[mythtv-users] problems with tv_grab_uk_rt

[John Taylor]

Fixed by upgrading to xmltv-0.5.63, current version in maverick repos
was causing the problems

Thanks all

John


On 14 October 2012 20:49, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 years out of date.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.
>
> From this morning's run:
>
>   <programme start="20121015183000 +0100" stop="20121015190000 +0100"
> channel="midlands.bbc2.bbc.co.uk">
>     <title>Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two</title>
>     <desc lang="en">blahblahblah</desc>
>     <credits>
>       <actor>Zoe Ball</actor>
>     </credits>
>     <category lang="en">Entertainment</category>
>     <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">9.5.</episode-num>
>     <video>
>       <aspect>16:9</aspect>
>       <quality>SDTV</quality>
>     </video>
>     <subtitles type="teletext" />
>   </programme>
>
> Please retry using the current stable release of XMLTV (0.5.63) and
> report any further issues (ideally to the xmltv-users list or bug
> tracker).
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
> tv_grab_uk_rt developer