EPG Parsing Issue

[Tunes0710]

Hi all,
I had an issue recently that when NextPVR imported the EPG created by EPG Collector, that it wouldn't always show the full title, and would have part of the title in the subtitle.
This wasn't a NextPVR issue per-say, as it was happening at the EPG Collector stage (being split between Title/Sub-title).
I opened a query for it on the EPG Collector site (https://sourceforge.net/p/epgcollector/d...21f89ccf2/) and the author found the problem and issued a fix (something about it ending with a ; instead of an .)

I recently set up IPTV and have noticed the same behaviour. I'd never noticed it in the past, so perhaps it a global change in the way EPGs are formatted? But in any case, it can cause issues with NextPVR not correctly matching a scheduled recording, as it doesn't properly match on the name


This is how it displays in the IPTV EPG xml
<programme start="20200414170000 -0400" stop="20200414180000 -0400" channel="Challenge" ><title>Classic Who Wants To Be A...</title><desc>...Millionaire. A classic episode of the award-winning quiz show presented by Chris Tarrant in which contestants can win up to one million pounds.</desc></programme>

I did a search in the xml for "...</title><desc>..." and it also shows
<programme start="20200413160000 -0400" stop="20200413170000 -0400" channel="ITVBe" ><title>New: The Real Housewives of...</title><desc>...Orange County. Best Frenemies Forever: Gossip puts Braunwyn in Kelly&apos;s cross-hairs. Braunwyn defends herself and reveals who talked about Kelly. S14 Ep14.</desc></programme>
and
<programme start="20200413170000 -0400" stop="20200413180000 -0400" channel="ITVBe" ><title>Totally Unbelievable: Celebrity...</title><desc>...Feuds. From A-List bust ups to reality TV ag, this Totally Unbelievable episode counts down the greatest celebrity feuds. S1 Ep1.</desc></programme>
etc

Whereas with the data through EPG Collector, it shows as
<programme start="20200418135500 +0100" stop="20200418145500 +0100" channel="15856">
<title>The Real Housewives of Orange County</title>
<sub-title>Best Frenemies Forever</sub-title>
<desc>Gossip puts Braunwyn in Kelly's cross-hairs. Braunwyn defends herself and reveals who talked about Kelly. [S] S14 Ep14</desc>
<category>Show</category>
<audio>
<stereo>stereo</stereo>
</audio>
</programme>

and
<programme start="20200416210000 +0100" stop="20200416220000 +0100" channel="15856">
<title>Totally Unbelievable: Celebrity Feuds</title>
<desc>From A-List bust ups to reality TV ag, this Totally Unbelievable episode counts down the greatest celebrity feuds. [S] S1 Ep1</desc>
<category>Show</category>
<audio>
<stereo>stereo</stereo>
</audio>
</programme>


Also with iptv imported EPG instead of it showing Season/Episode it shows as Season\/Episode

Is there any way of implementing the same changes that EPG Collector did to display the full program names?
As a last resort, I guess I could script a download of the IPTV EPG, run it through EPG Collector to sanitise it and then import from a local file, but if there is anyway it could be implemented direct, that would be awesome :-)

Cheers.

[sub]

Hi all,
I had an issue recently that when NextPVR imported the EPG created by EPG Collector, that it wouldn't always show the full title, and would have part of the title in the subtitle.
This wasn't a NextPVR issue per-say, as it was happening at the EPG Collector stage (being split between Title/Sub-title).
I opened a query for it on the EPG Collector site (https://sourceforge.net/p/epgcollector/d...21f89ccf2/) and the author found the problem and issued a fix (something about it ending with a ; instead of an .)

