i've noticed duplicates in the schedule listing in vdr.
i use tv_grab.au and xlmtv2vdr to import xmltv listings into vdr. vdr
also populates the schedule automatically based on the DVB electronic
program guide. i don't know if it's different elsewhere, but the EPG
here in Melbourne gives you the details for the current program (on the
current channel) and the next program.....this is why i use xmltv to get
the next few days worth of program guides.
what is happening is that instead of replacing the schedule entry
imported by xmltv2vdr, the DVB listing is added to the schedule, so i
end up with schedules like the following:
12:00 - 12:30 Stateline [1]
12:03 - 12:30 Stateline [2]
12:30 - 13:00 Australian Story [3]
12:30 - 13:00 Australian Story [4]
13:00 - 13:40 Foreign Correspondent
13:40 - 14:00 Wild Tails
14:00 - 15:00 Naked Planet
15:00 - 15:30 Pilot Globe Guide
is there any way to make vdr replace a listing rather than add a new
one?
this would eliminate duplicates and make it more accurate (the DVB
program guide is more up-to-date than the xmltv listing). The DVB
entry also has more data (the xmltv listings here usually don't have
any details about the program, little more than just the name and the
time, while the DVB listing invaribaly has a summary description of the
program).
e.g. with the two duplicates above, the first of each pair is from xmltv
and has no description, while the second is from DVB and has a useful
description.
[1] Stateline
(G) Repeat
[2] Stateline
VIC news and current affairs presented by Kathy Bowlen. Feature
stories and regional reports, interviews with state political,
business and community leaders.
[3] Australian Story
(G) Repeat
[4] Australian Story
The Gathering Storm Pt:2 - Continues the saga of Beth Heinrich, and
her 40-year love affair with with a married priest who went on to
become Australia's most senior Anglican bishop.
note that the program titles aren't always identical. sometimes there
are minor differences in spelling, abbreviations used, or upper/lower
case or start/stop time. i think that the best way to handle this is to
consider the DVB guide data to be correct, and any conflicting schedule
entry to be false....i.e. if a DVB entry is in the same time period as a
schedule entry, then just delete the schedule entry.
BTW, this is worse than just a cosmetic annoyance. it also causes
duplicate recordings if an Auto-Timer is set in vdradmin....it notices
that the schedule says there are two programs on the same channel at the
same time that match the auto-timer criteria, so it records both.
craig
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craig sanders <cas@xxxxxxxxxx> (part time cyborg)
