Schedule series recording

[tjuhl]

That is very weird - I have never seen an epg source that includes that as part of the show name.

Was this from DVB EPG, or are you using some xmltv source?

It is taken directly from DVB. Had NextPVR search for devices and update EPG and that's it. Using my TV directly shows the same. 
I have been using TVMosaic up till now, but decided to switch as it seems to have come to a screetching halt. The combination of TVMosaic, DVBLink addon for Kodi had it working quite nice. This is why I figured there would have been a setup option or something. 

Thanks!

If you want to capture a sample 1 minute full transport stream, using the eval version of tscapture (https://tscapture.com), and put the file somewhere like onedrive/dropbox, and let me know the download url, I'll add some logic to strip this garbage when processing the DVB EPG.

[tjuhl]

...  if the "(3:10)" would be removed from the name, it would make it more difficult to recognise where we are at watching the recorded shows.

NextPVR stores episode and series values as fields in its database ... if the values are available from the EPG source.

npvr.db3 is a SQLite database ... It might be useful to check what NextPVR is storing ... https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/components

I checked the db and the table EPG_EVENT. All entries in columns season or episode are 0.

Unless I am missing something. I am not sure if you are interested, but the db can be found here: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a43wyvhe1unr6v4/npvr.db3?dl=0


Thanks!

[tjuhl]

That is very generous, thank you. I will get it done and upload it. I have been thinking about the endresult if I generated a script. if the "(3:10)" would be removed from the name, it would make it more difficult to recognise where we are at watching the recorded shows. The best solution would be if when setting up recording and ordering the shows, everything after and including "(" would be ignored, but still kept as the name. I am probably overstepping your generousity and if so I understand!

I don't know what is in your OTA data but typically Schedules Direct and XMLTV give you additional meta data like season name/number, episode title, descriptions etc to help you identify the current show much better then a broadcast time,.  How much will (3:10)  help you next year?

Martin

That is very true. But we do not keep the recordings. Once we have seen a show, we erase it. We very rarely re-visit a show once seen. The DVB-C does not seem to have any season/series contained, in the db they are set to 0. 

sub asked for a capture of the stream, I just entered a link to the file. 

Thanks,

Torben

[mvallevand]

I see the data and for me the quick fix would be to take everything the trailing () and place that in the subtitle and trim it from the title for specific countries I was originally thinking the "Modern Family" info was time now I see it is "episode # of #"

Martin

[sub]

if the "(3:10)" would be removed from the name, it would make it more difficult to recognise where we are at watching the recorded shows.

Normally this information is shown elsewhere. Your problem is happening because your broadcaster is sending this the season/episode info as part of the show title. NextPVR would need a tweak to be able to extract the info from there, and store it in the normal place.

Once it is stored in the normal place, then you'd see it listed else where in the client. For example, in the web app, when you click on a show, you'd see the season/episode number at the beginning of the show description.

[sub]

sub asked for a capture of the stream, I just entered a link to the file.

I can't see that link.

If you can supply that sample transport stream, I'll just make it all happen automatically with the DVB EPG (in the same way it does with oddball formats used by some broadcasters in other countries). It'll extract the information, remove it from the title, and store it in the proper season/episode fields.

[sub]

That said... that doesn't look like the season/episode number. It looks like episode number, and the total number of episodes for that season. Do they include the season number in the show description?

If they don't have the season number, I may just have to strip those numbers and throw them away. (or just add them to the description if you want to keep them somewhere)

[tjuhl]

sub asked for a capture of the stream, I just entered a link to the file.

I can't see that link.

If you can supply that sample transport stream, I'll just make it all happen automatically with the DVB EPG (in the same way it does with oddball formats used by some broadcasters in other countries). It'll extract the information, remove it from the title, and store it in the proper season/episode fields.

Hmm not sure what happened.

Let me try again. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/79b7zcy02ubanz...ll.ts?dl=0

Thanks,

Torben

[tjuhl]

That said... that doesn't look like the season/episode number. It looks like episode number, and the total number of episodes for that season. Do they include the season number in the show description?

If they don't have the season number, I may just have to strip those numbers and throw them away. (or just add them to the description if you want to keep them somewhere)

Yes, it is indeed episode # and total # of episodes. I have seen the Season # in the description, but I cannot be sure that they do that every time, or they do it consistently.

[tjuhl]

if the "(3:10)" would be removed from the name, it would make it more difficult to recognise where we are at watching the recorded shows.

Normally this information is shown elsewhere. Your problem is happening because your broadcaster is sending this the season/episode info as part of the show title. NextPVR would need a tweak to be able to extract the info from there, and store it in the normal place.

Once it is stored in the normal place, then you'd see it listed else where in the client. For example, in the web app, when you click on a show, you'd see the season/episode number at the beginning of the show description.

On your image it is done quite nicely... (SxxEyy). I have seen it done as "Series 5 of 2010" in the description. And I have not paid enough attention to see if it is consitent. 
I know that this is quite strange since the format is quite known and commonly used in other countries. 
If you need to know, this is the Danish provider Yousee.