I recently set up IPTV and have noticed the same behaviour. I'd never noticed it in the past, so perhaps it a global change in the way EPGs are formatted? But in any case, it can cause issues with NextPVR not correctly matching a scheduled recording, as it doesn't properly match on the name


This is how it displays in the IPTV EPG xml
<programme start="20200414170000 -0400" stop="20200414180000 -0400" channel="Challenge" ><title>Classic Who Wants To Be A...</title><desc>...Millionaire. A classic episode of the award-winning quiz show presented by Chris Tarrant in which contestants can win up to one million pounds.</desc></programme>

I did a search in the xml for "...</title><desc>..." and it also shows
<programme start="20200413160000 -0400" stop="20200413170000 -0400" channel="ITVBe" ><title>New: The Real Housewives of...</title><desc>...Orange County. Best Frenemies Forever: Gossip puts Braunwyn in Kelly&apos;s cross-hairs. Braunwyn defends herself and reveals who talked about Kelly. S14 Ep14.</desc></programme>
and
<programme start="20200413170000 -0400" stop="20200413180000 -0400" channel="ITVBe" ><title>Totally Unbelievable: Celebrity...</title><desc>...Feuds. From A-List bust ups to reality TV ag, this Totally Unbelievable episode counts down the greatest celebrity feuds. S1 Ep1.</desc></programme>

That is just dumb - why would they do that? Why would they not put the entire title in the title field? If you can PM me a link to an xmltv file, I'll see if it's practical to implement this.

Also with iptv imported EPG instead of it showing Season/Episode it shows as Season\/Episode

Is there any way of implementing the same changes that EPG Collector did to display the full program names?
As a last resort, I guess I could script a download of the IPTV EPG, run it through EPG Collector to sanitise it and then import from a local file, but if there is anyway it could be implemented direct, that would be awesome :-)

This is also weird. I've not seen this format. The application looks for season/episode numbers using a few common formats, that is not one of them. What does the complete <programme> xml look like for a couple of those shows?

[Tunes0710]

I believe it is the way that the software (which creates the XML) interprets the source data, as it seems to be on many platforms.
Have sent a PM.

[Tunes0710]

Also with iptv imported EPG instead of it showing Season/Episode it shows as Season\/Episode

Is there any way of implementing the same changes that EPG Collector did to display the full program names?
As a last resort, I guess I could script a download of the IPTV EPG, run it through EPG Collector to sanitise it and then import from a local file, but if there is anyway it could be implemented direct, that would be awesome :-)

This is also weird. I've not seen this format. The application looks for season/episode numbers using a few common formats, that is not one of them. What does the complete <programme> xml look like for a couple of those shows?

<programme start="20200414140000 -0400" stop="20200414150000 -0400" channel="BBC Two Eng" ><title>Race Across the World</title><desc>6\/9. Dom and Lizzie must use all their ingenuity to claw their way back into the race. Also in HD. [S,AD].</desc></programme>

<programme start="20200414030000 -0400" stop="20200414040000 -0400" channel="BBC Two Eng" ><title>The Repair Shop</title><desc>3\/14. Jay Blades and the team tackle a torn leather armchair, a broken music box, a faded portrait and a shattered stained-glass door panel. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL].</desc></programme>

<programme start="20200413130000 -0400" stop="20200413133000 -0400" channel="BBC Two Eng" ><title>Richard Osman&apos;s House of Games</title><desc>26\/50. Mathematician Rachel Riley, singer and farmer JB Gill, newscaster Katie Derham and comedian Richard Herring take on a series of challenging quiz games selected by Richard Osman. Also in HD. [S].</desc></programme>

[mvallevand]

I could see that format for some IPTV solutions that are more OTT box oriented where you have a 10' interface, want performance and show the description as you scroll more like NextPVR GUI.

Martin

[sub]

The next release implements support for this style of season/episode number, and logic for stitching the title together (if it ends with "..." and the description starts with "...")

[sub]

and the author found the problem and issued a fix (something about it ending with a ; instead of an .)

I came across this same issue doing my implementation. Some listings use a : character instead of a .

[Tunes0710]

Awesome, cheers for this.
Looking forward to giving the next update a whirl once released

[Graham]

Looking forward to giving the next update a whirl once released

https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=60743
.

[Tunes0710]

Looking forward to giving the next update a whirl once released

https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=60743
.

I can't access that link? Perhaps a section of the forum that I don't have access to?
I don't seem to be able to access the announcements section? (https://forums.nextpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=18)

But anyway, the new version appears to be working great.. many thanks Sub!