[mythtv-users] problems with tv_grab_uk_rt

[Nick Morrott]

On 14 October 2012 18:51, John Taylor <john at vetsurgeon.org.uk> wrote:
> I have been using tv_grab_uk_rt to get my programme details with no
> problems for a few years. Just recently, a few shows' titles have
> become truncated- this is causing WAF issues as it affects Strictly
> Come Dancing!
>
> e.g. Instead of "Strictly Come Dancing", I get ",5" so it isn't recorded.
>
> Looking at the raw data on the Radio Times site, it seems to affect
> listings like these:
> Strictly Come Dancing~5, series 10...
> Pointless Celebrities~1, series 3...
> Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two~6, series 10...
>
> but NOT
> Antiques Road Trip~11/30, series 5...
>
> i.e. only those shows without the episode count in the feed
>
> I've tried turning off title processing and fiddling with xmltv rules
> in prog_titles_to_process to no avail
>
> I can't think of anything I did to change it except the backend
> database got updated.
>
> Posting here first before trying xmltv in case anyone else has had this problem
>
> XMLTV module version 0.5.57
> This is tv_grab_uk_rt version 1.286, 2010/04/21 05:24:40
> MythTV Version : v0.25
> MythTV Branch :
> Network Protocol : 72
> Library API : 0.25.20120408-1

Whilst some may suggest this is simply a quality filter working as
intended, your XMLTV installation is now 6 versions and more than 2
years out of date.

In that time the company generating the upstream data has changed and
there have been several changes/additions to the format of the data
being included in the raw data files, which subsequent releases of the
grabber address.