Schedule series recording

[tjuhl]

I have just installed NextPVR 5.08 with DVBC tuners and it works quite nice. 

I do have a problem recording series. It just picks the one I select and ignores the rest. I assume it has to do with the name of the show which indicates (number:out of total) ie "Modern Family (17:24)" so the name is unique for each. Is there a way to get the EPG or NextPVR to ignore or use this?

Below is an image showing the guide after scheduling the series recording and log file below too. 

Thanks!!

[mvallevand]

Yes that is the problem in this cas but I see that you will have problems with shows that have the episode number in the title too. There are a few options, the easiest is a subscription to Schedules Direct which does work in Denmark.

If you don't do many recordings you can use the search option instead of the guide and type in "modern family" and it will create an advanced rule that will capture all the shows.

There is the option to use an XMLTV file. If you check this thread https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid546036 it apparently supports Rytek guide data for Denmark. http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/ might support Denmark too.

Finally you could probably write a sqlite script to strip off those trailing values.

Martin

[sub]

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?

[tjuhl]

Yes that is the problem in this cas but I see that you will have problems with shows that have the episode number in the title too.  There are a few options, the easiest is a subscription to Schedules Direct which does work in Denmark. 

If you don't do many recordings you can use the search option instead of the guide and type in "modern family" and it will create an advanced rule that will capture all the shows.

There is the option to use an XMLTV file.  If you check this thread https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid546036 it apparently supports Rytek guide data for Denmark.  http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/ might support Denmark too.

Finally you could probably write a sqlite script to strip off those trailing values.

Martin

Thank you for the answer! So many options, but I think I am going to play with the XMLTV option.. I might be tempted to do the scripting. Do you by any chance have any pointers on how to implement it?

Thanks.

[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!

[tjuhl]

Yes that is the problem in this cas but I see that you will have problems with shows that have the episode number in the title too.  There are a few options, the easiest is a subscription to Schedules Direct which does work in Denmark. 

If you don't do many recordings you can use the search option instead of the guide and type in "modern family" and it will create an advanced rule that will capture all the shows.

There is the option to use an XMLTV file.  If you check this thread https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid546036 it apparently supports Rytek guide data for Denmark.  http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/ might support Denmark too.

Finally you could probably write a sqlite script to strip off those trailing values.

Martin

Thank you for the answer! So many options, but I think I am going to play with the XMLTV option.. I might be tempted to do the scripting. Do you by any chance have any pointers on how to implement it?

Thanks.

Never mind, I found the scripting hook events in the Wiki.

[sub]

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]

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!

Thanks!

[Graham]

...  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

[mvallevand]

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