2009-03-28, 02:21 PM
I've had a couple of cases recently where there was an apparent scheduling change of a show already scheduled to record in gb-pvr (via a recurring recording), and it didn't handle it well.
In one case, The Biggest Loser was originally scheduled from 8:00pm-10:00pm, and gb-pvr had scheduled the recording accordingly. at some point the show was bumped back to 9:00pm, to make way for an nbc special about death-defying escapes or some such (you know, car crashes, stunts gone wrong, etc.). the TV Guide was a bit strange - it showed a 1 hour block of the biggest loser at 8:00pm, but said it was from 8:00pm to 10:00pm (ie, visually the block was 1 hour, but the text said 2 hours). Then at 9:00pm it showed a 2 hour block of the biggest loser, but again the text said 8:00pm to 10:00pm. Finally if I moved to the 11:00 hour (news or something), and then back to the 9:00-11:00 block, the text time would be correct. the death-defying special never appeared in the TV Guide. gb-pvr recorded from 8:00pm to 10:00pm, the original schedule.
A day or two later, Lie to Me was pre-empted by American Idol for two hours from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. Lie to Me was scheduled at 8:00pm for 1 hour. The TV Guide still showed Lie to Me at 8:00pm, and at 9:00pm it showed "No Show Details". gb-pvr recorded 1 hour of American Idol, but of course called it 'Lie to Me'.
(this in itself was no big deal to me, since I couldn't care less about American Idol, and Lie to Me wasn't actually on anyway... but let's say I had a recurring recording for both Lie to Me AND American Idol - even with two tuners it probably would not have picked up the second half of American Idol)
It appears to me from the behaviour that once a show is scheduled to record, it gets 'locked' in the database. if the epg data changes, the recording won't be adjusted; further since the TV guide draws from the same database, it won't display the new information either.
this doesn't come up very often I'd guess, only when there's a scheduling change after the epg data is first delivered and the recording is scheduled.
comments, thoughts?
p.s. sorry, I don't have any logs from those days.
In one case, The Biggest Loser was originally scheduled from 8:00pm-10:00pm, and gb-pvr had scheduled the recording accordingly. at some point the show was bumped back to 9:00pm, to make way for an nbc special about death-defying escapes or some such (you know, car crashes, stunts gone wrong, etc.). the TV Guide was a bit strange - it showed a 1 hour block of the biggest loser at 8:00pm, but said it was from 8:00pm to 10:00pm (ie, visually the block was 1 hour, but the text said 2 hours). Then at 9:00pm it showed a 2 hour block of the biggest loser, but again the text said 8:00pm to 10:00pm. Finally if I moved to the 11:00 hour (news or something), and then back to the 9:00-11:00 block, the text time would be correct. the death-defying special never appeared in the TV Guide. gb-pvr recorded from 8:00pm to 10:00pm, the original schedule.
A day or two later, Lie to Me was pre-empted by American Idol for two hours from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. Lie to Me was scheduled at 8:00pm for 1 hour. The TV Guide still showed Lie to Me at 8:00pm, and at 9:00pm it showed "No Show Details". gb-pvr recorded 1 hour of American Idol, but of course called it 'Lie to Me'.
(this in itself was no big deal to me, since I couldn't care less about American Idol, and Lie to Me wasn't actually on anyway... but let's say I had a recurring recording for both Lie to Me AND American Idol - even with two tuners it probably would not have picked up the second half of American Idol)
It appears to me from the behaviour that once a show is scheduled to record, it gets 'locked' in the database. if the epg data changes, the recording won't be adjusted; further since the TV guide draws from the same database, it won't display the new information either.
this doesn't come up very often I'd guess, only when there's a scheduling change after the epg data is first delivered and the recording is scheduled.
comments, thoughts?
p.s. sorry, I don't have any logs from those days.
server: NextPVR 5.0.7/Win10 2004/64-bit/AMD A6-7400k/hvr-2250 & hvr-1250/Winegard Flatwave antenna/Schedules Direct
main client: NextPVR 5.0.7 Desktop Client; LG 50UH5500 WebOS 3.0 TV
main client: NextPVR 5.0.7 Desktop Client; LG 50UH5500 WebOS 3.0 TV