[mythtv-users] Episode numbers in MythTV

[Glenn Sommer]

2010/8/14 Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>:
> On 12 August 2010 13:00, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12 August 2010 12:53, Glenn Sommer <glemsom at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yeah, I am using the dk_dr grabber.
>>> I'm using the latest version:
>>> http://xmltvdk.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xmltvdk/trunk/tv_grab_dk_dr
>>>
>>> Besides of some utf8 issues, the tv_validate_file seems to accept the
>>> XML file...
>>
>> I know... I'll have a look at XMLTV.pm and see what's considered valid
>> and what's not - it's been a while since I've looked at it.
>
> Checking the snippet with tv_validate_file from the current stable
> release of XMLTV (0.5.57) gives:
>
> $ tv_validate_file badep.xml
> Line 8 Invalid episode-number '2/2'
> 1 error found.
>
>
> The episode-num validation step requires the format I mentioned
> earlier in the thread. Your data does not validate.
>
> The cause of your problems seems to be the fact you are not using the
> official XMLTV dk_dr grabber. This was added back to the XMLTV project
> in April 2010 after an xmltvdk dk_dr developer (Thomas Horsten)
> graciously allowed his 3rd party grabber to be used as a replacement
> for the broken "official" dk_dr grabber. The official version of the
> grabber outputs the periods to separate the series, episode and part
> numbering, although only episode number/total information is provided.
>
> I suggest you change to the offical grabber, or at least use a grabber
> that generates valid XMLTV output, as this is what MythTV imports.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick


Ohh you,re right, that was actually a copy/paste error.
The output is actually like: <episode-num system="xmltv_ns"> . 1/10 .
</episode-num>

Notice the extra <space><dot><space> before and after the episode numbers...
This, for some reason DOES validate...