On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Jouni Karvo (JK) wrote:
JK> Sergei Haller writes:
JK> >
JK> > IIRC, the DVB EPG contains an event id for every event (schedule entry),
JK> > which is used to identify events and changes. So if the start time
JK> > changes, they send the same event with the same event id and a different
JK> > start time, and thete are no dublicates.
JK>
JK> In principle, yes. In practice, either there is a bug somewhere in
JK> VDR/vdradmin or the broadcasters are not doing it that way.
JK>
JK> I do not use any outside sources but still get duplicate timers (or in
JK> worst cases even four) from vdradmin. This leads to a question:
JK>
JK> In the case where at some channel the schedule changes so that the
JK> event ids are changed for the programs, does VDR delete old events
JK> from its data structures?
AFAIK, if the broadcaster sends correct data (i.e., the same event id with
new start/stop time), then VDRs EPG just replaces the old event with the
new one.
if the broadcaster sends a wrong event id or no id at all, you can't do
anything about it.
I don't know what vdradmin does.
c ya
Sergei
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