XMLTV Episode Unique ID

[bsperduto]

Hi,

I'm using XMLTV for my EPG source and I'm trying to determine why there is no unique id being generated for the EPG entries. In the end this is causing duplicate recordings of the same episode. Below is a sample of one episode, is there something else NPVR is looking to be in the XML to generate the unique id?

Thanks

Brian

Code:

<programme start="20211030120000 +0000" stop="20211030130000 +0000" channel="46 USA Network (East) (USA) [46]">
    <title lang="en">Chicago P.D.</title>
    <sub-title lang="en">Erin's Mom</sub-title>
    <desc lang="en">Erin's Mom
[imdb description: Bunny comes to Lindsay concerned about a suspicious repeat customer at her husband’s rental company. This lead brings Intelligence into a case which robbery-homicide has been working for months.] (n)</desc>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Tinker</director>
      <director>Nick Gomez</director>
      <actor role="Hank Voight">Jason Beghe</actor>
      <actor role="Adam Ruzek">Patrick John Flueger</actor>
      <actor role="Kevin Atwater">LaRoyce Hawkins</actor>
      <actor role="Jay Halstead">Jesse Lee Soffer</actor>
      <actor role="Antonio Dawson">Jon Seda</actor>
      <actor role="Kim Burgess">Marina Squerciati</actor>
      <writer>Matt Olmstead</writer>
      <producer>Peter Jankowski</producer>
      <composer>Atli Örvarsson</composer>
    </credits>
    <date>2015</date>
    <category lang="en">Drama</category>
    <category lang="en">Suspense</category>
    <category lang="en">Action &amp; Adventure</category>
    <icon src="https://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/hdphotos/13640/013640/013640_1152x648_637702698840968778.jpg"/>
    <episode-num system="onscreen">S2 E14</episode-num>
    <rating system="MPAA">
      <value>TV-14</value>
    </rating>
    <star-rating system="imdb">
      <value>5/5</value>
    </star-rating>
  </programme>

[mvallevand]

I don't know all that NextPVR might use but this is a good one <episode-num system="dd_progid">

Martin

[sub]

When it comes to xmltv sources, the UniqueID can come from a few different sources:

- some xmltv files have tag with <unique-identifier>
- some xmltv files have <episode-num system="dd_progid">
- some xmltv files have <episode-num system="ms_progid">
- some xmltv files have <episode-num system="tms">
- for movies, it's derived from title + year
- for shows with season+episode, it's derived from name + season + episode

That last one is the closest rule to matching your example, however it's expecting the standard <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">, not the <episode-num system="onscreen"> that your xml is using. Usually xmltv files with "onscreen" also have "xmltv_ns", but that appears to not be the case in this example. If you want to supply a sample xmltv file, I'll add support for parsing this.

[bsperduto]

Thanks, I'm going to see about adding the dd_progid element as well. Attached is an example using the onscreen format

[sub]

The attached updated dll supports using "onscreen" season/episode for the deriving the unique id.

[bsperduto]

Thanks! that seems to fix it

[sub]

Great!

[mvallevand]

The attached updated dll supports using "onscreen" season/episode for the deriving the unique id.

Sub for this upcoming feature do you also handle  

<episode-num system="onscreen">s13.e07</episode-num>

(season 1) default)

<episode-num system="onscreen">e11</episode-num>

Examples here http://www.xmltv.co.uk/feeds


Martin

[sub]

The attached updated dll supports using "onscreen" season/episode for the deriving the unique id.

Sub for this upcoming feature do you also handle  

<episode-num system="onscreen">s13.e07</episode-num>

I've made a small tweak so that it can handle this format for the next build

(season 1) default)

<episode-num system="onscreen">e11</episode-num>

I'm not going to do anything with this. Lack of a season number does not seem to mean it's season 1. For example:

Code:

<programme start="20211114183000 +0000" stop="20211114192000 +0000" channel="2405905763689cdcfa4e6acb969426c2">
    <title lang="en">Doctor Who: Flux</title>
    <desc lang="en">3/6. On a planet that shouldn't exist, in the aftermath of apocalypse, the Doctor, Dan, Yaz and Vinder face a battle to survive. Also in HD. [S,AD]</desc>
    <episode-num system="onscreen">e03</episode-num>
  </programme>

This is the current season of Doctor Who, so definitely not season 1.

[mvallevand]

The way the BBC does Doctor Who it is not seasons based. Doctor Who: Flux is the series name so it technically is season 1 and it will have it's own art. It is quite confusing if you look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Do...93present). but it is explained well "The series is entitled Flux, and includes six episodes that comprise one story."

Martin