On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Craig Sanders (CS) wrote:
CS> i use tv_grab.au and xlmtv2vdr to import xmltv listings into vdr. vdr
CS> also populates the schedule automatically based on the DVB electronic
CS> program guide. i don't know if it's different elsewhere, but the EPG
CS> here in Melbourne gives you the details for the current program (on
CS> the current channel) and the next program.....this is why i use xmltv
CS> to get the next few days worth of program guides.
CS>
CS> what is happening is that instead of replacing the schedule entry
CS> imported by xmltv2vdr, the DVB listing is added to the schedule, so i
CS> end up with schedules like the following:
IIRC, the DVB EPG contains an event id for every event (schedule entry),
which is used to identify events and changes. So if the start time
changes, they send the same event with the same event id and a different
start time, and thete are no dublicates.
Now, the tv_grab.au and xlmtv2vdr use some other source (websites?) to
fetch the schedule data. and the websites use different event ids (if at
all) than those transmitted over DVB. There you go: you have the same
event twice (with two different event ids), one from DVB EPG and one from
xmltv2vdr.
one solution would be to disable DVB EPG completely, but then you would
lose the detailed summary of the events, which are not imported by
xmltv2vdr. Of course, you could check why the detailed description is not
imported by those two programs: due to the lack of them in the source they
use or just because they don't import the detailed information.
HTH,
Sergei
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