EPG Title/Subtitle Description Oddity?

[jksmurf]

I use TVXB and have been for some time.
Recently I thought I'd have a go at making the parsing a little better, so that rather than title + description I'd get title, subtitle and description. It mostly works OK but I saw an oddity I couldn't fathom:

This xml code

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Code:

<programme start="20070330090000 +0800" stop="20070330110000 +0800" channel="espn.hk">
  <title lang="en">BASKETBALL</title>
  <sub-title lang="en">2007 STATE FARM COLLEGE BASKETBALL SLAM DUNK 3-POINT SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP (L)</sub-title>
  <category lang="en">Basketball</category>
  </programme>
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[COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]programme start[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]20070329060000 +0800[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]"[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000] stop[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]20070329060300 +0800[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]"[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000] channel[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]starsports.hk[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]title lang[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]en[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR][B]SCORE TODAY[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]title[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]sub-title lang[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]en[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR][B]CALTEX SCORE TODAY (L)[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]sub-title[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]category lang[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]en[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR][B]Sport News[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]category[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]programme[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff].[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff].[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff].[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]programme start[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]20070329193000 +0800[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]"[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000] stop[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]20070329200000 +0800[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]"[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000] channel[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]starsports.hk[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]title lang[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]en[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR][B]THE GOLF CLUB[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]title[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]sub-title lang[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]en[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR][B]THE UBS GOLF CLUB[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]sub-title[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]<[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]category lang[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]="[/COLOR][B]en[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]">[/COLOR][B]Golf[/B][COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]category[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]</[/COLOR][COLOR=#990000]programme[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]>[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff].[/COLOR]
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Why would it add a description equivalent to the subtitle when there is no description field? Is there a default behaviour at work here or is TVXB (or me) doing something wrong?

k.

[jksmurf]

sub, did you have a comment on this one?

k.

[sub]

I'm guessing this is really just an EWA display thing isnt it? Do you see the same thing in the GB-PVR TV Guide?

[jksmurf]

Do you see the same thing in the GB-PVR TV Guide?

Funnily enough, no. Can you move this thread to the EWA forum?

k.

[jksmurf]

UJB has explained this is by design

// If there's no description, then add the subtitle as the description

k.

[UncleJohnsBand]

UJB has explained this is by design

// If there's no description, then add the subtitle as the description

k.

Attached is an update.....it will now only do this if the user has turned off showing subtitles....so....if subtitles are off and there is no description the subtitle will be used as the description......if subtitles are on and there is no description then nothing will be there for the description....

[jksmurf]

Attached is an update.....it will now only do this if the user has turned off showing subtitles....so....if subtitles are off and there is no description the subtitle will be used as the description......if subtitles are on and there is no description then nothing will be there for the description....

Looks good. That is really sound logic btw, and saves another switch.

k.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Looks good. That is really sound logic btw, and saves another switch.

k.

yea.....that's what I thought too.....