Craig Sanders wrote: >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 > > > I also have this issue. I think there is a patch that is supposed to address this problem. See http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Disable-double-epg-entrys-patch The patch adds the following options to VDR's EPG setup menu: Period for double EPG search (min) [minutes] extern double Epg entry [delete/adjust] Mix intern and extern EPG [yes/no] Disable running VPS event [yes/no] I haven't been able to verify how well the patch works yet but it certainly seems to be removing at least some double entries.
