Dont record Duplicate recordings option

[dragonfiregum]

Im looking for information on how this works.. i selected it then my shows.. and its still showing its scheduled to record duplicates.
So i changed from xmltv which i had loading zap2it for me and i had to use command prompt to using the zap2it directly bypassing xmltv...still not helping.
Is there a way to get this to work.. or will it just not record even tho it says it will?

[sub]

It needs to be using the zap2it EPG source, not XMLTV.

Each time the EPG is updated it'll schedule any season recordings for shows that are on the right channel, with appropriate timeshot, except if 'dont recording duplicates' option is enabled and there is already a 'ready' or 'pending' recording in the database with the same show identifier (as supplied by zap2it).

There are quite a few shows were zap2it just return a generic show identifier (ending in four zeros), or no show identifier, so GB-PVR has to treat these as all new episodes since it has no way to tell one from the other.

[dragonfiregum]

i made zap2it my epg source before i tried this... and the episodes are clearly titled with Showname:episode name:descriptions for all.
Some reason its tossing in duplicates?
The shows that i record have new episodes every thursday.
They have a first showing then a second showing for those who missed a few hours later.. it seems to be picking both to schedule recordings....
Im manually deleted the extra's and they arnt rescheduling but ill tell you tommorow if it reschedules twice my other show which does the same thing when i get a longer epg.

[dragonfiregum]

It needs to be using the zap2it EPG source, not XMLTV.

Each time the EPG is updated it'll schedule any season recordings for shows that are on the right channel, with appropriate timeshot, except if 'dont recording duplicates' option is enabled and there is already a 'ready' or 'pending' recording in the database with the same show identifier (as supplied by zap2it).

There are quite a few shows were zap2it just return a generic show identifier (ending in four zeros), or no show identifier, so GB-PVR has to treat these as all new episodes since it has no way to tell one from the other.

Ok im not sure what your saying .. ( since today i had the problem putting on my brother and i's shows. We added our show on the search and selected the season all shows on the channel ( since they change there lineup alot )
It has 2 of every episode.. and a episode i already got before.
I am using zap2it source not xmltv like i was before.(as i said)
Are you saying it just does this and i just need to manually cancel all these?
Or is there a way to fix it... or is it not working at all ( i have yet to see it tell these diffrent episodes apart) i mean cmon diffrent subtitle's and descriptions by far..

[-stattik-]

Start the config app, goto to the plugins tab and click export recordings. In the GBPVR directory you'll have a recording-dump.xml file. Right-click on that file and choose edit. In it you'll see something like this:

Code:

<recording>
    <filename>D:\Video\The Boondocks\The Boondocks_20060114_22002230.mpg</filename>
    <channel>57 TOON</channel>
    <status>READY</status>
    <startTime>2006-01-14 22:00:00</startTime>
    <endTime>2006-01-14 22:30:00</endTime>
    <title>The Boondocks</title>
    <subtitle>The Reality</subtitle>
    <description>Riley tries to get into reality television; Huey is shadowed.</description>
    <uid>EP7753880005</uid>
  </recording>
  <recording>

<uid>EP7753880005</uid> is the identifier that GBPVR uses to determine duplicates. You're duplicate shows should have identical UID's.

[dragonfiregum]

Right now they have no UID's the 2 recorded shows i have left in my recordings (prolly cuz i moved them from 1 harddrive to another recently)
But i have a question... if they both have the same UID wouldnt that make them a duplicate.... shouldnt they take the dupe away lol...
( i cant export not yet recorded shows.. )
And i record the that show 2.... its scheduling for duplicates..also
it schedule both "return of the king" episodes...

[sub]

But i have a question... if they both have the same UID wouldnt that make them a duplicate.... shouldnt they take the dupe away lol...

Yes, thats the point. You shouldnt end up with to shows with the same UID. The exceptions...if the UID is blank, every episode is treated as new. Also, if the UID ends in '0000', then it is also treated as a new episode.

Any recordings scheduled when you were previously using XMLTV will always have an empty UID, so will never be treated as duplicates.

[dragonfiregum]

So do you think i should spend some time.. emptying the epg then reloading zap2it tv again? (after i clear recordings) and see if it works? ( another show that just loaded this morning from zap2it (since i load all 15 days) it just came up for in 2 weeks...its getting duplicates.
How do i view there uid's before they record...( since im using zap2it intstead of xmltv i dont know where my listings are stored)?

[sub]

So do you think i should spend some time.. emptying the epg then reloading zap2it tv again? (after i clear recordings) and see if it works?

If you want to.

How do i view there uid's before they record...( since im using zap2it intstead of xmltv i dont know where my listings are stored)?

Its not shown in GB-PVR anywhere, but you cant set <SaveZap2itXML>true</SaveZap2itXML> in config.xml, which will result in a c:\zap2it.log each time you update the EPG. This file contains all the show information received from zap2it.

[dragonfiregum]

Quote:
So do you think i should spend some time.. emptying the epg then reloading zap2it tv again? (after i clear recordings) and see if it works?

If you want to.

Well do you think this will make it stop programming to record duplicates..?
(the same shows are shown twice a day when they air... its scheduling both)
I record the boondocks also just like "-stattik-"... apparently by the way he responded it doesnt schedule to record duplicates for him?

Ok i emptied then reloaded my epg and im looking at the zap2it.xml in a wordpad (my xml editer wont open it... dunno why)
is there a easy way to find.. your channel.. or shows.. so i can look at there uid's ... i see no real order in the programs.