episode it is?? always confused by that.


I am also curious how other people are doing it... are you doing a custom naming? If I play the spongebob episode and see the title, rename file and bing... mcebuddy can convert and rename just fine thus why I was thinking maybe custom naming???

so attached pics are swat that is good...(enough)... spongebob how it recorded, how mcebuddy sees and also the blurb from my zap2it.xml.

if there is a better free xml that works with nextpvr let me know!


<programme start="20171117163000 -0500" stop="20171117170000 -0500" channel="I59432.labs.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">SpongeBob SquarePants</title>
<sub-title lang="en">The Slumber Party; Grooming Gary</sub-title>
<desc lang="en">Pearl&apos;s slumber party preparations.</desc>
<category lang="en">Children</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00307766.0333</episode-num>
<previously-shown />
</programme>


this was the part from zap2it for S.W.A.T. if that helps. I can post up the full xml if you need it.. this one worked

<programme start="20171116140000 -0500" stop="20171116150000 -0500" channel="I19614.labs.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">Harry</title>
<sub-title lang="en">S.W.A.T. Star Shemar Moore, Winter Makeup Looks, Elizabeth Smart, Harry&apos;s Trip Giveaway Week!</sub-title>
<desc lang="en">Shemar Moore; Elizabeth Smart.</desc>
<date>20171116</date>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP02473999.0217</episode-num>
<video>
<aspect>16:9</aspect>
<quality>HDTV</quality>
</video>
<new />
<subtitles type="teletext" />
</programme>


here is xtreme off road that doesn't name correctly either. for SpongeBob I can get the title, figure out the season and episode.. but xtreme off road doesn't tell you..

<programme start="20171119090000 -0500" stop="20171119093000 -0500" channel="I59186.labs.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">Xtreme Off Road</title>
<sub-title lang="en">Building the Perfect UTV</sub-title>
<desc lang="en">Upgrading an entry-level Polaris RZR.</desc>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP01847742.0090</episode-num>
<video>
<aspect>16:9</aspect>
<quality>HDTV</quality>
</video>
<previously-shown />
<subtitles type="teletext" />
</programme>

[sub]

So it's important to note, there is no season and episode number information listed in those show listings you've included above, so NextPVR can't know this info to include it in the filenames.

<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP01847742.0090</episode-num>

These are just a unique show identifier. They don't include the actually season and episode numbers. That info is carried in a different way in xmltv files.

Honestly, if you're in the US, the best thing to do is just use Schedules Direct. By the time you've messed around for a few hours with xmltv grabbers and batch files etc, you might as well just have spent the $25 to get Schedules Direct for the year. They have good quick delivery of listings, with good metadata like episode/season numbers and artwork etc.

[TeleFragger]

schedules direct uses Zap2it.. hah go figure... free works for the most part but pay for it and works better...

[TeleFragger]

ok I setup for the 7d trial... I know ill pay for it...
so in my setup I know what file to edit to see things. when this happens where is the file?curious what it looks like inside..

[mvallevand]

schedules direct uses Zap2it.. hah go figure... free works for the most part but pay for it and works better...

SD gets it from Tribune like zap2it yes but zap2xml is just a web site scrapper so it is possible the scrapping isn't 100% which is why I directed another user to zap2xml support. Using zap2xml is also in violation of the zap2it ToS so not really free.especially with the high number of posts it generates.

The SD JSON text is not available but there are Java download programs to fetch it

Martin

[sub]

As Martin says, there is no file. It just downloads the data from Schedules Direct, parses it, and inserts the TV listings into NextPVR's database.

[TeleFragger]

Ahhh I see the main problem. I get it now.. ok so as you say sub... inserts tv listings into NextPVR's DB... BUT I guess what I need to do is custom naming as MCEBuddy comes along and rips commercials out, renames and isn't finding the info as it is in NextPVRs DB and it cant access that... hmmm

[sub]

If you're renaming a file, you can use NScriptHelper.exe to tell NextPVR what the file has been renamed to, so that it can still find the file.

[TeleFragger]

I think were both thinking 2 different things. from what your saying up there almost makes it seem like NScriptHelper.exe will tell NextPVR what the file is so I can use NextPVR to play the file later? I simply just DVR with NextPVR then mcebuddy rename/comskip/convert and drop on my plex storage.

I found "C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe" --oid %3 --rename

will that do what I want?

ill look into NScriptHelper.exe now...

in future (june) when I drop cable tv and go OTA.. I will be using NextPVR server to intel Nuc NextPVR Clients... but still with Plex as my playback...

[TeleFragger]

is there a way to get NextPVR to break the recording up? I'm thinking there is no way for it to know...

so I got..
but would like it to be 2 separate episodes...

SpongeBob SquarePants.S10E66-E67.Unreal Estate; Code Yellow.ts